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Know The Law | UP Govt's Directions On When Gangsters Act Can Be Invoked & How Gang Chart Is To Be Prepared
Few months back, the Uttar Pradesh government laid down certain parameters/guidelines concerning invocation of the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 and preparation of gang chart thereunder.The development came pursuant to a nudge by the Supreme Court in the case of one Gorakh Nath Mishra, who was booked under Section 3(1) of the...
Supreme Court Allows Bail For Illegal Foreign Migrants Detained In West Bengal Prisons Despite Completion Of Sentence
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court today (May 16) transferred the matter relating to the indefinite detention of illegal foreign migrants in the State of West Bengal to the 3-judge bench hearing the Rohingya refugees case as a matter of judicial propriety. The Court also ordered that the State of West Bengal should identify all such illegal immigrants who are confined in prisons after...
Recusal A Matter Of Judges' Discretion, Article 142 Cannot Be Used To Frame Guidelines On Judicial Recusal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 16) dismissed a writ petition seeking guidelines to govern the recusal of judges.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan held, “The recusal is a matter of discretion of the judge. Jurisdiction under Article 142 cannot be exercised for laying down guidelines for the recusal of judges. Hence the writ petition is dismissed.”. Last year, the...
Delhi Court Restrains Law Firm Fox Mandal & Associates From Using 'FoxMandal' Trademark And Website Domain Name
A Delhi Court on Thursday (May 15) restrained Shuvabrata Mandal and Shouryabrata Mandal from offering their legal services under trademark 'FoxMandal', which is owned by their brother Som Mandal.District Judge Vidya Prakash sitting at Patiala House Courts also restrained the duo from using FoxMandal for their website domain name.The interim injunction comes in a suit filed by Som Mandal, who...
'Denial Of Farewell To Judge Of Such Stature Raises Questions' : BCI Urges SCBA & SCAORA To Give Send-Off For Justice Bela Trivedi
The Bar Council of India has requested the Supreme Court Bar Association and Supreme Court AoR Association to organise an official farewell ceremony to Justice Bela Trivedi, who had her last working day on May 16.The BCI in its letter addressed to the President of SCBA Kapil Sibal and President of SCAORA Vipul Nair says : “The denial of a farewell to a judge of such stature raises...
Supreme Court Rejects PIL To Regulate AI-Generated Deepfakes; Asks Petitioner To Approach Delhi HC
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a public interest litigation assailing authorities' failure to tackle Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes and seeking constitution of a Court-monitored Expert Committee to draft model AI regulation law.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and relegated the petitioner, a lawyer, to the Delhi High Court,...
Plea Filed Before Supreme Court For Military Nursing Service Officers' Entitlement As 'Ex-Servicemen' Post Retirement
A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking entitlement as "ex-servicemen" for military nursery service (MMS) officers post-retirement, along with all consequential benefits.The matter was listed today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, which told Senior Advocate Dr Adish Aggarwala (for petitioners) that the case will be heard with another...
Fee Regulatory Committee Can't Transfer NRI Quota Fee To State Corpus Fund; Self-Financing Colleges Can Retain It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today held that an Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee in a State does not have the power to direct that the fee collected from NRI medical students be kept in a corpus fund maintained by the State to subsidise the education of Below Poverty Line students.The Court directed the State of Kerala to return the amounts collected from self-financing medical colleges for...
Kerala Court Sends Lawyer Accused Of Assaulting Lady Advocate To 14 Days Judicial Custody
A court in Kerala on Friday (May 16) has remanded advocate Beyline Das, who is accused of physically assaulting his female junior advocate and who was arrested today, to 14-day judicial custody till May 30. The accused was remanded by Judicial First Class Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram Revitha K.G.Advocate Dileep Sathyan, who is representing the accused, confirmed that the bail application...
Supreme Court Notifies Benches Sitting During Partial Court Working Days From May 26 To July 13
The Supreme Court has notified the benches which will function during the "partial Court working days" from 26th May, 2025 to 13th July, 2025.From 26.05.2025 to 01.06.2025Chief Justice of India and Justice Augustine George MasihJustice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar DattaJustice Vikram Nath and Justice Sanjay KumarJustice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Aravind KumarJustice B.V. Nagarathna...
Supreme Court Directs Central Zoo Authority To Inspect Translocated Deer From Hauz Khas Deer Park
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 16) directed officers of the Central Zoo Authority to visit the places in Rajasthan where 261 deer have been translocated from the Deer Park at Hauz Khas in Delhi, and to assess the condition of the deer.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was informed that 261 out of the 600 deer have already been shifted from the park in a case concerning...