{"id":328442,"date":"2024-08-10T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=328442"},"modified":"2024-08-10T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T06:47:13","slug":"know-thy-judge-the-remarkable-odyssey-of-justice-sudhanshu-dhulia-from-bar-to-bench-scc-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/08\/10\/know-thy-judge-the-remarkable-odyssey-of-justice-sudhanshu-dhulia-from-bar-to-bench-scc-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Thy Judge | The Remarkable Odyssey of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia &#8211; from Bar to Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 5s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;A marital relationship which has only become more bitter and acrimonious over the years, does nothing but inflicts cruelty on both the sides. To keep the fa&ccedil;ade of this broken marriage alive would be doing injustice to both the parties. A marriage which has broken down irretrievably, in our opinion spells cruelty to both the parties, as in such a relationship each party is treating the other with cruelty.&#8221;<a id=\"fnref1\" href=\"#fn1\" title=\"1. Rakesh Raman v. Kavita, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 497.\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;\">&#8211; Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 2%;\">Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia was born on 10-08-1960 in in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand to Shri Keshav Chandra Dhulia, who was also a Judge at Allahabad High Court and Smt. Sumitra Dhulia, a Sanskrit Professor.<a id=\"fnref2\" href=\"#fn2\" title=\"2. Dhulia&#8217;s promotion as Chief Justice proud moment for U&#8217;khand, Gharwal Post\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a> His grandfather, Pundit Bhairav Dutt Dhulia, was a freedom fighter who sentenced to jail for seven years (severed for three years and later was released) for participating in the Quit India Movement.<a id=\"fnref3\" href=\"#fn3\" title=\"3. Sudhanshu Dhulia, Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala take oath as Supreme Court judges, The Hindu\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a> He has two brothers &#8211; the elder Himanshu Dhulia, a retired naval officer, and the younger Tigmanshu Dhulia is a filmmaker.<a id=\"fnref4\" href=\"#fn4\" title=\"4. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia's name recommended by SC collegium, The Times of India.\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">*Did You Know?<\/span> Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia is the elder brother of National Award-winning film director and actor Tigmanshu Dhulia.<a id=\"fnref5\" href=\"#fn5\" title=\"5. Two judges appointed to SC, top court set to regain full strength of 34, Deccan Herald\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Educational Background<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">His early years were characterized by a diverse educational experience that laid the foundation for his later achievements. He did his earlier schooling from Dehradun, Allahabad and Lucknow. He graduated from Allahabad University in 1981 and completed his Masters in Modern History in 1983. Justice Dhulia completed his L.L.B. in 1986.<a id=\"fnref6\" href=\"#fn6\" title=\"6. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Supreme Court of India.\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Carrer as an Advocate<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Dhulia is a second-generation legal professional and joined the Bar at Allahabad High Court in 1986. Initially, his legal practice revolved around the Civil and Constitutional aspects of the law before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. As the legal landscape evolved, he transitioned his practice to the newly established High Court of the State of Uttarakhand, situated in the serene city of Nainital.<a id=\"fnref7\" href=\"#fn7\" title=\"7. Supra.\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a> He was designated as Senior Advocate in June, 2004 at High Court of Uttarakhand.<a id=\"fnref8\" href=\"#fn8\" title=\"8. Judges Profile, e-Committee, Supreme Court of India.\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">After the creation of the new State of Uttarakhand, Justice Dhulia became its First Chief Standing Counsel and was later appointed as State Additional Advocate General.<a id=\"fnref9\" href=\"#fn9\" title=\"9. War Heroes &amp; Alumni, Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey U.P. Sainik School, Lucknow\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Judicial Journey<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Dhulia was elevated as a Permanent Judge of Uttarakhand High Court on 01-11-2008.<a id=\"fnref10\" href=\"#fn10\" title=\"10. Former Hon'ble Judges, High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital\"><sup>10<\/sup><\/a> He was also appointed as the Judge in-Charge of education at the Uttarakhand Judicial and Legal Academy. He was elevated as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on 07-01-2021<a id=\"fnref11\" href=\"#fn11\" title=\"11. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, SCC Blog\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/a> and took the oath on 10-01-2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The pinnacle of Justice Dhulia<span style=\"\">&#8217;<\/span>s career was his elevation as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 07-05-2022.<a id=\"fnref12\" href=\"#fn12\" title=\"12. Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Gauhati HC &amp; Justice J.B Pardiwala, Guj HC appointed as Judges of Supreme Court, SCC Blog\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/a> His journey from his early schooling days to the present esteemed position is a testament to the power of knowledge, dedication, and the pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">*Did You Know?<\/span> Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia is the second Judge to be elevated from Uttarakhand High Court to the Supreme Court.