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Justice N. Kotiswar Singh was serving as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, prior to being elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18-7-2024.
On 05-07-2023, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice, High Court for the State of Telangana to the Supreme Court of India. Upon acceptance of the recommendation by the Law Ministry, Justice Bhuyan took oath as Supreme Court Judge on 14-07-2023.
On 03-06-2024, the petitioner, North East Eco Development Society raised a serious issue regarding water logging in the city of Guwahati, which has persisted for a long time.
Gauhati High Court holds statutory bar to remarry u/s 15 HMA cannot be extended by filing application seeking condonation of delay to challenge the divorce decree.
There is nothing to show that there is any inconsistency or repugnancy between the provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 and arbitration as an alternative. The parties have agreed to arbitration clause provided in contract agreement for settlement of disputes including the issue raised by petitioners.
Out of the 43 Audit Objections, 23 Audit Objections have already been dropped after getting satisfactory clarification/reply from the authority concerned and the rest are soon to be dealt with.
On the demand of around Rs. 44 Crores, only Rs. 9 Crores was provided to Assam State Legal Services Authority by the Finance Department and the Law Department of the State, for providing compensation to the victims.
The Judges were appointed by the President of India in exercise of the power conferred by Article 217(1) and Article 224(1) of the Constitution respectively.
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
A fascicular reading of Sections 125(1) and 125(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 clearly demonstrates that if husband wilfully and intentionally neglects to provide maintenance to his wife then she can approach before the court seeking maintenance.
The Gauhati High Court noted that after completion of the investigation, the petitioner was not examined under Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, to enable him to personally explain circumstances appearing in the evidence against him, nor was his statement recorded.
The Court opined that the water logging issue is directly related to the public, but the authorities concerned did not address it properly.
Section 161 of the Railways Act, 1989 makes it compulsory for the drivers of every vehicle crossing an unmanned level crossing, to stop and to observe whether any train is coming, before crossing the level crossing, but in the present case, the driver failed to do so.
The twin conditions, i.e., firstly, the order being erroneous and secondly, the order being prejudicial to the interest of revenue, must exist before power under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is exercised.
The Court stated that the order granting bail is passed in contravention to the well-established jurisprudence of bail, as Respondents 2 and 3, who were involved in heinous crimes, their release will result in weakening of prosecution case and will also have an adverse impact on the society.
The High Court directed the State to follow a uniform marks allocation process for the appointment of constables under AISF and reconsider the case of candidates having prior experience as home guards and SPOs.
“The fees levied by courts should not exceed the cost of administration of justice. The levy of fee by courts for grant of probate without an upper limit is a discriminatory class legislation without any rational nexus or reasonable differentia.”
Recommendations were made regarding the appointment of 2 Additional Judges of Gauhati High Court as Permanent Judges and extension of term of Additional Judge of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Though the State Public Health Laboratory; College of Fisheries; Gauhati University; Nagaon College; and Dibrugarh University had found chemical formaldehyde in fishes, the Fishery Department in its survey found all the samples to be negative.