Suchitra Mohanty
Assistant Editor at The New Indian Express
Working as Asst Editor (Legal) @NewIndianXpress, Delhi, cover Indian Judiciary & Law. Ex- @UNI, @PTI, @AsianAge, @Reuters, @ANI & @BBC
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1 day ago |
newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty
Justice Gavai has authored around 300 judgments - including Constitution Bench decisions - on a wide range of issues, upholding the rule of law and equality and safeguarding the fundamental, human, and legal rights of citizens. On April 16, the incumbent CJI, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, wrote a letter to the Centre nominating Justice Gavai, the second senior-most judge, as his successor. Justice Gavai was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019.
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2 days ago |
newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty
By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty Petitioners, Arshnoor Kaur and another person, claimed that though they secured fourth and fifth positions, respectively, and are higher in merit than male candidates, they could not be selected due to the fewer vacancies earmarked for women. The court granted interim relief to petitioner 1, Kaur, and directed the Union and the Army to induct her in the next available training course for appointment as a JAG officer.
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2 days ago |
newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty
By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to examine issues raised in a plea that an embankment was constructed on the river Yamuna near the Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary in Haryana to facilitate mining. The petitioner stressed that illegal mining activities abound in Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary, which is located in the eastern part of Yamunanagar.
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3 days ago |
newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty
The President of India had on April 29 appointed Justice Gavai as the next CJI with effect from May 14, 2025. He will be the 52nd CJI following the retirement of. the incumbent CJI Justice Sanjiv Khanna on May 13. When Justice Gavai will take charge as 52nd CJI, he would also be the second CJI belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community after Justice K G Balakrishnan, who was elevated to the country's top judicial post in 2007 and retired n 2010.
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3 days ago |
newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty
By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty "It is evident that the circumstances proved relate only to a title dispute between the deceased and the appellant, and the recovery of a 'tessi' with human blood from the appellant's bathroom following a disclosure allegedly made by him. However, this recovery alone is not sufficient to convict the accused of murder," the court held. It also noted that the prosecution failed to provide any other credible evidence linking the accused directly to the crime.
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