<a id=\"fnref13\" href=\"#fn13\" title=\"13. Sudhanshu Dhulia, Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala take oath as Supreme Court judges, The Hindu\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; margin-bottom: 2.12mm; margin-top: 2.12mm; padding-bottom: 1.76mm; padding-top: 1.76mm; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: #008000;\">Notable Judgements<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In a criminal appeal against conviction under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">302<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;), upheld by the Delhi High Court, the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span> and Prasanna B. Varale, JJ. dismissed the appeal and upheld the Trial Court&#8217;s and High Court&#8217;s decision. The Court said that both the Trial Court and the Appellate Court had rightly held that the prosecution had proved their case beyond reasonable doubt, as all the evidence put together did establish the guilt of the convict. Accordingly, the Court dismissed the appeal, and the interim order dated 09-05-2012 granting bail to the convict was vacated. The Court directed the convict, on bail to surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from the date of decision. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chandan<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State (Delhi Admn.)<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/WSLS6qB3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 SCC OnLine SC 496<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/04\/12\/sc-upholds-conviction-for-day-light-murder-in-1993-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In an appeal challenging Delhi High Court&#8217;s dismissal of application challenging condonation of delay for an appeal against acquittal, the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span> and Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale, JJ. clarified that Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">378<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (&#8216;CrPC&#8217;) does not exclude applicability of Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001553197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Limitation Act, 1963<\/a>. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mohd Abaad Ali<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Directorate of Revenue Prosecution Intelligence<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/fPyA6Evg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 SCC OnLine SC 162<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/22\/limitation-appeal-against-acquittal-can-be-condoned-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In an appeal concerning whether &#8220;ghee&#8221; is a &#8220;product of livestock&#8221; under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966, the division bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span> and SVN Bhatti, JJ. has held that there was nothing wrong in the 1994 notification and the challenge to the notification has rightly been turned down by the Full Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, stating that the notification is not under Section 3 but under Section 4 of the Act, and is valid and moreover &#8220;ghee&#8221; is a livestock product. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sangam Milk Producer Co. Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Agricultural Market Committee<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/F67Bzt3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 SCC OnLine SC 236<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/03\/13\/ghee-livestock-produc-regulated-ap-agricultural-produce-livestock-markets-act-sc-upholds-andhra-pradesh-hc-judgment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In a civil appeal against Bombay High Court&#8217;s decision, whereby, the appellant- Sayunkta Sangarsh Samiti&#8217;s petition for quashing the Slum Rehabilitation Authority Maharashtra&#8217;s (SRA) order, wherein, the allotment of the rehabilitated towers of the slum was not in terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (&#8216;MoU&#8217;) signed between the developer and the appellant society, was dismissed. The Division Bench of Aniruddha Bose and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span>, JJ., dismissed the appellant society&#8217;s appeal and directed the SRA to carry out the allotment of flats in accordance with law and not in terms of the MoU, being a private agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Slums of Mumbai are symbolic of the existing inequalities in our society. The growth of industries and urban centres invariably result in migration of rural population to urban industrial areas, in search of employment. The migrants, displaced poor and the marginalised are forced by circumstances to form a living space for themselves, which are called slums.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sayunkta Sangarsh Samiti<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/HEU81I0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 1684<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/01\/15\/slum-rehabilitation-authority-has-statutory-mandate-against-private-agreements-for-slum-rehabilitation-schemes-sc-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In twin appeals against judgment and order passed by Rajasthan High Court on 8-08-2007 acquitting all the accused persons for major offences under Sections 302, 307 but convicting for Sections 323, 324, 325, 447, 147\/148 read with Section 149 of the IPC while also reducing their sentence to the period already undergone, the Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span>, JJ. did not concur with the High Court&#8217;s view discrediting evidence of deceased&#8217;s wife, who was also injured in the said incident. The Court held that the minor discrepancies in her statement made before the police and the cross examination could not be the reason for completely discrediting her evidence. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Birbal Nath<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Rajasthan<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/u5e0D9Ly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 1396<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/11\/01\/minor-discrepancies-two-statements-insufficient-discredit-injured-eyewitness-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In a writ petition against the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, wherein the Court decided to not appoint the petitioner for the post of Judicial officer (Civil Judge, Junior Division) for Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services, as she has not disclosed that she had a criminal case under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">289<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a>, against her, the division bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. while quashing the impugned order, has said that the impugned order, though well intentioned, is causing grave injustice to the petitioner. Further, it directed that the petitioner should be appointed to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) and that her seniority will be from the date of her selection, in order of her merit. However, she will be entitled to her salary only from the date of her joining the post&#8230;. