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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2022

Jun 2022

Jul 12, 2023

Nari Adalats: Women-Only Courts for Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Indian government is launching a groundbreaking initiative known as Nari Adalats, which are women-only courts established at the village level. These courts serve as alternative dispute resolution forums for issues such as domestic violence, property rights, and challenging the patriarchal system. By providing a platform for resolution outside of the traditional judicial system, the government aims to empower women and promote gender justice.
The scheme would be launched on a pilot basis in 50 villages each in Assam and Jammu and Kashmir from August 2023 and would be extended to the rest of the country over the next six months.
Each Nari Adalat in a village will consist of 7-9 members or Nyaya Sakhis (legal friends).
Half of the members will be elected members of the gram panchayat, while the other half will be women with social standing, such as teachers, doctors, and social workers, nominated by villagers.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development, under the Sambal sub-scheme of Mission Shakti, will implement the Nari Adalats.

Jul 11, 2023

Can Court Direct Union Govt To Make Law Commission A Statutory Body? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court reserved the judgment in the Union Government's plea, inter alia, challenging the directions passed by the Madras High Court to the Central Government to consider suggestions for making Law Commission either a statutory body or constitutional body.
After hearing the Counsels appearing for the parties, a Bench comprising Justice AS Oka and Justice Sanjay Karol granted a week's time to the Addition Solicitor General, Aishwarya Bhati to file submissions on behalf of the Union Government.

Jul 10, 2023

Justice Sheo Kumar Singh Appointed as Acting Chairperson of NGT

The Centre appointed Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, a judicial member of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), as its acting chairperson following the retirement of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.
Justice Singh would act as the chairperson until an appointment is made to the post.
Sheo Kumar Singh joined Judicial Service in 1984 and worked as district judge in different districts of UP, Registrar (Judicial), Supreme Court of India, Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad before his elevation as high court judge.
He was appointed Observer, Ram Janam Bhumi, Ayodhya, Faizabad by the order of the Supreme Court to monitor the excavation work carried out by the expert team of Archeological Survey of India (ASI).
He also served as a judge, Industrial Tribunal UP, chairman of oversight committee, UP constituted by NGT.

Justice A. P. Sahi Appointed New Chairman of NCDRC

Justice A. P. Sahi, the former Chief Justice of Madras and Haryana High Courts was appointed as the new Chairman of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).
He will serve as the Chairman of NCDRC for four years.
Justice Sahi graduated in Law in the year 1985 and enrolled as an advocate in 1985. He practised in Allahabad High Court on Civil, Constitutional side and worked as counsel for large number of Educational Institutions including A.A.I. (Deemed University) M.R.I. Institute of Maths.
Justice Sahi was elevated as Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court in 2004 and then as a Permanent Judge in 2005. He was elevated Chief Justice of Patna High Court in 2018.

Jul 09, 2023

Justice Goel Retires as NGT Chief

National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel retired after a five-year stint. The NGT during his tenure starting July 6, 2018, disposed off a total of 16,042 cases. Of these, 8,419 were settled by the Justice Goel-led Benches. Justice Goel is also credited with taking up cases on NGT's unmanned Benches.
Justice Goel initiated a special drive to take up more than five-year-old cases or other cases of complex nature. These were heard and disposed of by a special Bench comprising the Chairperson and vice-chairperson.

Jul 08, 2023

SC Collegium Recommends 7 Judges as Chief Justices for Various High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the name of seven different judges as the Chief Justice of seven separate High Courts.
The Collegium recommended the names for the High Courts of Bombay, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa and Kerala.
The Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sanjiv Khanna made these recommendations at a collegium meeting.
If the name is cleared by the Centre then Gujarat HC will get a woman Chief Justice as Collegium proposed Justice Sunita Agarwal as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat.
Once appointed, she would be the only woman Chief Justice of a High Court as currently there is no woman representing the same post.
The SC Collegium recommended Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Judge, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay.

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