CJI Gogoi : A Term Of Misses And Omissions17 Nov 2019 6:21 AM GMTDahlia Lithwick, a reputed reporter of the US Supreme Court for 19 years, recently stated in an article that she has not stepped inside the Court after the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh.In an...
The Tribunals Judgment – II: On Independence16 Nov 2019 4:11 PM GMTIn yesterday's post, I discussed the significance of the Tribunals Judgment on the vexed issue of money bills. Today's post discusses the judgment's engagement with the principal legal provision...
The Supreme Court by a majority of 3:2 found that there is apparent conflict between a 7 judge bench decision in Shirur Mutt (1954) and a 5 judge bench decision in Durgah Committee, Ajmer (1962). A...
Article 137 of the Constitution of India allows the Supreme Court to 'review' any judgment passed by it. According to the jurisprudence of the Court, a review is to be granted in exceedingly rare...
Going by some of the observations by the Supreme Court in the judgment in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid verdict, it can be said that the verdict is not a legal precedent for supporting present day claims...
I recently attended an interactive session with some officers of a tribunal with a view to understanding the problem of expeditious implementation of the law of compensation. When some issues arose...
The report about rampant practice of hysterectomy amongst women cane cutters at the Beed District of Maharashtra[1],indicate the extent of authority and control over women's body exercised by the ...
The arrests of two CPI(M) activists by Kerala police under the draconian Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act over pro-Maoist pamphlets have ignited debates on this anti-terror legislation.The police...
'Har Sokhta Dhar Kashmir May Ayad Dhar Murge Kabab Ast Ball Wa Par Mein Ayad.' I was in my 4th Grade in 2004, when my father used to sing this farsi couplet by a poet Urfi. It essentially means...
Jet Airways Case: Background The need for the implementation of proper legal framework for Cross Border Insolvency proceedings is triggered in Jet Airways Scenario. District Court in North...
The Battle of Poona was won on Diwali in 1802. Yashwantrao Holkar of Indore marched to Pune, consolidating his position in the Maratha Confederacy and emerged victorious against his Pune ...
IntroductionTime limitation of filing a suit/appeal/application stands prescribed under provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963. Sections 4 to 24 of the Act deal with exclusion of certain time periods...
The suspense and mystery on the real impact on RTI is now ended. The damage to autonomy of all Information Commissioners in India is more that what was expected. It was not just cutting the...
Regarding the test of likelihood of bias, Justice M Venkatachalaiah observed in Ranjit Thakur v Union of India (1985) :'As to the tests of the likelihood of bias what is relevant is the...
I had occasion to read from www.livelaw.in, a 66-page judgment dated 16-10-2019 rendered by 3 learned Judges of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Vinubhai Haribhai Malaviya and Others v. The...
The Nation wants to know the intent and contents of the proposed amendments in criminal laws ensuing the statement of the Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah that was made couple of weeks ago. Not ...
In 1950, the maximum number of judges in the Supreme Court was seven plus the Chief Justice of India. This number was increased to 11 in 1956, to 14 in 1960, to 18 in 1978, 26 in 1986, 31 in...
