"We Expected State To Act On SIT Recommendation" : Supreme Court Reserves Order On Victims' Plea Challenging Ashish Mishra's Bail In Lakhimpur Kheri Case

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved orders on the plea to set aside the bail granted to Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri case.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli was considering the special leave petition filed by the family members of the farmers who got killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence challenging the February 10 order...

"Go To Delhi, Don't Embarrass The Court This Way": Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing Of PIL To Fill Up Judicial Vacancies

The Chief Justice's bench on Monday refused urgent hearing in a PIL to fill up the high vacancy of judges at the Bombay High Court, asking the petitioner to approach the Supreme Court, and not embarass the court.The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik questioned the maintainability of the PIL and directed for the matter to be listed after eight weeks, after...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: March 28 To April 3, 2022

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: March 28 To April 3, 2022 CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 142 TO 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 157 NOMINAL INDEX Gopal Krishna Shankdhar @ Krishna Gopal Shankdhar v. Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 142 Aparna Purohit v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 143 Smt. Shalinee Dubey @ Radhika Dubey v. Abhishek Tripathi @...

[Actor Assault Case] Kerala High Court Dismisses Witness' Plea Alleging Harassment From Investigating Officer

The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Sagar Vincent, a witness in the 2017 actor sexual assault case alleging that investigating officer in the case Biju Paulose was threatening him.While observing that the relief sought for by the petitioner cannot be granted, Justice Anu Sivaraman clarified that the petitioner shall be summoned only after giving due notice under...

"There Can Be No Compromise With Dead Man, FIR U/S 306 IPC Can't Be Quashed On Basis Of Compromise": Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 1, 2022, dismissed the petition seeking quashing of an FIR under Section 306 IPC on the basis of a compromise.The bench comprising Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill dismissed a petition filed by the petitioners under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the FIR registered under Section 306 for abetment of suicide. The claim was based on the ground that...

Division Bench Of Calcutta HC Recuses From Hearing Single Judge's Order For CBI Probe In SSC 'Group D' Recruitment Scam

A Division Bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta of the Calcutta High Court on Monday recused from hearing a batch of petitions pertaining to alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and Higher Secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on the purported recommendation...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest With Nominal and Subject/Statute Wise Index- March 2022

Administrative Law - Natural Justice - Importance of natural justice and an opportunity of hearing to be afforded to the affected party in any administrative or quasi­judicial proceedings. (Para 28) Esteem Properties Pvt. Ltd. v. Chetan Kamble, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 226 Amendment - If power to amend or modify or relax a notification and/or order exists, the notification and/or order...

Supreme Court "World Leader" In Virtual Hearings, Held Over Two Lakh Hearings Online: Law Ministry

The Ministry of Law & Justice informed in Lok Sabha that since Covid lockdown started, the District Courts heard 1,23,19,917 cases while the High Courts heard 61,02,859 cases (totalling 1.84 cr) till 28.02.2022 using Video-Conferencing. It was added that the Supreme Court held 2,18,891 hearings till 14.03.2022 since the beginning of the lockdown period making it the "world leader"...

Virtual Platforms Have Enabled Supreme Court To Be Truly A 'National Court': Justice DY Chandrachud

Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud joined an event organised by the High Court of Orissa to inaugurate e-filing 3.0 for the High Court and District and Subordinate Courts of the State, Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centres with Virtual Courtrooms in District Court Establishments and Odisha Judicial Workflow Automation System (OJWAS) for paperless office in...

Requested UP Govt Twice To File Urgent Appeal Against Ashish Mishra's Bail : Lakhimpur Kheri SIT Tells Supreme Court

The Special Investigation Team constituted to investigate the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident has in its report submitted before the Supreme Court that the head of the SIT wrote to the UP Government twice requesting an urgent appeal in the Supreme Court for cancellation of bail of the main accused Ashish MishraThe Supreme Court had appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, former judge of the...

SC Collegium Proposed Names Of 39 Women For Appointment As High Court Judges Since Last Year, 27 Recommendations Approved So Far: Law Ministry

The Ministry of Law and Justice has informed the Lok Sabha that from January 1, 2021 till March 30, 2022, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended 39 women for appointment as High Court Judges, out of which 27 women were appointed and remaining 12 cases are under various stages of processing. The said information was provided by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in response to the...

Articles On Justice Arun Mishra's Judgments : Gujarat HC Dismisses Appeal By News Click Against Interim Injunction In ₹100 Crore Defamation Suit By Adani Group

The Gujarat High Court has refused to interfere with the ex-parte ad-interim injunction passed by the trial court against Newsclick.in (Appellant/ Defendant), restraining it from publishing and circulating any defamatory article concerning the Adani Group and Adani Power Rajasthan Limited (Respondent/ Plaintiff).The Bench comprising Justice AP Thaker remarked: "…it is true that the...