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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2022

Jun 2022

Nov 10, 2022

Second Digital Lok Adalat

  • National Lok Adalat will be held across the country on 12th November this year to dispose off pending cases through settlement. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry said that there are about six lakh eight thousand consumer cases pending in the country. It said, considering the benefits of the Lok Adalat system and mutual settlement between parties a large number of consumer cases are expected to be disposed off.

Second Digital Lok Adalat

  • National Lok Adalat will be held across the country on 12th November this year to dispose off pending cases through settlement. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry said that there are about six lakh eight thousand consumer cases pending in the country. It said, considering the benefits of the Lok Adalat system and mutual settlement between parties a large number of consumer cases are expected to be disposed off.

Nov 09, 2022

Law Commission Constituted After 4 Years; Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi Appointed As Chairperson

  • The Central Government appointed chairperson and members of the Law Commission over two and a half years after it was constituted. Retired Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi was appointed as the chairperson of the commission.
  • Former Kerala High Court judge Justice K.T. Sankaran, Professor Anand Paliwal, Professor D.P. Verma, Professor Raka Arya and M. Karunanithi were appointed as members of the commission.
  • Justice Rituraj Awasthi was a judge of the Allahabad High Court and retired in July 2022 as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.

Nov 08, 2022

LTC Scheme Aims at Familiarising Government Employees with Indian Culture, cannot be Availed for ...

  • The Supreme Court ruled that the basic objective of the leave travel concession (LTC) scheme was to acquaint civil servants and government employees with the Indian culture by facilitating their travel across the country, not to conduct foreign trips or long circuitous trips.
  • The Bench of Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia passed the order, while rejecting a petition filed by the State Bank of India (SBI) against the Delhi High Court order of January 13, 2020.
  • The High Court had upheld the findings of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), noting that the amount received by the employees of SBI towards their LTC claims was not liable for exemption as these employees had visited foreign countries, which was not permissible under the law.
  • The Apex Court also upheld the High Court order and said that under the LTC scheme, payment made to an employee was exempted as 'income' and hence, it could not be brought under any tax, however, the same should be claimed within the framework of law.

Nov 07, 2022

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of 10 per cent Quota for EWS with 3:2 Majority

  • The Supreme Court Constitution bench with 3:2 majority upheld the Constitutional validity of 103rd Amendment which gives 10 per cent reservation to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) among the forward castes.
  • A bench comprising of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit along with Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Justice J.B. Pardiwala .delivered the order.
  • In September the Apex Court had concluded hearing the on the 103rd Constitutional Amendment that grants 10 per cent reservation to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) among the forward castes.

Nov 03, 2022

SC Dismisses Plea to Block Justice Chandrachud's Appointment as Next CJI

  • The Supreme Court dismissed a petition which sought to stop Justice D. Y. Chandrachud from taking oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
  • The petition sought contempt of court and criminal action against Justice Chandrachud besides restricting him to be appointed as the next CJI.
  • As per the bench of CJI UU Lalit, and Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi, the petition was entirely 'misconceived'.
  • The petition was filed by lawyer Mursalin Asijit Shaikh who alleged that Justice Chandracud had, on many occasions, wilfully disregarded the binding precedents of larger benches of the apex court and denied justice to litigants.
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