Supreme Court Asks Mahua Moitra To Approach SEBI With Demand For Public Disclosure Of Alternative Investment Funds & Foreign Portfolio Investors

The Supreme Court today(April) disposed of a writ petition filed by Mahua Moitra, Member of Parliament, seeking directions to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to mandate public disclosure norms for Foreign Portfolio Investors and Alternative Investment Funds.The Court allowed the Trinamool Congress member to make a detailed representation to SEBI ventilating her grievances. ...

After Opposition From Bar, Supreme Court Recalls Contempt Order Against Advocate & AoR

Following the opposition from the members of the bar, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1) withdrew its order which held that two advocates prima facie committed contempt of court by filing a vexatious petition.The development happened before a bench comprising Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma. Earlier(on March 28), the bench had taken objection to certain...

NGT Is Nurturing Green For Tomorrow : Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, recently underscored the significance of institutions like the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in upholding environmental justice in the Country. The Vice President was the Chief Guest at the valedictory ceremony of the National Conference on Environment 2025 organised by the National Green Tribunal held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.Recalling the...

Difference Between FIR Registration Provisions Under S. 154 CrPC & S. 173 BNSS: Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court recently explained the difference between the provisions governing the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) and the conduct of preliminary inquiry under CrPC and its replacement Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.The Court observed that while Section 173(1) of BNSS is substantially similar to Section 154 CrPC regarding the recording of information, the...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Another Petition Challenging Places Of Worship Act; Allows Petitioner To Intervene In Pending Proceedings

The Supreme Court today (April 1) refused to entertain a writ petition challenging the validity of S.4(2) of the Places of Worship Act 1991 which provides any legal proceedings on the religious character of a place of worship initiated before August 15, 1947 shall be terminated on the commencement of the Act. The Court however granted liberty to the petitioner to file an application in...

Supreme Court Dismisses Tushar Gandhi's Plea Against Gujarat Govt's Sabarmati Ashram Redevelopment Project

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1) dismissed a petition filed by Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, challenging the Gujarat government's decision to revamp/redevelop the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad at the estimated cost of ₹1,200-crore.A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by Gandhi against the...

Delhi Riots: Court Grants Bail To Tahir Hussain In ED Case, Cites High Court Ruling Granting Relief To Sharjeel Imam

A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in a money laundering case registered in connection with the North East Delhi riots of 2020.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts noted that Hussain has undergone detention of more than one half of the period of imprisonment, as provided for the alleged money laundering...

Project 39A Moves From NLU Delhi To NALSAR; To Be Known As 'The Square Circle Clinic'

After more than a decade, all members of Project 39A will be moving out of National Law University Delhi. From 31st March 2025, we they will start their work at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad as The Square Circle Clinic. They will have offices in Delhi, Hyderabad, Nagpur, and Pune.The Square Circle Clinic is planning to expand our leading work in the criminal justice space and the...

Justice Yashwant Varma Cash Recovery Row | Allahabad High Court Bar Association Suspends Strike Till Inquiry Report Comes

The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has decided to suspend their ongoing strike in protest against the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court. As per a resolution passed by the Association on March 29, the strike will be suspended until the three-member inquiry committee completes its investigation against Justice Varma. The judge...

Maninderjit Singh Bedi Appointed As New Advocate General Of Punjab

Advocate Maninderjit Singh Bedi was today appointed as new Advocate General (AG) of Punjab, after Senior Advocate Gurminder Singh resigned from the post.A notification issued late evening stated that, "The Governor of Punjab in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 165 of the Constitution of India, is pleased to appoint Sh. Maninderiit Singh Bedi S/o Inderjit Singh Bedi...as...

Punjab Advocate General Gurminder Singh Resigns

Senior Advocate Gurminder Singh submitted his resignation from the post of Punjab's Advocate General (AG), after serving for 18 months, to the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh MannIn the letter dated March 30, he wrote “As I intend to resume my private practice, I am not inclined to continue on the post.”He is the fourth AG to resign from post in Punjab in three years of the Aam Aadmi...

Giving Arrest Memo Not Same As Supplying Grounds Of Arrest : Supreme Court Sets Aside Arrest & Remand

The Supreme Court recently set aside the arrest and remand for an appellant in the light of the decision in Prabir Purkayastha v. State (2024), which held that supplying grounds of arrest in writing as prescribed under Section 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure requires mandatory compliance, lest the arrest and remand will stands vitiated in the eyes of the law. A bench of Justices MM...