Tag: Chief-Justice

Tax Evasion Case: Madras HC judge who worked as a lawyer for Karti Chidambaram‘s law firm agrees to step aside.

Source – opindia.com The counsel appearing on behalf of the Income Tax department had requested recusal of the Madras HC judge for the tax evasion case involving Congress Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram and his wife Srinidhi citing that the justice before being elevated to the position of Madras HC judge served as lawyer for Karti and his

Anti-CAA protests: Allahabad High Court issues notice to Adityanath govt.

Source – business-standard.com Taking cognizance of a complaint filed by a Mumbai-based lawyer alleging that Uttar Pradesh had acted in an unconstitutional manner to deal with anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters, the Allahabad High Court yesterday issued notice to the Yogi Adityanath government. Referring to news reports published in The Telegraph and the New York

Minority institutions’ appointments: Supreme Court to examine plea to stay January 6 ruling.

Source – thehindu.com Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde on Wednesday agreed to examine next week a plea to stay a Supreme Court January 6 judgment, which declared that the State is well within its rights to regulate the appointment of teachers to minority-run institutions in the “national interest”. The judgment, delivered by a Bench of Justices

Allahabad high court takes cognisance of situation in UP.

Source – telegraphindia.com Allahabad High Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the “situation in Uttar Pradesh” and registered a public interest litigation (PIL). A bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma took suo moto cognisance of incidents that took place in the state after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, was enacted, including

Supreme Court issues notice to Election Commission on petition alleging discrepancies in Lok Sabha poll data.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition alleging discrepancies in the final vote count of Lok Sabha elections 2019. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had come back to power after securing a thumping majority in the April-May elections. In their