The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Ashish Mishra, the prime accused in mowing down of four farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh in October 202, to respond to the allegation that witnesses were being threatened.
Pointing to the low conviction rate in the money laundering cases, a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the trial is yet to commence and, with 183 witnesses to be examined, will take a long time.
Speaking at a function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association to celebrate ‘Constitution Day’, the Chief Justice lauded the role played by the Bar in making the judiciary a robust institution.
The Rajasthan government has also tendered an apology in the court for reported contempt of the court in the case of land acquisition.
"What happens is, if you win the elections, EVMs are not tampered with," the apex court pointed out.
R. Sundaram, who retired as a scale 3 officer, ran to prove the authenticity of his community certificate to avail retirement benefits.
After serving the bank for 38 years, the appellant, two days before his superannuation received his cessation order without there being any proper enquiry.
Cautioning the SCBA President of the consequences of taking over the lands by a judicial order, CJI Chandrachud said that the lawyers are a part of the institution.
They will respond to petitions against regulating inter-faith marriages and alleged unlawful conversion.
After hearing submissions, the bench allowed the petitioners to file a rejoinder two weeks after.
