General Awareness

LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - January 2023

Jan 2023

Jan 14, 2023

Bench of Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Recuses from Hearing Review Plea against Appointment o...

Chief Justice (CJ) Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad of the Delhi High Court rescued themselves from hearing a review petition challenging appointment of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
The review petition was filed against an order of the High Court dated November 11, 2022, by which the petition challenging appointment of CJI Chandrachud was dismissed by the High Court.
The same bench of CJ Sharma and Justice Prasad who rescued had passed the dismissal order then.
The Court in its November order, had put a fine of Rs. 1 lakh on the petitioner, Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari, who is the president of an organisation named Gram Uday Foundation.

Jan 13, 2023

Madras High Court Designates 62 Lawyers as Senior Advocates

The High Court of Madras High notified the designation of 62 lawyers as Senior Advocates.
The notification was issued under Section 16 (2) of the Advocates Act, 1961.
About 175 applications were received after the notifications were issued in September 2020 and June 2022. The permanent committee had approved 149 eligible applicants. Interviews with these applicants took place between November 16 and 23, 2022.

Jan 12, 2023

National Heritage Status for Ram Setu: Supreme Court Directs Centre to File Affidavit

The Supreme Court directed the Union of India to file its affidavit on a petition seeking national heritage status for Ram Setu by the first week of February.
The matter was mentioned by petitioner-in-person and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy before the Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice P.S. Narasimha.
Swamy told the Apex Court that the Central government had earlier committed to submit a counter by December 12, but it was yet to file the same.
The petitioner then requested the Court to summon the Union Cabinet Secretary as the matter was related to the Cabinet. Appearing for the Union government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought time till February first week, stating that the matter was under consideration.

Jan 11, 2023

Justice N. Kotiswar Singh Appointed Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati HC

Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
Justice Singh would take over from January 12 after incumbent Chief Justice Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya demitted office on January 11.

Jan 10, 2023

Authority Barred under Arbitration and Conciliation Act cannot be Appointed as Arbitrator: Allaha...

The Allahabad High Court, while disposing an application, observed that a person or authority barred under Seventh Schedule of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 2013, can neither be appointed as Arbitrator nor nominate a person as Arbitrator.
Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal passed this order while hearing an Arbitration & Conciliation Application U/s 11(4) filed by M.J.S Construction and others.
The prayer made in the application filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Application Act, 1996 is for appointment of an Arbitrator for resolution of dispute between the parties.

Uniform Civil Code: Apex Court Dismisses PIL Challenging States Forming Committees for Implementa...

The Apex Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition which challenged the decision of the States of Uttarakhand and Gujarat for constituting committees for introducing and implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
A bench of Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice P. S. Narasimha termed a plea filed by one Anoop Baranwal devoid of any merit and said that constitution of such committees cannot be challenged as ultra vires before courts.
The Court talked about Article 162 and said that it indicates that executive power of states extends to what legislature permits it to. It further added that the Constitution of the committee cannot be challenged as ultra vires.
The bench stated that there was nothing wrong if states form committees as Article 162 of Constitution gives the power to executive to do so.

Share on

TCY Analytics (View Subscription Plans)

Subscribe to GK Updates

I want to receive

GK Tags

October GK, September GK, August GK, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS AND ECONOMY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, NATIONAL AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, PERSONS IN NEWS, DAYS AND EVENTS, AWARDS AND HONOURS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES, GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURE, BOOKS AND AUTHORS, TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS, ART AND CULTURE, LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Start Discussion

On any topic

Take Tests

Compiled from GK updates

Login

Sign Up

Forgot Password

Download TCY App

Unlock All Services and Enjoy The Premium Benefits

US$ 10

US$ 13

US$ 15

US$ 17

US$ 19

US$ 20

US$ 21

US$ 22

US$ 23

US$ 24

US$ 25

US$ 26