#BombayHighCourt allows PIL seeking Court’s intervention in Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari’s inaction to nominate 12 members recommended by the Maharashtra Council of Ministers to the State Legislative Council.
Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni: We have considered arguments and formed the following issues:
Petition maintainability - answered in affirmative.
Governor discretion under Art 171 r/w Representation of People’s Act
Governor’s duty to speak?
Order: It is not impermissible to read authorisation of Clauses 3 and 5 of Art 171 r/w with Representation of People’s Act respect to governor’s decision on nomination.
#SupremeCourt is hearing a plea by former Karnataka minister & mining baron, Gali Janardhan Reddy, accused in a multi-million illegal mining case(s) seeking permission to visit & stay in the District of Bellary in Karnataka for a period of 8 weeks
Additional Solicitor General Madhavi Divan makes submissions for CBI: He is the beneficiary of the Bribe - it was done to secure his Bail. His conditions for bail should not be diluted. There was a reason as to why this should not happen. He is a very serious threat to witnesses
ASG: He is a person who has been very seriously accused. Due to not acceptance of bribe, that judge died under very serious circumstances, these are all instances that weight against cancellation of any condition imposed
#MadrasHighCourt hears petitions challenging #ITRules2021. Earlier this week, the Court had pulled up the Central govt for delay in filing its counter affidavit in the matter.
Matter is before Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu.
UOI is yet to file a counter-affidavit: NB Joshi informs
ASG R Sankaranayaranan appears for Union of India, tells Court that he received written instructions last night, adds that counter is being prepared, seeks one last chance to file the counter. Adds that matter can be argued as well if Court sees fit
#BombayHighCourt to continue hearing pleas filed by Mumbai journalist and a digital news portal challenging recently notified IT intermediary rules of 2021.
Hearing before Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni.
Justice (Retd.) Goda Raghuram, Justice (Retd.) Prabha Sridevan, Justice (Retd.) Pradeep Nandrajog, Partner at Samvad Partners Harish Narasappa and Senior Advocate Parag Tripathi will discuss, “Justice Delivery: New Frontiers” at the Law & Economics Policy Conference today.