Supreme Court Judgments now available in Vernacular languages
Supreme Court judgments are now available in seven vernacular languages - Telugu, Assamese, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Bengali. The website of the Supreme Court of India has started publishing...
View ArticleAbsence of joint parentage violates fundamental rights; Plea in SC challenges...
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court contending that absence of shared parentage under Indian laws and entrusting the custody of child exclusively to one parent in case of separation of...
View ArticleNRC Assam: Supreme Court extends deadline for publication of final NRC to...
The Supreme Court today extended the deadline for publication of the final version of National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam from July 31 to August 31. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan...
View ArticlePower of Trial Court under Section 319 CrPC to summon persons other than...
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that the power of the trial court under Section 319 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to summon any person who has not been arraigned as an accused can be exercised...
View ArticleThe B&B Causelist #128: Cases we track today
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court. SUPREME COURT OF INDIA The causelist will be updated in the evening to...
View ArticleAre Workers stitching garments from Home, Employees under Provident Fund Act?...
Women workers stitching garments with raw materials provided by the company and being paid directly by the company on a per-piece basis for every garment stitched would fall within the definition of...
View ArticleCollegium recommends six lawyers to be appointed judges of Calcutta High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of six lawyers for elevation as judges of Calcutta High Court. This was by way of two separate resolutions passed yesterday. The following are the...
View Article“I saved you, else foreign firms might have taken over your work”, Justice...
Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra today made some interesting remarks regarding restrictions on the entry of foreign law firms into India. Sitting along with Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice MR...
View ArticleAmrapali: What Supreme Court held against MS Dhoni and what are its...
The Supreme Court delivered a 270-page verdict against Amrapali Group. The judgment has issued a slew of directions including direction to the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) to take...
View ArticleSupreme Court notice to BCI in plea for Social Security measures for lady...
The Supreme Court today issued notice to Bar Council of India (BCI) in a public interest litigation petition seeking framing of a scheme for social security measures for female advocates. A Bench...
View ArticleAppointment of District judges from the Bar: Rule 3(2)(f) of Kerala Higher...
A petition has been filed in Supreme Court regarding the eligibility of judges from the subordinate judiciary to be appointed as district judges based on their experience at the Bar. In this regard,...
View ArticleCan a Private Agreement oust Article 226 jurisdiction of a High Court?...
A private agreement ousting the jurisdiction of courts in a particular place in not a good ground for a High Court to abdicate its responsibility under Article 226, Supreme Court has clarified. The...
View ArticleMany suggestions by Supreme Court not implemented by High Courts, Justice...
Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Madan Lokur yesterday expressed his disappointment at the fact that high courts across the country have not implemented the suggestions put forth by the Supreme...
View Article"You are threatening us, shouting at us": Heated exchange between Justice...
The hearing in the Adjusted Gross Revenue case in the Supreme Court today witnessed a heated exchange between Justice Arun Mishra and Senior Advocate Aryama Sundaram. The episode was triggered by...
View ArticleCourt has to keep in view interest of victim, society when awarding...
The Supreme Court today held that courts have to keep in view the interest of the victim and society at large when awarding punishment. The question of awarding sentence is a matter of discretion for...
View ArticleCJI Ranjan Gogoi seeks report on Unnao Rape Victim’s letter; Accused Kuldip...
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has sought a report from Registrar General Sanjeev S Kalgoankar on the letter written by Unnao Rape Victim and her family seeking security. According to The...
View ArticleConflating Seat and Venue: A Review of the Supreme Court's Decision in...
Promod Nair and Bhavya Mohan The selection of an arbitral seat is a decision with significant legal consequences for the parties to an arbitration agreement. The seat of arbitration has been described...
View ArticleSection 143A of Negotiable Instruments Act on Interim Compensation is not...
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, which provides for payment of interim compensation to the complainant during the pendency of a case,...
View ArticleEconomic Reservation challenge: Supreme Court reserves order on reference to...
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the question of whether the petitions challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced Economic Reservation, should be...
View ArticleSupreme Court delivers judgment in a 47-year-old suit on succession of...
Succession to the properties declared by an erstwhile ruler to be his private properties in the agreement of accession with the Dominion of India will be governed by the personal law applicable to the...
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