Division Bench Of Calcutta HC Recuses From Hearing Single Judge's Order For CBI Probe In SSC 'Group D' Recruitment Scam
2 years, 8 months ago

Division Bench Of Calcutta HC Recuses From Hearing Single Judge's Order For CBI Probe In SSC 'Group D' Recruitment Scam

Live Law  

A Division Bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta of the Calcutta High Court on Monday recused from hearing a batch of petitions pertaining to alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' in A Division Bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta of the Calcutta High Court on Monday recused from hearing a batch of petitions pertaining to alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' in This comes days after a single judge Bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had passed scathing remarks against the Division Bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta. On Friday, a Division Bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee had stayed Justice Gangopadhyay's order directing the regional head of the CBI to call upon S.P. A Division Bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta had earlier quashed Justice Gangopadhyay's order which had directed the CBI to conduct a probe into the alleged recruitment scam. Subsequently, the Division Bench had again imposed a stay for 2 weeks on Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's order wherein a similar CBI probe had been ordered into the alleged recruitment scam.

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'No Special Treatment' : Supreme Court Refuses CCI's Plea To Transfer Amazon, Flipkart Cases Directly To Karnataka HC Division Bench
1 week, 4 days ago

'No Special Treatment' : Supreme Court Refuses CCI's Plea To Transfer Amazon, Flipkart Cases Directly To Karnataka HC Division Bench

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to transfer 24 writ petitions filed in various High Courts by Amazon and Flipkart associated sellers against the Competition Commission of India's probe into alleged anti-competitive practices to a division bench of the Karnataka High Court. Justice Oka said that CCI could not be given special treatment by directing the petitions to be heard …

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a special investigation team of West Bengal police to investigate allegations of custodial torture of two women who took part in the protests following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. “We have a lot of faith in the young IPS officers,” a …

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a special investigation team of West Bengal police to investigate allegations of custodial torture of two women who took part in the protests following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The top court’s order scraps the Calcutta high …

Supreme Court Notifies New Subject-Wise Roster With Effect From November 11
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Notifies New Subject-Wise Roster With Effect From November 11

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has published a new roster of work with effect from November 11, 2024, after Justice Sanjiv Khanna became the Chief Justice of India. The bench of the Chief Justice of India handles the maximum number of subjects, ranging from PILs, social justice, service, election, indirect taxation, arbitration, admirality, judicial service, the appointment of constitutional functionaries, armed forces, …

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

Calcutta HC orders appointment of over 14,000 applicants as assistant teachers
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta HC orders appointment of over 14,000 applicants as assistant teachers

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: The Calcutta high court directed the West Bengal School Service Commission on Wednesday to appoint all 14,052 applicants who appeared for the 2016 state-level selection test as assistant teachers in upper primary schools The high court passed the verdict after hearing 36 appeals that cited orders passed earlier by the single bench of former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who questioned …

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  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of an unusual order issued by a Punjab and Haryana high court judge, who criticised a stay order previously passed by the apex court while commenting that the Supreme Court tends to perceive itself as more “supreme” than it actually is and views high courts as being less “high” than they …

Parties Approaching Judges Becoming Regular Practice In NCLAT: Judicial Member Of Chennai Bench Recuses From Hearing Case
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Savukku Shankar Detention Case:Justice Swaminathan May Recused If Influenced by External Factors,Says Justice Jayachandran
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Savukku Shankar Detention Case:Justice Swaminathan May Recused If Influenced by External Factors,Says Justice Jayachandran

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday ruled that the split verdict passed concerning the detention of YouTuber Savukku Shankar was without following the principles of natural justice granting fair opportunity. Justice Jayachandran noted that while the court was not bound by a hard and fast rule of granting 4 weeks to file counter, especially in cases dealing with detention orders, …

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai City Police on Thursday, June 6, 2024, filed a sub application before the Madras High Court claiming that Justice G. Jayachandran had agreed with the view taken by Justice P.B. Balaji, in a habeas corpus petition filed against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act, and therefore, the case must now be referred …

