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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2022

Jun 2022

Apr 06, 2024

State Bar Council Requests Madras High Court Collegium to Give Adequate Representation to All Sec...

The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has written to the Madras High Court Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala urging him to recommend names of more women lawyers and lawyers belonging to minority communities, to the bench.
The Bar Council also requested that the names of lawyers from across all sections of the Bar be recommended for elevation as judges instead of the current practice of choosing and recommending names from "isolated groups."

Apr 05, 2024

CJI DY Chandrachud to Attend Event Marking 100 Years of High Court Bar Association Nagpur

The High Court Bar Association at Nagpur hosted a three-day celebration event to commemorate the completion of 100 years since the association's establishment. The centenary year celebrations were flagged off by the Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud.
The Guests of Honour were Supreme Court Judges Justices B. R. Gavai, A. S. Oka, Prasanna Varale and Dipankar Datta.
A felicitation function will be held for the Beacons of the HCBA at the Vasantrao Deshpande Hall, Nagpur.

Apr 04, 2024

Supreme Court Shifts Mundra Port Drug Haul Case from Hoshiarpur to Gujarat

The Supreme Court transferred a heroin-smuggling case allegedly linked to the sensational Mundra Port drug haul from a court in Hoshiarpur to a special NIA court at Ahmedabad.
In September 2021, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials had found 2,988 kg heroin in a talc powder consignment at Mundra Port. The consignment was imported from Afghanistan.

Apr 03, 2024

Retain Panel Lawyers for Six Weeks after Government Change to Avoid Adjournments

The Supreme Court suggested States and Union Territories to ensure that empanelled government lawyers are retained for at least six weeks after a change in government before they are replaced by new lawyers [Sachin Kumar vs State of Uttarakhand].
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan stated that the existing practice, where panel lawyers are promptly phased out after a regime change, was leading to unnecessary adjournments, thereby, causing inconvenience to courts and litigants.
It also directed that a copy of this order be circulated to the Standing Counsel of all States and Union Territories.

Mar 28, 2024

Law Commission Chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi Appointed as Lokpal Judicial Member

Law Commission Chairperson and High Court judge Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi was appointed as a judicial member of the Lokpal.
Justice Awasthi's oath was administered by Chairperson of the Lokpal of India, Justice A. M. Khanwilkar. Pankaj Kumar and Ajay Tirkey also took oath as Lokpal members.
The new appointments followed the end of the tenures of existing judicial members Justices P. K. Mohanty and Abhilasha Kumari. Three members – D. K. Jain, Archana Ramasundaram and Mahender Singh also completed their tenures.
Justice Awasthi was serving as the Chairperson of the 22nd Law Commission of India. Before that, he was Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
Kumar is a 1986 batch IAS officer from Gujarat cadre and was serving as Chief Secretary of Gujarat.

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