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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2022

Sep 2022

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.

Jul 07, 2023

Supreme Court Issues Notice over Vacancies in National Human Rights Commission

The Supreme Court issued notice on a petition regarding three vacancies in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
The Bench of Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice P. S. Narasimha passed the order on a petition filed by Radhakanta Tripathy.
The petitioner-in-person contended that there were three vacancies in the Commission.
These included: (1) Judicial Member, who has to be a Judge or a former Judge of the Supreme Court; Judicial Member, who is or was a Chief Justice of the High Court; and A woman member.

Jul 06, 2023

Maharashtra Government Announces Post-retirement Allowance of Rs. 20,000 for High Court Judges

Maharashtra government decided to provide post-retirement benefits and allowances to the judges of the Bombay High Court.
The monetary allowance of Rs. 20,000 will be provided for housekeeping, chauffeur as well as telephone expenses to retired judges and Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court.
Out of the Rs. 20,000, Rs. 14,000 was cut out to hire one domestic help and a chauffeur and Rs. 6,000 for telephone expenses.
Notably, the benefits shall extend to surviving spouses of the retired Judges as well.
This allowance is an additional benefit to the retirement benefits granted by the Union Law Ministry which includes pension amount, leave encashment, death-cum-retirement gratuity.

Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Seeking Reclassification of Caste System, Phasing Out of Reserv...

The Supreme Court dismissed two public interest litigations, which sought directions to gradually phase out the current reservation system, besides reclassification of the current caste system prevalent in the country.
Terming the petitions as 'frivolous' and an abuse of the process of the court, the Bench of Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice P. S. Narasimha imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 each on the petitioner. Both the petitions were filed by Advocate Sachin Gupta.

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