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Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Name Of Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, Advocate General Of MP As High Court Judge
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 1st September, 2021 has approved the proposal for elevation of Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, presently the Advocate General of Madhya Pradesh, as Judge in the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Click here to read/download the Collegium...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 2 Advocates, 4 Judicial Officers As Calcutta High Court Judges; Reiterates 4 Names
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 1st September, 2021 has approved the proposal for elevation of the following Advocates as Judges in the Calcutta High Court:1. Shri Krishna Rao, and 2. Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya.The Collegium has recommended the elevation of 4 judicial officers as the judges of the Calcutta High Court. They are :1. Smt Shampa Dutt (Paul), 2. Shri Bibhas...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 4 Advocates For Elevation As Madras HC Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 1st September, 2021 has approved the proposal for elevation of the following Advocates as Judges in the Madras High Court: 1. Smt. Sundaram Srimathy, 2. Shri D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, 3. Shri R. Vijayakumar, and 4. Shri Mohammed ShaffiqClick here to read/download the Collegium...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 4 Lawyers, 4 Judicial Officers For Elevation As Kerala HC Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of four lawyers and four judicial officers for appointment as judges of Kerala High Court.The four lawyers recommended are: 1. Shoba Annamma Eapen 2. Sanjeetha Kalloor Arakkal 3. Basant Balaji, and 4. Aravinda Kumar Babu Thavarakkattil.The four judicial officers recommended are: 1. C Jayachandran 2. Sophy Thomas 3. PG Ajithkumar, and 4....
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Names Of 13 Advocates As Allahabad High Court Judges; Reiterates Names Of 3 Judicial Officers
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of 13 advocates for elevation as the judges of the Allahabad High Court.The 13 lawyers recommended are: 1. Chandra Kumar Rai 2. Shishir Jain3. Krishan Pahal 4. Sameer Jain 5. Ashutosh Srivastava6. Subhash Vidyarthi 7. Brij Raj Singh 8. Shree Prakash Singh 9. Vikas Budhwar10. Vikram D Chauhan 11. Rishad Murtaza12. Dhruv Mathur, and 13....
Andhra Pradesh High Court Quashes Amaravati Land Scam FIR Against Former Advocate General & Others
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed the FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against former Advocate General Damallapati Srinivas and others in alleged Amaravati land scam.The FIR was registered alleging that the Srinivas and other accused had purchased large tracts of land in and around Amaravati, before it was announced as the new capital of the State of Andhra Pradesh after...
Jharkhand High Court Directs Registry To Immediately Get All The Order-Sheets Of Each & Every Case Laminated
Emphasizing that the order sheets of Judicial records need to be protected and preserved, the Jharkhand High Court recently directed its registry to get the order sheets of each and every case laminated immediately.The Bench of Justice Ananda Sen issued this order noting that the High Court is a court of record and thus, due to the passage of time and because of handling of each of the...
Jantar Mantar Sloganeering Case: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Bail Plea Filed By Preet Singh
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on the regular bail plea moved by Preet Singh, accused in connection with the alleged inflammatory and anti-Muslim sloganeering at Jantar Mantar.Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice after hearing Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain appearing on behalf of Singh in the matter.The development came after Preet Singh's bail application was rejected by a...
Heartbeat Act: Stringent Abortion Law Comes Into Force In Texas As US Supreme Court Refuses Stay
The Supreme Court of the United States (by 5:4 majority) refused to stay a law enacted by Texas effectively banning abortions as early as six weeks into the pregnancy.The law thus came into force on 1st September 2021.The new law viz. Texas Heartbeat Act, makes it unlawful for physicians to perform abortions if they either detect cardiac activity in an embryo or fail to perform a test to...
Magistrate While Accepting Chargesheet Has To Invariably Issue Summons And Not Arrest Warrant: Supreme Court
"If a person has been enlarged and free for many years and has not even been arrested during investigation, to suddenly direct his arrest and to be incarcerated merely because charge sheet has been filed would be contrary to the governing principles for grant of bail."