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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS (25 MARCH 2025)

by | Mar 25, 2025

Supreme Court and Bombay High Court highlight governance failures in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Nagpur over legal representation, inquiry reports, and demolitions.

Judiciary questions governance: SC pulls up Punjab for absent lawyers, reviews Mandsaur report plea, and Bombay HC halts Nagpur’s illegal demolitions.

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS (25 MARCH 2025)

SUPREME COURT PULLS UP PUNJAB GOVERNMENT FOR ABSENT LAWYERS

Case Name: The State of Punjab Vs. Bikram Singh Majithia | SLP(Crl) No. 3650/2023

The Supreme Court criticized the Punjab Government for the failure of its panel advocates to attend cases despite service of notices. It was “a daily drama,” Justice Maheshwari remarked. It was an appeal after the Punjab Police granted bail in a drug case to Bikram Singh Majithia.

Legal Provision 
  • The case pertains to bail under Section 439 of CrPC. The court emphasized the State’s duty to represent itself effectively in judicial proceedings.

Source: Supreme Court of India

SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR PLEA ON 2017 MANDSAUR SHOOTING REPORT

Case Name: Paras Saklecha vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. | Diary No. 1519/2025

In a petition challenging the refusal of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to order the state government to present the Jain Commission Report relating to the 2017 Mandsaur farmer protest shooting, the Supreme Court has issued a notice. The petitioners claimed that the publication of the report was a mandatory statutory obligation.

Legal Provision 
  • While the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952, provides under Section 3(4) that state governments are required to lay inquiry reports within six months, the petition also invokes Article 226 of the Constitution for the purpose of judicial review of the government’s failure.

Source: Supreme Court of India

BOMBAY HIGH COURT SLAMS NAGPUR MUNICIPAL BODY FOR ILLEGAL DEMOLITIONS

Case Name: Jehrunissa Khan vs. Nagpur Municipal Corporation | Writ Petition 1600 of 2025

The Bombay High Court has blamed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for demolishing houses of specific accused without any legal backing. This, according to the court, breeches a Supreme Court ruling prohibiting demolitions purely on the basis of accusations or convictions.

Legal Provision 
  • Relied upon Article 21 of the Constitution which laid down Right to Life and Property as well as the Supreme Court judgment in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 295/2022, which prohibits arbitrary demolitions.

Source: Bombay High Court

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Written By Vishakha Khatri

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