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Supreme Court Expresses Concerns Of Judicial Propriety, Discipline Over P&H High Court Entertaining Fresh Plea When Proceedings Before It Pending
Noting that where the proceedings are pending before it and instead of pursuing them to the logical conclusion, the party chose to institute a fresh writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which the High Court has entertained, the Supreme Court expressed concerns of judicial propriety and discipline."The Division Bench of the High Court, in entertaining the petition under 226, ...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Dr.Kafeel Khan Over Anti-CAA Speech At AMU
In a huge relief to Dr. Kafeel Khan, the Allahabad High Court today quashed the entire criminal proceedings arising out of an FIR & pending against him over his speech given about CAA and NRC at a protest meeting at Aligarh Muslim University in December 2019. The Bench of Justice Gautam Chaudhary has quashed the entire criminal proceedings, which was initiated pursuant to his...
For Speedy Trial Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs, Special/CBI Courts Need To Be Set Up In Different Parts Of The State Where More Than 100 Cases Are Pending : Supreme Court
Expressing deep concern at the long pendency of criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs, the Supreme Court has called for the establishment of more Special/CBI Courts to deal with such matters.The Court said that the establishment of only one Special Court to try cases against legislators in a State with large number of such cases will be a travesty of justice."Amicus Curiae...
Justice BV Nagarathna, Who Might Become First Woman Chief Justice Of India, Has Pioneered Social Welfare
The long wait for the first woman Chief Justice of India might find an end with Justice B V Nagarathna, who is in the line to become the CJI in September 2027 as per the seniority list.Her tenure as the CJI will be for only 36 days, if appointments go as per the seniority turn.Justice Nagarathna, daughter of former Chief Justice of India ES Venkataramiah, was enrolled to the Bangalore Bar...
"We Have Lost All Faith In Tihar Jail Authorities! They Are Sitting in Capital City & Defeating Our Orders, Absolutely Shameless":Â Supreme Court In Unitech Case
"We have lost all faith in the Tihar Jail authorities! They are sitting in the capital city and defeating the order of the Supreme Court! Absolutely shameless on the part of the Superintendent of the Tihar jail!", expressed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday in connection with the Unitech matter.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for acting...
Supreme Court Pulls Up Tihar Jail Authorities For Conniving With Unitech Case Accused
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for acting in connivance with the Chandra brothers in engaging in illegal activities by flouting the jail manual, dissipating proceedings, derailing investigation etc., in the Unitech money laundering case.A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah ordered to shift ex-Unitech promoters Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra...
President Notifies Appointment Of Nine Supreme Court Judges Including 3 Women
Accepting the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium, the President of India has notified the appointment of nine Judges including three women and one lawyer to the Supreme Court of India.The new Judges are (in the order of names recommended by the Supreme Court collegium)1. Mr. Justice A.S. Oka, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court 2. Mr. Justice Vikram Nath, Chief Justice,...
Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response In Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Smuggling Of Iron Ore To China By 61 Companies
The Supreme Court today directed the Central Government to file a counter affidavit in a plea filed by Advocate ML Sharma seeking directions to the CBI to register an FIR and probe the alleged duty evasion by 61 companies in allegedly 'smuggling' iron ore to China since 2015. The matter was heard by the division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Surya Kant. The Bench had...
[BREAKING] Permission Of District Magistrate Not Needed For Conversion By Inter-Faith Marriage : Gujarat High Court Affirms Previous Order
Rejecting an rectification application filed by Gujarat Government, the Court said that it stayed Section 5 of the Freedom of Religion Act only in the context of marriages.
Police Officials Who Side With Ruling Party Later Get Targeted When Opponent Comes In Power; Sad State Of Affairs : CJI Ramana
The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday made comments about the trend of police officials siding with the party in power and later getting targeted when the opponent comes to power."State of affairs in the country is sad. When a political party is in power, Police Officials side with a particular party. Then when a new party comes into power, the government initiates action against...
Ask Private Schools To Waive Fee For COVID Orphans Or Bear It : Supreme Court To States
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the State Governments to ensure that the education of children, who became orphans after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, in private schools continue without disruption at least during the present academic year. This can be done by asking schools to waive fee or state bearing the fee for such children, the Court suggested.The States...
Insistence On Bank Guarantee Of Scheduled Indian Private Banks In Preference To Scheduled Foreign Banks In India A Fallacy: Justice Indira Banerjee
"It is incomprehensible why Scheduled Private Banks in India should be preferred to Scheduled Foreign Banks in India with high global rating, even though, some Scheduled Private Sector Banks have not even been running well".