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Decision To Remove Glass Panels Taken By Full Court To Restore Original Grandeur : Supreme Court
The decision to remove the glass glazing installed in front of courtrooms 1 to 5 was taken by the Full Court of the Supreme Court based on the representations by the SCBA and the SCAORA after consideration of issues such as “original grandeur, visibility, aesthetics and court room accessibility”, said the Supreme Court in a press release.The glass panels were installed in the corridors...
Police Lapse In Seizing Cash Was 'Slipshod', But Doesn't Aid Justice Varma's Defence: Inquiry Committee
The 3-judge committee, which held the inquiry against Justice Yashwant Varma, criticised the Delhi police for not seizing the currency notes which were discovered during a firefighting operation at the storeroom of his official bungalow.The failure of the police and fire personnel in leaving the spot without preparing any panchnama or seizure memo was termed by the committee as...
Beneficiary Of Fraud Can't Be Supported By Public Money: Calcutta HC Restrains State From Paying Stipend To Staff Whose Jobs Were Cancelled By SC
The court noted that by providing stipend to those whose appointments were deemed fraudulent by the Supreme Court, the State was attempting to overreach the order of the Apex Court.
No Summons To Lawyers Without Prior Permission Of Director: ED Issues Circular
Following a backlash over issuance of summons to two Senior Advocates in relation to their legal opinions to a client, the Enforcement Directorate has come out with a Circular prohibiting its officials from issuing summons to advocates in connection with their legal opinions.If any summon is to be issued as per exceptions available under law, the same shall be with prior permission of...
After Supreme Court Bar Body's Protest, ED Withdraws Summons Issued To Sr Adv Pratap Venugopal
In the latest development, the Enforcement Directorate has withdrawn with immediate effect the summons issued by it to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over legal advice tendered to a client.To recap, on June 18, ED issued summons to Venugopal over legal advice given by him to M/s Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (employee stock ownership) issued to former Religare Enterprises chairperson...
Supreme Court Stays Declaration Of Results Of Trained Graduate Teachers(Special Educators) Recruitment Exam In Delhi
The Supreme Court on June 19 stayed the declaration results for the exam to recruit Trained Graduate Teachers(Special Educators) by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board, set to begin from June 24.A bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan initially stated that even though the Court will issue notice, the process must continue. "It is your case that they have not...
Supreme Court Stays Demolition Of Temple Built By Madurai Residents Welfare Association
The Supreme Court today(June 20) stayed the demolition of a temple constructed by some of the apartment residents of Visthara Residency, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.The temple was alleged to have been illegally built without permission on the plot earmarked as Open Space Reservation (OSR) land of the apartment complex. A bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan passed the interim...
'Dangerous Precedent': SCAORA Deplores ED Summons To Sr Adv Pratap Venugopal; Urges CJI To Take Suo Motu Cognizance
The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association has written to the Chief Justice of India seeking suo motu cognizance of Enforcement Directorate's issuance of summons to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over legal advice tendered to a client.To recap, on June 18, ED issued summons to Venugopal over legal advice given by him to M/s Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (employee stock...
Justice Yashwant Varma's Conduct After Fire Incident Unnatural, Says Inquiry Panel Rejecting Conspiracy Theories
The 3-judge in-house inquiry committee, which indicted Justice Yashwant Varma for keeping unaccounted cash in the storeroom annexed to his official bungalow, termed his conduct after the fire incident on March 14 - which led to the discovery of the currency notes - unnatural, leading to certain adverse inferences against him.The full report of the in-house committee, which came into the...
'ED Search Without Jurisdiction' : Madras High Court Stays Proceedings Against Film Producer, Asks ED To Return Seized Materials
The Madras High Court has stayed all proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate against film producer Akash Bhaskaran and businessman Vikram Ravindran. The court also directed ED to return all materials seized from the petitioners. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayan held that the authorisation based on which the ED had conducted searches at the...