Justice Ramesh D. Dhanuka was on May 28 sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. Dhanuka was administered the oath of office by Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais at the Raj Bhavan.
Justice Dhanuka demitted office on May 30, upon attaining the age of 62, and had a tenure as Chief Justice of three days, possibly the shortest.
He started practice of law at Bombay High Court in 1985 in the chamber of Shri. Justice D. R. Dhanuka (Retd.), till his elevation as a judge of the Bombay High Court in 1990. He practiced on Appellate and Original Side of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Constitutional Law and other branches of Law and particularly Arbitration, Companies Act, Suits, Testamentary, Municipal Laws, Service Law, Rent Act.
May 29, 2023
Five Judges Elevated as High Court Chief Justices
Five judges were elevated as Chief Justices of High.
The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry issued separate notifications announcing the appointment of acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and Justice Ramesh Deokinandan Dhanuka as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Dhanuka will demit office on May 30, upon attaining the age of 62 and will have a tenure as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court of effectively four days.
Justice Augustine George Masih of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
Justice Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao, of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti of the Kerala High Court was appointed as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.
May 26, 2023
President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurates New Jharkhand High Court Building
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the new building of the Jharkhand High Court in Ranchi, built at a cost of about Rs. 550 crore.
The 165-acre compound of the new high court is one of the largest in the country in terms of area.
The new High Court building has 25 air-conditioned courtrooms and two halls for lawyers with a sitting capacity of 1,200 people each, along with 540 chambers.
Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud, Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan, Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, Chief Minister Hemant Soren and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
May 25, 2023
Appointment of Justice S. Vaidyanathan as Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court Notified by C...
The appointment of Justice S. Vaidyanathan as the Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court was notified pursuant to the retirement of Justice T. Raja.
Justice Vaidyanathan is the third judge to hold the office of Acting Chief Justice in the last nine months after Justice Duraiswamy and Justice T. Raja.
The position of Chief Justice of Madras High Court has remained vacant since September 2022 when Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari attained superannuation and demitted office.
May 24, 2023
CJI Chandrachud Condemns 'Forum Shopping'
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud said that he will not permit 'forum shopping'.
The CJI made this remark to a litigant appearing before him, who sought a hearing, however, he (the litigant) mentioned the same case a day ago before Justice K. M. Joseph.
When litigants or lawyers attempt to deliberately move their case to a particular judge or Court where they think the judgment could be more favourable, they are said to be 'forum shopping'.
The Supreme Court in its 1988 ruling in 'Chetak Construction Ltd. vs. Om Prakash' said that a litigant cannot be permitted choice of the forum, and that every attempt at 'forum shopping' must be crushed with a heavy hand.
Gujarat High Court Stays Criminal Trial Proceedings against Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena
The criminal trial proceedings against Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena in a 2002 assault case got a stay by the Gujarat High Court.
The complaint was lodged against the Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena by activist Medha Patkar [Vinai Kumar Saxena vs State of Gujarat].
The Vacation judge Justice Moxa Thakker gave interim relief to Saxena on his plea for setting aside an Ahmedabad Magistrate Court order that had refused to keep the trial against him in abeyance.
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