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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre over delay in judicial appointments
The bench also highlighted that Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi’s elevation to the Karnataka High Court was reiterated in September 2021.
The Supreme Court on Friday sent a notice to the Union Law Secretary for delayed or withheld appointment of judges to the apex court and the High Courts. A petition was filed over the delay in clearing the names approved by the Collegium for judicial appointments.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay Sreeniwas Oka said the government had not made any judicial appointments on several occasions despite the approval of the names by the Apex Court Collegium.
The bench argued that after a second reiteration, the Centre only needed to issue an appointment. The court termed the delay in judicial appointments not acceptable and wondered if the inaction was a ploy to compel eminent persons onto the Bench.
The bench also highlighted that Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi’s elevation to the Karnataka High Court was reiterated in September 2021. Sondhi withdrew his consent for the judgeship in February this year after no approval regarding his appointment was made.
The bench also said one of the names reiterated Jaytosh Majumdar who was to be elevated to Calcutta High Court has now passed away.
Further, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh who appeared for the petitioner stressed that the Centre has not approved the recommendation regarding the elevation of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta, whose name was proposed five weeks ago, to the Supreme Court for the past weeks.
Singh also pointed out that the Apex Court itself has seven judicial vacancies out of 34 judges. The vacancies in 25 High Courts number 335 out of a total sanctioned strength of 1108 judges, as of November 1.
The Court also highlighted the 11 names in the petition which include Jaytosh Majumdar (Advocate), Amitesh Banerjee (Advocate), Raja Basu Chowdhury (Advocate), Lapita Banerji (Advocate), Moksha Kazmi (Advocate), Rahul Bharti (Advocate), Nagendra Ramachandra Naik (Advocate), Aditya Sondhi (Advocate), J Umesh Chandra Sharma (Judicial Officer), Syed Waiz Mian (Judicial Officer), and Sakya Sen (Advocate).
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SIT issues lookout notice for Prajwal Revanna in sex video case
A police officer, who is part of the SIT, confirmed to the media that a lookout circular has been issued at all the immigration points to detain Prajwal Revanna, said to be in Germany, as soon as he enters the country.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the sex tapes case involving JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate Prajwal Revanna, on Thursday issued a lookout notice against him. The notice was issued at all immigration points all over the world. The development comes as Revanna allegedly fled to Frankfurt, Germany on April 26, as a huge cache of explicit videos and photographs showing him indulging in the sexual abuse of several women went viral on social media platforms.
Prajwal Revanna is the grandson of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda and son of former minister HD Revanna, is seeking re-election from Hassan on the JD(S) ticket. The JD(S) MP faces sexual assault charges and has sought 7 days to appear before the Special Investigation Team probing the matter.
Prajwal Revanna and his father, DD Revanna have been issued notices to appear before the SIT for questioning. The Hassan MP informed the SIT team that he is currently outside Bengaluru. A case has been registered against both HD Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna at Holenarasipura based on a complaint lodged by their former cook and relative for sexually harassing her.
She alleged that Prajwal Revanna made video calls to her daughter and spoke in an objectionable manner, which forced her to block his phone number. The FIR was referred to the SIT, led by BK Singh, Additional Director-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, formed to probe the alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal Revanna, after many explicit videos were circulated on social media.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has demanded a comprehensive report within 3 days from the Karnataka Police regarding allegations of sexual misconduct against Prajwal Revanna. The NCW expressed grave concern over the circulation of a number of obscene videos on social media, which showed Prajwal Revanna sexually assaulting number of women.
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PM Modi takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi, says Pakistan wants him as Prime Minister
PM Modi said Pakistan is eager to make the prince the Prime Minister and everyone knows that the Congress is a fan of Pakistan. The prime minister further added that the partnership between Pakistan and Congress has now been completely exposed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. He was addressing an election rally in Gujarat’s Anand where PM Modi said, Congress is dying here and Pakistanis are crying. He further added that Pakistani leaders want to make shehzada of Congress the prime minister of India.
He said everyone should look at the coincidence that today the Congress is getting weak in India and Pakistani leaders at the same time are praying for the grand old party. PM Modi said Pakistan is eager to make the prince the Prime Minister and everyone knows that the Congress is a fan of Pakistan. The prime minister further added that the partnership between Pakistan and Congress has now been completely exposed.
A few days earlier Pakistani leader Chaudhary Fawad Hussain had shared a video on X which featured Rahul Gandhi, in which the Congress leader is seen targetting the BJP and PM Modi. In the video shared by the former Pakistan minister, rahul Gandhi can be seen attacking the BJP government over the invitees at Ram Mandir’s Pran Pratishtha ceremony.
The edited video shows Rahul Gandhi speaking about the Ram Mandir’s inauguration and charging the BJP government of sidelining the interests of the poor and youth. PM Modi further added at the Anand rally that Congress Shahzade is dancing around with the Constitution on their foreheads. But for 75 years, this did not apply to all parts of Hindustan. The Constitution was not applicable in Kashmir, where Article 370 was like a wall that the BJP government had demolished.
The Prime Minister said it is his guarantee that he will work 24×7 to make India a developed country by 2047. He pointed out that in the last 10 years, the BJP government has given tap water connections to 14 crore houses, while the Congress gave just 3 crore houses in 60 years.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah writes to PM Modi, urges home ministry to cancel diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna
CM Siddaramaiah wrote in the letter to PM Modi that he must be aware of the serious case of alleged sexual exploitation of a number of women by the sitting Hassan Lok Sabha member of Parliament (MP) and the NDA candidate, Prajwal Revanna, for the same constituency for the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where he urged the Home Affairs Ministry to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna. Earlier a day before Revanna was suspended by JD(S) amid a row over explicit videos. Revanna is believed to have escaped to Germany shortly after the first phase of elections ended in Karnataka on April 26, in which he was JD(S)-BJP’s candidate from Hassan.
CM Siddaramaiah wrote in the letter to PM Modi that he must be aware of the serious case of alleged sexual exploitation of a number of women by the sitting Hassan Lok Sabha member of Parliament (MP) and the NDA candidate, Prajwal Revanna, for the same constituency for the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Karnataka Chief Minister wrote in letter that the Congress government in Karnataka has constituted a Special Investigation Team to investigate the allegations against Revanna. The SIT is working day and night to investigate the allegations of crimes against several women by Prajwal Revanna and getting him back to the country is of utmost importance so that he faces investigation and trial as per the existing law of the land.
Siddaramaiah urged PM Modi to move the Home Ministry to take swift action to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna and appropriate action must be taken using diplomatic and police channels of the Government of India as well as international police agencies to ensure the swift return of the absconding member of parliament to face the existing law of the land.
Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually assaulting multiple women, broke his silence on Wednesday and said that truth will prevail soon. In his first response since the controversy erupted, Prajwal Revanna said on X that he is not in Bengaluru currently and has communicated the same to CID.
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