Articles tagged with: Indira Jaising

Uttarakhand prez rule chief justice Joseph sent to AP HC (some cry foul, Katju says wasn't political)

“Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph, who recently delivered the strongly-worded judgment quashing President’s Rule in the state, [will be transferred] to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. News of his transfer evoked a strong reaction in legal and other circles, with senior advocate Indira Jaising putting out a series of tweets questioning the collegium’s move,” reported the Indian Express.

Nothing to see here: Centre suggests SC could totally stop monitoring lethargic black money probe now

In a revelation which may shock many, the Solicitor General, Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court’s three-Judge bench hearing the black money investigation case this afternoon at Court No 2, that nothing survived in this case, and the court could dispose it of.

Court Cuts: When Jaising asked a potentially embarrassing NJAC question and 3 SC judges disappeared

Three Judges of the Supreme Court, justices Madan B Lokur, Gopal Gowda and Kurian Joseph, attended a book launch function at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi yesterday (11 April). While Justice Lokur formally released the book, Appointing our judges: Forging independence with accountability edite...

Court Cuts: Indira Jaising puts it black, white and red, explains menstruation discrimination

The hearing of the case of women’s right to enter Sabarimala temple in Kerala in court No. 4 after 2pm saw some interesting moments, with senior advocate Indira Jaising taking on her male counterparts who opposed women’s entry point blank. Saying that the temple trust was practising discrimination b...

Court Cuts: Indira Jaising puts it black, white and red, explains menstruation discrimination

The hearing of the case of women’s right to enter Sabarimala temple in Kerala in court No. 4 after 2pm saw some interesting moments, with senior advocate Indira Jaising taking on her male counterparts who opposed women’s entry point blank. Saying that the temple trust was practising discrimination b...

The Senior Six will fix it: SC appoints crack superhero lawyer team as Patiala House peacekeepers

The Supreme Court today appointed a team of six senior lawyers to go to Patiala House court to observe the situation there and report back.

MP judge sex harass case: SC may agree to review relevance of its in-house procedures

In the Additional District and Sessions Judge, ‘X’ v. Supreme Court of India Through Secretary General And Anr., which came up before the bench comprising justices JS Khehar and Rohinton Nariman on 16 December, the petitioner’s counsel, Indira Jaising raised the relevance of the in-house committee report in establishing the misconduct of a judge.

NLIU denies blame for MP gov’t allegedly preventing Indira Jaising from talking on campus

NLIU Bhopal denied responsibility for, and knowledge of, senior advocate Indira Jaising allegedly being turned away from the law school’s gates yesterday, when she reached there to address an inaugural session on gender sensitisation hosted by a goverment agency.

SCOI Report: Coming tomorrow, difficult judgment in highly-loaded Sanjiv Bhatt-Gujarat whistleblower case

Tomorrow, on Tuesday 13 October, the SC delivers will deliver judgment in Narendra Modi-baiter Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea to constitute a SIT to probe his allegations against Gujarat Government’s collusion with the riot-accused, and shield him from harassment.

SCOI Report: Jaising, petitioners tear into Haryana amendment banning politicians without education, toilet

Arguments in Rajbala vs State of Haryana] began in Court No.6 before justices J Chelameswar and AM Sapre on Wednesday, 7 October with petitioners’ counsel, Kirti Singh making her submissions first. She was followed by senior advocates, Sanjay Parikh and Indira Jaising on 8 October. Indira Jaising, who began her arguments at 2 p.m. was on her legs, when the Court rose for the day at 4 p.m.

SCOI Report: How the SC missed an opportunity to rule on repeated promulgation of ordinances

When the petition filed by Delhi Grameen Samaj and others against the Central Government’s Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance came up in court No.4 on Thursday, 24 September, it was a foregone conclusion that Justice JS Khehar, and Justice R Banumathi who heard it, would consider it infructuous, as the ordinance had already lapsed.

Bhushan, Jaising battle Gujarat in SC for ex-cop, riots whistleblower Sanjiv Bhatt

The Gujarat government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that sacked state cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, accused of hacking the email of its former law officer, could not ask which agency would undertake an investigation and how it would do so.

AG Rohatgi to help SC with new senior designation rules after bar suggestions

Senior advocate Indira Jaising’s challenge to the Supreme Court senior advocate designation process will now have attorney general (AG) Mukul Rohatgi as amicus curiae.

The last judgment: Maharashtra kills Yakub Memon, 4th execution in 15 years #RIP [UPDATE-3]

Yakub Memon, convicted in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, was hanged till death at the Nagpur Central Jail in Maharashtra today morning, officials said. He was sent to the gallows - on his 54th birthday on Thursday - after several of his court appeals and clemency petitions were rejected by v...

5+ top anti-death penalty lawyers ask CJI to defer Memon killing with hours to go after Prez shows no mercy [UPDATE-2]

A Supreme Court hearing is likely to place on a plea seeking to put on hold the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon in the early hours of Thursday. Perhaps for the first time, the Supreme Court will be hearing a petition seeking a stay on the execution of death sentence at the court p...

5+ top anti-death penalty lawyers ask CJI to defer Memon killing with hours to go after Prez shows no mercy [UPDATE-2]

A Supreme Court hearing is likely to place on a plea seeking to put on hold the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon in the early hours of Thursday. Perhaps for the first time, the Supreme Court will be hearing a petition seeking a stay on the execution of death sentence at the court p...

SC notice to Gov't on land acquisition ordinance challenge

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the central government on a petition challenging the second re-promulgation of the land ordinance to amend the 2013 land acquisition law to ease the process of land acquisition. The bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel iss...

Is the senior counsel system broken for good or can it be salvaged? We asked 6 seniors what they thought [READ PETITION]

Legally India research (Graphic by Subrata Jana / Livemint)
Legally India research (Graphic by Subrata Jana / Livemint)
“)The process of appointing senior advocates is broken and no one has bothered to fix it, until now.

Only 1 Dalit, 2 Muslims in 15 years: Jaising files PIL against opaque & nepotistic senior counsel appointment process

Senior advocate Indira Jaising has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court today to challenge the “non transparent and arbitrary method of designating senior counsel by the Supreme Court”.

SC postpones creche opening: Pujari, Jaising file writ for better creche

The Supreme Court’s creche won’t open on time after all , announced the court’s registry in a notice, blaming a writ petition by advocate Anindita Pujari challenging the child care centre yesterday. The Indian Express reported that Pujari was: seeking direction to set up an “effective” creche that w...