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How Regionally Representative Is Supreme Court? Delhi, UP Leads The List, North-Eastern States Barring Assam Unrepresented
Amidst the protracted power struggle between the centre and the Supreme Court over judicial appointments, last week, the government notified the elevation to the top court, of five chief justices and puisne judges of high courts, whose names had been cleared by the collegium in December. On Monday, Justices Pankaj Mithal, Sanjay Karol, P.V. Sanjay Kumar, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Manoj...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Congress Leader Kantilal Bhuriya's Plea Against Guman Singh Damor's 2019 Election To Lok Sabha
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench, has dismissed Congress leader Kantilala Bhuriya's petition that had challenged BJP MP Guman Singh Damor's election to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from Ratlam constituency.The court reiterated that the petitioner, challenging an election result, is required to prove that the result has been materially affected due to non-compliance of the provisions of...
Supreme Court Orders Payment Of Rs. 650 Crores To Workers Of 25 Tea Gardens In Assam
The Supreme Court, on Monday(February 7) directed the payment of about Rs. 650 crores towards dues of 28,556 workers of 25 tea gardens in the state of Assam. These include 15 gardens owned by the Assam Government owned Assam Tea Company Limited (ATCL). A Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar accepted the report submitted by Retired Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre with respect to the...
Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Case Against KM Shajahan Over YouTube Video Against HC Judges
A suo motu contempt case has been initiated against K.M. Shajahan, the then private secretary of the former Chief Minister of Kerala V.S. Achuthanandan, for the serious allegations levelled by him against High Court judges in a YouTube video. The Registry has been directed to serve a copy of the contempt case on the Advocate General, as stipulated under Rule 8A of the Rules under the Contempt...
Haryana Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Deepak Chaurasiya In POCSO Case For Non-Appearance Due To An 'Interview With UP CM'
Another arrest warrant has been issued against Journalist-News Anchor Deepak Chaurasiya in a 2013 case for allegedly airing 'morphed, edited & obscene' videos of a 10-year-old girl and her family and linking the same to a sexual assault case. The Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram Shashi Chauhan issued a Non-Bailable Warrant against him after he failed to appear before the Court...
Judicial Officers' Pension : Supreme Court Summons Chief Secretaries Of Defaulting States To Show-Cause For Not Initiating Contempt Action
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took serious exception to certain states not complying with its earlier directions regarding enhancement of the pension of retired judicial officers.Noting that the States of Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Mizoram and Uttar Pradesh have defaulted on depositing the pension arrears, a bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath ordered that the Chief...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To 4 States To Monitor Premature Release Of Prisoners
The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala on Monday (6th February 2023) issued notice to the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra to consider the issue of monitoring of premature release of prisoners.The notice was issued when the court was hearing a matter concerning remission of convicts in the State of...
AgustaWestland Case : Supreme Court Refuses To Grant Bail To Christian Michel Under Section 436A CrPC, Allows Him To Seek Regular Bail
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday dismissed Christian Michel Jame's plea seeking bail under Section 436A of CrPC. However, the bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala provided him liberty to approach Trial Court to seek regular bail. Christian James Michel, who is facing investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and...
Satyam Scam: SAT Sets Aside SEBI Order Barring Ramalinga Raju & Others From Dealing In Securities Market For 14 Yrs, Seeks Fresh Order In 4 Months
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has set aside an order of market’s regulator SEBI barring erstwhile promoters of Satyam - Ramalinga Raju, Rama Raju, and others – from dealing in the securities market for 14 years and ordering disgorgement of Rs. 813 crores. SAT has remanded the matter back to SEBI and directed the Whole Time member who passed the order on November 2, 2018...
Removing Minor Victim's Pant After She Herself Refuses To, Amounts To Attempt To Commit Rape: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that removing a minor victim's pants after she refused to do so herself amounts to an attempt to commit the offence of rape. The Court was adjudicating upon an appeal passed against a trial court order convicting the appellant under Section 376 (punishment for the offence of rape) read with Section 511 (punishment for attempting to commit...
Sunanda Pushkar Death Case: Shashi Tharoor Opposes Delhi Police’s Plea To Condone Delay In Moving High Court Against His Discharge
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has opposed a plea moved by Delhi Police seeking to condone delay in moving the Delhi High Court in filing appeal against trial court's decision to discharge him in the Sunanda Pushkar death case.Tharoor has submitted that police’s application seeking condonation of delay lacks details of the decision taken by Directorate of Prosecution in preferring the...