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Supreme Court Stays Kerala High Court Proceedings In Plea Challenging EWS Quota
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a petition filed by the Central Government seeking to transfer to the SC a petition filed in the Kerala High Court challenging the grant of 10 per cent reservation in jobs and admissions to candidates of the economically weaker sections (EWS).While issuing notice, a bench led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana also stayed the proceedings in...
LL.B : Karnataka High Court Directs KSLU To Pass Law Students On 50-50 Formula; Quashes Clause For Assessment Based Entirely On Previous Semester Marks
The Karnataka High Court recently quashed Clause 7 of the guidelines issued by the Karnataka State Law University by which a candidate who secures less than 40% of marks based on an aggregate percentage of total performance including theory and internal assessment of marks in the previous semester shall be considered as 'fail'. The High Court directed the University to follow its...
Delhi Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Janshakti Party MP Prince Paswan In Rape Case
A Delhi Court on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Paswan in connection with a criminal case concerning allegations of rape against him.Special Judge Vikas Dhull of the Rouse Avenue Court pronounced the order after reserving it earlier this week.Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa along with Advocate Nitesh Rana appeared on behalf of Prince Paswan whereas...
WATCH FULL VIDEO- Second 'Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture 2021' By Justice Ravindra Bhat
LIVELAW is organising'The Second Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture 2021' Speaker: Justice Ravindra Bhat (Judge, Supreme Court of India)Topic: 'Fundamental Rights And The Role Of The Regulatory State'Advocate Vrinda Bhandari will moderate the event.Advocate Santhosh Mathews will deliver a brief address on Professor Shamnad BasheerDate and time:-September 25, 2021 (Saturday), 05...
"It Breaks The Back Of Litigants; Insults & Kills Justice" : Supreme Court Urges Courts To Get Out Of 'Adjournment Culture'
The Supreme Court, in an order passed recently, urged the courts not to grant repeated adjournments in routine manner.Time has now come to change the work culture and get out of the adjournment culture so that confidence and trust put by the litigants in the Justice delivery system is not shaken and Rule of Law is maintained, Justice MR Shah and AS Bopanna observed.The court said that...
'Every Citizen Has The Right To Comment On Govt. Policies': Madras HC Directs TN Bar Council To Enroll Law Graduate Who Participated In Anti-Sterlite Agitation
Coming to the aid of a law graduate who had participated in the protests for the closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi because of which he had been denied enrolment as an advocate, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has recently directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to enroll him as an advocate on its roll. A Bench comprising Justices M Duraiswamy...
Supreme Court Recalls Suo Motu Extension Of Limitation With Effect From October 2; Period From 15.03.2020 To 02.10.2021 Stands Excluded From Computing Limitation
The Supreme Court has recalled the suo motu order of April 27, 2021, which had extended with effect from March 14, 2021 the limitation period for filing of cases in view of the COVID second wave. The Court said that the suo motu extension of limitation period will stand withdrawn with effect from October 2, 2021. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices L...
Provide 2nd COVID Vaccine Dose To All 18+ Population In Speedy Manner; Achieve 100% Vaccination Target By Dec 2021: MP High Court To Govt
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday asked the State Government to step up the efforts to provide the second dose of vaccination to all the 18 plus population once when the vaccination becomes due on completion of the requisite period after the first dose, in a speedy manner.The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla also asked the state to ensure that...
Children Born To Parents Outside Marital Bond Are Blameless; Differential Treatment Towards Them Unconstitutional: South Africa Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court of South Africa observed that differential treatment of children "born out of wedlock" is unconstitutional.To condemn children for the nature of their parents' relationships, is in inconsistent with our constitutional values and has no place on our statute books, the court held.The court held that a provision in the Births and Deaths Registration Act which prohibits...
LL.B : Plea In Orissa High Court To Direct Utkal University To Promote Law Students As Per BCI Circular
A plea has been moved before the Orissa High Court seeking direction to Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar to conduct a pending online internal examination for B.A., LL. B (Hons.) 8th Semester and to promote 8th Sem student on the basis of internal examination. The plea avers that even though the University administration published an examination schedule for the 10th Semester examination,...
Registration Of Second FIR On The Same Incident To Improve The Earlier Complaint Not Allowed : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that registration of the second FIR on the same incident would be hit by the "doctrine of sameness" and will have to be annihilated as it would amount to improving the facts and the case in the subsequent complaint on the same incident. Justice M Nagaprasanna, while quashing a second First Information Report registered against B. V. Byre...