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Hindu Law has always recognized the liability of father to maintain an unmarried daughter, the Court said.

Justice Pathak became a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court on November 12, 2018.

"If the State is unable to provide speedy trial to the accused, it should not oppose bail on the ground that the crime committed is serious," the Court added.

It is not the bulldozer per se that offends constitutional sensibilities but the ease with which it is deployed before the law has spoken its final word, the Court said.

Advocate Sidharth Das was elected the Vice President while Advocate Avijit Patnaik was elected the Secretary.

The Collegium had recommended Justice Sinha's transfer to the Allahabad High Court during meetings held on March 6 and March 20.

“The repeated threat of suicide or violence is not merely misconduct; it is an insidious form of emotional blackmail and psychological oppression,” the Court said.

The Collegium had recommended Justice Tandon's name on March 6, following the retirement of Chief Justice CS Singh.

If Justice Sinha's transfer is approved, the Allahabad High Court will have 80 serving judges, with 80 posts lying vacant.

In an earlier ruling, the same judge had also deprecated wives who choose to remain jobless solely to get maintenance from their husbands

The recommendation was made following the retirement of Orissa Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh on January 19.

The Court emphasised that maintenance is intended to support those who genuinely cannot sustain themselves.

Justice Sinha will take over as Acting Chief Justice upon the retirement of present Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh on January 19.

"A housewife cannot be said to have caused grave and sudden provocation to her hungry husband when she requests her to wait for a while as the preparation of food is under process," the Court said.

"The Court is not inclined to (quash the FIR) as the allegations are not only at a nascent stage of investigation but also quite serious as the name of a former Judge of this Court has been soiled," i ...