Supreme Court is hearing a petition filed by Adv Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad seeking directions for the construction of a "Judicial Vista" near the Supreme Court for better working conditions in #SupremeCourt
SG Tushar Mehta expected to make a statement today #judicialvista
SG Tushar Mehta: i am in touch with centre and such decisions cannot be immediate. Please have it after 4 weeks
SC: We said govt should take a call. You can plan for it, not in one month or 3 months or so
SC: It is not for court to solve the problem. Its for court to guide but the issue has to be solved by you
SG: there’s no adversarial approach at all #judicialvista
Justice Vineet Saran: we dont go around in corridors, it’s horrible
SG: yes all the more for senior people.
Justice Saran: something has to be done, it can’t be done overnight. Planning has to be done. central govt can do it
Adv Ardhendhumauli Prasad- this will sort us for the next 100 years.
SG: this government works fast
AK Prasad: #centralvista was done in 5 years. If they plan an execution we can have this done also
SC: SG Mehta the centre has submitted that problems pointed out can be looked into by Centre in consultation with Registry and AK Prasad. Sr Adv VV Giri may coordinate with SG Mehta and apprise him of problems which need attention
Sr Adv Sidharth Luthra, Amicus Curiae in the case: There are 26 lakh cases, and now it’s increased by 7 lakh in 4 to 5 months. That is a disturbing number here. One defaulting area is Delhi and Gujarat has 4 lakh cases, Maharashtra has 5.6 lakhs #NIAct
Justice Ravindra Bhat: there needs to be a greater analysis of pendency
Luthra: only 15% of last year’s pendency has been disposed and then less cases are being disposed every year #NIAct
CJI NV Ramana led bench to hear a plea by #Delhi government challenging the Government of NCT Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 over the issue of administrative services #SupremeCourt
SG Tushar Mehta: By way of a preface, this court is aware that article 239 AA was inserted after the constitution was framed. Initially there was concept of state were in class A, B etc. Delhi was class C state. Legislature wanted to do something
#SupremeCourt is hearing a matter regarding cancellation of ration cards in Telangana
Bench: What were the grounds?
Counsel: They have grounds cited for general cancellation, but for me no specific criteria/ground cited. 21.94L cards cancelled which were given after verification by ration authorities.
One day say sorry, discontinued. Act of extreme cruelty, poor families rendered w/o cards.
Counsel: [Reads from written submissions] Total ration cards between 83-87, roughly a quarter then cancelled. When we protested lack of notice, their counter was NFSA there is no mention of notice needed
Natural justice means notice should be given. On Aadhaar, made mandatory
Bench: We know this case list make a point. Prob is Givernoe sending Cabinet recommendations to President.
Counsel: Consistent stand has been against the Governor's reccomendations. all IPC offences, culled out case by case, 302 cases power with governor
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CBI has challenged the order passed by Special CBI Court in Aakar Patel's case of FCRA. CBI Court had upheld an order setting aside a look out circular (LOC) that stopped him from traveling abroad.
Delhi High Court will continue to hear today former JNU student Umar Khalid's plea seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. #DelhiHighCourt#DelhiRiots#UmarKhalid#UAPA
In the last hearing, the High Court had expressed a view that it found Khalid's speech obnoxious and inciteful.
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The Delhi Police has now filed a short affidavit opposing Khalid's bail application.
The petition will be heard by a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar. #DelhiHighCourt#DelhiRiots#UmarKhalid#UAPA