Bombay HC Upholds Decision To Deny Appointment To Lawyer As Civil Judge Citing His ‘Criminal’ Past [Read Judgment]
8 years, 5 months ago

Bombay HC Upholds Decision To Deny Appointment To Lawyer As Civil Judge Citing His ‘Criminal’ Past [Read Judgment]

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A Division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice BP Colabawalla dismissed a petition filed by a lawyer who sought directions for his appointment to the post of Civil Judge, Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate, First Class. Although the petitioner had qualified for the post, his name was not recommended for judicial service by the Administrative Judge’s committee. Petitioner’s advocate Vivek Salunke argued that the criminal case against his client was “completely frivolous” and was “instituted due to personal enmity with the complainant in the case”. Observing that the decision of the Hon'ble Administrative Judges' Committee was fully justified, the bench held that petitioner would not be a suitable candidate to be appointed in judicial service as he was not someone with an “unbelemished character.” Court said – “To an average citizen in a remote area, a Court of Law is a temple of justice and the persons dispensing it are looked upon with the highest regard and respect.

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Indian Judiciary: An astounding dearth of accountability, transparency and reforms
1 day, 20 hours ago

Indian Judiciary: An astounding dearth of accountability, transparency and reforms

Op India  

Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court has been embroiled in controversy since an enormous amount of unaccounted cash was reportedly discovered after a fire at his residence. Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 laid forth judicial standards, mandates that judges disclose their assets and creates procedures for dismissing Supreme Court and High …

HC dismisses plea for appointment of special public prosecutor in a case against former Minister Antony Raju
2 days, 17 hours ago

HC dismisses plea for appointment of special public prosecutor in a case against former Minister Antony Raju

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a petition seeking appointment of a special public prosecutor for the conduct of a criminal case pending before the Nedumangad Judicial Magistrate Court against MLA and former Transport Minister Antony Raju in connection with the tampering of evidence in a 1990 drug smuggling case. In his petition, Anil K. Emmanuel, a journalist, said that …

V.K Saxena defamation case: Delhi court bins Medha Patkar’s plea for new witness, ‘tactics to delay trial’
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1 week, 1 day ago

V.K Saxena defamation case: Delhi court bins Medha Patkar’s plea for new witness, ‘tactics to delay trial’

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed an application by Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar to examine an additional witness in a defamation case she filed against Delhi Lieutenant-Governor V.K Saxena. Raghav Sharma, the Judicial Magistrate of Saket court, observed that Ms. Patkar’s application is not a necessity but a “deliberate attempt to delay the trial” in a case which …

Calcutta High Court dismisses case against man accused of mocking Mamata Banerjee
1 month ago

Calcutta High Court dismisses case against man accused of mocking Mamata Banerjee

Op India  

Criminal charges against a man who reportedly made fun of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other political figures on YouTube have been dropped by the Calcutta High Court. “After careful scrutiny of the materials available in the case diary, this court does not find any sufficient or cogent evidence or even prima facie case against the present petitioner. …

Will Remove Former HC Judge From Array Of Accused In CSR Scam Case: Kerala Police To High Court
1 month ago

Will Remove Former HC Judge From Array Of Accused In CSR Scam Case: Kerala Police To High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today closed the PIL filed by lawyers challenging the registration of FIR against former Kerala High Court judge Justice C N Ramachandran Nair in the CSR funds scam case, on recording the written statement filed by Director General of Prosecutions that he would be removed from the array of the accused. In such view of the …

‘Nobody gets better treatment due to gown’: Supreme Court junks plea over lawyers’ senior designation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Nobody gets better treatment due to gown’: Supreme Court junks plea over lawyers’ senior designation

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday said nobody got a better treatment on the basis of their gown and rejected a plea against the Delhi High Court conferring senior designations of 70 lawyers. A bench of Justices B. R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran was hearing a plea filed by advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara and others, including many practising lawyers, challenging …

Senior lawyers urge CJI to direct CBI to lodge FIR against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav
2 months, 1 week ago

Senior lawyers urge CJI to direct CBI to lodge FIR against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav