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Apoorva Pathak<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/dP315842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 1445<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/11\/07\/non-disclosure-of-criminal-antecedent-supreme-court-directs-appointment-of-judiciary-aspirant-to-post-of-civil-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In a criminal appeal against the order of Punjab and Haryana High Court, wherein the conviction and life sentence order under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">302<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;) of the Trial Court to the accused\/ convict was upheld by the High Court, the Division Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span> and Sanjay Kumar, JJ., allowed the convict&#8217;s appeal and set aside the life sentence under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">302<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;) of the convict as the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dinesh Kumar<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Haryana<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/aB4I4FYG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 564]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/05\/08\/last-seen-evidence-not-irrevocable-conclusion-complete-chain-of-evidence-necessary-supreme-court-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In an appeal filed by a training institute (appellant) against the judgment and order of Madhya Pradesh High Court, wherein the appellant has challenged the Government policy dated 12-05-2022 (&#8216;Admission Process and Guiding Principles 2022-2023&#8217;) on the ground that it was violative of Articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19(1)(g)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>, as the government had made 75% of the seats reserved for the residents of Madhya Pradesh which is not permissible in law, division bench of Dinesh Maheshwari and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span>, JJ. has held that though reservation in favour of residents is permissible, yet reservation to the extent of 75% of the total seats makes it a wholesale reservation, which has been held in Pradeep Jain v. Union of India, (1984) 3 SCC 654 to be unconstitutional and violative of Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution of India<\/a>. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Veena Vadini Teachers Training Institute<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of M.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/rJ2bTQ79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 535<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/05\/08\/residential-reservation-is-permissible-but-wholesale-reservation-is-unconstitutional-supreme-court-reiterates-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a case where a married couple, who after barely staying together as a couple for four years, have been living separately for the last 25 years, the bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span> and JB Pardiwala, JJ has held that in such cases where the marital relationship has broken down irretrievably, where there is a long separation and absence of cohabitation, with multiple Court cases between the parties; then continuation of such a &#8216;marriage&#8217; would only mean giving sanction to cruelty which each is inflicting on the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">While the Court noticed that Irretrievable breakdown of a marriage is not a ground for dissolution of marriage, under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindu Marriage Act, 1955<\/a>, but a marriage can be dissolved on the ground of cruelty, it further observed that,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;A marriage which has broken down irretrievably, in our opinion spells cruelty to both the parties, as in such a relationship each party is treating the other with cruelty. It is therefore a ground for dissolution of marriage under Section 13 (1) (ia) of the Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Rakesh Raman<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kavita<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/67Hxye61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 497<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/05\/11\/irretrievable-breakdown-of-marriage-amounts-to-cruelty-as-a-ground-for-divorce-under-hindu-marriage-act-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In an appeal challenging the order passed by Himachal Pradesh High Court, wherein the Court had dismissed the condonation of delay applications filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001553197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Limitation Act, 1963<\/a>, declining to condone a delay of 254 days, because the reasons assigned for the condonation were not sufficient reasons for condonation of the delay, the division bench of PS Narasimha and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span>, JJ. held that the High Court was right in dismissing appellant&#8217;s application, as insufficient funds could not have been sufficient ground for condonation of delay, under the facts and circumstance of the case. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ajay Dabra<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pyare Ram<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/vXr4PB6i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 92<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/02\/07\/s-149-cpc-acts-as-an-exception-or-even-a-proviso-to-s-4-of-court-fees-act-1870-supreme-court-reiterates-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The 3-judge bench of UU Lalit, CJ and S. Ravindra Bhat and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span>, JJ has set aside the order of Jharkhand High Court, wherein the two PILs filed against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, were held to be maintainable and hence, it had decided to proceed in the case. The Supreme Court, however, was of the opinion that PILs were not filed with clean hands and hence, were not maintainable and were liable to be dismissed at the very threshold itself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;It was not proper for the High Court to entertain a PIL which is based on mere allegations and half baked truth that too at the hands of a person who has not been able to fully satisfy his credentials and has come to the Court with unclean hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Jharkhand<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Shiv