Bar Council of Tamil Nadu today moved the Madras High Court seeking the Court's intervention in initiating action against retired Judge Justice Karnan for his derogatory remarks against women and the judiciary. #Justicekarnan
Justice T Ravindran remarked that similar matters were pending before a Division Bench of the Court and the Bench had already issued directions in the allied matter.
The Judge expressed his inclination to refer the matter to the Division Bench.
The State's Counsel submitted that a FIR registered by an advocate had been acted upon, with Section 67-A of the Information Technology Act being added to the other offences alleged.
The matter has been posted with allied matters pending before the division bench.
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Justice (retd.) Madan Lokur to shortly speak on the theme "Defending Liberties" in a virtual discussion hosted by the Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum and WCLA.
Justice (retd.) Lokur will also interact with Warisha Farasat, Tara Narula, Shalini Gera and Sowjhanya Sukumaran.
Webinar begins.
The organisers introduce Justice (retd.) Lokur and other speakers.
Adv Tara Narula starts off the discussion with a query to Justice (retd.) Lokur on the writ of habeas corpus.
Karnataka HC Division Bench to shortly hear a batch of pleas moved by State Election Commission (SEC) and ors seeking the timely conduct of BBMP Elections in the State.
Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Vishwajith Shetty will hear the pleas.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assures Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul led bench that no coercive action will be taken against former ICICI Bank chief executive officer Chanda Kochhar
Delhi High Court begins hearing Future Retail's plea against Amazon in relation to the emergency arbitrator award stalling its deal with Reliance Retail.