Several organisations and former civil servants have expressed deep concern over recent remarks by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on environmental litigation.
He said offences like “digital arrests” and other forms of cyber crimes committed day and night, causing harassment, most particularly to the senior citizens, are the latest and new challenges that the Indian judiciary is facing.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of directions to ease the workload on Booth Level Officers (BLOs) involved in the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in several states, following reports of deaths and FIRs against ground-level staff.
If approved, Justice Kant will become the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) and assume office upon Justice Gavai’s demitting charge on November 23.
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the matter could not be taken up due to a lack of time and will now be heard on November 11.
The development comes after a report by the London-based Financial Times, citing documents from George Soros-backed Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), alluded to a fraud by the Adani Group by selling low-grade coal as high-value fuel in 2013.
Both the NGOs have said that the alleged scam amounting to crores of rupees through electoral bonds can be unravelled only through an independent probe by the SIT under the supervision of the Supreme Court.
In his address, the CJI emphasised the essential collaboration between the medical and legal professions, underlining their complementary roles in society.
Announcing the opening of the one-stop facility ‘Accessibility Help Desk’ in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice Chandrachud said that it is in continuation of our mission which began with the report by a committee headed by Justice s. Ravindra Bhatt, who has since retired.
These details include the unique bond numbers that would disclose the link between the buyer and the recipient political party.
