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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2022

Sep 2022

May 23, 2023

Delhi High Court directs Delhi Mayor to Declare Election Results Based on February 24 Voting

The High Court of Delhi set aside the decision taken by Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on re-election of six members of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Standing Committee and directed her to declare the election results as per the voting held on February 24.
The single-judge bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that Oberoi's decision to reject the ballot of one of the persons was bad in law, as it was not based on any material, and her actions were without any power or authority.
The single-judge bench passed the order on a petition filed by two BJP Councillors – Kamaljeet Sehrawat and Shikha Roy, who had approached the High Court seeking directions to Oberoi to declare the result of election for six members of MCD's standing committee held on February 24.

May 22, 2023

Supreme Court Directs Delhi Lieutenant Governor to Appoint DERC Chairperson within 2 Weeks

The Supreme Court, while reprimanding the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for sitting over the proposal forwarded by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) on appointment of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairperson for over five months, directed him to make the appointment within two weeks.
The Bench of Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud, Justice P. S. Narasimha and Justice K. V. Viswanathan, while relying on Section 84(2) of the Electricity Act 2003, which provided for appointment of chairperson and members of state commission, ruled that the substantive part of this provision indicated that the state government may appoint any person from persons who is and has been judge of High Court.
The appointment, however, has to be made after consulting the Chief Justice of that High Court.

May 21, 2023

Supreme Court Gets 2 New Judges

Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate K. V. Viswanathan were sworn-in as Supreme Court judges. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud. With the appointment of two new judges, the apex court`s strength rose to 34, which is its sanctioned strength.
The appointments were announced by new Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. However, the full strength of the apex court will last only for a brief period Justices K.M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi and V. Ramasubramanian will retire on June 17, June 18 and June 30, respectively.

May 20, 2023

Adish Aggarwala is the New President of the Supreme Court Bar Association

Senior Advocate Adish Aggarwala was elected the new president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
Adish Aggarwala defeated his rival Senior Counsel Dushyant Dave by securing 668 votes while the latter had 477 votes.
Senior Advocates Ajit Kumar Sinha, Dushyant Dave, Adish Aggarwala, and Rakesh Kumar Khanna, and advocates Neeraj Srivastava, Parvin Mutreja and Yagya Deo Sharma were contenders for the post of President SCBA.

May 19, 2023

Centre Notifies Appointment of Four Judicial Officers as Additional Judges of Madras High Court

The appointment of four judicial officers as the additional judges of the Madras High Court was notified by the Union Ministry of Law.
The four new judges are R. Sakthivel, P. Dhanabal, Chinnaswamy Kumarappan and K. Rajasekar.
The appointment of the four officers was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium by a resolution dated March 21.

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