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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - December 2023

Dec 2023

Dec 09, 2023

Constant Tussle over Who Will Get Judges' Appointment Control

Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud said that there is a constant tussle about who will get ultimate control over appointment of judges even as vacancies arise and appointments are kept pending for a long period of time.
He was speaking at the inauguration of the new premises of the Mumbai bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
CJI Chandrachud said that tribunals in the country play a very important role in helping unclog delays in courts and in aiding the overall dispensation of justice.

Dec 08, 2023

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea for Reservation in Appointment of Law Officers

The Madras High Court held that while appointing Law Officers to the High Court and its Madurai Bench, merit should be the sole consideration, without any scope for reservation, vertical or horizontal.
In dismissing the pleas, a bench of Chief Justice S. V. Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that the appointment of Law Officers by the government was not a civil post and the officers were not employees of the Government. Thus, while selecting Law Officers, the Government had to select the most competent, capable, and meritorious lawyers to represent them as Law Officers.

Government Decides to Implement Component of 'Nari Adalat' in Phased Manner

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani informed the Rajya Sabha that the Government decided to implement the component of 'Nari Adalat' in a phased manner under Mission Shakti.
In the first phase, Assam and the Union Jammu and Kashmir were selected by her Ministry to implement the component of 'Nari Adalat'. She said, in Jammu and Kashmir, it is being implemented in two aspirational districts -Kupwara and Baramulla and in Assam, seven districts namely Barpeta, Goalpara, South Salmara Mankachar, Udalguri, Darrang, Morigaon and Kamrup were covered under it.
The Central government is implementing 'Mission Shakti' as an umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women.

Dec 06, 2023

Delhi High Court Appoints Justice Nageswara Rao as Mediator in 'Shape Mark' Infringement Suit by ...

The Delhi High Court appointed former judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Nageswara Rao, as a mediator in a suit filed by manufacturer of cricket helmets alleging infringement of its shape mark by a Meerut based entity selling identical products.
Justice Prathiba M. Singh passed the order after the defendant entity, Ashi Sports, said that it was willing to explore mediation in the matter and bring in some changes to ensure that the design or shape of its cricket helmets is not identical to that of the plaintiff, Kohli Sports Private Limited.

Dec 03, 2023

Additional Solicitor General Balbir Singh Resigns

Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India Balbir Singh resigned from the post after representing the Central government for over three years.
Singh had resigned as a Senior Partner at DSK Legal in 2015 to start counsel practice in Delhi before he was appointed as ASG.
In July this year (2023), he was re-appointed as ASG along with Vikramjit Banerjee, K. M. Nataraj, S. V. Raju, N. Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati.

Dec 02, 2023

Madras High Court Asks Centre to Reconsider Enhancing Retirement Age of Coast Guard Staff to 60 Y...

While setting aside the order of the defence ministry rejecting a plea by Coast Guard members below the rank of Commandant seeking enhancement in the retirement age from 57 to 60 years, the Madras High Court asked the Central government to reconsider its decision.
The bench of Chief Justice S. V. Gangapurwala and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy gave liberty to the members of the Coast Guard to make such representation in detail and place relevant material before the government and asked the government to take a decision on the same in accordance with the law, within a period of four months there from.
The members of the Coast Guard approached the High Court challenging the Constitutional Validity of Rule 20(1) of the Indian Coast Guard Rules 1986. They also challenged the order passed by the Ministry of Defence refusing to enhance the age of retirement of the Coast Guard up to the level of commandant from 57 to 60 years.

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