Don't Allow Resolutions Against Kapil Sibal & NK Kaul : KK Venugopal Urges SCBA President Vikas Singh

Former Attorney General for India and Senior Advocate KK Venugopal has written to the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Vikas Singh advising him to not allow the passing of the resolutions proposed against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Neeraj Kishan Kaul.The SCBA General Body meeting is scheduled to consider tomorrow(March 16) the resolutions proposed against Sibal and Kaul...

Delhi Riots: After Acquittal In Two FIRs, Court Convicts Accused Men On Basis Of Evidence Of Cop Who Earlier Cited Memory Loss

Months after acquitting various accused persons in two cases of 2020 North-East Delhi riots for lack of evidence as a head constable failed to identify them citing memory loss, a Delhi Court has convicted the accused in another case after the cop gave a detailed description regarding them being members of a mob.On Monday, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala convicted nine men...

Compulsory Risks In Insurance Automatically Transferred To Transferee Of Vehicle Even When Certificate Of Insurance Not Transferred: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently ruled that whoever may be the actual owner of the motor vehicle at the time of the accident, compulsory risks covered under the policy of insurance get automatically transferred to the transferee of a vehicle even though certificate of insurance has not been transferred in his favour.The observations were made by Justice Sanjay Dhar...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Defer Trial In Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder Case, Says Supplementary Chargesheet Against Conspirators Can Be Filed Later

The Kerala High Court recently refused to defer the trial of 15 persons who are accused of murdering BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan on account of political rivalry. The accused are said to be the Socialist Democratic Party of India/Popular Front of India (SDPI/PFI) workers.The accused persons allegedly had gathered in an unlawful assembly and committed Sreenivasan's murder with deadly...

Kerala Quarry Operators Withdraw Petition Filed In Supreme Court For Mining In Lands Assigned For Cultivation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain petitions challenging the Kerala High Court's judgment dated May 25, 2022, which held that quarrying was not permissible in lands assigned for cultivation as per the provisions of the Kerala Land Assignment Act.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol however permitted the petitioners to withdraw the petition with...

Supreme Court Judge Justice Ajay Rastogi Urges Lawyers To Undergo A Training Course In Mediation By Sparing Time

Supreme Court judge Justice Ajay Rastogi on Tuesday urged all advocates to undergo a training course in mediation by "sparing time" or even "sparing briefs", remarking that it would "change (their) lifestyle, (their) response to clients, (their) perception towards not just (themselves) but to the family also"The bench of Justices Rastogi and Bela Trivedi was hearing a builder-homebuyers...

Lok Adalats Have No Adjudicatory Power, Can Only Pass Award Based On Compromise Between Parties: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that Lok Adalats have no adjudicatory power and can only make awards on the basis of a compromise between the parties.The Court, while allowing a writ Ppetition, quashed the Lok Adalat’s decision permitting Public Prosecutor to withdraw prosecution, and ordered for restoration of the criminal matter, granting the parties the liberty to proceed according to...

Supreme Court Makes Stay On Uttarakhand HC Order Banning Fatwas Absolute

The Supreme Court, on Monday, made absolute the interim stay on the order of the Uttarakhand High Court banning religious outfits/bodies and statutory panchayats/local panchayats/group of people in the state from issuing 'fatwas' or similar diktats. The order was passed by a Bench comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Bela M. Trivedi in a Special Leave Petition filed by...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Alleged Illegal Detention Of CPI(M) Leader MY Tarigami In J&K In 2019

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union Government to respond to the allegation that Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami was kept under detention without any formal order in 2019 in the aftermath of the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.A bench comprising Justices Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Rajesh Bindal was hearing a habeas...

Article 226(2) - Supreme Court Explains Tests To Determine If Cause Of Action Has Arisen Within Jurisdiction Of High Court

In a notable judgment explaining the concept of 'cause of action' under Article 226(2) of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court held that only those facts, which are relevant to the grant of the relief, will give rise to 'cause of action'. Applying this principle, the Court held that a company cannot challenge a GST notification issued by one state before a High Court located in...

Dapoli Resort Case: Bombay High Court Asks ED To Not Take Coercive Steps Against Maharashtra's Former Cabinet Minister Anil Parab Till March 20

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Enforcement Directorate not to take coercive steps against Shiv Sena (Uddhav B Thackeray) leader Anil Parab till Monday in the Dapoli Resort "money laundering" Case.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh was hearing Parab’s plea to quash the ECIR registered by the ED.The High Court passed the order after it...

Ankita Bhandari Murder Case : Supreme Court Seeks Status Report On Probe From Uttarakhand Govt

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttarakhand government to file a status report on the investigation carried out in the murder of Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old woman receptionist in a resort, owned by the son of a now sacked BJP leader.A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna passed the order while hearing a plea filed by a journalist and family members of Bhandari seeking...