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Apr 15

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka to shortly speak on: Robes cannot be Rented

Organised by Adhivakta Parishad Supreme Court Unit

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Justice Abhay S. Oka: When one becomes a judge of a court, any court, and in particular High Court and Supreme Court, apart from Bangalore Principles, apart from any other written norms, the judges are bound by several constraints and restrictions.
Obviously, all those restrictions come in for the purpose of maintaining dignity of the office and upholding the old principles that justice should not only be done, but it should be manifestly seen to be done.
And whether Bangalore Principles or not, we are bound by those constraints.

Justice AS Oka: For example, if as a sitting judge, I was invited by Adhivakta Parishad to speak on its platform, I would have politely said no because my belief was Adhivakta Parishad does have political inclinations.
When a judge demits office, of course, he is not bound by those strict constraints and restrictions which he had as a judge, but I personally believe that being a retired judge of the constitutional court, he must follow certain restraints and constraints. @AdhivaktaP

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Apr 15

Supreme Court to hear today plea filed by Assam government challenging the transit anticipatory bail granted to INC leader Pawan Khera in a forgery and criminal conspiracy case

Bench: Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar

The case was registered against Khera following his recent claims that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan holds multiple foreign passports and undisclosed assets abroad.

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SG Tushar Mehta (for Assam): it’s a case of patent lack of territorial jurisdiction. No averment in the petition why telangana high court. Offence committed in Assam, FIR in Assam. Neither he says why Telangana.

Court: he is saying petitioner wife is staying in Hyderabad.

Mehta: he places on record Aadhar card in page 98 where wife is staying in Delhi. He places both. Which shows even his wife stays in Delhi. Sometimes he keeps travelling. Is this the law? Someone can buy or rent 10 properties in 10 different states. This will qualify as forum choosing. This is abuse of law.

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Apr 13

Quaraisha Yeasmin vs Election commission of India: WEST BENGAL SIR APPEAL TRIBUNAL ISSUE

Adv: In some cases Election commission has not even placed the orders before Justice Sivanganam. ECI is not aware of what's happening... Appeals are not being taken up. Let freezing date be extended.

CJI: go before the appellate tribunal and say all this

Adv: If I am not allowed to argue then what's the use? But will appeal be decided within a time frame or keep extending?

CJI: so you want us to put the former chief Justices and judges.. under pressure .

Adv; Those who have addhar and passport.. will be allowed that's what this court has held

Justice Bagchi: Calcutta HC Chief has informed manner and mode of appeals have been formulated. It has started hearing from today. We cannot say hearing x appeals from today

Sr Adv Naidu for ECI: will have always placed all records. Now we are blamed for helping. There are 30 lakh appeals.

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Justice Bagchi: Unless and until there is enormous amount of voters excluded or materially affect the election...the election cannot be cancelled. If 10 percent does not vote and winning margin is more than 10 percent then..

CJI: only academic excercise

Justice Bagchi: if it's less than 5 percent then we have to apply our mind. Earlier a candidate was given primacy before the appellate tribunal because a candidate cannot be denied the right to contest. Please don't think the question is not in our mind that what about those who are excluded !

Justice Bagchi: if an objector files an appeal against inclusion. Then again that person also has to be removed. So we had judicial officers and then appellate tribunals.

Sr Adv Naidu: the court was not even inclined to have the appellate tribunal firstly.

Justice Bagchi: we have permitted the constitutional authority to go into purity of electoral roll issue. Your original ECI notification on SIR did not touch 2002 list.. but your logical discrepancy list rejection reasons are 2002 list etc. your notification touched people who relates to people in the 2002 list. 2002 list is the benchmark. See in your final list you did not delete the 2002 list members. When Bihar SIR was argued, submissions of ECI was unequivocal that 2002 list members need not given any document. Please see your written submissions in Bihar case. You had said 2002 electorate need not give Documents..

Sr Adv Naidu: but they have to prove that they are the same person as in 2002 list. They are using alias etc.

Justice Bagchi: now you are improvising the submissions which you made earlier.

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Apr 13

In a case relating with bar council reservations

[Siva Kumari R vs Union of India]

Sr Adv DS Naidu: This court delivered a judgment (on women representation) to empower women. But some are misusing it.

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CJI: this court by an order dated December 8 2025 under Article 142 ensured 30 percent women representation in each state bar council. 10 percent was by co option and 20 percent by election. This court also appointed the high powered election supervisory committee headed by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia. State election committees were also constituted. At the outset we acknowledge the herculean task done by the committee.

CJI: in that process the supervisory committee has passed a self speaking order on February 9 in order to clarify how the 20 and 10 percent representation is to be given effect to. We are informed that BCI has issued a circular that selection of candidates for 10 percent co option shall be made by BCI rules.

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Apr 13

[Prakash Gopalrao Pohare vs Union]

Adv Prashant Bhushan: More than 10,000 farmers commit suicide every year. MSP is given which is below the cost price. It should be cost price plus 50 percent. Only wheat and grain is procured at MSP. Farmers are in acute distress. This is twin hammering.

CJI Surya Kant: Lot of mathematical formulas being cited. Difficulty will arise in cost of land and capital. Will it not vary from state to state or district to district.

Bhushan: I am not asking for the actual cost plus 50 percent.

Bhushan: govt own calculation for weighted average cost should be paid.

Justice Bagchi: you are almost asking us to rewrite the economic policy of the country. Look at the Pleadings.

Bhushan: drafted by my junior. But please see... It is okay for the govt to give free ration but that does not mean that affect on farmer is such that they don't get the cost and commit suicide.

Bhushan: take weighted average cost of the whole country and pay that much.

CJI; there are farmers with big chunk of land. There cannot be an uniform policy for all you see.

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Apr 9

Supreme Court resumes hearing case where it recently pulled up 2 senior IAS officers from UP for not following court orders and halting the demolition of unauthorised commercial structures due to "public hue and cry."

Bench: Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan

The court noted that schools, banks, hospitals etc were being run from the unauthorised buildings and ordered immediate sealing.

It also said that if any untoward incident happens in any of the illegal buildings till demolition takes place, the IAS officers would be held personally liable.

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Sr. Adv. Rajiv Shakdher (for Chairman, UP AEVP): we have shifted the students out of the schools, hospitals, the banks have also moved. We have sealed all of it.

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