The Hindu  

Senior advocates have written to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Friday to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to lodge a First Information Report against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav after taking suo motu notice of communal comments reported to have been made by him during a speech at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu …

Bombay High Court judge, Justice Sarang Kotwal, recuses himself from hearing an appeal filed by Bhima Koregaon violence accused Anand Teltumbde
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court judge, Justice Sarang Kotwal, recuses himself from hearing an appeal filed by Bhima Koregaon violence accused Anand Teltumbde

Op India  

Justice Sarang Kotwal, a judge of the Bombay High Court, recused himself on Thursday, January 2, from the hearing of an appeal filed by Bhima-Koregaon case accused Anand Teltumbde. Anand Teltumbde had filed the concerned appeal through his lawyer Neeraj Yadav after his discharge plea was rejected by a special National Investigation Agency court in May 2024. Teltumbde is accused …

Supreme Court Dismisses Rajasthan HC's Plea Against Judicial Service Appointment Of Candidate After FIRs Were Closed
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3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Rajasthan HC's Plea Against Judicial Service Appointment Of Candidate After FIRs Were Closed

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a Special Leave Petition challenging a Rajasthan High Court judgment that directed the appointment of a candidate in the Rajasthan Judicial Services Examination 2021. A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice SVN Bhatti refused to interfere with the Rajasthan High Court's decision observing, “Having considered the basis for the impugned judgment of the Division …

Supreme Court Dismisses Rajasthan HC's Plea Against Judicial Service Appointment Of Candidate After FIRs Were Closed
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3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Rajasthan HC's Plea Against Judicial Service Appointment Of Candidate After FIRs Were Closed

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a Special Leave Petition challenging a Rajasthan High Court judgment that directed the appointment of a candidate in the Rajasthan Judicial Services Examination 2021. A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice SVN Bhatti refused to interfere with the Rajasthan High Court's decision observing, “Having considered the basis for the impugned judgment of the Division …

Businessman Sanjay Bhandari's extradition: Hearing begins in UK High Court | What is the case?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Businessman Sanjay Bhandari's extradition: Hearing begins in UK High Court | What is the case?

India TV News  

The hearing on Defence sector consultant and businessman Sanjay Bhandari's appeal against his extradition order began in the High Court in London on Wednesday. Lord Justice Timothy Holroyde and Justice Karen Steyn started hearing representations from barristers James Stansfeld and Edward Fitzgerald at the Royal Courts of Justice on three main grounds of appeal – whether the bar for criminality …

Karnataka HC Rejects Advocates Association's Plea For CBI Probe Into Lawyer's Suicide After Alleged Torture By Police Officer, Constitutes SIT
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka HC Rejects Advocates Association's Plea For CBI Probe Into Lawyer's Suicide After Alleged Torture By Police Officer, Constitutes SIT

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea for transfer of investigation to CBI in an abetment to suicide case–concerning the death of an advocate–registered against a Deputy Superintendent of Police. It however constituted an SIT to investigate into the alleged crime, to be headed by IPS Vinay Verma, Superintendent of police, CBI, ACB Bengaluru and the SIT is …

SC transfers criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader to CBI
3 months, 3 weeks ago

SC transfers criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader to CBI

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the investigation of two criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose from the state police to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Bose had petitioned the Supreme Court, asserting that the charges were fabricated and politically motivated, orchestrated by his father-in-law, Kalyan Banerjee, a senior TMC leader and Member of Parliament. In …

Orissa HC asks Bar Council to probe case against lawyer taking money from client to bribe judge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Orissa HC asks Bar Council to probe case against lawyer taking money from client to bribe judge

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court refused to quash the FIR against a lawyer who allegedly took money from his client to bribe the judge who was hearing his case. While dismissing the petition recently, the single judge bench of Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra directed the Bar Council to hold disciplinary proceedings uninfluenced by any observations made by the court and …

SC collegium recommends appointment of 9 lawyers as Bombay HC judges
6 months ago

