Jharkhand High Court Advocates' Association Ends Strike As Division Bench Stays Order Debarring Lawyer
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand High Court Advocates' Association Ends Strike As Division Bench Stays Order Debarring Lawyer

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Jharkhand High Court Advocates' Association today concluded its strike following a Division Bench order staying the debarment of a lawyer. Exercising its authority under Article 215 and 226 of the Constitution coupled with Section 14 of the Contempt of Court Act, bench of Justice Rajesh Kumar on May 15 suspended the license of a lawyer and barred him from entering the High Court premises. Accordingly, Mr. Binod Kumar Jha, is, hereby, debarred from entering into the premises of the Jharkhand High Court and all the Courts, within territory of the Jharkhand High Court, till 12th June, 2024,” the order stated. The division bench comprising Justices Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Ananda Sen intervened on Thursday, temporarily halting the order, leading the bar association to call off its boycott.

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Private Party Can't Seek Punishment For Contempt Of Court Without Prior Written Consent Of Advocate General: Jharkhand High Court Reaffirms
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Private Party Can't Seek Punishment For Contempt Of Court Without Prior Written Consent Of Advocate General: Jharkhand High Court Reaffirms

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a contempt petition filed by an advocate, observing that it was not maintainable under the Contempt of Courts Act as the petitioner lacked locus and failed to fulfil mandatory requirements for initiating such proceedings. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, in its decision, observed, “It is well settled if a private party seeks punishment for contempt of …

Rajasthan DISCOMs, Supreme Court, Rajasthan High Court, JSW
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4 weeks ago

Rajasthan DISCOMs, Supreme Court, Rajasthan High Court, JSW

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently stayed the observations made by the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur in a Public Interest Litigation wherein Rajasthan DISCOMs were the Respondent parties. The said writ appeal will be decided by the Division Bench of the High Court uninfluenced by any observations made in the impugned judgment ” While doing so, the Apex Court categorically noted …

Jharkhand HC Stays Law Giving 75% Quota To Locals In Private Jobs, Says Employers Can't Be Prevented From Recruiting Based On Choice
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Jharkhand HC Stays Law Giving 75% Quota To Locals In Private Jobs, Says Employers Can't Be Prevented From Recruiting Based On Choice

Live Law  

In an interim order passed on Wednesday the Jharkhand High Court stayed the operation of the state law mandating employment of 75% local candidates in private sector against the total notified vacancies. The high court passed the order while hearing a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Act, 2021. …

Supreme Court To Hear Jharkhand IAS Officer's Plea Against HC Refusing To Hear Challenge To ECI Direction For Disciplinary Action
1 month ago

Supreme Court To Hear Jharkhand IAS Officer's Plea Against HC Refusing To Hear Challenge To ECI Direction For Disciplinary Action

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea involving the issue as to whether the Election Commission of India's direction to state government to take disciplinary action against a District Election Officer ought to be challenged before the jurisdictional High Court or the Central Administrative Tribunal.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Pankaj Mithal called for the response of …

Jharkhand HC stays on MP-MLA court’s order seeking CM Hemant Soren's appearance
1 month, 1 week ago

Jharkhand HC stays on MP-MLA court’s order seeking CM Hemant Soren's appearance

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: A major relief to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday put a stay on the decision of the MP-MLA court, which, had been asked him to appear before it on December 4 in connection with a case related to disobeying summons issued by Enforcement Directorate. Meanwhile, the Special MP-MLA Court on November 25 rejected Jharkhand …

Jharkhand: Setback For Hemant Soren Ahead Of Oath-Taking As MP-MLA Court Rejects Exemption Plea In ED Case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand: Setback For Hemant Soren Ahead Of Oath-Taking As MP-MLA Court Rejects Exemption Plea In ED Case

ABP News  

In a major setback for Hemant Soren ahead of his oath-taking ceremony, the MP-MLA Special Court in Ranchi has rejected a plea filed by the JMM leader seeking exemption from personal appearance in the case related to the alleged non-compliance of summonses issued by the Enforcement Directorate. The ED had filed a petition before the chief judicial magistrate court saying …

