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Justice Hima Kohli, who bids farewell to the Supreme Court, became the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court for the State of Telangana and became the ninth woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India.
The Court reproached the CBI for embarking on a roving and fishing inquiry on the strength of the CAG Audit Report and then working backwards to sniff out criminal intent against the appellants.
“Bail once granted, ought not to be cancelled in a mechanical manner, however, an unreasoned or perverse order of bail is open to interference by the superior Court.”
By the interim order, the Supreme Court had restrained the NCDRC from taking any coercive steps against Ireo Grace Realtech
“The caste or religion of parties should not be mentioned in the memo of parties of a petition/proceeding filed before the Court, irrespective of whether any such details have been furnished before the Courts below.”
A letter was received by ASG seeking clarification from the Court regarding whether foeticide can be done before termination process since the baby was viable, and that if that was not done, it would be a preterm delivery and not a foeticide.
Justice Hima Kohli was the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court for the State of Telangana and is currently serving as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. She was the ninth woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India.
The Supreme Court attributed the reluctance on the part of victims of Sexual Harassment at workplace to report the misconduct to, (i) uncertainty about who to approach under the Act for redressal of their grievance; and (ii) lack of confidence in the process and its outcome.
The Supreme Court held that the critical views of the Media One News Channel on Government policies cannot be termed ‘anti-establishment’ as the use of such a terminology in itself, represents an expectation that the press must support the establishment.
Observing that the sealed cover procedure violates both principles of natural justice and open justice, the Supreme Court has held that the public interest immunity proceeding is a less restrictive means to deal with non-disclosure on the grounds of public interest and confidentiality.
The Supreme Court observed that principles of natural justice should be necessarily read into the provisions of the Master Directions on Frauds, to save it from the vice of arbitrariness.
The Supreme Court observed that the Bombay High Court disregarded the nature and gravity of the alleged offence as well as the the financial stature, position and standing of the accused vis-à-vis the prosecutrix.
Supreme Court: In an important ruling on Res Judicata, the 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli, JJ