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SC Collegium Recalls Proposal To Elevate Justice Jaswant Singh As Orissa HC CJ; Instead Recommends Elevation As Tripura HC CJ
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 25 January 2023, on reconsideration and in supersession of its earlier recommendation dated 28 September 2022, has recommended elevation of Shri Justice Jaswant Singh, Judge, Orissa High Court as Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.The earlier recommendation, made as per resolution dated September 28, 2022, was to appoint Justice...
You Want To Send Teesta Setalvad Back To Custody After 7 Years Of Bail? Supreme Court Asks CBI, Gujarat Govt
The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally asked the CBI and the Gujarat government whether they want to send social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand back in custody despite the two having been out on bail for over seven years.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Setalvad submitted a note before the bench of Justices SK Kaul, AS Oka and BV Nagarathna stating, “we...
Tamil Nadu Has Over 38K Temples, Impossible To Form Trustee Committees Led By Retired Judges For All Temples : State Tells Supreme Court
The State of Tamil Nadu has filed its counter affidavit in the SLP preferred by Hindu Dharma Parishad seeking appointment of Arangavalar Committee (Trustee Committee) in all Hindu Temples headed by Retired Judge and with a social activist, a devotee, a Scheduled Caste person and a woman as its Members.The State’s Counter Affidavit submits that the grounds raised by the petitioners in...
Ukraine Returnee Students' Case : Can't Compromise On Medical Education; Will Go By Expert Committee Recommendation, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, adjourned a batch of petitions seeking to allow nearly 20,000 Indian students who had to return from Ukraine due to the Russian attack to complete their medical education in India for six weeks.Additional Solicitor General of India Aishwarya Bhati told a Bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath that following the earlier order of the Court, the...
'Entitled To Benefit Of Doubt' : Supreme Court Acquits Accused In A 1985 Murder Case
In a judgment delivered yesterday (24 January 2023), the Supreme Court acquitted the accused in a 1985 Murder Case by giving them benefi of doubt.One Narayan was murdered on 5th September, 1985. Munna Lal, Sheo Lal, Babu Ram, and Kalika were accused of murder and they were convicted by the Trial Court in January 1986. The appeal filed by the accused was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court...
Pay Hike For Judicial Officers : Supreme Court Decides To Hear First Review Petitions Filed By Some States
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday resumed hearings in the petition seeking to implement the order dated 22.07.2022 which had directed the Center and the States to pay judicial officers pension as per the enhanced pay scale as recommended by the Second National Judicial Pay Commission. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha,...
Murder Trial - Mere Long Standing Pre-Existing Dispute Will Not Attract Exception Of 'Grave & Sudden Provocation' : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a long-standing preexisting dispute will not attract the exception of “grave and sudden” provocation under Section 300 of Indian Penal Code.The bench of Justices Krishna Murari and S. Ravindra Bhat also observed that a lapse of time, would not per se constitute a determinative factor as to diminish the offender’s liability from the offence of murder to...
CJI DY Chandrachud Lauds Orissa HC CJ S Muralidhar For Setting Up VC Facilities In Every District
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, while hearing a case seeking the constitution of a bench for the Himachal Pradesh High Court at Dharamshala, lauded the setting up of video conferencing facilities for every district in the State of Odisha by Chief Justice S Muralidhar of Orissa High Court. While stating that the Apex court could not direct the Himachal Pradesh High Court to set up a bench...
'You Can Ask For VC Facility': Supreme Court Dismisses Plea For HP High Court Bench At Dharamshala
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition seeking the constitution of a bench for the Himachal Pradesh High Court at Dharamshala. The petition filed by Kangra District Bar Association was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. CJI DY Chandrachud, while dictating the order stated that–"The...
Supreme Court Asks Ghaziabad Court To Defer Proceedings In PMLA Case Against Journalist Rana Ayyub
The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Special PMLA Court at Ghaziabad to adjourn the proceedings on January 27 in the case against journalist Rana Ayyub over alleged FCRA violations in raising public funds for COVID relief to a date after January 31."List on January 31. In the meantime Ghaziabad Special Court, Corruption, CBI-1 is requested to adjourn the proceedings of Special...
Lakhimpur Kheri Case : Supreme Court Suo Motu Grants Interim Bail To 4 Accused In Cross-FIR While Granting Interim Bail To Ashish Mishra
While granting interim bail to Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri case, the Supreme Court, in a suo motu exercise, also granted interim bail to four persons who are accused in the cross-case related to the lynching of three persons.Although only the bail application of Mishra was before the Court, it decided to invoke its suo motu powers to grant interim bail to the accused in the cross-case...