Mediate, Don’t Litigate: CJI DY Chandrachud’s Message to Union Govt to ‘Declog’ Courts

When the government mediates, it sends a message that it is not an adversarial opponent to the citizens of India, the Chief Justice of India said.

“Law Of Wills”- Questions & Answers By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-III]

Q.11 Is it open to a Muhammadan to contend that Part VI of the Indian Succession Act does not apply to testamentary succession to the property of Muhammadans ? Ans. Yes. Section 58 (1) in Chapter I of Part VI of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 declares that the provisions of Part VI of the said Act shall not apply to testamentary succession to the property of Muhammadans. This...

"It Is Extremely Close To My Heart, Supreme Court To Have New Annexe Building":CJI DY Chandrachud Assures Bar On Shortage Of Spaces

"We are planning to address this severe shortage of space in the Supreme Court by putting up a new annexe building," Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud revealed while speaking at the SCBA-organised felicitation function for the 8 newly-appointed judges.CJI said the primary emphasis in the new building being designed by PWD is to provide adequate space to the most important stakeholders of...

Bar Council Of Delhi Makes Aadhar Card, Voter ID With Delhi Or NCR Address Mandatory For Future Enrolments

The Bar Council of Delhi has made the filing of Aadhar Card and Voter ID bearing address of Delhi or NCR mandatory for future enrolments of lawyers.In the notice issued yesterday, the lawyers’ body said that the law graduates who wish to apply for enrolment shall be required to attach the copy of their Aadhar card and voter ID Card of Delhi or NCR, along with the enrolment...

NGT Directs Personal Appearance Of MP Principal Secretary And Other Top Authorities In Narmada River Pollution Case

The principal bench of NGT has directed the personal appearance of Principal Secretary, Vice Chairman of the Narmada Valley Development Authority, Bhopal and other top authorities of Madhya Pradesh in the Narmada River pollution case, considering it important to assist the tribunal in the just and proper adjudication of the questions involved in the matter.The bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi...

Ram Navami Hate Speech Case: Gujarat Court Grants Bail To Kajal Hindustani

A Court in Gujarat's Gir Somnath District on Thursday granted bail to right-wing activist Kajal Hindusthani days after she was arrested by the Gujarat Police (following her surrender) in connection with a Hate Speech case. Her speech on the occasion of Ram Navami allegedly caused a communal clash in Una on April 1.Additional sessions judge R M Asodiya ordered her release on a bail bond of...

Supreme Court of India Is A Chief Justice Driven Court, That Has To Change: CJI DY Chandrachud

"I am delighted as chief justice that we are at full strength with the Addition of the last seven appointments. When I became a judge in 2000, one of my chief justices who was from the Patna High Court said you are the last on the bench of 42 judges of the Bombay High Court, as it then stood, so you are the 'Guard Babu', we call the last judge to be appointed as the 'Guard Babu'. We have 7...

Supreme Court’s Research Wing To Assist The Permanent Collegium Secretariat For Appointment Of Judges: Chief Justice Chandrachud

At an event organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association on 11 April, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud has shared the initiatives already taken and his plans to bring more transparency in the working of the Collegium system. He stated that after he took oath as CJI, he ensured that detailed reasons were given in Collegium resolutions, which are uploaded on the...

Supreme Court Directs Ministry Of Women And Child Development To File Status Report Showing Steps Taken To Implement Prohibition Of Child Marriage Act

The Supreme Court directed the Ministry of Women and Child Development to file a status report elucidating steps taken by the union Government to implement the provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. The direction was passed by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. At the outset, the counsel for petitioner informed the court that...

Registration Act | Unregistered Agreement To Sell Is Admissible As Evidence In Suit For Specific Performance : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that Section 17(1A) of the Registration Act, 1908 is the only exception to the Proviso of Section 49 of Registration Act. Thus, the Proviso to Section 49 shall apply to the documents other than the ones referred to in Section 17(1A).The Bench comprising of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice Krishna Murari has further held that an unregistered Agreement to Sell, which...

Curbing Use Of Unlicensed Firearms: Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Centre, States In Suo Motu Case

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday sought responses from all the states, union territories as well as the Union Home Ministry to spell out the steps taken to combat the use of unlicensed firearms.While hearing a suo motu plea about unlicensed firearms in the state of Uttar Pradesh, a Division Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna termed the problem as a "serious" one....

"A Humane Problem”: Supreme Court Urges DDA To Consider Plea Of Sarojini Nagar Jhuggi Dwellers

Terming it as a “humane problem”, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday(April 11) urged the Delhi Development Authority to take steps to consider the plight of jhuggi dwellers from Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar.A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna orally requested the Additional Solicitor General to "make use of his good offices" to solve the issue. "It's a humane problem. We have...