SC collegium recommends appointment of 9 lawyers as Bombay HC judges

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday recommended names of nine advocates for appointment as judges of the Bombay high court. The lawyers who have been recommended are Nivedita Prakash Mehta, Prafulla Surendrakumar Khubalkar, Ashwin Damodar Bhobe, Rohit Wasudeo Joshi, Advait Mahendra Sethna, Rajesh Sudhakar Datar, Sachin Shivajirao Deshmukh, Gautam Ashwin Ankhad, and Mahendra Madhavrao Nerlikar. Rajesh Datar has 30 …

‘Will remove you from court’: CJI Chandrachud to lawyer seeking CM Mamata Banerjee's removal over Kolkata rape case
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Will remove you from court’: CJI Chandrachud to lawyer seeking CM Mamata Banerjee's removal over Kolkata rape case

Hindustan Times  

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday rapped a senior counsel seeking the court's direction for the removal of Mamata Banerjee as West Bengal chief minister for her alleged failure over rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor inside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Chandrachud, Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra during hearing on …

Karnataka HC quashes CBI plea in Deputy CM DK Shivakumar disproportionate assets case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka HC quashes CBI plea in Deputy CM DK Shivakumar disproportionate assets case

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar termed the Karnataka High Court verdict quashing the CBI’s plea in the disproportionate assets case against him, as a victory for the people and the government. “It is more a victory for the people and the government than a personal one,” he told reporters after the HC quashed the application of CBI and BJP …

Excise policy: Supreme Court judge recuses from hearing Manish Sisodia's plea for revival of bail petitions
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Excise policy: Supreme Court judge recuses from hearing Manish Sisodia's plea for revival of bail petitions

The Hindu  

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kumar on July 11 recused from hearing pleas of AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by which his bail petitions has been sought to be revived in the excise policy scam cases. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Karol and Sanjay Kumar said another Bench in which Justice Kumar is not …

Parties Approaching Judges Becoming Regular Practice In NCLAT: Judicial Member Of Chennai Bench Recuses From Hearing Case
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Parties Approaching Judges Becoming Regular Practice In NCLAT: Judicial Member Of Chennai Bench Recuses From Hearing Case

Live Law  

Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma, Judicial Member of the National Company Law Tribunal at Chennai recently recused from hearing a case after the parties to the case approached him for favorable orders. Adding that it had become a regular practice in NCLAT for parties to approach the judges, Justice Sharma said that if the same happened in the High Court, he …

HC delivers split verdict on legality of Savukku’s arrest
10 months ago

HC delivers split verdict on legality of Savukku’s arrest

Hindustan Times  

Madras high court on Friday delivered a split verdict in the case of whistleblower-turned-YouTuber Savukku Shankar where justice G R Swaminathan quashed his detention under the Goondas Act while justice P B Balaji differed. Both judges were of the opinion that he must be shifted out of the Coimbatore because Shankar’s mother had filed another habeas corpus petition complaining that …

Madras High Court calls for legal services authority’s report on ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s health condition
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court calls for legal services authority’s report on ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s health condition

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday called for a report from the Coimbatore District Legal Services Authority after being informed that the latter had deputed three empanelled lawyers and an orthopaedician to check on the health of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar, alias A. Shankar, following complaints of custodial violence in the Coimbatore Central Prison. While Senior Counsel R. John Sathyan, representing …

Calcutta HC cancels appointment of 25,753 school employees in recruitment case
11 months ago

Calcutta HC cancels appointment of 25,753 school employees in recruitment case

Hindustan Times  

A Calcutta high court division bench on Monday cancelled the appointment of all 25,753 people empanelled in 2016 for various categories of jobs at secondary and higher secondary schools in West Bengal, said lawyers associated with cases in the alleged bribe-for-job case. Those who lost jobs include secondary and higher secondary teachers as well as Group C and Group D …

Bengal School Recruitment Scam Case: Calcutta High Court To Deliver Verdict On Monday
11 months ago

Bengal School Recruitment Scam Case: Calcutta High Court To Deliver Verdict On Monday

ABP News  

Kolkata, Apr 20 The Calcutta High Court will on Monday pronounce its judgement on petitions and appeals relating to alleged irregularities in the selection of candidates in West Bengal government- The CBI, which investigated the case on an order of the high court, arrested former state education minister Partha Chatterjee and some functionaries who held positions in the West Bengal …

