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When Can Court Remand Arbitral Award To Tribunal Under S.34/37 Arbitration Act ? Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court Constitution Bench recently held that the powers of Courts to remand arbitral awards back to the Tribunal under S. 34(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 cannot be seen as a straight-jacket formula. The Court observed that an award should be remitted back only if there is a possibility to correct a defect in the award, but if the entire award suffers...
Mega Legal Awareness And Empowerment Camp Held In Narmada District Under NALSA Samvad Scheme 2025
The Gujarat State Legal Services Authority (GSLSA) and District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Narmada, organized a Mega Legal Awareness and Empowerment Camp focussing on NALSA (Protection and Enforcement of Tribal Rights) Scheme–now known as the NALSA Samvad Scheme 2025 on April 27. Several dignitaries attended the camp including Supreme Court Justice B.R. Gavai–NALSA's Executive...
No Prima Facie Case Against Rapper Vedan: Kerala Court Says While Granting Bail In Case Over “Leopard Tooth”
While granting bail to Malayalam rapper 'Vedan' in a case over the alleged possession of a leopard tooth, a Kerala Court observed that the materials presented by the Forest Department did not establish a strong prima facie case under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.Vedan, officially known as Hirandas V.M., was initially arrested by the Excise Department on April 29 in connection with the...
Supreme Court Directs States, UTs To Comply With Directions On Remission Policy And Procedures Withing Two Months
The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to submit affidavits within two months reporting compliance with its directions to adopt or implement an exhaustive policy on premature release, ensure automatic consideration of eligible convicts under such policy, impose reasonable conditions for remission, record reasons for grant or rejection, and not cancel remission...
Courts Can Deviate From Schedule Of Employees Compensation Act To Determine Functional Disability : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that in computing the compensation for functional disability, Courts don't need to confine themselves to the schedule under the Employees' Compensation Act 1923. The bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing an appeal against the order of the Bombay High Court, which reduced the disability percentage of 100% to 34% for...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Inquire Mukhthar Ansari's Death, Disposes Of Son's Petition
The Supreme Court today (April 30) disposed of the writ petition filed in 2023 by Umar Ansari, son of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, seeking his father's transfer to any jail outside Uttar Pradesh, as he apprehended harm to the latter while in custody. The petition was disposed of after the Court was informed that the Ansari died in jail in March 2024 reportedly due to cardiac...
Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Plea Seeking Delimitation & Increase Of Assembly Seats In Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
The Supreme Court today reserved orders on a plea seeking directions for the Union to set in motion delimitation process for increasing the number of assembly seats in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter.Briefly put, the petition, filed by Professor (Dr.) K. Purushottam Reddy, sought directions to the respondents...
Supreme Court Affirms Bombay HC's Deletion Of Certain Allegations Made Against Union Minister Nitin Gadkari In 2019 Election Petition
The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions filed in 2021 against a Bombay High Court decision, which struck off certain allegations made against Union Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari in an election petition challenging his election pursuant to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was dealing with two special leave petitions - one, filed by Nafis Khan,...
Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC's Direction For CBI Probe Against CM's Chief Principal Secretary KM Abraham In DA Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 30) stayed the Kerala High Court's direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR against K.M. Abraham, the Chief Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, over allegations of amassing assets disproportionate to his income.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan passed the interim...
Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Direction To Revise CLAT-UG 2025 Merit List
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 30) stayed the judgment of the Delhi High Court, which directed the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the merit list of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 for Undergraduate (UG) admissions due to certain mistakes in the questions.A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih passed the interim order while issuing notice on...
