Page 19 - Indian Judiciary

Delhi court summons Cong leader D K Shivakumar in money laundering case

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Congress leader D K Shivakumar and others in a money laundering case lodged against him in 2018 after taking cognisance of the charge sheet. Special Judge Vikas Dhull directed Shivakumar to appear on July 1. The court gave the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by ED through its Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana against Shivakumar and others in the case. Shivakumar, who is the president of the Congress' Karnataka unit, was arrested by the ED in the case on September 3, 2019 and was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on October 23, 2019. The case is based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and 'hawala' transactions worth crores of rupees.

Bengal governor says Trinamool MP 'crossed red line', lawmaker hits back

Bengal Governor claimed TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee "crossed the red line" by criticising the judiciary's decision to order CBI investigations into multiple cases in Bengal

Yasin Malik kept in separate cell under heavy security: Tihar officials

A day after a Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik in a terror funding case, Tihar prison authorities here on Thursday said the separatist leader has been kept in a separate cell under heavy security. "For security reasons, Mailk may not be assigned any work in jail. He has been kept in a separate cell in jail number seven under heavy security. His security will be regularly monitored and reviewed from time to time," a senior jail official said. Mailk will also not be entitled to any parole or furlough since he is a convict in a case of terror funding, jail officials said. Even before being awarded life imprisonment, Malik was kept in the separate cell where he stayed alone in jail number seven, they said. A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Malik in a terror funding case, saying the crimes committed by him struck at the "heart of the idea of India" and were intended to forcefully secede Jammu & Kashmir from Union of India. Special Judge Praveen

Lakhimpur case: High Court to hear bail plea of Ashish Mishra on May 30

The Allahabad High Court will hear on May 30 the bail plea of Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra, arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur violence that claimed eight lives in October last year.

Court awarding life imprisonment to Malik a setback to peace efforts: PAGD

The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Wednesday termed "unfortunate" the life imprisonment awarded to Malik by a Delhi court in a terror funding case and said it is a "setback"

234,539 cases pending in Calcutta High Court, 41% of judge posts vacant

The Calcutta High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 72 judges, is functioning with only 39 judges, according to data provided on its website

Sedition cases decline but remain higher than 2015, 2016: An analysis

Conviction rate almost unchanged; charge sheet filed in less than 50% cases in most years

BS Views of the week: RBI rate hike, Indian judiciary, telecom market, and more

Business Standard's opinion pages this week focused on interest rate hike, failing judiciary, India's missing CDS, and much more

Inefficiency, out of court

Poor governance is adding to judiciary's woes

Can't do it in a day, says CJI about using local languages in courts

"Sometimes, some of the judges are not familiar with the local language. The chief justice will always be from outside. Senior-most judges sometimes are also from outside," Justice Ramana said

PM bats for local languages in courts to boost confidence in judiciary

We need to encourage local languages in courts. This will not only increase the confidence of common citizens in the justice system but they will feel more connected to it: Modi

Important for courts to function in safe environment: Law minister Rijiju

He also asked bar associations to create a conducive environment to maintain decorum in courts and court complexes

PM Modi bats use of local languages in courts, says will boost confidence

Human sensitivities are involved and they should be kept in the centre of all deliberations, Modi said

Priortise cases of 350,000 poor undertrials: PM Modi to CMs, High Courts

The Prime Minister insisted that judicial reform is not merely a policy matter and human sensitivities are involved and they should be kept in the centre of all the deliberations

Govts biggest litigants, docket explosion due to exec, legislature: CJI

CJI Ramana flagged key problems faced by the Indian judiciary such as pendency, vacancies, dwindling judge-population ratio and the lack of infrastructure in courts

PM attends joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of HCs

The joint conference is an occasion for the executive and the judiciary to come together to create frameworks for simple and convenient delivery of justice: PMO

CJI Ramana to chair conference of HC Chief Justices on Friday

Being held after a gap of six years, the conference is being organized with an aim to address and resolve the issues concerning the judiciary

Don't ask for such reliefs: SC junks plea of inquiry in Ram Navami clashes

The SC on Tuesday junked a plea seeking the setting up of a judicial inquiry, headed by a former CJI, to inquire into the clashes in Rajasthan, Delhi, on the occasion of Ram Navami and Ramzan.

Lack of proper infrastructure for judiciary can be looked into, says Centre

The Centre told the Supreme Court that issues such as lack of proper infrastructure to cater to the growing need of the judiciary and the bar in the national capital can be looked into.

Focusing on filling up vacancies of judges, infrastructure: CJI Ramana

Chief Justice Ramana said a detailed survey by the Supreme Court registry in different parts of the country found that infrastructure in courts is very inadequate