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Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakhs Costs On Lawyer For Filing Frivolous Petition
The Supreme Court on April 22 came down heavily on a lawyer who continuously filed a frivolous petition and imposed costs of Rs. 5 Lakhs on him as a penalty. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta expressed displeasure at the constant misuse of the legal process by the petitioner in person, who also happened to be a lawyer and filed an Article 32 writ petition before...
Delhi Court Issues Non Bailable Warrants Against Medha Patkar In Defamation Case By LG VK Saxena
A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued non bailable warrants against Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar after her conviction in the criminal defamation case lodged against her by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001.VK Saxena is presently Delhi's Lieutenant Governor. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh of Saket Courts observed that instead of appearing before the Court, Patkar was...
Artificial Intelligence Has Very Serious Biases, We Must Remind Ourselves It's A Man-Made Machine: Justice Surya Kant
During a hearing pertaining to the Krishna River water dispute, Supreme Court judge-Justice Surya Kant today expressed that artificial intelligence has very serious biases.The hearing witnessed Justice Kant strike conversation with Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta on a lighter note about the use of laptops. When the senior counsel suggested that with the aid of AI technology, the Court can...
Resign As Minister Or Bail Will Be Cancelled; Choose Between Post & Freedom : Supreme Court Tells Senthil Balaji
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 9) warned Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji that the bail granted to him in the money laundering case over the 'cash-for-jobs' scam would be cancelled if he did not resign from the Ministership.The Court asked Balaji to make a choice between his Minister post and liberty, and gave him time till next Monday to decide. A bench comprising Justice Abhay S...
'Affront To Values Of Humanity' : Supreme Court Condemns Pahalgam Terrorist Attack
The Supreme Court condemned the terrorist attack which took place in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, yesterday, which reportedly killed 26 persons, all tourists except one local native. The Court expressed its deep anguish at the "cowardly terrorist attack".A resolution passed by the Full Court condemned the act as "an affront to the values of humanity."The Court in its resolution stated...
Three Kerala High Court Judges Narrowly Escape Pahalagam Terror Attack
Judges Anil K. Narendran, G. Girish and P. G. Ajithkumar had a narrow escape from the terror attacks that happened in Pahalgam on 22nd April.As per the Hindu, the Judges and their families were on vacation at Jammu and Kashmir. They reached Pahalgam on 21st April, stayed there and left the place on April 22nd morning. They had reached Srinagar when the attacks took place in Pahalgham.At least...
SARFAESI Act | Appeal Against Every DRT Order Doesn't Require Pre-Deposit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently expressed a prima facie view that appeals filed against procedural orders of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) do not require pre-deposit as per Section 18 (appeal to the appellate tribunal) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act).The present appeal arises from the Bombay High...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: April 14, 2025 To April 20, 2025
Nominal Index [Citation 421 – 440]CitationsZulfiquar Haider & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 421M/S. Parsvnath Film City Ltd. v. Chandigarh Administration & Others, Civil Appeal No. 6162 of 2016 (and connected case) 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 422Neha Enterprises v. Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 423Pinki v. State of...
EPF Act Gives Lifetime Security To Construction Workers, More Adaptable In Dynamic Labour Markets Like Kerala: Regional PF Commissioner
Emphasizing on the benefits offered by the Employees' Provident Fund Act, the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Kochi (Kerala) ruled that EPF Act is far more resilient than the Building and Construction Workers Act, as the former can adapt to evolving nature of employment and can provide better and lifetime protection to workers. The authority was hearing a construction company's plea...
Delhi Court Refers Lawyer's Conduct To Delhi HC, Bar Council For Asking Judge Whether He Was 'Settling Score'
A Delhi Court has referred a lawyer to the Delhi High Court and Bar Council of Delhi for making unwarranted remarks, where he questioned whether the judge was “settling score” after the judge asked him why he was unprepared for cross-examination.Taking strong exception to the lawyer's conduct, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala in his order noted, “Such kind of response from...