Supreme Court reserves order on plea against termination of 2 Madhya Pradesh judges
6 days, 15 hours ago

Supreme Court reserves order on plea against termination of 2 Madhya Pradesh judges

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the suo motu writ petition registered in connection with the termination of services of six female civil judges by the Madhya Pradesh government, of which two are yet to be reinstated. On the last date of hearing, the top court had slammed the state high court for terminating the services of women civil judges in the state and refused to reinstate some of them. The top court was hearing the suo motu cognisance case since January this year, the issue of the termination of the six judges by the Madhya Pradesh government in June 2023. Clarifying its stand, the law department of the Madhya Pradesh government had passed the order to sack these six women judges after an administrative committee and a full court meeting found their performance during the probation period unsatisfactory.

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Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea Against Dismissal Of 2 Women Judicial Officers By Madhya Pradesh High Court
6 days, 4 hours ago

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea Against Dismissal Of 2 Women Judicial Officers By Madhya Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today reserved judgment in the case concerning the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision to terminate two lady judicial officers from service.In this case, six judicial officers were simultaneously terminated from service. The Supreme Court today reserved judgment in the case concerning the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision to terminate two lady judicial officers from service. Arguments in …

Madhya Pradesh HC Lays Procedure For Pregnancy Termination In Rape Cases, Pulls Up Trial Court For 'Cruel' Approach Towards Minor Survivor
1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh HC Lays Procedure For Pregnancy Termination In Rape Cases, Pulls Up Trial Court For 'Cruel' Approach Towards Minor Survivor

Live Law  

In a plea concerning termination of over 20-week pregnancy of a minor girl who was stated to be gang raped, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has given a detailed procedure to be followed by police authorities, district courts and high court registry in order to ensure timely legal and medical help. It is rather cruel for …

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Live Law  

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Supreme Court Seeks Responses From 6 States & HCs In Suo Motu Case Over Stay Orders Affecting Trials & Delay In Prosecution Sanctions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today sought the response of 6 State Governments and their High Courts on the issue of adverse effects of stay orders in criminal trials and the delay in granting sanctions for criminal prosecution. A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar was hearing the Suo motu case regarding the adverse effect …

‘Men would understand if they menstruated…’: Supreme Court criticises dismissal of 6 women judges in Madhya Pradesh
2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Men would understand if they menstruated…’: Supreme Court criticises dismissal of 6 women judges in Madhya Pradesh

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticized the dismissal of six women civil judges in Madhya Pradesh, questioning the fairness of the criteria used. It also commented that ‘men would understand the situation if they experienced menstruation.’ A panel of Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh was hearing a case related to the termination of female civil judges. The …

Sacked woman judge turns advocate, fights her case in Chhattisgarh HC, gets reinstated
2 weeks, 5 days ago

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New Indian Express  

RAIPUR: Akanksha Bhardwaj, a 34-year-old civil judge appointed in December 2013, successfully challenged her termination in the Chhattisgarh High Court and has now resumed her duties at the Mahasamund District Court. Following the committee's findings, the Standing Committee under the Chhattisgarh High Court rules recommended Bhardwaj's termination in February 2017. In an earlier ruling, the High Court had set aside …

‘Wish men menstruated, only then they would understand’: SC slams firing of MP women judges
2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Wish men menstruated, only then they would understand’: SC slams firing of MP women judges

India TV News  

The Supreme Court rapped the Madhya Pradesh High Court for terminating the services of women civil judges in the state and declining to reinstate them. The two judge bench comprising him and Justice N Kotiswar Singh said that disposal rate of cases cannot be a yardstick when judges were suffering mentally and physically. The top court in January had taken …

'Wish men menstruate': Supreme Court questions criteria for woman judge's sacking
2 weeks, 5 days ago

'Wish men menstruate': Supreme Court questions criteria for woman judge's sacking

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday spoke against the Madhya Pradesh High Court's criteria behind sacking a woman judge, and said her predicament due to a miscarriage was not taken into consideration. The Supreme Court bench, led by Justices B V Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh also sought clarification from the high court on the criteria for the termination of civil …

‘If only men menstruated...’: SC on firing women judges
2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘If only men menstruated...’: SC on firing women judges

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned Madhya Pradesh high court’s decision to sack a woman civil judge for low disposal of cases, noting that the court ignored her physical and mental trauma following a miscarriage. The Supreme Court of India “I wish men had menstruation, then only they would understand,” justice BV Nagarathna observed while hearing a suo motu petition …

'If Men Had Menstruation, They'll Know' : Supreme Court Questions MP HC Over Dismissal Of Lady Judge Following Miscarriage
2 weeks, 6 days ago

'If Men Had Menstruation, They'll Know' : Supreme Court Questions MP HC Over Dismissal Of Lady Judge Following Miscarriage

