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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2022

Sep 2022

Dec 26, 2022

Qutub Minar Ownership Rights: Saket Court Rejects Review Petition

A local court in the national capital rejected a review petition (IA) claiming ownership rights over the Qutub Minar complex, while posting the application seeking worship rights for Hindus and Jains inside the complex to January 27 for hearing.
The Saket Court had earlier disposed of a plea filed by Kunwar Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad Singh, claiming the ownership of the Qutub Minar complex. He then again filed a review petition, which also got rejected today.
Claiming himself to be an heir of the United Provinces of Agra, Kunwar Mahendra said that the property of Qutub Minar, including the minaret and the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, should be given to him, since it belonged to him.

Dec 24, 2022

Allahabad High Court Directs Registrar General to Identify Unruly Advocates

The Allahabad High Court directed the Registrar General to conduct a discreet inquiry and submit a report identifying the unruly advocates.
The Division Bench of Justice Suneet Kumar and Justice Syed Waiz Mian dismissed a petition filed by a practising advocate seeking the transfer of a case on the ground of an unfair investigation being conducted by the police.
Additional General Advocate, at the outset makes a statement before the High Court that the relief claimed by the petitioner with regard to transfer of the investigation, the Commissioner of Police, has transferred the investigation to the Crime Branch. He further submitted that on the allegations made by the petitioner with regard to the unfair investigation, an inquiry has been set up on the administrative side on the alleged conduct of the police officials.

Dec 23, 2022

CJI Constitutes Committee to Conduct Accessibility Audit of SC Premises

In a bid to remove the barriers to access, Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud constituted a committee headed by apex court judge Justice S. Ravindra Bhat to conduct an audit of "physical and functional access" of the top court premises to make them disabled friendly.
The 'Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility' was given a broad mandate to prepare and release a questionnaire for persons with disabilities, including the apex court employees, advocates, litigants and interns, who visit the top court premises to assess the nature and extent of problems they face.
According to a notice uploaded on the apex court website, the committee will prepare a report on the accessibility audit, result of the survey of persons with disability and recommendations/proposals geared towards removing the barriers to access.

Dec 22, 2022

Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Constitutional Validity of Rule 9(2) of the Delhi Hig...

The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea that challenges constitutional validity of the recently amended Rule 9(2) of the Delhi Higher Judiciary Services Rules, 1970 (the Rules).
The bench comprising of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav rejected the plea which was moved saying that they are unable to accept that Rule 9(2), as set out above, falls foul of Article 233 of the Constitution of India.
On the contrary, Rule 9(2) of the Rules is in conformity with the decision in the case of Deepak Aggarwal v. Keshav Kaushik & Ors.
In this case the plea was moved by a lawyer Praveen Garg who argued that Rule 9(2) of the Rules falls foul of Article 233(2) of the Constitution of India as the same does not expressly require a candidate to be in continuous practice of at least 7 years to be eligible to be appointed as a District Judge.

Hemant Gupta Appointed New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Chairman

Former Supreme Court judge Hemant Gupta was appointed as the chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC), according to a Personnel Ministry order.
The NDIAC has been established for the purpose of creating an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised arbitration.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Justice Hemant Gupta (R) as NDIAC chairperson and that of Ganesh Chandru and Anant Vijay Palli as its part-time members.

Dec 20, 2022

SC Directs Centre, IITs to Follow Quota Law in Recruitment of Faculty

The Supreme Court directed the Centre to follow the reservation policy for admission in research degree programmes and recruitment of faculty members at IITs as provided under the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by S. N. Pandey seeking direction to the Centre and the IITs to follow the reservation policy with regard to admissions in research programmes and recruitment of faculty members, claiming the guidelines were being violated.
The matter came up before a bench of Justices M. R. Shah and C. T. Ravikumar and it was informed that the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019 stipulates such reservation and it is being implemented.

The Court will have to Look at Resources Beyond the State to Enforce Order if the State cannot Im...

The Meghalaya High Court observed that if the State is unable to implement the order or the subsisting orders of Courts and Tribunals which are binding on it, the High Court will have to look at resources beyond the state to enforce such orders.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising the issue of illegal functioning of coke plants in the Meghalaya.
The High Court recalled that despite the Court's efforts over the last several months to implement the orders passed by the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal to prohibit the illegal mining of coal and the illegal setting up of coke plants, the State government has done extremely little.

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