Justice at midnight: Telangana HC sets benchmark in deciding cases
7 months ago

Justice at midnight: Telangana HC sets benchmark in deciding cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In perhaps the first instance of addressing legal matters till the last petition during vacation time, the vacation benches of the Telangana High Court held the proceedings till late Thursday night. The vacation benches held by Justice Bollam Vijaysen Reddy and Justice Laxminarayana Alishetty respectively held the court proceedings on Thursday from 10.30 am till the wee hours of …

[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Dismisses BJP's Appeal Against Order Restraining It From Running Allegedly Derogatory Ads Against TMC
7 months ago

[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Dismisses BJP's Appeal Against Order Restraining It From Running Allegedly Derogatory Ads Against TMC

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by Bharatiya Janata Party against an order by a single judge which restrained it from printing certain allegedly derogatory The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by Bharatiya Janata Party against an order by a single judge which restrained it from printing certain allegedly derogatory A division bench of Chief Justice …

Karnataka HC allows govt to go ahead with board exams for classes 5, 8, 9
9 months ago

Karnataka HC allows govt to go ahead with board exams for classes 5, 8, 9

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka on Friday upheld the State government’s decision to conduct board exam/ summative assessment II for classes 5, 8 and 9 and the final exam for class 11 for the academic year 2023-24 through the Karnataka State Examination and Assessment Board. Also, the Bench directed the government to continue the exams for …

Sandeshkhali: CBI registers 3 cases against Shahjahan
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sandeshkhali: CBI registers 3 cases against Shahjahan

Deccan Chronicle  

KOLKATA: The CBI got Trinamul Congress strongman Shahjahan Sheikh’s custody from the West Bengal police on Wednesday evening, after taking over the probe into the violent mob attack on an Enforcement Directorate team during its raid on his house at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas and filing three FIRs against him into the incident. His handover took place following a …

Hand Shahjahan to CBI, Calcutta HC tells Bengal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hand Shahjahan to CBI, Calcutta HC tells Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal police and the Central Bureau of Investigation were locked in a custody battle on Tuesday, with the former citing an appeal by the state government in the Supreme Court as grounds for refusing to hand over Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan to the latter as mandated by a high court order. Earlier in the day, the Calcutta high …

Calcutta HC orders Mamata Govt to hand over custody of Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI, WB Govt moves SC against the order
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta HC orders Mamata Govt to hand over custody of Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI, WB Govt moves SC against the order

Op India  

On Tuesday, March 5, the Calcutta High Court dismissed the SIT formed to probe the arrest of TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and handed over the probe to the CBI. “Hand over Trinamool strongman Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI by 4.30 pm,” Calcutta High Court said while issuing an ultimatum to the Bengal government. After the Calcutta High Court order, the Mamata …

Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay resigns, set to join politics
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Calcutta High Court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay Resigns After Announcing His Plan To Join Politics
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay Resigns After Announcing His Plan To Join Politics

Live Law  

Calcutta High Court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay has sent his letter of resignation by post to President Droupadi Murmu, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, and Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam. Early last year, the Calcutta High Court judge was criticised by the Supreme Court for giving an interview to a local Bengali news channel regarding the infamous cash-for-jobs …

Calcutta HC: CBI or ED can Arrest Shahjahan; Suvendu Claims TMC Don Already in Safe Custody
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta HC: CBI or ED can Arrest Shahjahan; Suvendu Claims TMC Don Already in Safe Custody

Deccan Chronicle  

A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya of the HC gave the liberty to the central agencies in a clarification, sought by state advocate general Kishore Datta in the February 26-order. The bench later stated, “As of date, what has been stayed is only the constitution of an SIT, Therefore it is well open to …

Calcutta HC division bench refuses state govt appeal, allows BJP leader Suvendu to visit Sandeshkhali
10 months ago

Calcutta HC division bench refuses state govt appeal, allows BJP leader Suvendu to visit Sandeshkhali

New Indian Express  

Justice Chanda on Monday directed the state to deploy adequate number of security personnel to ensure that no untoward incident takes place during Adhikari's visit to Sandeshkhali village in Sandeshkhali block II in North 24 Parganas district. Adhikari's advocate Billwadal Bhattacharya stated before the division bench that Adhikari and Ghosh were prevented by police from reaching Sandeshkhali on the ground …