Shankar Sharma<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/526w5a6p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 SCC OnLine SC 1541<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/14\/jharkhand-cm-hemant-soren-pils-mere-allegations-dismissed-high-court-maintainability-supreme-court-legal-research-updates-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Hijab Ban controversy in the State of Karnataka is far from coming to an end as the bench of Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ delivers a split verdict and refers the matter to a larger bench. Justice Dhulia stated that by asking the girls to take off their hijab before they enter the school gates, is first an invasion on their privacy, then it is an attack on their dignity, and then ultimately it is a denial to them of secular education. These are clearly violative of Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19(1)(a)<\/a>, Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21<\/a> and Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001575050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution of India<\/a>. Hence, there shall be no restriction on the wearing of hijab anywhere in schools and colleges in Karnataka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;If she wants to wear hijab, even inside her class room, she cannot be stopped, if it is worn as a matter of her choice, as it may be the only way her conservative family will permit her to go to school, and in those cases, her hijab is her ticket to education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Aishat Shifa<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Karnataka<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/IW3YgdRB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2023) 2 SCC 1<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/13\/hijab-ban-supreme-court-gives-split-verdict-justice-hemant-gupta-upholds-ban-justice-sudhanshu-dhulia-bats-for-girl-child-right-to-education-legal-research-updates-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In a special leave petition (&#8216;SLP&#8217;) under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">136<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution of India<\/a> filed against the Judgment and Order of the Rajasthan High Court, wherein an appeal against the order of the Special Judge, POCSO, denying bail to the minor\/accused was dismissed for offences under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">363<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">366-A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">368<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">376<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> and Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001520178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001520189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001520163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001520164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002806282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015<\/a>, the Division Bench of A.S. Bopanna and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., allowed the SLP and released the accused on bail. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">V.K. (Juvenile)<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Rajasthan<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/B5Srf6I4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 841<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/15\/sc-grants-bail-to-juvenile-delinquent-who-was-in-custody-for-489-days-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Taking Suo Motu cognizance of the matter where the Allahabad High Court had directed the Astrology Department of Lucknow University to determine if the alleged rape victim is a Mangalik, after the accused refused to marry her, the vacation bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Pankaj Mithal, JJ has stayed the said direction &#8220;in the interest of justice&#8221; [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Gobind Rai<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of U.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Z08MdB76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 730]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/05\/supreme-court-stays-allahabad-high-court-order-on-rape-victims-mangal-dosh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In an appeal challenging the decision of Rajasthan High Court dated 25-04-2023 rejecting bail application of the petitioner for offences under Sections 366, 376, 384, 323, 328, 120-B of IPC and Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001550508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001550519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012<\/a> (&#8216;POCSO Act&#8217;), the Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. granted bail to the accused considering three weighty factors favouring the petitioner, which also included a live-in relationship agreement with the prosecutrix. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Imamudin<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Rajasthan<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Jm6951Mr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 782]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/06\/inter-faith-couple-live-in-relationship-section-376-ipc-supreme-court-grants-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In a highly controversial extortion case of about Rs. 200 crores in Delhi&#8217;s Tihar jail, the 3-judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., has directed conman Sukash Chandra to reveal names of the persons involved in the alleged crime syndicate. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sukash Chandra Shekhar<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/a8hZnm06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 SCC OnLine SC 894<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/07\/21\/tihar-jail-crime-syndicate-supreme-court-directs-conman-sukash-chandra-to-reveal-names-of-persons-involved-in-rs-200-crores-extortion-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Adopting a humanitarian approach, the 3-judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., allowed Project 39- A of the National Law University, Delhi, to have access to the appellant, a death row convict to interview him and conduct a psychological analysis in order to bring out mitigating circumstances. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Karan<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of M.