The government told a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale that Wanghcuk’s detention arrested the violence in Ladakh and this proved that the detention was justified. “After the detention, complete agitation and violence came under control. Hence it’s proved that it’s a perfect order which was justified in the situation,” Additional Solicitor General (ASG) KM … Read more
Continuing with his submissions today, ASG Nataraj said that Wangchuk was the chief provocateur of the violent protests. “He instigated youth by giving examples of Nepal. There are 4 separate incidents. Each incident constitutes a separate ground. If one falls, the other survives,” the ASG said. Highlighting the statements made by Wangchuk, ASG Nataraj said … Read more
In an affidavit, the poll body has alleged that while the enumeration phase of the SIR proceeded “seamlessly and without incident” in other States, West Bengal saw numerous occurrences of violence, intimidation and obstruction against election officials involved in the exercise. Further, the ECI has also claimed that the sanctity of 2025 electoral rolls is … Read more
The ASG said that based on various materials placed before him, the district magistrate was convinced and passed the detention order. “A particular para may be good or may not be good. That will not vitiate the entire detention order. It comes under Section 5 which saves it under the principle of severalty,” Nataraj said. … Read more
Farasat addressed the Court on whether the ECI can determine citizenship of a person through SIR. “It is entirely within the discretion of the Government. In the absence of a register of citizens, the question that necessarily arises is: how does any authority, including the Election Commission, go about determining citizenship, assuming it seeks to … Read more
Today, Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, arguing for the ECI, argued that the ECI is permitted by law to conduct SIR. However, the Court asked whether in that process, ECI is exempted from following its rules. Dwivedi responded that the RP Act itself prescribes a procedure. “Are sub-section (2) of Section 21 and sub-section (3) of … Read more
Justice Chauhan is the seniormost judge at the Himachal Pradesh High Court after the Chief Justice. He did his schooling from Shimla and studied law at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh in 1989 and practiced in all branches of law. He was elevated as additional … Read more
However, Justice Viswanathan revealed there was a departure in this practice on Friday. “But yesterday, we were all taken by surprise when, from the Chief Justice’s chamber on the ground floor, he [Justice Gavai] decided to walk up two floors to the Chamber of Hon’ble Justice Bela Trivedi, went right into her chamber. We followed … Read more
The Court further took on record a report submitted by former Supreme Court judge, retired Justice Nageswara Rao, who suggested various reforms for SCBA elections. The Bench observed that it cannot impose the reforms suggested in this report yet, without first hearing what all stakeholders have to say on the proposed reforms. “So if election … Read more
Advocate Ejaz Maqbool is the nodal counsel for the petitioners. Advocate Kanu Agrawal is the nodal counsel for the respondents/ government. Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain has been appointed as the nodal counsel for the applicants. The case will be known not by the name of any of the petitioners but by the causetitle In Re: … Read more