Never Said Borrowers Should Be Personally Heard Before Their Accounts Are Classified As Fraud : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday clarified that its judgment, which mandated that borrowers should be heard by banks before their accounts are classified as fraudulent in terms of the RBI master circulars, did not mean that they should be personally heard.Opportunity of hearing does not mean personal hearing, said the bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha....

SIT Constituted To Probe Sexual Harassment Case Against WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh: Delhi Police To Court

The Delhi Police on Friday informed a Delhi Court that a Special Investigation Team has been constituted to probe the sexual harassment case against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Singh.Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava informed Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Courts that a status report has been filed in the matter under...

In Tribute Speech, CJI DY Chandrachud Reveals How Former CJI AM Ahmadi Encouraged Him To Accept Judgeship

From citing important judgements to underscoring the changes brought to the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday (May 11) gave an address, paying homage to the former Chief Justice of India Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, who passed away on March 2, 2023. CJI Chandrachud was speaking at the full court reference organized on May 11 to honour former CJI Ahmadi.Terming...

CBIC Lowers The E-Invoicing Threshold To Rs. 5 Crores w.e.f. August 1, 2023

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the reduction of the e-invoicing threshold from Rs. 10 crores to Rs. 5 crores w.e.f. August 1, 2023.Currently, businesses having a turnover of more than Rs 10 crore are required to generate e-invoices for business-to-business (B2B) transactions.The e-invoicing threshold was reduced to Rs. 50 crore under the third phase from...

CJI DY Chandrachud Launches 'E-Sewa Kendras' In Supreme Court To Help Parties With E-Filing

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today announced the launch of 'e-filing 2.0' and 'e-Sewa Kendra and Facilitation Centre' in the Supreme Court. The announcement of the launch came before the CJI-led bench started hearing the mentionings for the day.CJI DY Chandrachud said–"We have now unveiled this morning E-filing 2.0. The facilities will be available to all lawyers 24/7. We have...

Supreme Court Stays Promotion Of Judicial Officers As District Judges In Gujarat

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the promotion of judicial officers as District Judges in the State of Gujarat, after taking exception to the State Government notifying the promotions while the legality of the promotions was a sub-judice issue before the Court.A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar stayed the recommendation made by the Gujarat High Court for the promotion of the...

Supreme Court Modifies Guidelines For Senior Advocate Designations; Says Process Should Be Done At Least Once A Year

The Supreme Court, on Friday, passed directions in pleas seeking modifications in the guidelines regulating the conferment of designation of Senior Advocates as laid down in its 2017 judgment (Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India).A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Ahsanuddhin Amanullah and Justice Aravind Kumar directed that the method of "secret voting" by the full...

Bank Officials Failed To Detect Fake Documents, How Can One Expect From CHA To Unearth The Dubious Plan Of Exporter: CESTAT

The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the bank officials, despite verification, are not able to detect the fraudulent nature of the documents. How can one expect a Customs House Agent (CHA), who is not even a public official, to unearth the dubious plan of the exporter?The bench of Binu Tamta (a judicial member) has observed that...

‘Centre For Judicial Archives’: Odisha’s Judicial Data Repository Celebrates First Anniversary

The first anniversary of establishment of the Centre for Judicial Archives (CJA) was celebrated on Wednesday under the aegis of the Orissa High Court at the Odisha Judicial Academy, Cuttack. Dr. Prabhu Prasad Mohapatra, Professor of History, Delhi University was the Chief Guest of the function. Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Chief Justice and the Judges of the High Court of Orissa...

Test Of Legislative Majority Futile To Decide Who Is 'Real' Shiv Sena; ECI's Recognition Will Apply Prospectively : Supreme Court

A remark made by the Supreme Court in the Shiv Sena case (Subhash Desai vs Principal Secretary to Maharashtra Governor) might have an impact on the decision of the Election Commission of India to recognize the Eknath Shinde-led group as the "real" Shiv Sena.The judgment authored by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud made an interesting observation in paragraph 150 that the test of...

Pakistan Supreme Court Declares Arrest of Former PM Imran Khan Unlawful

On Thursday, the Supreme Court Of Pakistan declared the execution of the arrest warrant issued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on May 1 in the Al-Qadir Trust case against Imran Khan as “invalid” and “unlawful”.The bench of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah said, “The execution of said warrant violated the...

Marriage Equality | Civil Union Not An Equal Alternative To Marriage: Dr AM Singhvi Tells Supreme Court

The Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha today reserved its judgement in the petitions seeking for marriage equality for queer persons in India. This article details rejoinder submissions made by counsels for petitions. Other rejoinder submissions can be found...