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Bv0yg1M3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2023) 5 SCC 504]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/10\/capital-punishment-psychological-evaluation-death-row-convict-nlu-delhi-supreme-court-legal-research-updates-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">In a significant case, the 4-judges Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, P.S. Narasimha and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., issued directions to all the High Courts of the country to submit reports indicating status of cases where bail has been granted by the Supreme Court i.e. if any of such persons are deprived of the opportunity of being released on bail for some reason or the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;&#8230; where the custody of a person for 9 years was found to be sufficient to entitle him to be released on bail, is now turned into custody for 11 years. This is nothing but reincarnation of Hussainara Khatoon [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4v1C441P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(1980) 1 SCC 81]<\/a> &amp; Motil Ram [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/c2n7NOZl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(1978) 4 SCC 47]<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Gopisetty Harikrishna<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of A.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/tzPb68N7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 SCC OnLine SC 654<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/05\/21\/person-languishes-in-jail-for-2-years-despite-being-granted-bail-by-supreme-court-supreme-court-criticizes-trial-judge-for-misinterpreting-bail-order\/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Dismissing the petition being devoid of merits, Sudhanshu Dhulia J., held that it cannot be any anybody&#8217;s case that a Government authority being Government school does not come under the definition of &#8216;public authority&#8217;. The only exception as to the information given under the Act under Section 8 of the RTI Act, is an exemption from disclosure of information. It further observed that the nature of information sought by respondent 8 is not covered under any of the exemption given under Section 8 of the RTI Act. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jasmeet Kaur<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Uttarakhand<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/00u4R9My\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 SCC OnLine Utt 2276<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/02\/04\/husband-seeking-personal-information-such-as-salary-of-the-petitioner-under-right-to-information-act-2005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Division Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ, and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., directed to connect CCTV cameras of Hospitals to the nearest Police Station to put a check on increasing instances of violence against medical practitioners amid Covid-19. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Asif Iqbal<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Assam<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/2nTz04wN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 SCC OnLine Gau 1529]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/08\/03\/violence-against-doctors-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ., and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., addressed a suo motu PIL concerning the plight of a rape victim, where the victim was a child between 12-15 years of age.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Observing the sensitivity of the matter, the Bench issued strict directions to the State to depute a team of medical officers, including a lady doctor to conduct medical examination on the victim, only for the determination of her age. The Bench emphasised strictly that the examination shall be limited to a bone ossification test and no other test be done as the victim had already been medically examined. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Arunachal Pradesh, In Re.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/t66FhmF9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 SCC OnLine Gau 1553<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/07\/13\/custody-of-rape-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ., and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., addressed the issue of violence against doctors. The Bench ordered the State to ensure that no medical practitioner is manhandled or abused in any manner. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Suo Motu<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Assam<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0sA1NtES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 SCC OnLine Gau 1299<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/17\/violence-against-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ. and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., took up a petition filed in the nature of PIL; concern raised was the present condition of sex workers in Assam who, according to the petitioner in most cases, were on the verge of starvation, considering the strange and difficult times of the present COVID-19 pandemic, which is now in its second wave. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Debajit Gupta<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Assam<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/z06zvv2G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 SCC OnLine Gau 1169<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/01\/sex-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ., and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., addressed the issues relating to situation under the Covid-19 pandemic in the Tea Gardens of Assam and conditioner of workers in these Tea Gardens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;We have absolutely no doubt that since the Government already has the resources, these Mobile Medical Units must be put in use for testing and other purposes in the Tea Gardens as well, if not already being done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Anjan Nagg<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union 0f India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/c9gm6301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 SCC OnLine Gau 1105<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/gau-hc-what-kind-of-test-is-being-done-for-determination-of-covid-19-infection-hc-directs-assam-government-to-set-up-mobile-medical-units-in-tea-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Alok Kumar Verma, JJ., dismissed a writ petition which was filed in the nature of certiorari and mandamus for quashing of certain orders passed by the enquiry officer and with a prayer to change the enquiry officer on grounds of bias. