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Indian judge (born 1960)
Bela Madhurya Trivedi
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 August 2021
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Judge of the Gujarat High Court
In office
9 February 2016 – 30 August 2021
Nominated byT. S. Thakur
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of the Rajasthan High Court
In office
27 June 2011 – 8 February 2016
Nominated byS. H. Kapadia
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Judge of the Gujarat High Court
In office
17 February 2011 – 26 June 2011
Nominated byS. H. Kapadia
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Personal details
Born (1960-06-10) 10 June 1960 (age 64)
Patan, Gujarat
Alma materM. S. University

Bela Madhurya Trivedi (born on 10 June 1960) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Before being appointed a judge, She served as the law secretary to Modi Government in Gujarat, when Narendra Modi was the then chief minister. after that she had been a judge of the Gujarat High Court from 2016 to 2021. She formerly served as the additional judge of the Gujarat High Court from 17 February 2011 to 27 June 2011 and later served as the additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court.

Controversies

Handling opposition Parties Sensitive Cases

Over the past few months, several cases have been reassigned to benches that include Justice Trivedi or others, contrary to regulations. According to the ‘Supreme Court Handbook on Practice and Procedure and Office Procedure’, cases should remain with the senior judge who first received them or a judge who is overseeing a related case."

1. Umar Khalid’s bail plea 2. Petitions challenging provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)1967 3. A petition connected with the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) probe in a disproportionate assets case against deputy chief minister of Karnataka D K Shivakumar 4. Supreme Court Denies Bail To AAP Leader Satyendar Jain

Senior Advocates on 'Arbitrary' Allocation

The issue of reassignment of cases to different bench of the Supreme Court has been flagged by a number of senior lawyers before the CJI. Prashant Bhushan Writes to SC Registrar on 'Arbitrary' Allocation of Cases to Justice Bela M. Trivedi "This case was part heard before Justice AS Bopanna, now the case is listed before Justice Bela Trivedi", Singhvi told CJI asking him to look at the case papers again.

On 7 December 2023, a self-assessment report published by a website 'article-14.com', alleged that there have been irregularities in allocating politically sensitive cases to the bench led by Justice Bela Trivedi.

References

  1. ^ "The High Court Judges | General Administration Department (Personnel Division)". gad.gujarat.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Contrary To SC's Rules Of Assignment, At Least 8 Politically Sensitive Cases Moved To One Judge In 4 Months". article-14.com.
  3. ^ "Justice Belaben Trivedi takes oath of office in Gujarat HC". DeshGujarat. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. "Gujarat HC has had only 6 women judges in 50 years". dna. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. "High Court of Gujarat". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. "General Council GNLU". www.gnlu.ac.in. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. "SC shifts seven cases to bench of former law secretary to Narendra Modi". National Herald. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  8. Das, Awstika (18 March 2024). "BREAKING | Supreme Court Denies Bail To AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  9. "Prashant Bhushan Writes to SC Registrar on 'Arbitrary' Allocation of Cases to Justice Bela M. Trivedi".
  10. ""I will not take a call", CJI on Justice Bela Trivedi hearing Satyendra Jain's bail plea". LawBeat. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  11. "Prashant Bhushan Writes To SC Registry Alleging Irregularities In Listing Of UAPA Pleas Before Justice Bela Trivedi". live law. 8 December 2023.
Sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
  1. Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai
  2. Surya Kant
  3. Hrishikesh Roy
  4. A. S. Oka
  5. Vikram Nath
  6. Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari
  7. B. V. Nagarathna
  8. C. T. Ravikumar
  9. M. M. Sundresh
  10. Bela Trivedi
  11. P. S. Narasimha
  12. Sudhanshu Dhulia
  13. J. B. Pardiwala
  14. Dipankar Datta
  15. Pankaj Mithal
  16. Sanjay Karol
  17. P. V. Sanjay Kumar
  18. Ahsanuddin Amanullah
  19. Manoj Misra
  20. Rajesh Bindal
  21. Aravind Kumar
  22. Prashant Kumar Mishra
  23. K. V. Viswanathan
  24. Ujjal Bhuyan
  25. Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
  26. Satish Chandra Sharma
  27. Augustine George Masih
  28. Sandeep Mehta
  29. Prasanna B. Varale
  30. N. Kotiswar Singh
  31. R. Mahadevan


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