-The Hindu Referring the matter back to the acting Chief Justice, Justice V.M. Sahai on Thursday said the split verdict given by the Division Bench on the Gujarat High Court's appointment of Justice (retired) R.A. Mehta as the State Lokayukta could not be taken up by a third judge till the other two Judges gave, in writing, the points of difference in their respective rulings. Accepting the contentions put forth by the...
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Fresh hearing starts in Gujarat Lokayukta case by Manas Dasgupta
The Gujarat government's petition challenging the unilateral appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as the State Lokayukta by Governor Kamala Beniwal has been referred to a third judge for a decision after a split verdict on the issue by the High Court last month. Justice V.M. Sahai on Wednesday began hearing the petition afresh and his judgment on the issue would carry the day since the last two Judges gave contradictory views...
More »2G trial moves to Tihar, accused upset
-The Telegraph The 2G trial will be held within Tihar jail from Thursday with Delhi High Court ordering the shift of the special court from its existing location in the heart of the capital. The relocation stunned most of the accused, including former telecom minister A. Raja as well as his DMK colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi. Other accused joined the duo in protesting the move. Special judge .P. Saini announced the...
More »Bail is norm: Supreme Court to courts by Sanjay K Singh
-The Economic Times The Supreme Court has asked courts to send accused persons to jail only after conviction. In a landmark judgement on bail, which will have a major impact on the several thousands of undertrials languishing in various jails, the Supreme Court on Monday said denial of bail to an accused for an indefinite period impinged on the Fundamental Right to life and personal liberty. "The courts owe more than verbal...
More »Musings on the media in the dock by Sashi Kumar
The fourth pillar of democracy would cease to be free if it is made accountable to one or more of the other pillars. Much of the media, says Justice Markandey Katju, the new Chairman of the Press Council of India, is of very poor intellectual level. That, even for a former judge, would be being judgmental — except that sections of the media concerned seem hell-bent on proving him right. Setting...
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