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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - October 2022

Oct 2022

Jun 12, 2023

Panchayat Polls: West Bengal Government Disagrees to Calcutta High Court Suggesting Online Filing...

The government of West Bengal opposed the recent Calcutta High Court order, which suggested the state to permit online filing of nomination forms in the panchayat polls, slated to be held in the state on July 8.
Noting that no other state in the country had allowed online filing of nomination forms, the Counsel for the state government said that such a direction should be issued first to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government at the Centre.
The Bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya had suggested the State Election Commission (SEC) of West Bengal to accept forms online.

Jun 10, 2023

Allahabad High Court: Ordering Recount of Votes without Concrete Evidence Not Correct

The Allahabad High Court said that it is not correct to order recount of votes on the basis of assumption without concrete evidence when the village head is declared victorious by one vote.
A Single Bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery heard a petition filed by Khursheed Ahmad.
The case arose out of an election dispute with regard to an election for the post of Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Jogiyabeer, Kshetra Panchayat Azmatgarh, Tehsil Sagri, District Azamgarh conducted on 19.04.2021.

Jun 09, 2023

Allahabad High Court Quashes Magistrate Order Issuing Summons against Mukhtar Ansari's Son

The Allahabad High Court quashed the Magistrate's order for issuing summons against Bahubali Mukhtar Ansari's son Abbas Ansari and two others after taking cognizance of the offense under Section 171H of CrPC, terming it as illegal.
A Single Bench of Justice Rajeev Misra passed this order while hearing an application under section 482 filed by Abbas Ansari and 2 others.
Counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants were charge-sheeted under Section 188 and 171-F IPC. However, the Magistrate at the stage of taking cognizance under Section 190(1) (b) Cr.P.C summoned the applicants under Section 171-H I.P.C.
He, therefore, submitted that impugned cognizance taking order/ summoning order is manifestly illegal inasmuch the Magistrate can neither subtract nor cite any section mentioned in the charge-sheet under which the accused persons were been charge-sheeted at the stage of taking cognizance/summoning.

Jun 08, 2023

Delhi High Court Revises Dress Code for Advocates, Judicial Officers in District Courts

The High Court of Delhi revised the dress code for advocates and judicial officers in district courts of Delhi through substitution of Rule 30 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics, High Court Rules & Orders (Volume IV).
Noting that the dress code should commensurate with the dignity of office, the High Court directed males to wear a white shirt, white/grey trousers, black coat, white band and females to wear white/black, half/full sleeved, blouse/shirt, sarees white/black/combination of both, pants/long skirt (white/black/grey), salwar churidar, white collar (soft/stiff), white band and full sleeved coat.
Earlier, Rule 30 provided different dress codes for judicial officers (female), district & sessions judge, and subordinate judges.
A circular issued by the High Court on June 2 said that in line with the direction of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, his companion judges and earlier circular bearing no II/Rules/OHC dated August 7, 2009, the dress code of judicial officers and advocates has been revised, to ensure that it was at par with the dress code provided by the Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules.

Jun 06, 2023

Bombay High Court Grants Interim Relief to Serum Institute of India

The High Court of Bombay granted interim relief to the Serum Institute of India (SII) in its defamation suit seeking damages to the tune of Rs. 100 crore from organisations and individuals that allegedly posted erroneous content against the company.
The Single-Judge Bench of Justice R. I. Chagla temporarily restrained the defendants from publishing any defamatory content against SII and directed them to remove any content from website or social media accounts published so far against the company.
The defendants include Yohan Tengra, his organisation Anarchy for Freedom India, Ambar Koiri and his organisation Awaken India Movement.

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