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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - February 2023

Feb 2023

Sep 14, 2023

Central Government Clears Appointment of Five Additional Judges of Madras High Court as Permanent...

The Central government notified the appointment of five additional judges of the Madras High Court as permanent judges.
They are: Justice A. A. Nakkiran, Justice Nidumolu Mala, Justice S. Sounthar, Justice Sunder Mohan, and Justice Kabali Kumaresh Babu.
The Madras High Court is permitted to have a maximum of 75 judges, of which 56 may be permanently appointed and 19 may be additionally appointed.

Sep 13, 2023

Central Government Clears Appointment of Two Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court as Permane...

The Central government cleared the appointment of two additional judges of the Karnataka High Court as permanent judges.
Additional judges Justices Anant Ramanath Hegde and K. S. Hemalekha were made permanent judges.
The term of Justice Siddhaiah Rachiah as additional judge was extended by a period of one year with effect from November 8, 2023.
The Supreme Court Collegium on August 31 recommended that Justices Hegde and Hemalekha be made permanent judges of the High Court.
While the High Court Collegium had recommended that Justice Rachiah also be made permanent, the apex court's Collegium recommended that his term as additional judge be extended by a year.
The Karnataka High Court is functioning with a strength of 51 judges (40 permanent and 11 additional judges) (as in September2023) as against its sanctioned strength of 62.

Sep 12, 2023

Allahabad High Court Permits Parties, Advocates to Argue Cases through Video Conference

In a noteworthy development, the Allahabad High Court put in place facilities to enable parties and advocates to present and argue their cases before through videoconference with effect from September 12.
A press release was issued by the Registrar General of the High Court conveying the information.

Sep 11, 2023

2006 Mumbai Train Bombings: After Bombay High Court Rap, State Appoints Raja Thakare as Special P...

The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that Senior Advocate Raja Thakare was appointed as a special public prosecutor to represent the Maharashtra government in confirmation petitions and appeals arising from 2006 Mumbai train blast cases.
A division bench of Justices N. W. Sambre and Rajesh Patil had pulled up the government for its "lack of seriousness" on the issue.
Seven coordinated blasts ripped through local trains in Mumbai on July 11, 2006, killing more than 180 people and injuring several others.
Between 2006 and 2008, the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police arrested 13 members of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen in the case.
In September 2015, the trial court convicted 12 of them, awarded the death penalty to five and sentenced seven others to life imprisonment. One accused was acquitted.

Sep 09, 2023

MoU Signed Between Supreme Court of India & Supreme Court of Singapore for Judicial Cooperation

India and Singapore signed a memorandum of understanding on judicial cooperation in the island city-state. Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud and his Singapore counterpart Sundaresh Menon witnessed the signing of the MoU between the Supreme Courts of two the nations.
Earlier, Justice Menon had visited India and even sat on the Supreme Court of India bench in February 2023.
Justice Menon, who is serving as the fourth Chief Justice of Singapore since 2012, had attended a function to mark the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Court. Justice Menon was the chief guest at the function.

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