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Supreme Court Directs Compulsory Retirement Of Judicial Officer; Says Solitary Remark About Lack Of Integrity Sufficient
The Supreme Court observed that solitary remark regarding lack of integrity is sufficient to order compulsory retirement of a Judicial Officer.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna set aside a Rajasthan High Court judgment which directed reinstatement of a judicial officer who was compulsorily retired.A judicial officer was compulsorily retired from Rajasthan Higher...
Know About Justice Bela M. Trivedi, First Woman Judge From Gujarat HC Elevated To Supreme Court
"In the name of democracy, we cross all lines, everything is pardoned," Justice Bela M. Trivedi, who will be taking oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 31, had sternly remarked in response to the argument of Advocate General Kamal Trivedi who had attempted to compare the COVID situation in India with that of China and as to how being a communist country, China could deal with the situation, while India, being a democratic country, could not.Justice Trivedi, the first...
Student Rusticated For Attempting To Organise Anti-CAA Protest Approaches Supreme Court Challenging Allahabad High Court's Order Upholding Expulsion
A student who was rusticated from Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University ("University") on the reason that he was attempting to organize protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 has approached the Supreme Court assailing the Allahabad High Court's order affirming University's decision. Interim relief in the form of staying the High Court's order dated July...
'Young Lawyers Make Arbitrators Of High Integrity, Completes Proceedings In A Short Span At Minimal Costs': Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday remarked that it may be in the interest of alternative dispute resolution if, where feasible, young counsel are appointed as arbitrators, who not only go about the task diligently but are more than willing to operate at minimal costs.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was hearing a matter where the parties voiced their grievance over the...
PS Narasimha 9th Lawyer To Get Direct Appointment As Supreme Court Judge; Might Also Become CJI
Senior Advocate Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha will swear in as the Judge of the Supreme Court on 31st August 2021. He will be the ninth Supreme Court judge to be directly elevated from the Bar and might also become the Chief Justice of India before his retirement comes due in May 2028.Narasimha had served as Additional Solicitor General of India from May 2014 to December 2018. He represented...
Exempt Advocates From Wearing Black Coat & Gown In Summers : Lawyer's Plea In Supreme Court
The petitioner says that not all the advocates practising at the Supreme Court and the High Courts are affluent enough to afford an air-conditioned mode of conveyance and that the current dress code only aggravates the summer heat.
Supreme Court Weekly Round Up, August 23 To August 29, 2021
JUDGEMENTS THIS WEEK1. Fundamental Right To Reside Anywhere In/Move Throughout The Country Cannot Be Denied On Flimsy Grounds: Supreme Court Quashes Externment Order Against JournalistCase: Rahmat Khan @ Rammu Bismillah vs. Deputy Commissioner of Police ; CrA 912 OF 2021Citation: LL 2021 SC 404While quashing an externment order passed against a journalist, the Supreme Court observed that a...
Know About Justice JK Maheshwari, Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judge
Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, now elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court, has served as the Chief Justices of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and the Sikkim High Court.Born on June 29, 1961 in the small town of Jaura, District Morena, Madhya Pradesh, Justice JK Maheshwari graduated in Arts (Hons.) in 1982 and passed LL.B. in 1985, then completed LL.M degree from Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1991. He also pursued his Ph.D. in "Medical Mal-practice in reference to the State of M.P." ...
"Speaking Truth To Power: Citizens And The Law": Full Text Of Justice MC Chagla Memorial Lecture By Justice DY Chandrachud
"...we live in a world that is increasingly become divided along social, political, economic, and religious lines. This also leads to the increasing polarization of "truth", where sections of the population contest on "your truth" versus "our truth" even on subjects that are unrelated to the common affinity that the group shares."
Notable Judgments Of Justice Hima Kohli, 9th Woman Elevated As Supreme Court Judge
First woman Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, Justice Hima Kohli, will take oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 31, just two days before the date on which she otherwise would have retired as a High Court judge. She is the ninth woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court in its history of seven decades. Justice BV Nagarathna from Karanataka High Court and Justice Bela Trivedi from Gujarat High Court are the other women judges in the present set of new...