IT Rules Amendment Prima Facie Lack Necessary Safeguards To Protect Satire: Bombay High Court In Kunal Kamra’s Challenge

The new amendment to IT Rules 2022 prima facie lacks the necessary safeguards, the Bombay High Court observed on Monday in the plea filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale made the observation while refusing to adjourn the matter for ad- interim reliefs beyond Thursday. “The (Union's) affidavit says that satire etc will be exempt...

“Confession” And “Statement” Under Section 164 CrPC- Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar [Part-V]

Q.21 Is it not permissible for the Magistrate to follow the procedure for recording of evidence by administering oath to the accused while recording the confession ? Ans. No. While the procedure for recording of evidence or administration of oath to the accused, can be resorted to while recording a “statement’ under Section 164 (5) Cr.P.C., such a procedure should not be...

50 Years Since Keshavananda Bharti Judgement | Supreme Court Announces Webpage Dedicated To Judgement

On the 50th anniversary of the landmark judicial pronouncement in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, the Supreme Court formed a webpage dedicated to the judgement. The formation of the webpage was announced today by CJI DY Chandrachud who stated that the said webpage could now help researchers across the world to learn more about the landmark judgement which was pronounced on 24th...

Golden Jubilee Of Kesavananda Bharati: Celebration And Introspection

This April 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the Kesavananda Bharati judgment which expounded the basic structure doctrine. It is the most celebrated constitutional case of the country. The full court of 13 judges, the largest bench ever-Chief Justice S. M. Sikri and Justices J. M. Shelat, K. S. Hegde, A. N. Grover, A.N. Ray, P. Jaganmohan Reddy, D. G. Palekar, H. R. Khanna, K. K. Mathew, M. H. Beg, S. N. Dwivedi, A. K. Mukherjea, Y. V. Chandrachud -sat and heard the case for the longest period...

Days After Firing in Delhi’s Saket Court, Bar Council of India Requests Union Govt for Effective Law for Lawyers’ Protection

Amid rising concerns over the safety of lawyers, the Bar Council of India has passed a resolution requesting the union government to frame an effective law for “the protection of lives, interests, and privilege of advocates and their families”. This development comes days after yet another shooting inside a court complex, this time in Delhi’s Saket district court. In a press...

"More Than 99.9 % People Opposed To Same-Sex Marriage", Bar Council Of India To Request Supreme Court To Leave Issue To Legislative Process

The Bar Council of India has resolved to request the Supreme Court to leave the issue of same-sex marriage to legislative process for wide spread consultation, saying that the matter is "highly sensitive" and having "social, religious and cultural connotations" and hence required wide spread consultations.Stating that "ever since the inception of human civilisation and culture, marriage has...

Wooden Ice Cream Sticks And Spoons Exigible To 12% GST: AAR

The Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) ruled that 12% GST is exigible on wooden ice cream sticks and wooden ice cream spoons.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran Reddy T. has observed that heading 4419 covers tableware and kitchenware of wood, and specifically, 4419 90 covers tableware and kitchenware of other wood, i.e., other than bamboo wood. Further HSN...

Supreme Court Judge Justice BR Gavai Releases VD Mahajan’s Constitutional Law of India Revised By Sanjay Jain

Supreme Court’s Justice BR Gavai released Eastern Book Company’s legal classic - V.D. Mahajan’s Constitutional Law of India by Sanjay Jain in the presence of Professor Upendra Baxi, Professor MP Singh, Senior Advocate KV Viswanathan and Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan and other legal luminaries. The Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud has written the book’s foreword...

NEET-SS : Supreme Court Expresses Concerns About Vacancies In Super Speciality Seats, Asks Union Govt To Find A Solution

The Supreme Court of India has recently expressed concerns over the vacancies in super speciality medical in India, and the failure of the concerned authorities to fill the vacancies.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath, while hearing a batch of petitions arising out of successful candidates dropping out of such courses, observed in an order passed on April 13:“The present...

Rules Of Business Not Violated By State, When Actions Of Cabinet Committee Are Validated By Council Of Ministers : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that when the Cabinet constitutes a committee and the latter’s actions are validated by the Minister and the rest of the Council, then it cannot be claimed that Rules of Business have not been followed by the State Government in the course of its decision-making process.The Bench comprising of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Vikram Nath, while adjudicating the case...

If Prosecution Proposes Death Sentence, It Must Produce Before Trial Court Information About Background Of Accused : Supreme Court

In a notable judgment, the Supreme Court has held that in cases where the offences are so heinous that death sentence is warranted, the prosecution must produce before the trial court all materials which are relevant to assess the mitigating circumstances favouring the accused. The Court clarified that this exercise must be carried out even in cases where the accused might eventually not...

Supreme Court Shocked To See Police Filing Closure Report In Case Where FIR Was Quashed; Directs To Discontinue Such Practice

"In case of quashing of the criminal proceedings/FIRs by the High Court, there is no question of preparing/filing a closure report under Section 173 CrPC"