Judicial Propriety Archives

Why CJI Surya Kant declined to meet Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge: Sub judice matters, judicial propriety and the petition route

CJI Surya Kant responds to Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge’s request for a meeting on issues concerning the Election Commission, student arrests, metro station closures and train cancellations, stating that the issues are already pending before the Supreme Court.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Principle of Judicial Propriety] Successive bail application needs to be decided by the same Judge on merits, if available at the place of sitting: Bombay High Court

If successive bail applications on the same subject are permitted to be disposed of by different Judges, there would be conflicting orders, and the litigant would be pestering every Judge till he gets an order to his liking resulting in the credibility of the Court and judicial discipline requires that such matter must be placed before the same Judge, if he is available, for orders.

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Jumping the wall from West Berlin to East Berlin

by Anurag Tripathi*