Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Digital Verification Of Bail Sureties To Avoid Delay In Release Of Prisoners

The Supreme Court issued notice on a writ petition seeking directions to the police authorities for the use of digital technology to verify bail sureties to obviate delay in the release of prisoners who have secured bail.The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice in the matter. The bench also impleaded the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) through its...

Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-7 : Live Updates

A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the SupremeCourt will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter, wherein...

Presidential Reference | Sibal Disagrees With Singhvi's Argument That Governor Has No Discretion While Acting On Bills [Day 6]

The Supreme Court yesterday(September 2) orally remarked that the arguments made by those opposing the Presidential Reference are self-contradictory in terms of the different approaches offered by them in reading Article 200.Justice Vikram Nath orally said this in the context of an argument made by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal(for the State of West Bengal) that the Governor is not a mere...

Collegium Recommends 26 New Judges To Allahabad HC Including SC Advs Garima Prashad, Abdhesh Chaudhary & Swarupama Chaturvedi

The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of 12 lawyers and 14 judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High CourtOut of the 26 persons recommended, three of them, Senior Advocates Garima Prashad, Swarupama Chaturvedi and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, practice at the Supreme Court.Garima Prashad is also the Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh.The lawyers...

Bar Association Of India Hosts 2nd New Delhi International Rule Of Law Convention

The Bar Association of India (BAI) hosted the 2nd New Delhi International Rule of Law Convention 2025 at the India Habitat Centre on August 30–31. The event brought together jurists, scholars, and leaders of the bar from over 33 jurisdictions to deliberate on contemporary issues concerning law, justice, and governance. The theme of the convention was “Global Economic Governance and...

Bengaluru Court Denies Bail To Actress Pavitra Gowda In Renukaswamy Murder Case

A Sessions court in Bengaluru on Tuesday (September 2) rejected bail application filed by actress Pavitra Gowda, who is named as accused no. 1 in the Renukaswamy Murder Case.Additional Sessions Judge Irappanna Pavadi Naik dismissed the application filed by Gowda. She had sought bail on the grounds that chargesheet was filed after the new law Bharatiya Nagarik Surakhsha Sanhitha (BNSS) came...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against ₹3,500 Fee For All India Bar Examination

The Supreme Court on September 2 dismissed a petition challenging the Rs. 3,500 fee and other incidental charges levied by the Bar Council of India (BCI) for the All-India Bar Examination (AIBE).A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta agreed with BCI's contention that the judgment in Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India, which held that Bar Councils cannot charge more than...

Instances Of Delay In Bills Assent Can't Justify Imposing Fixed Timelines For Governors & President : Supreme Court During Hearing

On the 6th day of the hearing of the Presidential Reference, the Supreme Court orally observed that certain instances of delay in granting assent to Bills cannot justify the laying down of a blanket timeline for the Governors and President to act as per Articles 200 and 201of the Constitution respectively.If there are individual cases of delay, the aggrieved parties can approach the Court to...

NLUO Holds One-Day Consultation Program On 'Addressing Domestic Violence Through One Stop Centres'

The National Law University Odisha, Cuttack recently organised a one-day consultation meeting with One Stop Centres (OSCs) from 15 districts of Odisha and selected Civil Society Organisations under the leadership of Prof. (Dr.) Rangin Pallav Tripathy, Registrar, NLUO and Dr. Suman Dash Bhattamishra, Associate Professor, NLUO.The event brought together Staff of OSCs from 15 districts of...

Telangana State Legal Services Authority Inaugurates Legal Services Clinics For Defence Personnel & Their Families Across 8 Districts

The Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA) on August 26 virtually inaugurated the Legal Services Clinics in Zila Sainik Boards across the State, while also releasing the Telugu version of the NALSA theme Song "Ek Muthi Aasman". This initiative aims to provide free and competent legal services to Defence Personnel, Ex-servicemen, and their families across the country in all the...

'Can A Person Shoot Himself On Chest With Rifle?' : Supreme Court Asks MP Police In Death Case Treated As Suicide

Questioning whether it is possible for a person to shoot himself in the chest with a rifle, the Supreme Court yesterday called on the Madhya Pradesh Police in a death case treated as a suicide whether all relevant aspects had been probed - including possibility of a murder."To our understanding whether a person would be able to use a rifle to shoot himself on the chest needs examination. In...

Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-6 : Live Updates

A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the SupremeCourt will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter, wherein...