District Judge’s conference call with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati | Madras High Court upholds his removal from service
1 year ago

District Judge’s conference call with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati | Madras High Court upholds his removal from service

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court refused to interfere with the punishment of removal from service imposed upon an Additional District Judge for having participated in a conference call relating to the payment of money with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Mutt when the latter had been arrayed as the prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case. The explanations submitted by them …

SC rejects Maha govt's plea challenging G N Saibaba's acquittal
1 year ago

SC rejects Maha govt's plea challenging G N Saibaba's acquittal

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maharashtra government application seeking a stay on a Bombay High Court order that acquitted former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and others in the Maoist links case. A two-judge bench of the top court, headed by Justice B R Gavai and also comprising Justice Sandeep Mehta, although, admitted the state …

Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay resigns, set to join politics
1 year ago

Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay resigns, set to join politics

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who faced strong criticism from Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress for some of his judgments and observations, resigned from service on Tuesday morning to join politics. Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay who resigned on Tuesday. In May 2022, he ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the appointment of non-teaching staff and …

Maoist links case: Bombay high court acquits former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, 5 others
1 year ago

Maoist links case: Bombay high court acquits former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, 5 others

The Hindu  

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday acquitted former Delhi University Professor G.N. A Division Bench of Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Valmiki S.A. Menezes also set aside the life sentence awarded to Prof. Saibaba and the other accused — Mahesh Tirki, Hem Mishra, Pandu Narote, Vijay Tirki and Prashant Rahi — by a sessions court in …

Who is Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Calcutta HC judge set to join politics?
1 year ago

Who is Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Calcutta HC judge set to join politics?

Hindustan Times  

Calcutta high court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Monday announced his decision to resign from his post, ahead of his retirement later this year. Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay speaks to the media after he decided to resign from the post, in Kolkata. A high court judge since 2018, Justice Gangopadhyay is known for his rulings which triggered controversies. …

'Based On Speculation, Tarnishes Reputation': AP High Court Junks Lawyer's Plea Accusing AG Of Corrupt Practice In Appointment Of Standing Counsel
1 year, 1 month ago

'Based On Speculation, Tarnishes Reputation': AP High Court Junks Lawyer's Plea Accusing AG Of Corrupt Practice In Appointment Of Standing Counsel

Live Law  

Andhra Pradesh High Court has expressed strong displeasure over an Advocate's PIL seeking removal of a Standing Counsel and a consequential CBI inquiry into the appointments made on the recommendation of the Advocate General alleging 'corrupt practices for personal gains'. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice R. Raghunandan Rao said the allegations are merely speculative …

Delhi High Court allows M.J. Akbar’s plea for early hearing in appeal case
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court allows M.J. Akbar’s plea for early hearing in appeal case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed former Union Minister M.J. Akbar’s plea seeking an early hearing of his appeal challenging a trial court order acquitting journalist Priya Ramani in a criminal defamation case filed by him over her allegations of sexual harassment. On January 13, 2022, the High Court agreed to examine Mr. Akbar’s appeal against the trial court …

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Prosecution Of Former Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana Under PC Act
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Prosecution Of Former Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana Under PC Act

Live Law  

Today, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking the prosecution of former Special Director of the CBI, DG of BSF, and former Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana under the Prevention of Corruption Act. But Delhi High Court based its order on the Punjab and Haryana High Court whereby the Court had declined the transfer of petition to any other agency.” …

Bombay High Court Issues Contempt Notices To Lawyer, Client For Seeking Judge's Recusal Based On 'Fabricated' News Clipping Against Him
1 year, 1 month ago

Bombay High Court Issues Contempt Notices To Lawyer, Client For Seeking Judge's Recusal Based On 'Fabricated' News Clipping Against Him

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has directed registration of a suo motu contempt petition against lawyers - Zoheb Merchant and Minal Chandnani, and their client for using a fabricated news article with scandalous allegations against a judge to get him to recuse himself from hearing the case. On November 08, 2023, when the matter came up for hearing a praecipe was …

