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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - August 2022

Aug 2022

Sep 05, 2022

President Nominates Justice DY Chandrachud as Next Chairperson of NALSA

Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, a second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, was nominated as executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority with immediate effect.
President Droupadi Murmu nominated Justice Chandrachud to head the NALSA as executive chairman under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
Justice Chandrachud took up the position that became vacant after Justice U.U. Lalit was elevated as the 49th Chief Justice of India.
The NALSA was constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society.

Sep 04, 2022

UP Govt. Liable for Paying Compensation for Hooch Deaths, Says HC

The Allahabad High Court held the Uttar Pradesh government liable for paying compensation for deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor and directed it to file a reply within two weeks to a petition related to the death of 25 people after having hooch in Azamgarh in May 2021.
A division bench of justices SP Kesarwani and Saurabh Srivastava said prima facie the government has complete control and regulates the manufacturing and sale of liquor. "...[It] is also liable to pay a specified amount to the sufferer or successors of the deceased under the provisions of Mukhya Mantri Kisan Evam Sarvhit Bima Yojna, which provides for compensation on account of death or permanent disability due to poison etc."

Sep 03, 2022

1992 Mumbai Riots Case: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement

The verdict was reserved by the Supreme Court in a petition that seeks implementation of the Justice Srikrishna Commission report filed which indicated that many police officers and certain leaders of the Shiv Sena were related to the 1992 Mumbai riots.
A Bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Vikram Nath asked the State of Maharashtra to file an affidavit for the detailed compensation provided to the victims of the riots within two weeks.

Sep 02, 2022

Declare Elephant Corridors Near Jim Corbett Park Eco-sensitive Zones: Uttarakhand HC

Expressing serious concern over encroachments and obstructions, Uttarakhand High Court directed the state government to consider declaring elephant corridors in the Jim Corbett National Park as "eco-sensitive zones" and not to allow constructions in any form like hotels, resorts and restaurants which fall within the identified corridors in the area.
The HC also directed officials to protect the already identified elephant corridors in the area, to depute competent and sufficient staff on either side of the elephant corridors to ensure their safe passage in the night hours between 10pm and 4am and not to allow, or undertake, any further road construction which cuts across the corridors without providing adequate infrastructure to allow unobstructed and safe movement of wild elephants across such roads.
The directions were given by the division bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice RC Khulbe, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Independent Medical Initiative Society in 2019.

Sep 01, 2022

Delhi High Court Appoints 5 Retired Judges to Deal with Cheque Bounce Cases

The Delhi High Court appointed five retired judges as presiding officers of Special Courts which were established to deal with cheque bounce cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act.
The postings were made in compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court.
The retired judges who were appointed as presiding officers of Special Courts (NI Act) are Rakesh Siddhartha, C. K. Chaturvedi, Satinder Kumar Gautam, Chandra Bose and Ram Bhagat Singh and their postings will be with effect from September 1. These five officers will be posted in trial courts having jurisdiction of South, South East, South West, Central and New Delhi districts respectively.

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