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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - July 2023

Jul 2023

Apr 03, 2024

Retain Panel Lawyers for Six Weeks after Government Change to Avoid Adjournments

The Supreme Court suggested States and Union Territories to ensure that empanelled government lawyers are retained for at least six weeks after a change in government before they are replaced by new lawyers [Sachin Kumar vs State of Uttarakhand].
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan stated that the existing practice, where panel lawyers are promptly phased out after a regime change, was leading to unnecessary adjournments, thereby, causing inconvenience to courts and litigants.
It also directed that a copy of this order be circulated to the Standing Counsel of all States and Union Territories.

Mar 28, 2024

Law Commission Chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi Appointed as Lokpal Judicial Member

Law Commission Chairperson and High Court judge Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi was appointed as a judicial member of the Lokpal.
Justice Awasthi's oath was administered by Chairperson of the Lokpal of India, Justice A. M. Khanwilkar. Pankaj Kumar and Ajay Tirkey also took oath as Lokpal members.
The new appointments followed the end of the tenures of existing judicial members Justices P. K. Mohanty and Abhilasha Kumari. Three members – D. K. Jain, Archana Ramasundaram and Mahender Singh also completed their tenures.
Justice Awasthi was serving as the Chairperson of the 22nd Law Commission of India. Before that, he was Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
Kumar is a 1986 batch IAS officer from Gujarat cadre and was serving as Chief Secretary of Gujarat.

Mar 27, 2024

Allahabad High Court Strikes Down Madrasa Education Act

The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench declared the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act of 2004 as unconstitutional. The court ruled that the act violated the principle of secularism, as well as several articles of the Constitution, including Articles 14, 21, and 21-A. Additionally, the court found that the act also contravened Section 22 of the University Grants Commission Act of 1956.
The court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide regular school education to students enrolled in madarsas (Islamic seminaries). The ruling stated that these students should be accommodated in primary, high school, and intermediate education boards of the state.
The judgment came in response to a plea filed by a lawyer who had challenged the constitutionality of the law passed by the state government. The law allowed madarsas to provide education in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Islamic studies, and other branches without recognition by the state's education boards.

Mar 26, 2024

BJP Panel Tastes Defeat in Tripura Bar Association Polls

'Songbidhan Bachao Mancha' (Save Constitution Forum), a panel of lawyers associated with legal organisations of the Congress and CPI(M), emerged victorious in the Tripura Bar Association elections, defeating the ruling BJP-backed 'Aainjeebi Unnayan Mancha'.
The Tripura Bar Association polls were conducted among 500 members as opposed to 416 in the last elections, under the supervision of Returning Officer and senior advocate Sandip Dutta Chowdhury. Fifteen nominations were submitted for the Bar Association elections while four were elected unopposed.
Advocates Mrinal Kanti Biswas, Subrata Debnath and Koushik Indu were elected as president, vice-president and secretary of the Tripura Bar Association, respectively, in the election to the bar association. Advocates Amar Debbarma and Utpal Das were elected as assistant secretaries.

Mar 25, 2024

Eleven Additional Judges of Bombay High Court Made Permanent

The Central government notified the appointment of eleven additional judges of the Bombay High Court as permanent judges.
The eleven judges are: Justice Urmila Sachin Joshi-Phalke, Justice Bharat Pandurang Deshpande, Justice Kishore Chandrakant Sant, Justice Valmiki SA Menezes, Justice Kamal Rashmi Khat, Justice Sharmila Uttamrao Deshmukh, Justice Arun Ramnath Pedneker, Justice Sandeep Vishnupant Marne, Justice Gauri Vinod Godse, Justice Rajesh Shantaram Patil and Justice Arif Saleh Doctor.
The Supreme Court Collegium had earlier recommended the elevation of the above judges.

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