The Supreme Court Collegium has advisable the identify of Bombay High Court decide Justice SS Shinde as the brand new Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. In the previous few years, Justice Shinde has handled a number of vital circumstances, together with that involving Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, Elgar Parishad accused and former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh.
Currently, Justice Shinde is the third senior-most decide of the Bombay High Court, after its Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AA Sayed. The Collegium has advisable Justice Sayed as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Justice Mohammad Rafiq, the current Chief Justice of the High Court, is prone to retire on May 24.
In November 2020, a Division Bench led by Justice Shinde had rejected plea of Arnab Goswami for interim bail in an alleged abetment to suicide case, asking that the applying be moved earlier than a Sessions Court for a call inside 4 days. Later, the Supreme Court granted aid to Goswami.
In the identical month, Justice Shinde had granted aid to actor Kangana Ranaut in an FIR in opposition to her for alleged hate posts. The Bench led by him had questioned police over invoking Section 124-A (sedition) within the case and steered that workshops be performed for law enforcement officials on the identical.
In December 2020, whereas listening to a plea by a Navi Mumbai resident over an FIR in opposition to him for alleged offensive remarks in opposition to CM Uddhav Thackeray, Justice Shinde had acknowledged {that a} public workplace in a democracy has to face criticism and “ultimately, people have to find a balance between the rights of the entire society and individual rights”.
A Division Bench of Justice Shinde and Justice Manish Pitale had granted medical bail to Elgaar Parishad circumstances accused octogenarian P Varavara Rao on February 22 final yr, observing that continued incarceration on this situation would quantity to endangering his life.
The subsequent day, the identical Bench had granted bail to Areeb Majeed, six years after his arrest on costs of touring to Iraq and Syria to hitch the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), citing proper to truthful and speedy trial, and observing that there There was no probability of conclusion of the trial inside an affordable time.
On July 5 final yr, when a Bench of Justice Shinde was knowledgeable by medical doctors of Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, that Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist arrested within the Elgaar Parishad case, had breathed his final, Justice Shinde had expressed shock. He had additionally famous that the courtroom had allowed him to stay in a hospital of his alternative in his final days.
The similar month, whereas listening to appeals by Swamy posthumously, Justice Shinde had remarked that the activist was a “wonderful person” and the courtroom has “great respect” for his work. The National Investigation Agency had raised objections concerning the remarks, main him to withdraw the identical.
On July 22, Justice Shinde had dismissed former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s writ petition difficult the corruption FIR filed by the CBI in opposition to him. The courtroom had additionally dismissed a separate plea filed by the Maharashtra authorities searching for to put aside two paragraphs from the CBI FIR.
On December 1 final yr, a Justice Shinde-led Bench had granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused within the Elgar Parishad case, however rejected the pleas of eight different co-accused for bail on comparable grounds.
Justice Sayed was a part of the Bench which whereas listening to pleas in opposition to “illegal” set up of loudspeakers at non secular locations in 2016 had handed orders directing the strict implementation of Noise Pollution (Regulations and Control) Rules.
Recently, Justice Sayed granted aid to Union minister and BJP chief Narayan Rane pertaining to the alleged unlawful development at his eight-storey Juhu bungalow.
Born on January 21, 1961, Justice Sayed obtained LLB from Mumbai University in 1984. He was on the panel of the Central authorities on the Bombay High Court.
Born on August 2, 1960, Justice Shinde obtained LLB from Marathwada University (now Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University) at Aurangabad and obtained LLM levels from Pune University and Warwick University, United Kingdom.
He began apply as a lawyer within the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court in November 1989. In November 1995, he was appointed Assistant Government Pleader/ Additional Public Prosecutor of the Maharashtra authorities on the Aurangabad Bench. He labored as in-charge authorities advocate of Maharashtra on the Supreme Court from May 16, 2002.
He was elevated as a further decide of the Bombay High Court on March 17, 2008.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