Supreme Court Stays HC Order For CBI Probe Into Alleged Irregularities In Jharkhand Assembly Appointments
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Stays HC Order For CBI Probe Into Alleged Irregularities In Jharkhand Assembly Appointments

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today stayed a Jharkhand High Court order, whereby alleged irregularities in the appointments and promotions to Jharkhand State Assembly were directed to be enquired into by the Central Bureau of Investigation. To briefly state facts of the case, one Shiv Shankar Sharma, a social worker, approached the Jharkhand High Court with a public interest litigation seeking a …

Why Jharkhand High Court has issued a notice to MS Dhoni
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Why Jharkhand High Court has issued a notice to MS Dhoni

Firstpost  

Former India captain MS Dhoni was issued a notice by Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday. Sportzpics The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a case filed by his former partners Mihir Diwakar and Soumya Das. Diwakar and Das are directors of Aarka Sports and Management Ltd, and they had entered into …

Ghaziabad Court Violence | Allahabad HC Bar Association Resolves To File Criminal Contempt Case Against District & Sessions Judge
2 months, 1 week ago

Ghaziabad Court Violence | Allahabad HC Bar Association Resolves To File Criminal Contempt Case Against District & Sessions Judge

Live Law  

Condemning the recent lathi charge violence against advocates in Ghaziabad Court, allegedly at the behest of the District and Sessions Judge, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association today passed a resolution deciding to file a criminal contempt case against the Judicial Officer. The resolution was passed today in an emergency meeting of the Executive Committee of the High Court Bar …

Allahabad High Court Temporarily Restrains District Bar Associations In UP From Holding Strikes
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Temporarily Restrains District Bar Associations In UP From Holding Strikes

Live Law  

In a stern direction to the bar bodies in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has directed that none of the Bar Associations of any district courts in the state would resort to any strike till August 7. Hearing the matter on July 8, the High Court directed key legal bodies, including the Bar Council of India, …

No Bar In Law In Examining An Inimical, Interested Or Related Witness By A Party To Support His Case: Jharkhand High Court
7 months, 1 week ago

No Bar In Law In Examining An Inimical, Interested Or Related Witness By A Party To Support His Case: Jharkhand High Court

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court has observed that there is no bar in law in examining an inimical, interested, or related witness by a party to support his case. The division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar, observed, “There is no bar in law in examining an inimical, interested or related witness by a party to …

BREAKING | Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Order Dismissing His Challenge To ED Arrest
8 months ago

BREAKING | Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Order Dismissing His Challenge To ED Arrest

Live Law  

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has approached the Supreme Court against the High Court's dismissal of the challenge to his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the land scam case. The Jharkhand High Court dismissed Soren's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate 4 days after the Supreme Court agreed to hear his plea against ED arrest in …

Supreme Court Stays MP High Court Order Debarring 10 Advocates For Holding Strike, Says Lawyers Must Show Some Responsibility
9 months ago

Supreme Court Stays MP High Court Order Debarring 10 Advocates For Holding Strike, Says Lawyers Must Show Some Responsibility

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Madhya Pradesh High Court order which debarred 10 members of the Seoni District Bar Association from appearing in any court for a period of one month and contesting elections to the Bar Association or Bar Council of the state. Recently, Madhya Pradesh High Court dropped 2624 contempt cases and 1938 show cause notices …

Jharkhand High Court Weekly Roundup: March 18 - March 24, 2024
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand High Court Weekly Roundup: March 18 - March 24, 2024

Live Law  

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Hemant Soren case: Jharkhand HC issues stay on police notice to ED
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hemant Soren case: Jharkhand HC issues stay on police notice to ED

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand high court has stayed a notice issued by the state police department to Enforcement Directorate officers under Section 41A in a case registered by former chief minister Hemant Soren on January 31 at ST/SC Police station. An advocate familiar with the court order said the notice, issued on March 4, directed ‘no coercive action’ against ED officials in …

