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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2022

Jun 2022

Aug 18, 2023

Supreme Court Issues Notice to Meghalaya, Sikkim, Ladakh on Non-Establishment of Appellate Tribun...

The Supreme Court issued notice to the governments of Meghalaya and Sikkim, along with the Union Territory administration of Ladakh over their failure to establish regulatory authorities as well as appellate tribunals under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.
The Apex Court last week also issued notice to the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and West Bengal, along with the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for not establishing real estate appellate tribunals. These states have notified the rules and established regulatory authorities under the RERA.

Aug 17, 2023

Chhattisgarh High Court Starts Live-streaming Proceedings on YouTube

The High Court of Chhattisgarh started live-streaming its proceedings on YouTube.
The proceedings in court rooms 1, 3 and 5 were live-streamed by the High Court.
The Chhattisgarh High Court has now joined a growing list of High Courts, which stream their proceedings live.
The High Court of Gujarat had pioneered live-streaming of court proceedings on its YouTube channel in October 2020.
It was followed by the High Courts of Kerala, Karnataka, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Patna, Jharkhand and Calcutta, which took the decision in the interest of transparency and greater access to court hearings.
The Supreme Court also started live-streaming its proceedings on YouTube, however, it only live-streams the Constitution Bench hearings.

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer of Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar to Rajasthan High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the transfer Delhi High Court judge Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar to the Rajasthan High Court.
The Collegium said that Justice Bhatnagar requested for his retention in Delhi but the same was turned down.
The recommendation was made after consulting the Chief Justices of both the High Courts as well judges of the Supreme Court conversant with the affairs of the Delhi High Court.

Aug 16, 2023

Alarming that over 2.7 lakh Cases Pending in Karnataka High Court: Chief Justice P. B. Varale

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P. B. Varale opined that there is an urgent need to clear pending cases in courts in the State, considering that there are over 2.7 lakh cases pending before the three benches of the High Court.
He also noted that Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms can play a vital role in reducing case pendency, thereby easing the burden on courts and enhancing access to justice.
Chief Justice Varale was speaking at an event organized to mark the 77th Independence Day.

CJI Chandrachud Launches 'Suswagatam' Portal for E-passes to Enter Supreme Court

Chief Justice of India, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, launched a new visitor management system for the Supreme Court.
The Suswagatam portal allows lawyers, litigants, clerks, visitors and media persons to register with the app and generate entry e-passes for the Supreme Court online. This app will generate an entry pass and the visitor will be 'Photo-identified' in real time at the time of entry. This removes the long lines for entry passes at the Supreme Court gate.
The access-control entry/ exit software allows the users to register themselves online and request e-passes for various purposes, such as attending court hearings, visiting office blocks, meeting advocates as litigants, or visiting the media lounge.
The new initiative allows users to choose different validity periods for their e-passes, depending on their needs and police clearance certificates. The portal also provides role-based secure logins for different types of users where they can upload their proof of identity and capture their live photo during the registration process.
The Suswagatam portal has been tested as a pilot project since July 25 and has received positive feedback from users.

Supreme Court Launches Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes

The Supreme Court come up with a handbook which would deal with combating gender stereotypes guiding judges for avoiding inappropriate usage of gender terms in court orders and legal documents.
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud said that book identifies stereotypes unwittingly used by courts in various judgments.
He said they have been highlighted so that it will help judges to avoid stereotyping by recognising language that leads to such stereotypes.
The Chief Justice of India also said that the certain decisions have been highlighted for ensuring usage of terms which should be avoided by judges in future. It also added not to cast any aspersion on such judgments or the judges who authored those verdicts.
The CJI said that the handbook identifies stereotypes used by courts and how they are unwittingly used.

Aug 15, 2023

SC Orders Permanent Security Units, CCTVs in every Court

Noting that preserving the sanctity of a court as a space where justice is administered and the rule of law upheld being non-negotiable, the Supreme Court (SC) issued directions for having permanent court security units (CSU) and CCTV cameras to ensure security of court complexes across India.
"It is appalling that court premises in the national capital itself, in the past year or so, have witnessed at least three major incidents of gunfire," a Bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Dipankar Datta said.
Noting that such incidents posed significant risks to the safety of not only judges but lawyers, court staff, litigants and others, it said it was critical that judicial institutions took comprehensive steps to safeguard the well-being of all stakeholders. The top court asked high courts to submit a preliminary action-taken report on security measures and digitisation by October 10.

Aug 11, 2023

Parliament Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

The Rajya Sabha passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 today, it was already approved by Lok Sabha on August 07.
The Bill seeks "to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes."
It applies to the processing of digital personal data within the territory of India where the personal data is collected in digital form or in non-digital form and digitised subsequently.
It also applies to processing of digital personal data outside the territory of India, if such processing is in connection with any activity related to offering of goods or services "to Data Principals within the territory of India."
"Data Principal" is defined as the individual to whom the personal data relates.
According to the Bill, the personal data can be processed only after taking the consent and for certain "legitimate uses". "Personal data" is defined under the Bill as "any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data."
It empowers the central government to exempt government agencies from the application of provisions of the Bill in the interest of specified grounds such as security of the state, public order, and prevention of offences.
The Bill requires establishment of the Data Protection Board of India by the central government. It will monitor compliance and imposition of penalties, direct data fiduciaries to take necessary measures in the event of a data breach and hear grievances made by affected persons.
Penalties are also provided for various offences such as for non-fulfilment of obligations for children upto Rs 200 crore, and for failure to take security measures to prevent data breaches, upto Rs 250 crore.

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