In the summer of 2020, peak Covid-19 times Justice Dipankar Datta took charge as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court New Delhi: Dipankar Datta, has now operated as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High court for two and a half years. On Sunday, the center reported his elevation... The post appeared first on .

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta on Monday took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court New Delhi: Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta on Monday took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the... The post appeared first on .

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta on Monday took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court New Delhi: Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta on Monday took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the... The post appeared first on .

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court on Monday.

New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of Justice Dipankar Datta, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, as a judge of the apex court.

Mumbai Apr 27 PTI The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it does not pay heed to remarks made by political leaders and others against the judiciary and remarked that the shoulders of the court are broad enough and as long as the courts conscience is clean people can say whatever they want to A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice V G Bisht said this after an advocate mentioned a PIL seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and others for allegedly passing remarks against the judiciary The petition filed by the Indian Bar Association claimed the respondents have levelled several false scandalous and contemptuous allegations against the high court judges and the entire judicial system An advocate appearing for the association sought urgent hearing on the public interest litigation PIL Let them say anything they want to say about the judiciary Our shoulders are broad enough for such remarks As long as our conscience is clean let them say whatever Chief Justice Datta said The bench initially said it would post the plea for hearing after the summer vacation But the petitioners lawyer sought an urgent hearing The court then asked the advocate to hand over the precipe application submitted seeking urgent hearing and said it would see when to list the plea for hearing The PIL listed various instances wherein comments were purportedly made against the judiciary including a recent comment of Raut after the high court granted interim protection from arrest to former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya in a cheating case According to the petition after the order Raut allegedly gave interviews and made scandalous statements that judges of courts particularly the Bombay HC are granting reliefs to BJP members and not granting relief to the accused ministers of their parties Shiv Sena NCP and Congress which share power in Maharashtra This has been done to undermine the majesty and dignity of the court and to shake the faith of the common man in judiciary which is the grossest contempt of court the plea said The PIL has also sought contempt action against Rashmi Thackeray the editor of Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana and wife of CM Uddhav Thackeray as well as Saamanas printer and publisher Vivek Kadam The respondentscontemnors who are holding ministerial berths and are in power are involved in a campaign of scandalising the entire judicial system only because judgements rendered by courts do not suit them the PIL said The contemnors are shouting against the judges of the Bombay High Court by citing the narrative that courts are granting reliefs to people belonging to the BJP but the same reliefs are not being granted to accused ministers members and leaders of their party the petition said The PIL claimed that judges are under tremendous pressure since every order passed by them is being scanned and defamed by the contemnors PTI SP GK GK GK

Mumbai Jan 31 PTI The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government through an interim order to not keep pending the applications made for ex-gratia claims by kin of COVID-19 victims merely because those were not filed online A bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta also directed the Maharashtra government the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the Union government to file their replies to a PIL seeking directions to the state government to pay such ex-gratia amounts even to those who filed their applications physically or by post and not through the state governments online portal The Maharashtra governments counsel Poornima Kantharia told the HC that the state had received a total of 114 applications for ex-gratia payments physically or by post in Mumbai suburban and city areas and 54 of these applicants had been contacted by officials for assistance with the online procedure Their applications were now pending with the BMC she said The state was unable to trace the whereabouts of 14 of the applicants and hence was unable to assist them with the online method of applying Kantharia said The court asked Kantharia if the state government was willing to make a statement that it will not reject an application merely because someone had applied physically Kantharia however said the online portal had been formulated by the Maharashtra government in accordance with an order of the Supreme Court and was meant for the benefit of the applicants She further said the state government was willing to provide requisite assistance to those who were not comfortable with the online system of applications The petitioners counsel Sumedha Rao told the HC many of those laying claims to such ex-gratia payment were slum dwellers or poor people who were not adept at filing claims and annexing documents online The SC also said ex-gratia must be paid within 30 days of one applying for the same Almost 50 people applied for the payment physically between October and November last year from across Maharashtra before the formation of the portal Rao said These applications have been acknowledged by the collector concerned but the claimants have not been paid yet she told the HC The formation of the portal was delayed Let the state not delay payment for those who applied physically before the portal was formed she said But Kantharia argued that the petitioners must not insist on physical applications being accepted as the online procedure was easier and was a convenient and more streamlined method The HC then asked all the respondents to file replies and said that by way of interim measure those who had applied physically must be assisted by the state authorities to apply online It also said that earnest steps must be taken by the state to assist the applicants But if they are not in a position to apply online do not keep their applications pending on the ground of online applications the HC said The high court will hear the PIL further on February 14 PTI AYA BNM GK GK GK