Security beefed up at Jharkhand Raj Bhavan, CM House as ED team visits Hemant Soren’s Delhi residence
11 months, 1 week ago

Security beefed up at Jharkhand Raj Bhavan, CM House as ED team visits Hemant Soren’s Delhi residence

The Hindu  

Security has been tightened at the CM House, Raj Bhavan and central government offices in Jharkhand capital Ranchi on Monday as an Enforcement Directorate team visited the residence of Chief Minister Hemant Soren in New Delhi in connection with a money laundering investigation. Mr. Soren who is also the executive president of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha left for the …

Courts Are Not Industrial Establishments, Bar Can't Bargain Their Demands Like Trade Unions: Allahabad High Court On Lawyers' Strike
11 months, 1 week ago

Courts Are Not Industrial Establishments, Bar Can't Bargain Their Demands Like Trade Unions: Allahabad High Court On Lawyers' Strike

Live Law  

Expressing alarm over a petition concerning continuous strike in Tehsil Bar Association Rasara, District Ballia, the Allahabad High Court remarked, “In our judicial system, strike brings the wheels of justice to a standstill, bringing cheer and happiness amongst enemies of justice. In that eventuality, we would certainly shatter the faith reposed by us in ourselves while giving us the Constitution …

Jharkhand High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated Against Lawyer On 'Malafide Complaint' By Opposite Party In Litigation
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated Against Lawyer On 'Malafide Complaint' By Opposite Party In Litigation

Live Law  

Last week, the Jharkhand High Court annulled disciplinary proceedings initiated by the State Bar Council against a lawyer accused of engaging in an "illicit" physical relationship with his client. 3 has got no locus to lodge the complaint before Jharkhand State Bar Council, when there is no professional relationship between the petitioner and the complainant. 3 before the Jharkhand State …

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar On CBI's Plea In Disproportionate Assets Case
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar On CBI's Plea In Disproportionate Assets Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging Karnataka High Court's decision to stay an investigation against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a special leave petition filed by the CBI against a June 2023 …

Jharkhand high court dismisses Hemant Soren’s plea challenging ED summons
1 year, 2 months ago

Jharkhand high court dismisses Hemant Soren’s plea challenging ED summons

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand high court on Friday dismissed chief minister Hemant Soren’s petition challenging the ED summons and two contentious provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, saying the plea was “not maintainable”. The Jharkhand high court on Friday dismissed chief minister Hemant Soren’s petition challenging the ED summons Soren had challenged the summons issued by the Directorate of Enforcement …

In setback to Hemant Soren, Jharkhand HC dismisses his plea against ED summons
1 year, 2 months ago

In setback to Hemant Soren, Jharkhand HC dismisses his plea against ED summons

Hindustan Times  

RANCHI: The Jharkhand high court on Friday dismissed chief minister Hemant Soren’s petition that challenged the Enforcement Directorate summons to him. harkhand chief minister Hemant Soren had petitioned the Jharkhand high court against the ED summons A division bench of chief justice Sanjaya Mishra and justice Anand Sen rejected the petition on the grounds that it was not maintainable for …

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Withdraws Pleas Challenging ED Summonses After Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC
1 year, 3 months ago

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Withdraws Pleas Challenging ED Summonses After Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC

Live Law  

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren agreed to withdraw his writ petition against summonses by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case, after the Supreme Court on Monday expressed its disinclination to entertain the matter. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a plea filed by the minister seeking the quashing of the …

Supreme Court To Hear Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's Plea Against ED Summons On September 18
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court To Hear Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's Plea Against ED Summons On September 18

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday, September 18, a writ petition filed by Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren seeking the quashing of the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a plea filed by the minister seeking the quashing of the …

Supreme Court Rejects Advocates' Association's Plea Challenging HC Instructions To District Courts On Disposal Of Old Cases
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Advocates' Association's Plea Challenging HC Instructions To District Courts On Disposal Of Old Cases

