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09 THE DAILY EPISODE LAW New Delhi Illiberalism Biggest Threat To Constitutional Democracy Sunday, November 28, 2021 THE DEN Attorney General Bats For Regional Court Of Appeals To Reduce Burden Of Supreme Court While delivering his address on the Constitution Day Celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan, the Attorney General for India KK Venugopal today spoke about the need for the creation of a Court of Appeals in at least 4 regions (North, South, West, and East) with 15 judges consisting of 3 benches of 3 judges each. Section 362 CrPC Does Not Empower Court To Suo Motu Recall Orders Passed By It The Supreme Court observed that Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not empower a court to suo moto recall the earlier order passed by it. The court said that Section 362 CrPC only provides for correction of any clerical or arithmetical error. THE DEN Murder Trial - Injured Witness's Evidence Not At A Higher Pedestal The Supreme Court has held that the principle that the evidence of an injured witness has to be placed at a higher pedestal may not apply to a case of private defense when the accused is also injured. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh allowed a batch of appeals filed by the accused assailing the charges framed in the first charge sheet, while it dismissed the set of appeals filed by the de facto complainant over a trial started pursuant to the second charge sheet filed after further investigation. Anjali Yadav | THE DEN THE DEN 'Supreme Court Not A Walk In Place Just Because Chandigarh Is Near To Delhi' THE DEN The Supreme Court recently dismissed with Rs 20,000 costs a special leave petition which was filed challenging an adjournment order passed by Punjab and Haryana High Court. Disapproving the filing of the SLP, the Supreme Court observed that the Top Court is not a walk-in place only because Chandigarh happens to be in proximity to Delhi. Illiberalism Biggest Threat To Constitutional Democracy Anjali Yadav | THE DEN Speaking at an event celebrating Constitution Day 2021, Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court noted that the text of the Indian Constitution does not contemplate anything as "too much dissent". Justice Patel was speaking at The Leaflet's Constitution Day Talk titled 'Undermining the Idea of India. Which way forward?'. The judge drew attention to the 'Idea of India' as envisaged by the Constitution itself and stressed the need to protect it:
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