Supreme Court sets aside HC order criticising Collegium & CM Jagan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court sets aside HC order criticising Collegium & CM Jagan

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a relief to the Andhra Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed a controversial order passed by the State High Court in which Justice Rakesh Kumar had strongly slammed the Collegium and Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The bench was hearing an appeal filed by the State government challenging a December 31, 2020 order passed …

Supreme Court Declines Abhishek Banerjee's Plea For Action Against HC Judge Over Interviews, But Agrees To Consider Request For Transfer Of Cases
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Declines Abhishek Banerjee's Plea For Action Against HC Judge Over Interviews, But Agrees To Consider Request For Transfer Of Cases

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed disinclination to entertain Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's request for 'necessary action' against Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, judge of the Calcutta High Court, for 'politically motivated' interviews. With respect to this prayer, the bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices Manoj Mishra and Satish Chandra Sharma stated that Banerjee's petition will be tagged with …

Contain indiscipline at Calcutta High Court with an iron hand
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Contain indiscipline at Calcutta High Court with an iron hand

New Indian Express  

A dramatic takedown in the Calcutta High Court brought the higher judiciary under a cloud last week and forced Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud to suo motu set up a five-member Constitution bench to stem the rot. It all began with Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordering a CBI probe into an alleged medical seat scam using fake ST certificates …

SC stays proceedings before two Calcutta HC benches after row between judges
10 months, 3 weeks ago

SC stays proceedings before two Calcutta HC benches after row between judges

Hindustan Times  

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court stayed all proceedings pending before two benches in the Calcutta high court that witnessed an unprecedented face-off between two judges there, observing that the turn of events warranted the court’s intervention. The law officers pointed out that the division bench opted to suspend the order of the single judge without there being any …

Medical Admission Irregularities | Calcutta HC Single-Judge Alleges Misconduct By Judge Who Presided Over Division Bench Which Stayed Order For CBI Probe
10 months, 4 weeks 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 …

'Lightly' Interfering In State's Investigation May Disrupt Co-operative Federalism: Calcutta HC Stays Order For CBI Probe Into Medical College Admissions
11 months ago

'Lightly' Interfering In State's Investigation May Disrupt Co-operative Federalism: Calcutta HC Stays Order For CBI Probe Into Medical College Admissions

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently stayed an order by a single bench for the immediate transfer of a probe being conducted by the State into the admission of reserved category candidates into medical colleges based on allegedly improperly issued caste certificates to the Central Bureau of Investigation.A single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had initially directed for the probe. …

[Intra-Court Appeal] Single Bench Not A Court Subordinate To Division Bench, Matter Decided On Merits Can't Be Remitted Back: Karnataka HC
11 months, 1 week ago

[Intra-Court Appeal] Single Bench Not A Court Subordinate To Division Bench, Matter Decided On Merits Can't Be Remitted Back: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that in an intra-court appeal, the division bench of the high court in its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot remit a matter back to the single judge bench if it has been decided on merits. Justice Nagaprasanna said, “Remand, in the normal circumstances, except those considered by the Full Bench, even …

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

CJI DY Chandrachud Explains Why Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea Was Listed Before Justice Bela Trivedi's Bench
1 year ago

CJI DY Chandrachud Explains Why Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea Was Listed Before Justice Bela Trivedi's Bench

Live Law  

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday clarified the bail application of Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain was assigned to a bench led by Justice Bela Trivedi since Justice AS Bopanna was not available due to health reasons.Just this morning, Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi raised an objection regarding the listing of Jain's petition, saying that the. …

Monthly Digest Of IBC Cases: November 2023
1 year ago

Monthly Digest Of IBC Cases: November 2023

Live Law  

Supreme Court IBC Resolution Plan Can't Ignore Government Dues: Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions Against 'Rainbow Papers' Case title: Sanjay Agarwal v. State Tax Officer Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 939 The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of review petitions filed against a 2022 judgment which held that the definition of a secured creditor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 …

Supreme Court Dissolves Bench On PMLA Judgment Reconsideration After Centre Seeks Time; 'Doing With Heavy Heart', Says Justice Kaul
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Dissolves Bench On PMLA Judgment Reconsideration After Centre Seeks Time; 'Doing With Heavy Heart', Says Justice Kaul

