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SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of An Advocate As Bombay HC Judge & A Judicial Officer As Uttarakhand HC Judge
The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December, 2024, approved the proposal for the appointment of Advocate Pravin Sheshrao Patil as a Judge of the High Court of Bombay. In the same meeting, the proposal for the appointment of Judicial Officer Ashish Naithani as a Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court was also approved.Click Here To Read/Download the Collegium's...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Advocate Praveen K. Giri As A Judge Of Allahabad HC
The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December 2024, approved the proposal for the appointment of Praveen Kumar Giri, Advocate, as a Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Presently, the Allahabad High Court has a sanctioned strength of 160 and is functioning with 81 judges with a vacancy of 79 Judges.Click Here to Read/Download the Collegium's...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 3 Judicial Officers As Rajasthan HC Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December 2024 approved the proposal for the appointment of the following Judicial Officers, as Judges of the Rajasthan High Court: Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Pramil Kumar Mathur, and Chandra Prakash Shrimali Click Here to Read/Download the Collegium's...
Kerala High Court Judges Committee Suspends Judicial Officer Over Allegations Of Misbehaviour With Female Court Employee
The Kerala High Court has suspended the presiding officer of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Vadakara over allegations of misbehaviour with a woman court staffer in Kozhikkode. He was the Additional District and Sessions Judge of Kozhikkode. Reportedly, he was transferred to Vadakara after the alleged incident came to light. The decision was taken by the Administrative Committee...
'Fictitious Evidence': Rajasthan Court Acquits Suspended Judicial Officer, His Clerks In Minor Boy Sexual Assault Case
A special POCSO Court in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district last week acquitted suspended judicial officer Jitendra Singh Guliya and his two clerks in connection with a case lodged against them on the allegations of repeatedly sodomising, sexually assaulting a minor boy and also threatening his family members of implicating them in false cases. While acquitting them, Special...
UP Court Sentences Man, His Son To Death For Mercilessly Killing Brother, Cites Lord Rama's Exile, Sacrifices By Bharata, Lakshmana
Referring to the selfless love between Lord Rama and Bharata in the Hindu epic Ramayana, a Bareilly Sessions Court recently sentenced a father-son duo to death for killing the father's brother over a property dispute. The court observed that while Lord Rama's brothers Lakshman and Bharata fulfilled their duties as brothers, setting an example of great sacrifice and devotion, the...
Bhima-Koregaon Commission Refuses To Summon CM Devendra Fadnavis As Witness
The State-appointed two-member Commission which is probing the Bhima-Koregaon violence of 2018 on Wednesday turned down the request made by advocate Prakash Ambedkar, who sought to call Maharashtra's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in the witness box.Dalit leader Ambedkar was making his final submissions in the matter while representing his party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).Notably,...
National Lok Adalat In Chhattisgarh Disposes More Than 22 Lakh Cases With 842 Cr Settlement
This year's last National Lok Adalat was successfully organized on 14th December 2024 across Chhattisgarh under the guidance of Justice Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice, High Court of Chhattisgarh and Patron-in-Chief of the Chhattisgarh State Legal Services Authority. This National Lok Adalat spanned across the State from the Taluka courts to the High Court, with an to make justice...
23 Yrs Later, Gujarat Court Grants Relief To Man Who Was Denied LLB Admission For Being A Year Short Of 15-Year Student Period Rule
After a legal battle spanning 23 years, a City Civil Court in Ahmedabad last month directed Gujarat University and a college affiliated to grant admission to a 42-year-old man in the three-year LL.B course in the next academic year.The plaintiff–Shashi Kumar Mohata, a commerce graduate from Calcutta University sought for admission into the 3-year LL. B program in Daultbhai Trivdei Law...
Lok Adalat In Telangana Disposes 11.5L Cases At District Level; 225 Cases Settled At High Court With ₹15.9 Crore Compensation
The Telangana High Court disposed of 11,55,993 cases in the 4th Lok Adalat held in the State on 14 December 2024. A total of 5,42,253 cases were disposed of at the pre-trial stage. The State went above and beyond of inform the general public about the Lok-Adalat by playing 1 minute videos in Cinema Theatres and stop signals. The Adalat was conducted under the guidance of...
Assam State Legal Services Authority Organizes Awareness Program, Launches Initiatives
On December 15, 2024, the District Library Auditorium of Darrang, Mongoldoi, Assam witnessed a significant gathering aimed at raising awareness and promoting justice for citizens of all ages. A range of initiatives were launched during the event, highlighting the continued efforts of the Assam State Legal Services Authority (ASLSA) to empower the people of Assam, especially senior citizens,...
Centre Introduces Bills In Lok Sabha For 'One Nation One Election'; Law Minister Agrees For Examination By Joint Parliamentary Committee
Two bills which aim to achieve One Nation One Election–'The Constitution 129th Amendment Bill 2024' as well as the 'The Union Territories Laws Amendment Bill 2024, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (December 17) after a voting process. Reportedly, the Union Cabinet has accepted the recommendation of High Level Committee for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and State...