Judge Vs Judge row In Cal HC: Supreme Court Transfers Pleas In Bengal Caste Certificate Scam Case To Itself
1 year, 1 month ago

Judge Vs Judge row In Cal HC: Supreme Court Transfers Pleas In Bengal Caste Certificate Scam Case To Itself

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday transferred all the proceedings in the writ appeal from the Calcutta High Court in alleged scam in West Bengal caste certificate case to itself. A 5-judge bench of the top court transferred to itself the case from the high court which triggered judicial spat between two high court judges as a single bench of the …

SC transfers to itself from Calcutta HC pleas related caste certificate scam in MBBS admissions
1 year, 1 month ago

SC transfers to itself from Calcutta HC pleas related caste certificate scam in MBBS admissions

India TV News  

SC transfers to itself from Calcutta HC pleas related caste certificate scam in MBBS admissions Earlier, the top court had taken suo moto cognisance of an order passed by a single bench of the Calcutta High Court that was termed as illegal and ignored an order of the division bench in a case of alleged irregularities in the admission of …

Allocation Of Cases Can't Be Lawyer-Driven; Complete Trust Must Be Reposed On Decision Makers : CJI DY Chandrachud
1 year, 2 months ago

Allocation Of Cases Can't Be Lawyer-Driven; Complete Trust Must Be Reposed On Decision Makers : CJI DY Chandrachud

Live Law  

Recently in an interview, while replying to a question about the recent controversy surrounding the listing of some of the politically sensitive cases to a particular Bench, the Chief Justice of India responded that “the Supreme Court follows a well-structured process for the allocation of cases to the Judges of the Supreme Court”. Allocation and assignment of cases cannot be …

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday declined Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's request for a gag order restraining media coverage of the proceedings before a single judge of the Calcutta High Court monitoring the probe into an alleged multi-tier recruitment scam in the state. During today's hearing, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan pressed for a 'suspension of reportage', arguing – “Certain remarks …

Cannot come to Madras HC in connection with defamation suit filed against journalist Mathew Samuel: Palaniswami
1 year, 4 months ago

Cannot come to Madras HC in connection with defamation suit filed against journalist Mathew Samuel: Palaniswami

The Hindu  

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has expressed his inability to come to the Madras High Court premises to provide evidence in a 2019 defamation suit filed by him against journalist Mathew Samuel and others, for having linked his name with the 2017 Kodanad heist-cum-murder case. Justice N. Sathish Kumar directed the High Court Registry to list the application, filed …

NewsClick Case : Chief Editor & HR Head Moved Supreme Court Challenging Arrests In UAPA Case; Seek Urgent Hearing
1 year, 5 months ago

NewsClick Case : Chief Editor & HR Head Moved Supreme Court Challenging Arrests In UAPA Case; Seek Urgent Hearing

Live Law  

The NewsClick matter has reached the Supreme Court with its Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty filing a Special Leave Petition challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment which upheld their arrest by the Delhi Police in a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act over alleged Chinese funding to promote anti-national propaganda.Senior. The NewsClick matter has reached …

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Adv Ravindra Agrawal As Chhattisgarh HC Judge, Says Centre Flagged Some Complaints But No Bearing On Integrity
1 year, 5 months ago

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Adv Ravindra Agrawal As Chhattisgarh HC Judge, Says Centre Flagged Some Complaints But No Bearing On Integrity

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna has recommended the name of Advocate Ravindra Kumar Agrawal for appointment as a Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court. Earlier this year, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High in consultation with two senior-most Judges of the Court had recommended the elevation of Advocate Agrawal as …

Calcutta HC orders transfer of special CBI judge; summons state law minister
1 year, 5 months ago

Calcutta HC orders transfer of special CBI judge; summons state law minister

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of special Central Bureau of Investigation court judge Arpan Chattopadhyay by October 4 for intervening in a high court order in connection with the West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam. Calcutta high court A single bench of justice Abhijit Gangopadhay observed that when the central agency probe in the matter was being …

Bombay High Court dismisses plea against appointment of former CBI chief
1 year, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court dismisses plea against appointment of former CBI chief

