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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - August 2023

Aug 2023

Feb 01, 2025

Kashmir Advocates Association Moves Supreme Court for Establishment of Bar Council for J&K

The Kashmir Advocates Association approached the Supreme Court seeking establishment of a bar council for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought the responses of the Central government and the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court to the plea.
Currently, there is no bar council for J&K and lawyers take the membership of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association.

Supreme Court Justice Hrishikesh Roy Retires

Supreme Court judge Justice Hrishikesh Roy retired from office after a tenure of over 5 years at the top court.
Justice Roy obtained his LL.B Degree from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 1982. He initially practiced at the Supreme Court before shifting to the Gauhati High Court. He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in 2004.
He was appointed an additional judge of the Gauhati High Court in October 2006 and was made a permanent judge in 2008.
He was appointed as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court in August 2018 before being elevated to the Supreme Court on September 23, 2019.

Jan 31, 2025

Supreme Court Allows Appointment of Retired Judges to High Courts On Ad-hoc Basis

The Supreme Court ordered that the High Courts can recommend appointment of retired judges on ad-hoc basis to tackle pendency and clear the backlog of pending criminal appeals.
These ad-hoc judges would sit with regular judges in Division Benches.
A Special Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justices B. R. Gavai and Surya Kant added that each High Court can appoint two to five judges and in any case, the number should not exceed 10 percent of sanctioned strength.

Jan 26, 2025

Centre Notifies Appointment of 5 Judges to High Courts Of Rajasthan, Allahabad And Bombay

The Central Government has notified the appointment of 5 judges to Rajasthan High Court, Allahabad High Court and Bombay High Court.
Three judicial officers, Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Pramil Kumar Mathur and Chandra Prakash Shrimali were appointed as judges of Rajasthan High Court.
Advocate Praveen Kumar Giri was elevated as the judge of Allahabad High Court and Advocate Pravin Sheshrao Patil has been appointed as the Additional Judge to the Bombay High Court.

Jan 23, 2025

Supreme Court Confers Senior Designations on 4 Former High Court Chief Justice/Judges

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and the other judges of the Supreme Court including members of the Collegium comprising Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, Hrishikesh Roy and Abhay S. Oka designated the following former Chief Justice/Judges of the High Courts as Senior Advocates with effect from January 22:
Arvind Singh Sangwan, former Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, former Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Goutam Bhaduri, former Judge, High Court of Chhattisgarh
S. Vaidyanathan, former Chief Justice, High Court of Meghalaya

Jan 20, 2025

CJ Ramesh Sinha Inaugurates Workshop to Enhance Technical Skills of Chhattisgarh HC Staff, Assist...

In a landmark step towards empowering the judiciary of Chhattisgarh with cutting-edge technology, the Chhattisgarh High Court held a workshop titled "A deep dive into the controls within New CIS Version 4.0 and Equipping the Technical Staff with Laptops" at the Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy, Bilaspur for Technical Staff of the High Court and Assistant Programmers from all 23 Districts of Chhattisgarh to enhance their technical skills and CIS 4.0 version training, and they were provided with high-capacity laptops.
On this occasion, under the leadership of the HC Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha, the Technical Staff of the High Court and Assistant Programmers from all Districts of Chhattisgarh, a total of 34 Technical Staff were provided with modern technology-equipped laptops.

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