A union of lawyers has urged Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana to reject a plea to elevate Supreme Court advocates as judges of high courts, contending that it will undermine the independence of the judiciary and the transparency of the appointment process.
“We are afraid that such a move, if true, would cause far-reaching negative consequences impacting the independence of the judiciary and its transparency, and would lead to substitution of the opinion of the High Court Collegium by that of the Supreme Court Collegium, in violation of Article 217 of the Constitution and constitution benches’ decisions of the Honourable Supreme Court of India with respect to appointment of judges of Honourable High Courts,” the All India Lawyers Union (AILU) said.
Exclusive COVID hospitals for advocates sought
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Members of the State chapter of All India Lawyers Union (AILU) on Tuesday urged the government to identify at least one or two hospitals in each district and provide COVID treatment, exclusively for advocates, clerks and their family members.
In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the union’s State unit president S. Rajendra Prasad and general secretary N. Srinivasa Rao sought allocation of one or two quarantine centres in each district, exclusively for advocates.
They said advocates were officers of the court and since they served the cause of litigants and assisted in administration of justice, they should be treated as frontline warriors.
HC notice to Centre on vaccine pricing
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Court posts petitions for further hearing after April 30
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Court posts petitions for further hearing after April 30
A Division Bench of the lateral High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre, Mahabharata Biotech and Serum Institute of India on two public interest writ petition challenging the Centres liberalised pricing and accelerated national COVID-19 vaccination strategy which prescribes differential pricing for the vaccine.
The notices were issued by the Bench comprising Justice Ashok Menon and Justice Murali Purushothaman when the petitions by M.K. Muneer, Indian Union Muslim League leader, and C.P. Promod, State secretary, All India Lawyers Union (AILU), came up before it.
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