CJI DY Chandrachud: Please don't raise your voice. This is not the way to behave as the President of SCBA. You're asking for a land allotted to the SC to be given to the bar. I have made my decision. It will be taken on 17th and it will not be first on board.
Singh: Just because the bar doesn't do anything doesn't mean it should be taken for granted. I feel strongly for this. 20 years lawyers have been waiting to be allotted chambers.
CJI DY Chandrachud: Mr Singh, I am the Chief Justice of India. I have been on the bench for long. I have never let myself be brow beaten by bar members and I will not let it happen in the final 2 years of my life.
Justice Abhay Oka of the #SupremeCourt to shortly deliver a lecture on "Art of Advocacy and duties of Advocates under the Constitution" hosted by the Indian Law Institute - Assam State Unit.
Other dignitaries at the dais -
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, #SupremeCourt Judge
Justice Vijay Bishnoi, Gauhati High Court Chief Justice
Justice Soumitra Saikia, Gauhati High Court Judge and ILI Assam Executive Chairman.
Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi delivers the welcome address.
#SupremeCourt hears the MC Mehta case concerning environmental pollution and tree cover in the Taj Trapezium Zone.
Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice N Kotiswar Singh.
Earlier, the Court has highlighted the need for tree census and vigilance mechanism to prevent illegal tree felling in the TTZ area. livelaw.in/top-stories/su…
J Oka: We will pass order on the tree census. Now this issue of agro-forestry. Where is the question of exemption from requirement of obtaining tree cutting permission from the court for agro-forestry?
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#SupremeCourt hears the MC Mehta case concerning pollution management in Delhi NCR on issues related to transport pollution, and payment of compensation to workers affected by GRAP measures.
Bench: Justice Oka and Justice Bhuyan.
Haryana informs the court that last phase payments are in progress.
Order: concerning the first and second phase of GRAP 4 compensation has been paid to 268759 and 224881 workers. The process of payment of compensation to approximately 95000 workers for the GRAP 4 period in January is under progress. Therefore at this stage no further direction is required to be issued as far as Haryana is concerned. #SupremeCourt
Order: we have perused the affidavit of Government of Delhi in which it is claimed that so far compensation has been paid for 93272 workers. It is stated that the process of verification of the rest of the workers that have been registered is in progress. The unions of the concerned construction workers are free to submit the details so that after verification payments can be released. Government of Delhi to file further affidavit by end of March 2025 indicating the payments made to various workers.
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Senior Advocate Indira Jaising to shortly deliver the "29th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture"
Topic: India's Modern Constitutionalism
Event presided by Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Vibhu Bakhru
The lecture can be viewed live at:
#IndiraJaising #Lecture #ModernConstitutionalism
CJ Upadhyay (Chief Guest): Constitution and Constitutionalism are two different things. Even authoritarian regimes may have a Constitution, but sans constitutionalism.
#SupremeCourt to hear today a writ petition filed by YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia (@BeerBicepsGuy) in respect of FIRs registered against him across multiple states over his remarks during the "India's Got Latent" show
Bench: Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh
@BeerBicepsGuy Hearing begins
Adv Dr Abhinav Chandrachud (for Allahabadia): This is for clubbing of FIRs. Petitioner has received death threats. First in Maharashtra, then Assam, now Jaipur...there is a reward...offense is old S.153A (promoting hatred)
#SupremeCourt @BeerBicepsGuy
@BeerBicepsGuy J Kant: Are you defending the kind of statements made?
Chandrachud: Not at all. I personally am disgusted. But whether it rises to the level of criminal offense is another question
J Kant: What are the parameters of obscenity/vulgarity?