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to entertain a petition filed by the OBC Advocates Welfare Association assailing the legality of three circulars issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court asking District and Sessions Courts to dispose of 25 of their oldest cases every quarter to clear pendency. The Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court intervened and asked …

Jharkhand HC extends 'no coercive action' order in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 7 months ago

Jharkhand HC extends 'no coercive action' order in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi

India Today  

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday extended the ‘no coercive action’ order in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi till May 16. The case was filed when Rahul Gandhi made objectionable remarks against BJP leader Amit Shah at a Congress party gathering in 2018. The bench of Justice Ambujnath heard the case and extended the ‘no coercive action’ …

Plea Alleging Attacks Against Christians | Supreme Court Directs State Of Jharkhand To File Verification Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Plea Alleging Attacks Against Christians | Supreme Court Directs State Of Jharkhand To File Verification Report

Live Law  

In a plea seeking directions to stop alleged attacks against Christian priests and Christian institutions across the country, the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala directed the State of Jharkhand file its verification report regarding the violence alleged in the plea. Earlier, the court had directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs …

Jharkhand Bar Council Calls Off Lawyers' Strike Against Court Fee Hike After Bar Council Of India Order
1 year, 11 months ago

Jharkhand Bar Council Calls Off Lawyers' Strike Against Court Fee Hike After Bar Council Of India Order

Live Law  

Jharkhand State Bar Council on Friday decided to call off the strike against the hike in court fee, after the Bar Council of India Chairman directed it to end the boycott of courts. BCI Chairman earlier directed the State Bar Council to furnish reasons for such extreme step of strike by it and to explain why it did not move …

Day After Single Bench Verdict, J&K&L High Court Allows J&K SSB To Proceed With Selection Process For Junior Engineer & Sub-Inspector Posts
2 years, 1 month ago

Day After Single Bench Verdict, J&K&L High Court Allows J&K SSB To Proceed With Selection Process For Junior Engineer & Sub-Inspector Posts

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday stayed a single bench judgment in terms of which the ongoing recruitment process being conducted by the J&K Service Selection Board for Junior Engineer and Sub-Inspector posts in Jal Shakti and Home departments was quashed on Thursday.Hearing an urgent appeal filed by the J&K SSB, the division bench of Justice …

Supreme Court Adjourns Jharkhand Govt's Plea Challenging Maintainability Of PIL Seeking Probe Against CM Hemant Soren
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Jharkhand Govt's Plea Challenging Maintainability Of PIL Seeking Probe Against CM Hemant Soren

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the petition filed by the Jharkhand Government's plea assailing the High Court's order accepting the maintainability of a PIL seeking independent probe against Chief Minister Hemant Soren for alleged money laundering through shell companies. The bench had made its clear that the High Court should decide this first" The State has assailed the Jharkhand …

Jharkhand Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Order On Maintainability Of PIL Seeking CBI/ED Probe Against CM Hemant Soren
2 years, 6 months ago

Jharkhand Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Order On Maintainability Of PIL Seeking CBI/ED Probe Against CM Hemant Soren

Live Law  

The State of Jharkhand has approached the Supreme Court assailing the High Court's order accepting the maintainability of a PIL seeking independent probe against CM Hemant Soren for alleged money laundering through shell companies. "This is on behalf of State of Jharkhand, assailing the order of June 3, directing the High Court to decide on the maintainability of the PIL …

Appeal From Any Order Passed By Family Court With Consent Of Parties Not Maintainable: Jharkhand High Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Appeal From Any Order Passed By Family Court With Consent Of Parties Not Maintainable: Jharkhand High Court

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court recently held that Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 is akin to the provision under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure which bars appeal from a decree passed with the consent of parties.It added that this bar operates with further expansion under Section 19, in as much as, no appeal shall also …

Remark On Rahul Gandhi: Jharkhand High Court Quashes Case Against Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
2 years, 10 months ago

