Full Bench of Bombay HC recalls order directing disciplinary order directing disciplinary action Registry staff stating it as Ultra Vires
10 years, 1 month ago

Full Bench of Bombay HC recalls order directing disciplinary order directing disciplinary action Registry staff stating it as Ultra Vires

Live Law  

In an interesting order, a full bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of three judges -Chief Justice Mohit Shah, Justices P.V.Hardas and V.K.Tahilramani JJ on friday recalled an earlier order dated 28th January in which a Division Bench headed by Justice S.C.Dharmadhikari had ordered disciplinary action against the court's registry staff.The division bench had directed that. In an interesting order, a full bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of three judges -Chief Justice Mohit Shah, Justices P.V.Hardas and V.K.Tahilramani JJ on friday recalled an earlier order dated 28th January in which a Division Bench headed by Justice S.C.Dharmadhikari had ordered disciplinary action against the court's registry staff. The division bench had directed that disciplinary action should be initiated against the court's registry staff for failing to place an affidavit before the court when the matter came up for hearing. While recalling the order, the full bench observed: "As per settled legal position and constitutional scheme, learned judge in division bench could not have issued warning to the concerned staff, including noting in confidential report."

Justice High Court Action Court Disciplinary Disciplinary Action Order Bench Staff Registry Bombay Division Bench Full Bench  justice  action  bench  court  vires  disciplinary  registry  division  hc  directing  staff  high  recalls  ultra  stating  order

History of this topic

Affidavit Disclosing Assets Mandatory In Maintenance Proceedings: Orissa HC Laments Non-Compliance Of SC Guidelines By Family Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Affidavit Disclosing Assets Mandatory In Maintenance Proceedings: Orissa HC Laments Non-Compliance Of SC Guidelines By Family Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has expressed displeasure over the recalcitrance of a Family Court in following guidelines issued by the Supreme Court which mandated a person to file an affidavit disclosing his/her assets while making a maintenance application and the respondent to submit his reply along with a similar asset affidavit, only after which a maintenance case can be decided. …

Calcutta High Court Pulls Up Lawyer's Juniors For 'Threatening' Dept To Admit Appeal Without Order Copy
4 months, 1 week ago

Calcutta High Court Pulls Up Lawyer's Juniors For 'Threatening' Dept To Admit Appeal Without Order Copy

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reprimanded a lawyer and his juniors for filing an appeal against a single judge order without either a server or certified copy of the order under challenge. A division bench comprising of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya had on an earlier occasion allowed the filing of the appeal without the certified copy of the order. On …

Medical Admission Irregularities | Calcutta HC Single-Judge Alleges Misconduct By Judge Who Presided Over Division Bench Which Stayed Order For CBI Probe
1 year, 2 months ago

Medical Admission Irregularities | Calcutta HC Single-Judge Alleges Misconduct By Judge Who Presided Over Division Bench Which Stayed Order For CBI Probe

Live Law  

In an unusual development, a single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has alleged misconduct by Justice Soumen Sen, who presided over a division bench which stayed the single bench's order for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities during admissions to medical colleges in West Bengal. On Wednesday, a division bench of Justices Soumen Sen & Uday Kumar had stayed the …

Can Recall Section 11 A&C Act Order, If It Suffers From Patent And Manifest Error: Delhi High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Can Recall Section 11 A&C Act Order, If It Suffers From Patent And Manifest Error: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the power exercised by the High Court under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is not merely an administrative function but a judicial power, and that the Court does not cease to be a Court of Record while exercising power under Section 11. Thus, the bench of Justice Yashwant Varma …

'Keep A Hawk's Eye': Calcutta HC Orders CBI To Guard Data Room Of SSC's Office To Prevent Evidence Tampering
2 years, 10 months ago

'Keep A Hawk's Eye': Calcutta HC Orders CBI To Guard Data Room Of SSC's Office To Prevent Evidence Tampering

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation which is probing the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in West Bengal government schools to take possession of the data room in the head office of the West Bengal School Service Commission at Salt Lake, Kolkata and put in their own padlock in order to avoid …

Calcutta HC Expresses Displeasure Against Registry for Not Listing Petition for 23 Years
4 years, 3 months ago

Calcutta HC Expresses Displeasure Against Registry for Not Listing Petition for 23 Years

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday expressed its strong displeasure against its Registry for not listing a habeas corpus petition for the last 23 years in a case relating to a mother allegedly not having been handed over to her child following his birth at a hospital. The bench, also comprising Justice Arijit Banerjee, said that the high court had …

‘Co-Accused Was My Lay Client’: Calcutta HC Judge Recalls Order In Criminal Case [Read Order]
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Co-Accused Was My Lay Client’: Calcutta HC Judge Recalls Order In Criminal Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

‘Though it has nothing to do with the present criminal case, had this been brought to my notice, I would surely have recused myself then and there and not taken up the matter during vacation.’Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee of the Calcutta High Court has recalled an order he passed in a criminal revision petition on the ground that the co-accused …

‘Co-Accused Was My Lay Client’: Calcutta HC Judge Recalls Order In Criminal Case [Read Order]
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Co-Accused Was My Lay Client’: Calcutta HC Judge Recalls Order In Criminal Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

‘Though it has nothing to do with the present criminal case, had this been brought to my notice, I would surely have recused myself then and there and not taken up the matter during vacation.’Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee of the Calcutta High Court has recalled an order he passed in a criminal revision petition on the ground that the co-accused …

Discover Related