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday dissolved the bench constituted to consider a batch of applications seeking reconsideration of its Vijay Madanlal Choudhary ruling, which upheld the powers of the Directorate of Enforcement. Yesterday, the special bench began hearing the challenge against the interpretation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 based on the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgment. Over the …

Weekly Digest Of IBC Cases: 30th October To 5th November 2023
1 year, 1 month ago

Weekly Digest Of IBC Cases: 30th October To 5th November 2023

Live Law  

Supreme Court IBC Resolution Plan Can't Ignore Government Dues: Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions Against 'Rainbow Papers' Case title: Sanjay Agarwal v. State Tax Officer Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 939 The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of review petitions filed against a 2022 judgment which held that the definition of a secured creditor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 …

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Transfer Of AFT Chandigarh Bench Judge, Agrees To Examine Plea To Remove Tribunal From Defence Ministry's Control
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Transfer Of AFT Chandigarh Bench Judge, Agrees To Examine Plea To Remove Tribunal From Defence Ministry's Control

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today sought the response of the Union of India on a plea seeking to divest the control of the Armed Forces Tribunal from the Ministry of Defence. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing a plea filed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Chandigarh Bar Association alleging that Justice Dharam. …

Calcutta HC orders transfer of special CBI judge; summons state law minister
1 year, 2 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 …

Supreme Court convenes Special Bench to hear rape survivor seeking abortion
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court convenes Special Bench to hear rape survivor seeking abortion

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court shifted to high gear on August 19, constituting a Special Bench to hear a 25-year-old rape survivor who is fighting time to get an abortion. Chandrachud constituted a Special Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, who rushed to the court, for the special hearing at 10.30 a.m. on August 19. During the hearing, the Bench …

Madras HC judge calls for coordination between bar and bench to clear pending cases
1 year, 4 months ago

Madras HC judge calls for coordination between bar and bench to clear pending cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Madras High Court judge Justice Battu Devanand has called for coordination between the bar and the bench to help clear the backlog of pending cases in the country. Speaking at the state-level All India Lawyers Union two-day meeting held in Guntur on Saturday, Justice Devanand said that there were nearly 5 crore cases pending in the Supreme Court, High …

Supreme Court Dismisses CBI's Plea Against HC Stay On Probe Against Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar; Leaves Matter Open To Be Decided By HC
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses CBI's Plea Against HC Stay On Probe Against Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar; Leaves Matter Open To Be Decided By HC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Karnataka High Court temporarily staying a probe by the central agency against Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar in a corruption case arising out of allegations regarding disproportionate assets. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, CT Ravikumar, and Sanjay Kumar was hearing a …

Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji’s arrest | Third judge of Madras High Court rules in favour of Enforcement Directorate
1 year, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji’s arrest | Third judge of Madras High Court rules in favour of Enforcement Directorate

The Hindu  

Arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji suffered a major setback at the Madras High Court on Friday, with Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, the third judge named by Chief Justice S.V. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter here Justice C.V. Karthikeyan also held that the Directorate of Enforcement can subject …

Contempt Case Against SHO: HC Reserves Order
1 year, 5 months ago

Contempt Case Against SHO: HC Reserves Order

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Friday reserved orders in a contempt case filed against the station house officer, Karimnagar-II police station. HC stays GST demand show-cause notice A two-judge bench of Telangana High Court stayed a show-cause notice for GST to the tune of ₹68 crore from GMR Pochampally Expressway. Property inheritance case of …

Calcutta HC okays order for CBI probe into recruitment by civic bodies
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta HC okays order for CBI probe into recruitment by civic bodies

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA:A Calcutta high court vacation bench on Monday upheld the April 21 order of a single bench that ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe alleged irregularities in the recruitment of staffers by several civic bodies in West Bengal, a lawyer who attended the hearing said. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari welcomed the Calcutta high court order The state government …

Delhi Government Approaches Supreme Court Again Against Centre; Says Transfer Of Secretary Not Approved Despite SC Verdict In Its Favour
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi Government Approaches Supreme Court Again Against Centre; Says Transfer Of Secretary Not Approved Despite SC Verdict In Its Favour