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kanwar Amninder Singh<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">High Court of Uttaranchal<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4vY8j0Bu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 SCC OnLine Utt 722<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/11\/09\/utt-hc-court-rejects-plea-of-bias-against-the-enquiry-officer-dismisses-petition-in-the-matter-of-departmental-proceedings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A 3-judge bench of Ramesh Ranganathan CJ, Sudhanshu Dhulia and Alok Kumar Verma JJ, held that contractual state employees are also entitled to child care leave, and that its denial would mean the denial of the rights of a child. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tanuja Tolia<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Uttarakhand<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0AzthwYf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 SCC OnLine Utt 337<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/07\/28\/utt-hc-state-contractual-employees-entitled-to-claim-child-care-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">A single-judge bench comprising of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sudhanshu Dhulia<\/span>*, J., contemplated a petition presented before him by the petitioner who was a member of Waqf Board and was subsequently disqualified, aggrieved by which he filed the instant petition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Court observed that though the petitioner had a remedy under sub-section (2) of Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">83<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waqf Act, 1995<\/a> however, in this particular case the existence of an alternative remedy before the Tribunal not operated as a bar inasmuch as the present order had been passed without affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Haji Rao Sharafat Ali<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Uttarakhand<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/qN345Eo4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 SCC OnLine Utt 893<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/09\/16\/utt-hc-law-provides-a-remedy-at-two-stages-one-before-authority-concerned-and-later-before-appellate-authority-both-must-be-fair-and-in-compliance-with-the-norms-of-natural-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Narayan Singh Dhanik*<\/span>, JJ., contemplated the special appeals preferred against the judgment of Family Court, where the divorce petition was filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001543733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindu Marriage Act, 1955<\/a> and was subsequently dismissed but the counterclaim of the wife-respondent for the right of residence was decreed in the favor of the respondent. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Raghuveer Kaintura<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Meera Kaintura<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/S46ub1IK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 SCC OnLine Utt 718<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/14\/utt-hc-voluntarily-depriving-husband-of-wifes-company-and-comfort-of-matrimonial-life-amounts-to-cruelty-divorce-granted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A single-judge bench comprising of<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Sudhanshu Dhulia*<\/span>, J., allowed the appeal filed by the appellants against the award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rudrapur in MACT Case No. 153 of 2013, whereby compensation of Rs 3,00,000 was awarded to the claimants. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Parwati Devi<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Paramjeet Singh<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/nC5725B6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 SCC OnLine Utt 672<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/08\/01\/utt-hc-compensation-increased-considering-the-raise-in-annual-notional-income-of-a-non-earning-member-pursuant-to-1994-amendment-in-mv-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A 3-judge bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ramesh Ranganathan*<\/span> CJ and Sudhanshu Dhulia and Alok Singh, JJ., entertained a writ petition calling into question the exhaustiveness of Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16(4)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution of India<\/a>. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dhananjay Verma<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Uttrakhand<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/kkJ39kj0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 SCC OnLine Utt 373<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/05\/24\/utt-hc-reservations-in-favor-of-sportsperson-is-traceable-to-article-161-atrocities-of-exhaustiveness-of-reservation-under-art-164-observed-by-the-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A single-judge bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. stated that Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing (FEBS) under the Biodiversity Act, 2002, was welfare legislation that was made to cater the needs of the local and indigenous communities. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Divya Pharmacy<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Dr671Wr9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 SCC OnLine Utt 1035<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/12\/29\/biological-resources-are-property-of-nation-divya-pharmacys-challenge-to-fair-and-equitable-benefit-sharing-dismissed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A Division Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Rajiv Sharma, JJ., dismissed a contempt petition against a &#8216;Judge of a court of record&#8217; purely on the question of law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;The duty of a Judge, after all, was to dispense justice &#8212; without fear or favour, affection or ill will, without passion or prejudice. It is not a part of his duty to please litigants or keep lawyers in good humor. A Judge, ironically, with respect to the office he holds, does not enjoy much liberty and freedom. The principal requirement for all Judges, and particularly for a Judge of Court of Record, is to maintain his independence. A Judge can also be very helpless at times