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impeachment

27 March 2018

In an unprecedented development, an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, is being readied by opposition parties, including the Congress. Times Now has learned that regional parties have approached the Congress for support on the move. In fact, the impeachment draft is ready and the Congress as well as the Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar have already signed it, Majeed Memon confirmed. Memon is a leader of the NCP and a criminal lawyer by profession.

19 September 2014

Four Lok Sabha Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs and others have collected signatures to impeach Karnataka high court judge Justice KL Manjunath, two months after the central government rejected the Supreme Court collegium’s recommendation to transfer him to Punjab and Haryana, reported the Indian Express.

The MPs would like the president to initiate Manjunath’s removal under Article 217 and 214(4) of the Constitution for “proved misbehaviour”, alleging “wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income”, “abused his position to amass several movable and immovable properties worth crores of rupees, disproportionate to his known sources of income”, hearing and deciding a petition in favour of a housing society where his daughter owned a plot, and “failing to declare his assets in violation of the Full Court Resolution of 1997”, according to the paper, which has seen the petition. The petition includes property registration deeds and other documents as annexes.

19 August 2011

Rajya Sabha votes in force for Justice Soumitra Sen’s impeachment for misappropriating Rs 33 lakh in 1983 [Mint] NUJS to get involved [TOI]

Herbert Smith’s India chairman Chris Parsons is cycling 2,500 km through Europe to raise $250,000 for Loomba Foundation, which offers education to Indian poor widows’ children; $78k more to hit target [Loomba Foundation]

Justice Yadav arrest stayed by High Court in cash-in-bag scam [TOI]

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is challenging the Rs 550 crore abuse of dominance penalty before the CCI’s appellate tribunal COMPAT [TOI] Amarchand, Vaish and P&A advising.

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infrastructure challenges that company is subject to Right to Information (RTI) for providing “essential public service” [ET]

Bombay club Trilogy fights against late opening police crackdown, Bombay HC agrees dancing is not necessarily obscene [TOI]

18 August 2011

Justice Soumitra Sen held court in parliament yesterday in the first day of the impeachment proceedings [The Hindu / TOI]

SC cautions police that “preventative arrest” only if “an offence cannot otherwise be prevented” [The Hindu]

Jaipur lawyers were latest to strike for Anna Hazare following similar protests throughout country, while Gujarat CJ intervenes [TOI / Law et al]

SC says central universities must fix cut-off marks for OBCs 10 per cent below general category [IndiaToday]

Gov’t says guidelines that judges on foreign trips must “politely refuse” offered cups of coffee were necessary [DNA]

17 August 2011

MCA wants CCI, departments to harmonise competition law powers under draft “national competition policy”, comments invited [Mint / MCA draft]

How to impeach a judge: an FAQ on eve of Justice Sen’s possible impeachment [Rediff / Watch debate live (via Law and Other Things)]

SC hears gov’t plea to undo black money special investigation team (SIT) [Law et al]

Law minister on Anna Hazare: “Nobody has ever been as kind to a person who has been agitating, as we have been. I have not known of anyone released from prison after 6 PM ever in my life as a lawyer.” [ET]

CJI Kapadia, Manmohan Singh agree that corruption can not be rooted out with magic wand [India Today]

74-year-old wins writ petition back pay 20 years after early retirement caused by clerical error [TOI]

06 July 2011

The Supreme Court has vacated the stay on impeachment proceedings initiated against Sikkim chief justice PD Dinakaran in the Rajya Sabha and ordered for the replacement of inquiry committee member and senior counsel PP Rao with another jurist.