Live Law  

The Delhi Government has again approached the Supreme Court complaining that the Union Government is not approving its decision to transfer a Secretary, despite a Constitution Bench upholding the powers of the Delhi Government to control services a day ago.Senior Advocate Dr.Abhishek Manu Singhvi assisted by Advocate Shadan. The Delhi Government has again approached the Supreme Court complaining that the …

Calcutta high court declines to recall order on Abhishek Banerjee for now
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta high court declines to recall order on Abhishek Banerjee for now

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Friday declined to recall or pause the single judge’s order that allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate to question TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the school recruitment case. Abhishek Banerjee moved two applications seeking recall of the April 13 order in which justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay suggested that ED and CBI …

‘Why can’t you cooperate’: Calcutta high court to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Why can’t you cooperate’: Calcutta high court to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta high court on Monday directed Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to cooperate with investigators looking into large-scale irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in West Bengal. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with her nephew and TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at a programme in Malda on May 4 “Why can’t you cooperate? The Calcutta high court …

Calcutta HC judge Gangopadhyay says he will abide by SC's order
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta HC judge Gangopadhyay says he will abide by SC's order

India Today  

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay Friday night said he will abide by the order of the Supreme Court, which asked the acting Chief Justice of the high court to reassign the West Bengal school jobs "scam" case to another judge. The apex court also stayed in the evening Justice Gangopadhyay's order asking the Supreme Court secretary general to …

SC vs Calcutta HC judge on Bengal teacher recruitment case: All you need to know
1 year, 7 months ago

SC vs Calcutta HC judge on Bengal teacher recruitment case: All you need to know

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed Calcutta High Court Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's order which had asked the SC secretary general to produce a transcript of his interview which the high court's Registrar General had used to block TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate. TIMELINE OF EVENTS April 13: The Calcutta High …

Three orders in 1 day in legal drama over Calcutta HC judge
1 year, 7 months ago

Three orders in 1 day in legal drama over Calcutta HC judge

Hindustan Times  

Following a day full of drama, the Supreme Court on Friday first took away a bunch of politically sensitive cases in West Bengal from Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, and hours later, stayed the judge’s unusual directive seeking a report from the top court’s secretary general regarding the documents that formed the basis of its order. The Supreme Court …

School job-for-bribe scam | Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court judge’s order
1 year, 7 months ago

School job-for-bribe scam | Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court judge’s order

The Hindu  

In a special sitting convened quickly at 8 p.m. on April 28, the Supreme Court stayed a Calcutta High Court judge’s order to place before him, by midnight, documents based on which the apex court earlier in the day had reassigned a case from him. The Supreme Court, on April 24, asked the Calcutta High Court Registrar General to prepare …

SC asks Calcutta HC chief justice to reassign Bengal teachers recruitment case to another judge
1 year, 7 months ago

SC asks Calcutta HC chief justice to reassign Bengal teachers recruitment case to another judge

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to reassign the West Bengal teachers' recruitment case to another judge. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud took note of the report submitted by the Registrar General of the Calcutta HC over Justice Gangopadhyay's interview with a news channel wherein he spoke about …

HC contempt order on senior officials of Delhi govt
1 year, 8 months ago

HC contempt order on senior officials of Delhi govt

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court has held the city chief secretary, special commissioner, and the labour secretary guilty of contempt of court for willfully disobeying orders passed by its division bench in December 2017. In the order passed on April 21, justice Rekha Palli noted that even though the government’s review petition and the special leave petition filed in the Supreme …

Post-retirement benefits for judges’ case: SC stays HC order to take U.P. govt secretaries into custody
1 year, 8 months ago

Post-retirement benefits for judges’ case: SC stays HC order to take U.P. govt secretaries into custody

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ/NEW DELHI A day after the Allahabad High Court ordered the state’s secretary finance Shahid Manzoor Abbas Rizvi and special secretary finance Saryu Prasad Mishra to be taken into custody, the Supreme Court on Thursday put a stay on the order. The high court also issued bailable warrants against Durga Shankar Mishra, chief secretary, and Dr Prashant Trivedi, additional chief …

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