Elevation of 68 magistrates challenged in SC

Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court will hear on May 8 a plea filed by two judicial officers of the senior civil select cadre tough the promotion of 68 judicial officers to district judges by means of the 65 per cent quota rule. The 68 moreover consists of judicial Justice of the Peace Harish Hasmukhbhai Varma who convicted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of authorized defamation and sentenced him to 2 years of easy imprisonment.

The petitions, filed by Ravikumar Maheta, undersecretary inside the approved division of the Gujarat authorities, and Sachin Prataprai Mehta, assistant director on the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority, argued that although the submit of a district select as per the Recruitment Rules was to be stuffed in by holding 65 per cent reservation on the concept of the principle of merit-cum-seniority and passing a suitability check out.

But merit-cum-seniority principle was given a go-by and the appointments have been made on the concept of the seniority-cum-merit. Ravikumar Maheta inside the plea acknowledged that he had secured 135.5 marks out of 200 and Sachin Prataprai Mehta had secured 148.5 out of 200, nevertheless the candidates having lower marks have been appointed. 

Petitioner inside the plea had hunted for isolating the selection report issued by the HC on April 10 and subsequent notification of the state authorities of appointing them. They had moreover looked for steering the HC to arrange a “fresh merit list” based mostly totally on the principle of profit cum seniority. 

A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar had issued a uncover inside the plea on April 13. On April 28, the bench slammed the Gujarat authorities for the “haste and hurry” by which it issued promotion order dated April 18. Disapproving the best way, the court docket docket inside the order said,

“We do not appreciate the haste and hurry in which the State has approved and passed the promotion order when this Court was seized with the matter and a detailed order was passed while issuing the notice. It is to be noted that the selection was of the year 2022 and therefore there was no extraordinary urgency in passing the promotion order and that too when this Court was seized of the matter. We are prima facie of the opinion that it is nothing but overreaching the Court’s process.” 

The court docket docket sought a response from the Secretary, State Govt to make clear the reasons for displaying “extraordinary urgency” for granting promotion and issuing the notification.

‘UP varsity officials, accused of conversion, got Rs 34 cr in funds’

Amid quite a lot of circumstances of mass religious conversions, the Uttar Pradesh authorities on Friday educated the Supreme Court that over Rs 34 crore was acquired by prime officers of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Science (SHUATS) at Prayagraj – who’re coping with prices of illegal conversion. 

The director and vice-chancellor of the institute are accused of spiritual conversion of marginalised sections of Hindu and Muslim society into Christianity by allurement and use of threats and coercion. 
The UP authorities affidavit moreover acknowledged that the funds acquired by SHUATS have been being transmitted to “Yeshu Darbar Trust” and being distributed in cash to pastors of church buildings involved inside the offence. 
In March, the Allahabad HC had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the director and vice-chancellor of the institute.  

NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court will hear on May 8 a plea filed by two judicial officers of the senior civil select cadre tough the promotion of 68 judicial officers to district judges by means of the 65 per cent quota rule. The 68 moreover consists of judicial Justice of the Peace Harish Hasmukhbhai Varma who convicted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of authorized defamation and sentenced him to 2 years of easy imprisonment.

The petitions, filed by Ravikumar Maheta, undersecretary inside the approved division of the Gujarat authorities, and Sachin Prataprai Mehta, assistant director on the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority, argued that although the submit of a district select as per the Recruitment Rules was to be stuffed in by holding 65 per cent reservation on the concept of the principle of merit-cum-seniority and passing a suitability check out.

But merit-cum-seniority principle was given a go-by and the appointments have been made on the concept of the seniority-cum-merit. Ravikumar Maheta inside the plea acknowledged that he had secured 135.5 marks out of 200 and Sachin Prataprai Mehta had secured 148.5 out of 200, nevertheless the candidates having lower marks have been appointed. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Petitioner inside the plea had hunted for isolating the selection report issued by the HC on April 10 and subsequent notification of the state authorities of appointing them. They had moreover looked for steering the HC to arrange a “fresh merit list” based mostly totally on the principle of profit cum seniority. 

A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar had issued a uncover inside the plea on April 13. On April 28, the bench slammed the Gujarat authorities for the “haste and hurry” by which it issued promotion order dated April 18. Disapproving the best way, the court docket docket inside the order said,

“We do not appreciate the haste and hurry in which the State has approved and passed the promotion order when this Court was seized with the matter and a detailed order was passed while issuing the notice. It is to be noted that the selection was of the year 2022 and therefore there was no extraordinary urgency in passing the promotion order and that too when this Court was seized of the matter. We are prima facie of the opinion that it is nothing but overreaching the Court’s process.” 

The court docket docket sought a response from the Secretary, State Govt to make clear the reasons for displaying “extraordinary urgency” for granting promotion and issuing the notification.

‘UP varsity officials, accused of conversion, got Rs 34 cr in funds’

Amid quite a lot of circumstances of mass religious conversions, the Uttar Pradesh authorities on Friday educated the Supreme Court that over Rs 34 crore was acquired by prime officers of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Science (SHUATS) at Prayagraj – who’re coping with prices of illegal conversion. 

The director and vice-chancellor of the institute are accused of spiritual conversion of marginalised sections of Hindu and Muslim society into Christianity by allurement and use of threats and coercion. 
The UP authorities affidavit moreover acknowledged that the funds acquired by SHUATS have been being transmitted to “Yeshu Darbar Trust” and being distributed in cash to pastors of church buildings involved inside the offence. 
In March, the Allahabad HC had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the director and vice-chancellor of the institute.