with respect to the position he holds hence for the sake of the independence of judiciary, a Judge has to be protected, from vexatious charges and malicious litigations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chhitij Kishore Sharma<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Justice Lok Pal Singh<\/span>, CCP No. 03 of 2018, Order dated 04-09-2018<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/15\/judge-has-to-be-protected-from-vexatious-charges-and-malicious-litigations-judge-of-court-of-record-cannot-be-tried-for-committing-contempt-of-his-own-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A Division Bench comprising of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">U.C. Dhyani*<\/span> and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., dismissed a challenge against the appointment of State Chief Information Commissioner. The main challenge in the petition was that the office of the State Chief Information Commissioner has become the &#8216;dumping ground&#8217; for retired bureaucrats, who are rewarded for their loyalty to the State Government. [<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chandra Shekhar Kargeti<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Uttarakhand<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/5AsFn97L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 SCC OnLine Utt 29<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/02\/05\/matter-appointments-higher-echelons-fairness-hallmark-selection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">* Judge who has penned the judgment.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn1\" href=\"#fnref1\">1.<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Rakesh Raman<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kavita<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/67Hxye61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 497.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn2\" href=\"#fnref2\">2.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/garhwalpost.in\/dhulias-promotion-as-chief-justice-proud-moment-for-ukhand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dhulia&#8217;s promotion as Chief Justice proud moment for U&#8217;khand<\/a>, Gharwal Post<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn3\" href=\"#fnref3\">3.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sudhanshu-dhulia-jamshed-burjor-pardiwala-take-oath-as-supreme-court-judges\/article65397164.ece#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DJustice%2520Dhulia%2520is%2520the%2520second%2Cof%2520Uttarakhand%2520in%2520November%25202008.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudhanshu Dhulia, Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala take oath as Supreme Court judges<\/a>, The Hindu<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn4\" href=\"#fnref4\">4.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/dehradun\/ukhand-born-justice-sudhanshu-dhulia-to-join-sc-collegium\/articleshow\/91358804.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia&#8217;s name recommended by SC collegium<\/a>, The Times of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn5\" href=\"#fnref5\">5.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/two-judges-appointed-to-sc-top-court-set-to-regain-full-strength-of-34-1107252.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two judges appointed to SC, top court set to regain full strength of 34<\/a>, Deccan Herald<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn6\" href=\"#fnref6\">6.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/main.sci.gov.in\/chief-justice-judges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hon&#8217;ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia<\/a>, Supreme Court of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn7\" href=\"#fnref7\">7.<\/a> Supra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn8\" href=\"#fnref8\">8.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ecommitteesci.gov.in\/division\/judges-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judges Profile<\/a>, e-Committee, Supreme Court of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn9\" href=\"#fnref9\">9.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upsainikschool.org\/war-heroes-alumni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War Heroes &amp; Alumni<\/a>, Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey U.P. Sainik School, Lucknow<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn10\" href=\"#fnref10\">10.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/highcourtofuttarakhand.gov.in\/pages\/display\/273-former-honble-judges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former Hon&#8217;ble Judges<\/a>, High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn11\" href=\"#fnref11\">11.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/01\/08\/justice-sudhanshu-dhulia-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-the-gauhati-high-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court<\/a>, SCC Blog<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn12\" href=\"#fnref12\">12.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/05\/07\/chief-justice-sudhanshu-dhulia-gauhati-hc-justice-j-b-pardiwala-guj-hc-appointed-as-judges-of-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Gauhati HC &amp; Justice J.B Pardiwala, Guj HC appointed as Judges of Supreme Court<\/a>, SCC Blog<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a id=\"fn13\" href=\"#fnref13\">13.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sudhanshu-dhulia-jamshed-burjor-pardiwala-take-oath-as-supreme-court-judges\/article65397164.ece#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DJustice%2520Dhulia%2520is%2520the%2520second%2Cof%2520Uttarakhand%2520in%2520November%25202008.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudhanshu Dhulia, Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala take oath as Supreme Court judges<\/a>, The Hindu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia is a second-generation legal professional who joined the Bar at Allahabad High Court and went on to become Judge at Supreme Court of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67514,"featured_media":328446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38347],"tags":[63503,48614,44753,38349,34169,71932,2520],"class_list":["post-328442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judges-information","tag-bar-to-bench","tag-hijab-ban","tag-justice-sudhanshu-dhulia","tag-know-thy-judge","tag-supreme-court-of-india","tag-tigmanshu-dhulia","tag-Uttarakhand_High_Court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - 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