Bar & Bench

Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said that students cannot be threatened with punitive action for expressing a different point of view or asking questions, stressing that the right to question is an essential part of citizenship, liberty and constitutional responsibility. Justice Bhuyan was delivering the convocation address at the 13th Convocation of National Law University Delhi for its postgraduate programmes.

Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday called for a debate on the appointment of distinguished jurists as judges of the Supreme Court, noting that the constitutional provision enabling such appointments has remained unused for over 76 years. Justice Bhuyan was delivering the convocation address at the 13th Convocation of National Law University Delhi for its postgraduate programmes.

Bhima Koregaon: Mumbai Court rejects NIA plea to cancel bail of four accused The special judge held that mere presence at a gathering with co-accused does not automatically amount to a breach of bail conditions without concrete evidence of illegal activities.

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday ordered the State Director General of Police (DGP) to issue guidelines with regard to the cases registered over social media posts [Mohan Gowda v. State of Karnataka]. Justice M Nagaprasanna referred to the case of Nalla Balu v State of Telangana in which Telangana High Court's guidelines on handling complaints made with respect to social media posts were upheld by the Supreme Court.

The Bombay High Court on Saturday pulled up the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for going overboard and high-handedly by cancelling the wholesale drug sale licences of Cipla Pharma & Life Sciences Limited [Cipla Pharma and Life Sciences v. State of Maharashtra & Ors] A division bench of acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam A Ankhad reprimanded the regulatory body for its hasty conduct.

The Bombay High Court on Saturday directed the Maharashtra government to provide immediate medical assistance, hospitalisation and supervised care to tribal students currently on a hunger strike in Pune [Ashok Kavadu Meshram v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.]. The matter was mentioned today seeking judicial intervention over poor infrastructure, safety hazards and unaddressed grievances relating to State-run tribal residential hostels.

The Bombay High Court on Saturday suggested that major eateries across Maharashtra maintain dedicated websites or social media handles where citizens can post reviews regarding hygiene, food quality and taste [Mumbai Cricket Association v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.].

Senior Advocate Shashank Garg on Thursday called for the appointment of arbitrators to be taken away from parties and entrusted to courts or arbitral institutions. Garg said institutional appointments would ensure that arbitrators did not owe their positions to parties or law firms. He acknowledged that the proposal would curtail party autonomy and require further deliberation. “Take party autonomy away from the appointment process.

The Bombay High Court was on Saturday informed by the Maharashtra Transport Department that auto and taxi drivers across the State have been granted a one-year extension to learn, read and speak Marathi. [Mohammed Kasim Ahmed v.

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday said it will pass orders on September 3 on petitions filed by former BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami seeking to quash an FIR registered against them on a Congress leader’s complaint [Amit Malviya v State of Karnataka, Arnab Goswami v State of Karnataka]. During a brief hearing today, Justice M Nagaprasanna was amused at a submission made by the Senior Advocate Aruna Shyam who was representing the petitioners.