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today expressed strong remarks against the criteria set by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in assessing the performance of lady judicial officers in which the High Court ignored to accommodate the mental and physical ailment suffered by the judge due to miscarriage.A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and NK Singh, while hearing a suo moto case against …

'If men menstruated, they'd understand': SC slams Madhya Pradesh HC for firing women judges
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

'If men menstruated, they'd understand': SC slams Madhya Pradesh HC for firing women judges

New Indian Express  

In a turn of anguish and displeasure during the hearing in the Madhya Pradesh women judges termination case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the state High Court for terminating the services of women civil judges in the State and refused to reinstate some of them. "I wish men had menstruation, then only, they would understand," a two-judge Bench of …

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Live Law  

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SC Criticizes Telugu States District Courts

Deccan Chronicle  

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Judicial Orders Mandating Incarceration- Recent Trend Of Imposition Of Restriction On Filing A Subsequent Bail Petition
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Live Law  

The fixing of time for concluding the trial and renewing the Bail application after a certain time became a generally inevitable part of criminal jurisprudence of the High Courts of India and the Supreme Court while deciding Regular Bail Petitions. To de-valuing of clean hand of the accused, facts, circumstance and stage of the case and fixing time for subsequent …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Discharges Contempt Proceedings Against State Bar Council After Its Unconditional Apology For 2023 Lawyers' Strike
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Madhya Pradesh High Court Discharges Contempt Proceedings Against State Bar Council After Its Unconditional Apology For 2023 Lawyers' Strike

Live Law  

While deciding a suo-moto PIL, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court discharged the contempt proceedings against the State Bar Council for calling a strike last year. The division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain in its November 21 order observed, “In view of unconditional apology offered by the contemnors, we hereby discharge …

Hasn't Laid Down That Sentence Can Be Suspended Only If Half Term Is Undergone : Supreme Court
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Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently clarified that it has not laid down any proposition that post-conviction bail can be granted only if the convict has undergone half of the sentence.While considering a petition challenging the refusal of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to suspend sentence, the Court observed that the High Court has misunderstood its decision in Atul @ Ashutosh v. …

Police Issued Notice To Appear To Accused After Rejection Of Anticipatory Bail, Seem To Be Running A "Parallel Court": Madhya Pradesh HC
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Live Law  

The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court pulled up the police authorities for wilfully delaying appropriate action against an accused, noting that despite rejection of his anticipatory bail plea by the high court and his subsequent plea by Supreme Court, a section 41A CrPC notice was issued to him indicating that the police is running a "parallel court". Justice …

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SC stays disqualification of six chief parliamentary secretaries in Himachal

Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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Live Law  

The Supreme Court has kept in abeyance its order requiring the arrest of prisoners who were given premature release in Uttar Pradesh based on a January 10 order of the Allahabad High Court. In this case, a bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Rajesh Bindal on October 15 directed the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Government of Uttar Pradesh, to file …

Supreme Court Keeps In Abeyance Its Order On Arrest Of Prisoners Who Were Given Premature Release In UP
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1 month ago

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Live Law  

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Supreme Court Criticises P&H High Court & Punjab Govt For Not Reinstating Judicial Officer Whose Dismissal Was Set Aside By SC
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Criticises P&H High Court & Punjab Govt For Not Reinstating Judicial Officer Whose Dismissal Was Set Aside By SC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently expressed disapproval of the refusal of the Punjab & Haryana High Court and the State of Punjab to reinstate a judicial officer whose dismissal from service was set aside by the Supreme Court in 2022.In 2022, the Supreme Court had set aside the order passed by the Punjab Government in 2009. The Supreme Court recently expressed …

Supreme Court Stays HC Order Which Set Aside Discharge Of TN Ministers KKSSR Ramachandran & Thangam Thenarasu In DA Case
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Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras High Court which set aside the discharge of Tamil Nadu Ministers KKSSR Ramachandran,Thangam Thenarasu and their spouses in disproportionate assets cases.A bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra passed the interim order while issuing notice on their special leave petitions.Senior Advocates. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed …

Reinstate sacked judicial officers, SC orders MP high court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Reinstate sacked judicial officers, SC orders MP high court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Madhya Pradesh high court to take immediate steps to reinstate four out of six women judicial officers, who were terminated from duty in May last year primarily for not meeting the required standards of case disposal. “The high court may issue orders as expeditiously as possible so that the officers can rejoin duty …

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (12 August-17 August, 2024)
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Live Law  

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Chhattisgarh HC Affirms Single-Judge's Order Upholding Dismissal Of Judicial Officer Who Lodged Criminal Case Against HC Judges
4 months, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh HC Affirms Single-Judge's Order Upholding Dismissal Of Judicial Officer Who Lodged Criminal Case Against HC Judges

