The Supreme Court of India refused bail to a student accused in the Noida workers’ protest violence case, directing him to approach the Allahabad High Court first while questioning maintainability of petitions filed directly under Article 32.
The Supreme Court of India questioned if the Enforcement Directorate was alleging a breakdown of constitutional machinery in West Bengal over the Kolkata I-PAC raid involving Mamata Banerjee. “We hope you are not arguing ‘breakdown of constitutional machinery’,” Justice N. V. Anjaria told SG Tushar Mehta during the hearing.
The Supreme Court of India quashed the rejection of former Army officer Pramod Bajaj’s appointment as ITAT Member, calling it a case of bias and departmental vendetta. The Court imposed a Rs 5 lakh fine on the Centre and ordered a fresh selection process, excluding the officer whose presence raised serious apprehensions of bias.