Remark On Rahul Gandhi: Jharkhand High Court Quashes Case Against Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal case against Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Tomar for his alleged derogatory remarks against Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi quashed the case registered against Tomar under Section 504 of IPC for his alleged remark made during a political rally in 2016 that "Prime. …

Writ Court Can't Sit In Appeal Over Departmental Proceedings, Particularly When There Are Concurrent Findings On Charge: Jharkhand HC
2 years, 11 months ago

Writ Court Can't Sit In Appeal Over Departmental Proceedings, Particularly When There Are Concurrent Findings On Charge: Jharkhand HC

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court has recently reiterated that the writ court does not sit in appeal against the orders passed in departmental proceedings, particularly when there are concurrent findings concerning the proved charges. Referring to the precedent in Pravin Kumar v. Union of India, Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary noted,"This Court finds that in the instant case the petitioner has not. …

COVID-OMICRON: Jharkhand HC Extends All Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till February 15 [Read Order]
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-OMICRON: Jharkhand HC Extends All Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till February 15 [Read Order]

Live Law  

Considering the pandemic situation in the state, the Jharkhand High Court on Thursday extended the life of all interim orders passed by it or the courts subordinate to it till February 15, 2022. The decision was taken by a Full Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Rajesh Shankar. "In view …

Court Boycott : Supreme Court Rejects Apology Of Rajasthan HC Bar Association; Seeks A Resolution To Not Hold Strikes In Future
3 years, 1 month ago

Court Boycott : Supreme Court Rejects Apology Of Rajasthan HC Bar Association; Seeks A Resolution To Not Hold Strikes In Future

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has rejected the affidavits of apology tendered by the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association at Jaipur for boycotting a court, observing that the aplogy was not unconditional and unqualified.The Court has directed the office bearers of the Association to come up with a better affidavit and also to to come out with a Resolution stating that the …

Supreme Court Raps Rajasthan HC Bar Association At Jaipur For Not Filing Response To Contempt Notice For Court Boycott
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Raps Rajasthan HC Bar Association At Jaipur For Not Filing Response To Contempt Notice For Court Boycott

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed with dismay that office bearers of the of the Bar Association of the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur have not taken seriously the contempt notice issued to them for boycotting a bench of the High Court as part of a strike. Though the case was taken up on the same day and order was …

Jharkhand High Court Issues Notice To Advocate General & Addl Advocate General In Contempt Plea Against Them
3 years, 4 months ago

Jharkhand High Court Issues Notice To Advocate General & Addl Advocate General In Contempt Plea Against Them

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Advocate General Rajiv Ranjan Mishra and Additional Advocate General Sachin Kumar in a petition seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against them over their alleged remarks and conduct while seeking recusal of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi.The Advocate General had sought the recusal of Justice Dwivedi from a matter. The Jharkhand …

JPSC case: Jharkhand HC Division Bench orders status quo
3 years, 5 months ago

JPSC case: Jharkhand HC Division Bench orders status quo

India TV News  

A Division bench of the Jharkhand High Court has directed to maintain status quo and ordered issue of notices to all applicants challenging the single bench judgement regarding the selection of candidates in the 6th Jharkhand Public Service Commission examination. In an interim relief to 326 candidates selected in the JPSC examination, the division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan …

Jharkhand High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Jharkhand Judge Uttam Anand's Death
3 years, 5 months ago

Jharkhand High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Jharkhand Judge Uttam Anand's Death

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the death of Additional District Judge of Dhanbad district, Uttam Anand, who was hit by a four-wheeled vehicle in broad daylight on Wednesday.The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan has issued the order directing the SSP, Dhanbad to remain present before the Court today As seen in a surfaced …

Supreme Court Cautions High Courts Against Unnecessary Summoning Of Officers, Quashes Jharkhand HC Order
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Cautions High Courts Against Unnecessary Summoning Of Officers, Quashes Jharkhand HC Order

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has recently quashed an order of the Jharkhand High Court in an anticipatory bail case, seeking the personal presence of State officials for the "betterment of the criminal justice system." A division bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Krishna Murari took objection to the impugned judgment and cautioned High Courts against "unnecessary summoning officers" in a …