Mumbai Jan 28 PTI The Bombay High Court on Friday said it will have to hear senior IPS officer and current acting Director General of Police DGP of Maharashtra Sanjay Pandey before passing an order on a petition seeking permanent appointment of an officer to the post A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik said that while earlier this week it had closed the matter for judgment noting that there was no need to hear Pandey it has later come to the courts notice that there are some direct allegations against the IPS officer in the petition While dictating our judgment in the case we came across a few paragraphs in the petition where there are certain direct allegations made against Sanjay Pandey In view of this we deem it appropriate and necessary to implead Sanjay Pandey as a party respondent in the petition We will hear him first and then pass our judgment the court said The court recalled its January 25 order reserving the matter for judgment The bench on Friday directed Pandey to file his affidavit in response to the petition by February 4 The Maharashtra government and the UPSC shall also file affidavits if they wish to the bench said posting the matter for further hearing The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by a city-based advocate Datta Mane seeking directions to the state government to make a permanent appointment to the post of the Director General of Police DGP Manes counsel Abhinav Chandrachud had argued that as per a judgment passed by the Supreme Court the post of the states top police officer could not be an acting one and that an officer with the minimum tenure requirements as per the 2006 ruling must be appointed The petition sought that the state government must appoint a DGP as per the recommendation made by the selection committee of the UPSC in November 2021 Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni appearing for the state government had told the court that Pandey currently the senior most IPS officer in the state had been appointed as the acting DGP last year after the then DGP Subodh Jaiswal vacated the post midterm following his transfer to the CBI In the November 1 meeting of the UPSC selection committee of which the states then Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte was a party the names of IPS officers Hemant Nagrale Rajnish Seth and K Venkatesham were recommended for the post of Maharashtra DGPKunte signed off on the three names at the time but on November 8 he wrote to the UPSC saying that it had erred in not recommending the current acting DGP Sanjay Pandeys name and that it would reconsider the same The court had earlier this week noted that Kuntes conduct was not proper and not based on any legal principles The bench had noted that it did not behove Kunte to have not raised a grievance or pointed out the error committed if any by the committee before signing off on the three names Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh appearing for the Union government had told the court that once the three names had been recommended there was no question for the UPSC to reconsider the same PTI SP ARU ARU

Mumbai Jan 27 PTI The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought to know from the Maharashtra government if the tribal population in the state can be provided employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act MNREGA A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations filed in 2007 highlighting high numbers of deaths among children pregnant women and lactating mothers due to malnutrition in Melghat region of the state Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni appearing for the state on Thursday informed the court that while the government welfare schemes were available to the tribal population in Melghat region the same was not available when they migrate to other regions after the monsoon season There is then a disconnect or interruption in these persons getting benefits of the scheme Our final aim is to ensure that there is no migration Until then the governments endeavour would be to provide the benefits even in those areas where these persons migrate to Kumbhakoni said To this the bench said if the tribal population is provided employment at their own villages then they would not find the need to migrate Can they be given jobs under the MNREGA scheme If you government want to prevent migration then you have to find out sources of employment That should be a part of your plan Chief Justice Datta said One of the petitioners Bandu Sane informed the court that while around 40 children died due to malnutrition each month in Melghat region till August 2021 the number has now come down to 20 deaths per month from November 2021 to January 2022 The court then said that the state government was not taking steps to ensure that there were no deaths The bench also sought to know from Kumbhakoni as to why the benefit of providing hot cooked meals was stopped This is something very disturbing This is something very basic that the government should have provided Justice Karnik said To this Kumbhakoni said it was stopped when the COVID-19 pandemic spread and the same will resume from February this year Hot cooked meals were stopped when the virus started spreading Alternatively the government was providing take home ration he said The court then posted the matter for further hearing on February 28 PTI SP ARU ARU

Mumbai Jan 20 PTI The prohibition on travel by local trains in Mumbai by those who are not fully vaccinated against coronavirus is legal and reasonable the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on ThursdaySenior advocate Anil Anturkar the governments lawyer said though such a restriction encroaches on the fundamental right to move freely under Article 19 1d of the Constitution it is reasonable in view of the pandemicThis is a reasonable restriction imposed on the citizens fundamental right and such prohibition has been imposed in the larger public interest for their own benefit he saidHe was arguing before a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik during the final hearing on Public Interest Litigations challenging the ban on travel by local trains by those who have not taken both the doses of vaccineThe notification requiring vaccination certificate for local train travel was issued in August 2021Petitioners counsels Neelesh Ojha and Tanveer Nizam had argued that the notification was illegal arbitrary and violated the right to equality and free movementAdvocate Anturkar said this was a precautionary step taken in the light of the earlier experienceMaharashtra suffered terribly during the first wave of the pandemic due to dearth of medical oxygen Therefore we want to be very cautious this time and take all possible precautions to minimize spread of cases he saidWhile vaccination may not guarantee full immunity it is a step to avoid hospitalization and death and the restrictions on train travel have been imposed to avoid extreme eventualities the government counsel addedThe petitioners had also contended that the Union governments national plan to tackle the pandemic precluded any kind of discrimination including that between the vaccinated and the unvaccinatedAnturkar denied that the restriction on train travel amounted to discriminationIs there a national plan under the Disaster Management Act to tackle Covid and does it prohibit state governments from discriminating between the vaccinated and unvaccinated when it comes to access to public utilities he further askedThe HC asked the Union governments lawyer to clarify the position on this point and adjourned the hearing to Friday PTI AYA KRK KRK KRK