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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - May 2022

May 2022

Apr 25, 2023

CJI Chandrachud Inaugurates New Judges Library at Supreme Court

The Chief Justice of India Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, formally made the New Judges library in the Additional Building Complex of the Supreme Court functional.
The Chief Justice of India also inaugurated the Soli Sorabjee's Bibliotheca by unveiling his portrait in the library.
The new library has four floors, which includes the circulation section, reference section, information management section, legal research and legislation section and acquisition section.
As per the available data, the total books and reference material in the library is about 3,77,000 out of which 2,40,000 are placed in the new library.
It is important to note that the library also has a huge collection of legal commentaries, law reports, biographies and general books, along with a Judges Lounge and a Judges Conference Room.
To commemorate the 50 years of the Kesavananda Bharati judgement, the Chief Justice of India has also released a webpage dedicated to the judgement. This occasion was graced by Judges of the Supreme Court, along with senior officials of the Registry.

Supreme Court Says Courts Should Not Interfere with Arbitral Proceedings Till an Award is Passed

The Supreme Court has said that the courts usually should not interfere with the arbitral proceedings, especially till the time an award is not passed.
The top court disapproved the practice of filing applications in disposed of Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) for side stepping the arbitration process, and added that the said applications must not be entertained by the court.
The bench comprising of Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Sanjay Karol was dealing with an application filed in an SLP disposed of by the court by referring the parties to arbitration under an MoU executed between them.

Apr 22, 2023

Collegium Proposes Justice Gangapurwala as Chief Justice of Madras High Court

With the government yet to act on its September 22, 2022, proposal to transfer Orissa High Court Chief Justice S. Muralidhar to Madras, the Supreme Court Collegium recalled the same and instead recommended that Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala as Chief Justice of Madras High Court.

Apr 21, 2023

Supreme Court Directs all High Courts to Set Up Committees to Address Grievances of Lawyers

The Supreme Court asked all High Courts across the country to constitute redressal committees, in order to address the genuine grievances of the lawyers.
The order was passed by the Bench of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah on a suo motu case regarding rampant strikes in bar associations across the country leading to massive disruption of the court's work.
Noting that it was important to have an appropriate forum to 'ventilate' their genuine grievances, the Apex Court ruled that no member of the Bar should go on a strike and abstain from work.
As per the top court of the country, the committee would comprise of the Chief Justice and two other senior judges, one from the Bar and another from services.

Apr 20, 2023

Supreme Court Sets aside Bombay High Court Order Acquitting G. N. Saibaba

The Supreme Court set aside the Bombay High Court order that acquitted former Delhi University professor and activist G. N. Saibaba as well as others, who were arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for their alleged links with the maoists.
The Bench headed by Justice M. R. Shah passed the orders on a petition filed by the Maharashtra government, challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to allow appeals against the conviction and life sentence of Saibaba and five others.
Remitting the case back to the High Court, the Apex Court directed it to decide on the appeals afresh in accordance with law and on its own merits, including the question of sanction, within four months.

SC Recommends Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao as Chief Justice of Himachal High Court

The Supreme Court collegium recommended the name of senior-most Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Augustine George Masih, for appointment as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
Another Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao was recommended for appointment as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Born in March 1963, at Ropar, Justice Masih was sworn in as an Additional Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court on July 10, 2008, and as a Permanent Judge on January 14, 2011.

Apr 19, 2023

Supreme Court Recommends 6 Names as Permanent Judges Of Punjab And Haryana High Court

The Supreme Court collegium recommended the names of six additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for appointment as permanent judges.
The collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud took the decision for recommending the additional judges of the High Court for permanent judgeship.
The additional judges are Justices Vikas Bahl, Vikas Suri, Sandeep Moudgil, Vinod Sharma (Bhardwaj), Pankaj Jain and Jasjit Singh Bedi.
The collegium, which also includes Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph, said that since the current two-year term of one of the additional judges is due to expire on May 24, the recommendation may be processed expeditiously by the Centre.
The collegium of Punjab and Haryana High Court had in December 2022 unanimously recommended that the additional judges be appointed as permanent judges of that High Court.

Justice Chauhan Appointed Acting Chief Justice of Himachal HC

Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court as the incumbent acting Chief Justice demited office.
Justice Sabina was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court in January.
In February, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended that she be appointed as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Apparently, her appointment did not come through as Justice Chauhan was made acting Chief Justice of that High Court.
Chauhan enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh in 1989 and joined the chamber of Lala Chhabil Dass and practised in all branches of law.

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