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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2022

Jun 2022

Aug 13, 2022

SC grants Bail to Varavara Rao

The Supreme Court granted regular bail to activist and poet Dr. P Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, on medical grounds.
A bench headed by Justice UU Lalit while grating bail to Rao said that he shall not leave the jurisdiction of Greater Mumbai without permission from the Special NIA Court at the city, he shall not misuse his liberty and nor he shall be in touch with any of the witnesses.
The apex court further ordered that Rao shall be entitled to have medical treatment of his choice and he shall keep NIA informed about the medical treatment being received by him.
The bench deleted the condition imposed by the Bombay High Court that he should surrender after 3 months.
Rao had challenged an April 13 judgment of the Bombay High Court which had rejected his plea for permanent bail.

Aug 12, 2022

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit Appointed 49th CJI

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was appointed 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI), a law ministry notification. He will assume charge on August 27 after incumbent N.V. Ramana demits office on August 26.
Justice Lalit would have a brief tenure of less than three months. He will turn 65 on November 8 when he demits office.
On August 4, Justice Ramana had set in motion the process of appointment of his successor by recommending the name of Justice Lalit, the most senior judge, to the Centre. The CJI personally had handed over a copy of his letter of recommendation to Justice Lalit.

Aug 11, 2022

Allahabad HC Sets Aside Order Passed by Special Judge over Illegal Sanction

The Allahabad High Court set aside the order passed by the Special Judge, CBI at Lucknow and ruled that executive authority exercising quasi judicial power can't review its decision unless provided under the statute.
A single-judge bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh passed this order while hearing an application under Section 482 CrPC filed by Sunil Agarwal and others.

Aug 08, 2022

Criminalisation of Politics: SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Contempt Proceedings against Heads of Parties

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against heads of political parties for not following its directions to prevent criminalisation of politics in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls held earlier this year (2022).
A bench of Justices B. R. Gavai and P. S. Narasimha said the Election Commission is the competent authority in the matter.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by an advocate Brajesh Singh seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against several party leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav. The plea claimed that these parties did not comply with the apex court's August 2021 judgment to declare criminal antecedents of its Uttar Pradesh assembly poll candidates.

Aug 07, 2022

Andhra Pradesh High Court: PIL Jurisdiction is Invoked to Protect Interest of Oppressed Class of ...

The Andhra Pradesh High Court observed that Public Interest Litigation (PIL) jurisdiction is invoked to protect the interest of oppressed class of citizenry and not for deciding pure legal issues, which should be left to be decided in an appropriate inter-party lis (suit).
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice D.V.S.S. Somayajulu dismissed a PIL filed by President of Muslim Hakkula Porata Samithi, seeking declaration that the AP State Waqf Board, in collecting Waqf Fund on donations, nazaranas or presentations given by Muslim devotees to Masjids or Dargas or Anzuman Institutions belonging to the Waqf Board in the State, as illegal, void.
Through the PIL the Petitioner further seeks direction that AP State Waqf Board not to collect such Waqf Fund on donations, nazaranas or presentationsgiven by Muslim devotees to Masjids or Dargas or Anjuman Institutions belonging tothe Waqf Board.

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