Supreme Court declines to transfer Satya Niketan PG Hostel Building Collapse case from Delhi HC to itself
The Court specifically requested the Delhi High Court to “monitor the case at short intervals”.
The Court specifically requested the Delhi High Court to “monitor the case at short intervals”.
The Court grimly noted that hooliganism shown by the members of Barabanki Bar Association, stating that Bar Council of India is expected to take appropriate action. The Court also transferred the case to Tis Hazari Courts to ensure fair trial.
“Judicial error is not synonymous with judicial partiality and hence mere passing of an unfavorable order, or even an order subsequently set aside by a superior Court, does not ipso facto establish a foundation for bias or prejudice.”
“When a judicial officer is of the mind that judgment cannot be pronounced on the material available on record and further assistance is required for certain clarifications, it becomes a matter of being put up open for hearing in the Court.”
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate cannot exercise the administrative power of transfer of case from one Court to another within its jurisdiction, unless an order is passed by the High Court under Section 10(2) of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
“A valuable right of assessee is clearly involved in the matter, when he objected to jurisdiction of the assessing officer and transfer of his case, which obviously could not have been adjudicated upon without affording an opportunity of hearing and disclosing to him the reasons for not accepting his point of view.”
Sandip Ghosh was the Principal of the RG Kar Hospital and College where the brutal rape and murder of a doctor took place on 9-08-2024. The Calcutta High Court on 13-08-2024 had transferred the investigation to CBI relating to the doctor’s death.
The Delhi High Court said that the winding up proceedings which have not progressed to an advanced stage before the High Courts, ought to be transferred to the NCLT.
Rajasthan High Court held that power of the Magistrate under Section 256 CrPC to acquit an accused is “not to be indiscriminately exercised whimsically and mechanically for the statistical purposes of removing a docket from its rack as it undermines the cause of justice.”
The Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the matter and, in a special hearing on Saturday, 27.01.2024, stayed the Single Judge Bench’s order directing the handover of case papers related to the alleged issuance of fake caste certificates to the CBI, despite a division bench stay order.
The Court also acknowledged the husband’s difficulty taking leave every now and then and allowed him to appear through video conferencing for the days when his physical presence is not required.
“Since the territorial jurisdiction of the present case is in Chennai only, therefore Chennai being one of the jurisdictional area under the notification issued by the Central Government, which comes under the jurisdiction of the PDSJ, Chennai, naturally the said case has to be tried in the said Court”
The Court refused to bar Mohd Zubair from tweeting as it would amount to an unjustified violation of the freedom of speech and expression, and the freedom to practice his profession
Multiple FIRs have been registered against Alt News co-founder and fact checker Mohammed Zubair for allegedly hurting religious feelings through his tweet.
Supreme Court: Considering the complexity of the issue related to a ‘Shivling’ found in the complex of the Gyanvali Mosque in Varanasi,
Supreme Court: The 2-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar, JJ has reiterated the position laid down by the Constitution Bench
Supreme Court: Slamming the Bihar government for its management of shelter homes, the Court has ordered the transfer of the Muzaffarpur shelter home
Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench of A.M. Badar, J allowed the application demanding the transfer of case to another court