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a former Maharashtra police official who sought to quash the order appointing IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. The plea, filed by retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajendra Trivedi, had also requested the court to restrain Jaiswal from carrying out his duties as …

High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Senthilbalaji’s case for want of clarification regarding bail plea
1 year, 6 months ago

High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Senthilbalaji’s case for want of clarification regarding bail plea

The Hindu  

Justice R. Sakthivel of the Madras High Court on Friday recused himself from hearing a petition filed by Minister V. Senthilbalaji seeking a clarification whether his bail plea, in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate, should be heard by the Principal Sessions Court or the special court for MP/MLA cases in Chennai. Second instance On June 14 …

HC Judge Who Refused to Stay RaGa's Conviction in 'Modi Surname' Case Among 9 On SC Transfer List
1 year, 7 months ago

HC Judge Who Refused to Stay RaGa's Conviction in 'Modi Surname' Case Among 9 On SC Transfer List

News 18  

The name of the Gujarat High Court judge, who refused to stay Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the ‘Modi surname’ criminal defamation case, has been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for transfer. Name of Justice Hemant M Prachchhak, who observed that no case was made out to stay Gandhi’s conviction in a 123-page verdict passed in July, is …

Sheena Bora murder: Sanjeev Khanna’s plea to attend trial from Kolkata rejected
1 year, 8 months ago

Sheena Bora murder: Sanjeev Khanna’s plea to attend trial from Kolkata rejected

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A special Central Bureau of Investigation court has rejected the plea of Sanjeev Khanna, an accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, to attend the trial from Kolkata through video conferencing. The court said the Bombay high court, while granting him bail, had imposed a condition to attend the trial court physically during all hearings. Mumbai; India- 20 Nov …

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'
1 year, 9 months ago

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'

Live Law  

A Calcutta High Court division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta, on Monday, took exception to the fact that a Public Interest Litigation filed by “independent voters” may have been politically motivated. The voters had complained that the unopposed elections of ruling-party candidates from their block, while stopping the nomination of rival “prospective candidates” took away …

New Bombay High Court bench to hear GN Saibaba's Maoist links case plea from July 17
1 year, 9 months ago

New Bombay High Court bench to hear GN Saibaba's Maoist links case plea from July 17

India Today  

The appeal filed by former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and four others against their conviction in a Maoist links case will be heard by a new bench of the Bombay High Court here from July 17. On October 14, 2022, a High Court bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare acquitted Saibaba and the four others on …

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Three Advocates As Additional Judges Of Bombay High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Three Advocates As Additional Judges Of Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Shailesh Pramod Brahme, Advocate Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla, and Advocate Jitendra Shantilal Jain as additional judges of the Bombay High Court for a period of two years. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri Shailesh Pramod …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Plea Against Calcutta HC Allowing CBI-ED Probe Against Him In Teacher Recruitment Scam
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Plea Against Calcutta HC Allowing CBI-ED Probe Against Him In Teacher Recruitment Scam

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by Trinamool Congress leader leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee against Calcutta High Court's order dismissing his plea to recall an order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay which allowed the CBI and ED to interrogate him in the West Bengal School Job Scam case. Senior Advocate Dr.Abhishek Manu …

BREAKING | Supreme Court To Hear TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Appeal Against CBI Notice In School Jobs Scam Case On May 26
1 year, 10 months ago

BREAKING | Supreme Court To Hear TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Appeal Against CBI Notice In School Jobs Scam Case On May 26

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has agreed to list on May 26 an appeal filed by TMC leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee against Calcutta High Court's order dismissing his plea to recall the order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on April 13 giving liberty to the CBI and ED to interrogate him in the West Bengal School Job Scam case. Last week, …

Supreme Court to hear Bombay lawyers body plea for action against VP, Rijiju over remarks on judiciary
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court to hear Bombay lawyers body plea for action against VP, Rijiju over remarks on judiciary

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of the Bombay Lawyers Association against Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar over their remarks on the judiciary and the collegium system for appointment of judges. In an appeal, the lawyers body said the "frontal attack not just on the judiciary but the Constitution'' by …

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