On January 19, the Supreme Court directed the state government to decide within two weeks on granting sanction to prosecute Shah for his controversial remarks against Colonel Quereshi.
The Bench indicated prima facie disagreement with the high court’s approach in treating the officer’s criminal acquittal as sufficient to nullify departmental findings.
. Allowing the plea, the court directed that Chaitanya Baghel be released subject to statutory conditions
The PIL urged immediate judicial intervention to address what she described as a “humanitarian crisis” affecting hundreds of undertrial prisoners from the Union Territory.
There were reports of stone pelting at showrooms even as political parties supporting the bandh claimed that it was successful.
Accepting post-retirement appointments of truly political nature goes against the very spirit of the Constitution. The SC has preached on numerous occasions that justice must not merely be done but it must also be seen to be done. The behaviour and conduct of members of the higher judiciary must reaffirm the people's faith in the impartiality of the judiciary
The inquiry has been conducted on the basis of a High Court directive following allegations by some lawyers.
Advocate Himang Saluja has filed a petition against Uikey calling her decision a "violation of the constitution" which is creating an "uncertainty" in the state over the rule. In the petition filed in the High Court, it has been said that the governor didn't sign the bill even after the Assembly passed the Reservation Bill.
The confiscated assets, belonging to the violent PFI leaders and workers, would be handed over to the Land Revenue Department to compensate for the loss of public properties damaged during the statewide hartal call that turned violent on 23 September last.
The writ petition was preferred seeking a declaration that the petitioner is entitled to exemption in her age to be a donor as prescribed under Rule 18 of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014.
