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Calcutta HC denies bail for Sharmistha Panoli; orders police to produce case diary

3Jun

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Calcutta HC denies bail for Sharmistha Panoli; orders police to produce case diary

The Calcutta High Court single bench of Justice Parth Sarathi Chatterjee on Tuesday refused to grant interim bail to 22-year-old law student Sharmistha Panoli. After Operation Sindoor, Panoli had allegedly posted an offensive video “targeting individuals based on their identity”. After facing backlash, she deleted the video and issued an apology. A student at Symbiosis Law School in Pune with nearly 2 lakh followers across social media platforms, Paloni was arrested in Gurugram on May 30. A Kolkata court subsequently remanded her to 14 days of judicial custody. Story continues below this ad On Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court directed that a May 15 complaint filed at Garden Reach police station by Wajahat Khan be treated as the principal case, and all other FIRs based on s...

Not mandatory to hear Celebi when responding to national security threat, Centre tells Delhi HC

23May

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Not mandatory to hear Celebi when responding to national security threat, Centre tells Delhi HC

Countering ground handling service provider Celebi Airport Services India Private Limited’s grievance that it was not granted an opportunity of hearing before revocation of its security clearance, the central government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that given the national security threat, it was not mandatory for authorities to be in full compliance of principles of natural justice.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the government, told Justice Sachin Datta that it can exercise its plenary powers, which are above and beyond the rules that stipulate the grant of opportunity of hearing. A day ago, Turkey-based Celebi had told the Delhi High Court that the revocation of its security clearance by the aviation watchdog, Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS), was in violatio...

Bombay HC says seized vehicles unlawfully parked on roads, footpaths adding to pedestrians’ woes, seeks state-wide policy

13Apr

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Bombay HC says seized vehicles unlawfully parked on roads, footpaths adding to pedestrians’ woes, seeks state-wide policy

The Bombay High Court recently observed that while encroachments on footpaths in Mumbai or any other city are making the lives of pedestrians “miserable”, problems of unlawful parking or dumping of seized vehicles occupying public roads and open spaces are adding to such “woes”.In doing so, the court directed the traffic police department in Mumbai and across Maharashtra to gather substantial information on such vehicles along with photographs of the ‘plight’ and submit a report on the same. A bench of Justices Girish S Kulkarni and Advait M Sethna passed an order on April 8, on a plea by Marathon Maxima Co. Op. Housing Society from Mulund (West), raising concerns over dumping/ parking/storing of vehicles seized by the police department occupying public roads, streets and/or the surroundin...

Closing the gender gap in the higher judiciary

10Mar

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Closing the gender gap in the higher judiciary

The then Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, with Justice B.V. Nagarathna at the Supreme Court in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Women in law have seen great progress over the last 100 years in India. The first woman lawyer, Cornelia Sorabji, was entitled to practice in 1924. Since then, the number of women lawyers has increased, several women have been designated Senior Advocates, and there have been many women judges in the lower judiciary.Inequality at the top However, there remains a glass ceiling for women in the higher judiciary. The share of women judges in the High Courts is only 14.27% (109 out of 764). In eight High Courts, the number of woman judges is limited to just one. The High Courts of Utt...

Is appointing ad-hoc judges a viable means to reduce backlog?

14Feb

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Is appointing ad-hoc judges a viable means to reduce backlog?

The Supreme Court on January 30, 2025, permitted High Courts to appoint retired judges on an ad-hoc basis to address the mounting backlog of cases. However, these judges were authorised to hear only criminal appeals as part of a bench led by a sitting judge. Is appointing ad-hoc judges a viable means to reduce backlog? Justice Rajeev Shakdher and Shadan Farasat discuss the question in a conversation moderated by Aaratrika Bhaumik. Edited excerpts: Is appointing ad-hoc judges a viable remedy for reducing pendency? Rajeev Shakdher: The move is commendable. The Supreme Court first endorsed the appointment of ad-hoc judges in its 2021 ruling in Lok Prahari v. Union of India, though such a measure should have been introduced even earlier. As of January 25, 2025, High Courts were bu...