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'Deliberately Misled House' : Breach Of Privilege Motion Against Law Minister Over Statement On Judges Appointments
Alleging that the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju "deliberately misled the house" with his reply on a query related to judges' appointments, a breach of privilege motion has been moved against him.The motion has been moved by Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas of the Communist Party of India(Marxist), who had earlier raised a starred question seeking the details of the number of High Court...
God Will Forgive Us If Religious Institutions Are Affected By National Highway Development : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a batch of petitions alleging discrepancies in the acquisition proceedings for the widening of National Highway 66 in the State on the ground that judicial review is impermissible in the matter. Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan, while dismissing a batch of petitions against the land acquisition process for the widening of NH-66 in Kollam, observed, "God...
It Is Time For The Govt To Redeem Itself And Repeal UAPA
Whether UAPA fits in with India's Constitutional framework, the International Covenants it has signed , its adversarial system of trial, and whether the Supreme Court correctly decided the legality of the law's bail pre- conditions - which are so irksome and a source of abuse- are questions that need urgent answers. Though the statue was brought in with an objective contrary to what we see today, the UAPA over the years has degenerated into a lethal weapon to quell dissent, and...
'We're Also Human Beings' : Bombay HC Judge Withdraws Oral Praise For Late Father Stan Swamy After NIA Objection
Justice SS Shinde, judge of the Bombay High Court on Friday withdrew his oral statements in praise of late tribal rights activist -Father Stan Swamy and his work - after the National Investigation Agency raised objections to the same during hearing of Stan's bail plea, being heard posthumously. Justice SS Shinde, however, said that even judges are human beings and the news of...
Manipur High Court Orders Release of Journalist Detained Under NSA Over Facebook Post On Cow Dung Cure For COVID
On Friday, the Manipur High Court directed the release of Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhemcha noting that his detention would be as much a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution as it was in the case of Erendro Leichombam. Kishorchandra was detained under the National Security Act for a post on his Facebook wall on the death of a BJP leader due to COVID-19 commenting that 'cow...
State Has Locus To Challenge CBI Investigation If It Goes Beyond The Scope Of HC Order :Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a state government is well within its rights to raise a grievance if a central agency's investigation goes beyond the scope of the Court's order that authorised investigation in the absence of the state's consent. The division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar on Thursday dismissed Maharashtra Government's plea and allowed the CBI...
Can't Indicate Time Needed To Fill Up Vacancies Of Judges In Higher Judiciary : Law Minister In Parliament
Stating that the time frame for filling up vacancies of Judges cannot be indicated, the Union Ministry of Law and Justice has informed in the Rajyasabha that a total of 453 posts of judges are lying vacant across all the high courts in the country.Responding to queries raised by Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas belonging to CPI(M), Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said :"Filling up of vacancies in the...
Plea Filed Before Supreme Court Seeking Constitution Of GST Appellate Tribunal
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GST Appellate Tribunal) on an urgent basis. The petition noted that although the Central Goods and Services Act (CGST Act) had come into force in 2017, the GST Appellate Tribunal as mandated under Section 109 of the Act is yet to be established...
'Very Unlikely, But You Can Try' : Supreme Court To Delhi Police On Plea To Set Aside Bail Granted To Activists In Riots Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday orally told the Delhi police that it is "very unlikely" to be convinced to set aside the bail granted by the Delhi High Court to three student-activists, Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in the Delhi Riots conspiracy case.At the same time, the bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta orally said that it may have a...
Delhi Riots- "Pained To See The Lackadaisical Attitude": Court Pulls Up Delhi Police For Callous Approach In Madina Masjid Vandalism Probe
Forming a prima facie opinion that there was negligence on part of the investigating agency, a Delhi Court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi Police for its "lackadaisical attitude" for not being aware that a separate FIR was already registered in relation to the Madina Masjid vandalism case.Allowing the revision petition filed by the Delhi Police, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav sent back...
'Fundamental Right To Form Cooperative Societies', 'Article 43B': Remnants Of 97th Constitutional Amendment After Supreme Court Judgment
The Supreme Court struck down most of the provisions introduced by 97th Constitutional Amendment on the ground that the requisite ratification from states was not obtained as per Article 368(2) of the Constitution.The majority (2:1) also held that Part IXB is operative insofar as multi-State co-operative societies are concerned. But there are a couple of important provisions inserted by...
