The Week That Was:The Supreme Court of India

The week preceding the Holi vacation at the Supreme Court was a rather subdued one, perked up only by a handful of matters of interest to the legal community..Read on for the highlights of the week below..Monday, March 6.Supreme Court expresses inclination to set up commission to review pay scale of subordinate judiciary.The remuneration and emoluments of judges of the subordinate judiciary has been a subject of debate for quite some time now. In this regard, the Supreme Court has expressed its inclination to set up a pay commission – on the lines of the earlier Justice Shetty Commission – to suggest guidelines to review the pay scale and emoluments of these judges..The remarks by the Supreme Court in this regard came in a petition filed by All India Judges Association. The Court had issued notice to all High Courts, states and the central government in the matter in 2015..Read the full story here..Amity’s Sushant Rohilla suicide case to be heard by the Delhi High Court.The Supreme Court transferred the case relating to the suicide of Amity Law School student Sushant Rohilla to the Delhi High Court..The direction came from a Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit in the case where the law student committed suicide allegedly due to the management’s decision to make him repeat a year on account of poor attendance..Read the full story here..De-monetisation: Pregnant woman challenges restriction to deposit 500, 1000 notes till March 31.The apex court issued notice to the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India in a batch of petitions alleging that citizens are not being allowed to deposit demonetised Rs. 500 and Rs 1000 notes till March 31, as was initially promised..The matter was heard by a Bench presided by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar..Read the full story here..Thursday, March 9.SC reserves order in the Mallya case.The Supreme Court reserved its order on contempt proceedings against industrialist Vijay Mallya for allegedly diverting $40 million to his children’s account in foreign banks, in violation of the Karnataka High court order prohibiting him from doing so..A bench of Justice AK Goel and UU Lalit has reserved its order after hearing senior counsels Shyam Diwan for SBI and CS Vaidyanathan for Mallya..Friday, March 10.Trial in absentia, weeding out dead wood & more: The SC on the speedy disposal of cases.In a batch of petitions where the appellants were denied bail pending trial/appeal and had been in custody for a long time, a Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit have made some observations of value. The Right to Speedy trial under Article 21, which is honoured more in breach, is the subject of the order in question..Read the story and a copy of the judgment with the Supreme Court guidelines here..Supreme Court issues bailable warrant against Justice CS Karnan for failing to appear in contempt case.The Supreme Court issued a bailable warrant against the Calcutta High Court’s Justice CS Karnan on account of his failure to appear in the suo motu contempt case against him..A seven-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and comprising Justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur, Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Kurian Joseph passed this order..The proceedings were initiated by the Supreme Court against the maverick judge after he had made allegations against judges of the apex court and various high courts..Read the full story here.