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Jan 2023

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.

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.

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