Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, sought 200 judicial officers — 100 each from the High Courts of Odisha and Jharkhand — to join the team of judicial officers already appointed for adjudication of voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category.The decision to seek these 200 judicial officers from the neighbouring states was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul. The meeting was attended by C…
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure the submission of pending verification documents by 5 p.m. on February 26 to judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant clarified that a Madhyamik (Class 10) admit card may be accepted along with the pass certificate for verification purposes.The bench, also comprising Justices Joymalya…
Ranchi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has dismissed criminal revision petitions filed by the son, daughter, son-in-law and wife of former Jharkhand Minister Kamlesh Singh in connection with a disproportionate assets and money laundering case.A bench headed by Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay passed the order on Wednesday, clearing the way for the trial court to resume proceedings in the matter.The petitions were filed by Kamlesh Singh’s kin Surya Sonal Singh, Madhu Singh, Ankita Singh and …
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a case related to alleged non-compliance of summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).A division bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi stayed the proceedings pending before the MP-MLA Special Court in Ranchi and issued a notice to the ED, seeking its response in the matter.The case stems from a complaint filed by the ED on Feb…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted judicial officers from the neighbouring High Courts of Jharkhand and Orissa to be deputed to West Bengal to expedite the adjudication of voter claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipin Pancholi issued the directions after the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Cou…
Ranchi, Feb 20 (IANS) Responding to a two-day discussion on the Governor’s address during the Budget Session of the Jharkhand Assembly, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday announced that the state government will enact a comprehensive and effective law on organ donation.He said that there are policies and legal provisions at the central level on this issue, but the desired outcomes have not been fully realised on the ground.The state government, he said, will strengthen the legal framework a…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for final hearing in April a batch of appeals filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the suspension of sentence granted to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and other convicts in the fodder scam cases. A Bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh said the matters would be taken up for final disposal on April 22, while remarking that several of the accused were now of advanced age. A…
Ranchi, Feb 17 (IANS) In a shocking incident in Ranchi’s Doranda police station area on Tuesday, a young man was dragged for several kms by a luxury Mercedes car after he protested against the vehicle hitting a woman, officials said. The accused driver, identified as High Court advocate Manoj Tandon, has been taken into custody.The incident occurred near Rajendra Chowk in the Doranda area of the city. According to reports, the Mercedes first struck a woman. When a young man who was present at …
Ranchi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court, while hearing a habeas corpus petition concerning a minor girl missing from Gumla district since 2018, has directed the state and Central governments to consider framing a clear Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the use of Aadhaar data for identifying and tracing missing children.The petition was filed by the girl’s mother, seeking directions for her daughter’s recovery.During Thursday’s hearing, a division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan …
Ranchi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has granted interim relief to 22 candidates seeking relaxation in the upper age limit for the Jharkhand Public Service Commission’s (JPSC) 14th Civil Services Examination.Hearing a petition filed by Kishore Kumar and others on Thursday, Justice Ananda Sen directed the JPSC to accept the petitioners’ applications, ensuring they are not excluded from the recruitment process.However, the court made it clear that the declaration of their results and…