Live Law  

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court recently confirmed the 2020 order of the Single Judge upholding the dismissal of a judicial officer who had filed criminal cases against the former Chief Justice and Judge of the High Court. The Court observed that the appellant, a judicial officer, frequently made adverse comments about colleagues and superiors, issued unauthorized representations …

They were unwarranted, scandalous: SC expunges HC judge's remarks against apex court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expunged the observations made by a single judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the apex court in a contempt case, saying they were "scandalous" and "unwarranted".A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, however, refused to initiate proceedings against Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge …

SC bench to hear Punjab HC’s criticism of its order
4 months, 2 weeks ago

SC bench to hear Punjab HC’s criticism of its order

Hindustan Times  

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab and Haryana HC criticises SC stay order, forcing top court to take suo motu cognisance

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In an unusual move, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has criticised a stay order issued by the Supreme Court, leading the top court to take suo motu cognisance of the matter. The case titled 'In Re: Order of Punjab and Haryana High Court Order of July 17, 2024 and Ancillary Issues' will be heard by a bench …

Supreme Court Asks Full Court Of MP High Court To Re-Consider Dismissal of 6 Women Judicial Officers
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Asks Full Court Of MP High Court To Re-Consider Dismissal of 6 Women Judicial Officers

Live Law  

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SC asks Madhya Pradesh HC to re-examine termination of six women civil judges
4 months, 4 weeks ago

SC asks Madhya Pradesh HC to re-examine termination of six women civil judges

New Indian Express  

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Supreme Court gets 2 new judges, its first from Manipur
5 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Registers Suo Motu Case On Letter Petition Against Exclusion Of Visually Challenged Candidates From MP Judicial Service

Live Law  

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Informed Of Madhya Pradesh High Court's Refusal To Reconsider Dismissal Of 6 Women Judges

Live Law  

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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New Indian Express  

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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11 months, 1 week ago

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India Today  

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11 months, 1 week ago

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Live Law  

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1 year ago

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Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today suo moto impleaded and issued notice to the respondents in a revision petition filed by Gireesh Babu that sought investigation into the alleged bribery carried out by high-ranking public officials of the State including the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter- Veena Thaikandiyil, and her company Exalogic Solutions Pvt. “Notice to the parties arrayed as …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup (6th Nov-12th Nov)

Live Law  

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Supreme Court Expunges Remarks Against Judge In Gauhati HC Judgment
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Expunges Remarks Against Judge In Gauhati HC Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered expunction of certain disparaging remarks made by the Gauhati High Court against a Special NIA Court Judge, who is at present a sitting judge of the High Court. The petitioner, who is currently a sitting judge of the Gauhati High Court, had approached the Top Court seeking expunction of some disparaging remarks made in …

Supreme Court Allows Retired Judge Who Acquitted TN Minister Ponmudi To Give Response To Madras HC's Adverse Comments Against Her
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Allows Retired Judge Who Acquitted TN Minister Ponmudi To Give Response To Madras HC's Adverse Comments Against Her

Live Law  

A retired Sessions Judge from Tamil Nadu approached the Supreme Court aggrieved by the adverse comments made by a single judge of the Madras High Court against her in relation to the judgment passed by her acquitting State Minister K Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate assets case.The petitioner, who retired as the Principal District and Sessions Judge at …

'Thank God We Have Judges Like Anand Venkatesh' : Supreme Court Hails Madras HC Order Reopening Acquittal Of TN Minister Ponmudi
1 year, 1 month ago

'Thank God We Have Judges Like Anand Venkatesh' : Supreme Court Hails Madras HC Order Reopening Acquittal Of TN Minister Ponmudi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court's suo motu order re-opening the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi and his wife in a disproportionate assets case. Hailing Justice Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court for passing the suo motu order, the Court refused to entertain the petitions filed by Ponmudi and his wife Visalatchi, …

Accused Can't Be Given Opportunity To Explain Before Filing Final Report : Supreme Court Sets Aside 'Strange' HC Order
1 year, 1 month ago

Accused Can't Be Given Opportunity To Explain Before Filing Final Report : Supreme Court Sets Aside 'Strange' HC Order

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently expressed surprise at a direction passed by a High Court that the police will give opportunity to an accused to explain the materials collected against him before the filing of chargesheet.The Madhya Pradesh High Court passed the direction while refusing to quash an FIR under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Disapproving of the High …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs All State Courts To Strictly Follow Supreme Court's 'Arnesh Kumar Guidelines'
1 year, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs All State Courts To Strictly Follow Supreme Court's 'Arnesh Kumar Guidelines'

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday issued a circular for all the Sessions and criminal courts in the state directing them to strictly follow the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in the 2014 Arnesh Kumar Judgment on arrests. Accordingly, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued the following guidelines: 11.1 All the State Governments to instruct its police …

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