'Aashram' Row: Rajasthan High Court Grants Protection Against Coercive Action To Filmmaker-Producer Prakash Jha
3 years, 10 months ago

'Aashram' Row: Rajasthan High Court Grants Protection Against Coercive Action To Filmmaker-Producer Prakash Jha

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court on Monday granted Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Jha protection against coercive against in connection with an FIR registered against for offences under Sections 3 of SC/ST Act and Section 67 of I.T. As reported by PTI, this FIR was lodged on a complaint filed stating that in a particular scene in the 1st episode of the web …

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Jharkhand Speaker's Plea Against HC Stay On Disqualification Notice To Babulal Marandi
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Jharkhand Speaker's Plea Against HC Stay On Disqualification Notice To Babulal Marandi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a special leave petition filed by the Speaker of Jharkhand assembly challenging the the stay ordered by the Jharkhand High Court on the disqualification notice served on Babulal Marandi MLA.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India said that the bench was not inclined to entertain the plea as the High …

SC dismisses pleas seeking action against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for statements against judiciary
4 years, 1 month ago

SC dismisses pleas seeking action against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for statements against judiciary

Firstpost  

The pleas alleged that Reddy not only wrote a letter to CJI SA Bobde, levelling allegations against the judiciary, but also held a press conference in which false statements were made New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a batch of PILs seeking action against Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for his statements against a top …

Lawyers Abstain From Judicial Works In Jharkhand Over Alleged Attack On A Bar Association's Office Bearer
4 years, 10 months ago

Lawyers Abstain From Judicial Works In Jharkhand Over Alleged Attack On A Bar Association's Office Bearer

Live Law  

Judicial works were disrupted in Jharkhand on Monday as lawyers across the state abstained from attending courts to register their protest against the alleged attack on the president of District Bar Association, Daltonganj district by a senior judge of the local court. Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court Ambuj Nath stated, "The functioning of courts was affected as the lawyers. …

Incessant Lawyers' Strike: Calcutta HC Seeks Replies From President & Secretary Of Mendipur Bar Association [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

Incessant Lawyers' Strike: Calcutta HC Seeks Replies From President & Secretary Of Mendipur Bar Association [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has sought replies from the President and Secretary of the Medinipur Bar Association explaining why action must not be taken against them in light of the incessant lawyers' strike in the district. The division bench of Justices Suvra Ghosh and Joymalya Bagchi noted that the striking lawyers in the Mendipur District of West Bengal not only …

Calcutta HC Issues Show Cause To President and Secretaries Of Striking Bar Associations [Read Order]
4 years, 11 months ago

Calcutta HC Issues Show Cause To President and Secretaries Of Striking Bar Associations [Read Order]

Live Law  

Taking stern view of the incessant lawyers' strike in Medinipur district of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the President and Secretaries of the concerned Bar Associations to show cause for not initiating contempt proceedings against them. "Report placed before us discloses sufficient materials to take a prima facie view that the conduct of the striking lawyers …

Jharkhand HC Stays Proceeding Against Union Agriculture Minister
5 years, 6 months ago

Jharkhand HC Stays Proceeding Against Union Agriculture Minister

Live Law  

In a relief to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the Jharkhand High Court has granted a stay in proceeding against him in lower court in a case related to alleged insult and provocation knowing that it would cause break of public peace. Justice AK Gupta granted the stay on the ground that the complainant failed to appear before HC …

Jharkhand HC Stays Summons Against Rahul Gandhi On Defamation Complaint
5 years, 11 months ago

Jharkhand HC Stays Summons Against Rahul Gandhi On Defamation Complaint

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court on Monday stayed the summons issued by a lower court against Congress president Rahul Gandhi on a defamation complaint filed by a BJP youth wing member. Justice S Chandrasekhar also issued a notice to the petitioner, Naveen Jha, according to Rajiv Ranjan, counsel for Gandhi. The court of sub-divisional magistrate Ajay Kumar Gudia had on December …

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