No E-Pass Mandatory For Advocates For Movement In Delhi On Production Of Valid I-Cards

A single judge bench of the Delhi High Court today directed that "no authority shall stop any advocate in the NCT of Delhi" from movement during the curfew period without an e-pass, "if he/she produces a valid identity card" proving that he/she is an advocate.Directing thus, the court disposed of a petition which was praying for the Delhi Police to comply with the Delhi Disaster...

'We Don't Feel Our District Judiciary Is That Weak To Be Influenced By Mob' : Supreme Court Tells CBI In Narada Case

While hearing the CBI's appeal in the Narada case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it did not consider the district judiciary to be that weak to be influenced by mob pressure.A vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai made this observation in response to the argument made by the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the entire proceedings of Special CBI Court, Kolkata,...

Five Additional Judges Of Kerala High Court Made Permanent

The Central Government has notified the appointment of 5 Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court as permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: Justice Conrad Stansilaus DiasJustice Pulleri Vadhyarillath KunhikrishnanJustice Thirumuppath Raghavan RaviJustice Bechu Kurian Thomas Justice Gopinath Puzhankara Justice CS Dias was enrolled as an Advocate in 1993 and...

'Let Government Realize They Supplied Inferior Ventilators' : Bombay HC Seeks Action On Faulty Ventilators Got Under PM CARES Funds

"If the PM cares fund is to be used for providing ventilators, it should be ventilators worthy of medical use, and if they are not worthy of medical use, it's just a box", the High Court observed.

Instead Of Independently Formulating Substantial Question Of Law Arising In Appeal, Judges Often Copy Down Grounds From Pleadings: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has criticized the practice of Judges copying the issues/ questions of law involved in a case from the pleadings itself, instead of undertaking the exercise on its own. A Single Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan observed that this often leads to absurdity because if the counsel's formulation of questions of law is flawed and defective, the Court record also carries...

Special Benches Are Usually Assigned To Give Liberty; First Time A Special Bench Assigned To Take Away Liberty: Supreme Court In Narada Scam Case

Commenting on the Calcutta High Court order staying the bail granted to four Trinamool leaders in the Narada scam case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed, "We have seen special benches been assigned to deal with liberty. But this is the first time a special bench is assigned to take away liberty". Justice BR Gavai, who was sitting along with Justice Vineet Saran, made with remark...

Breaking: CBI Withdraws Plea In Supreme Court Challenging Calcutta High Court Order Allowing House Arrest Of TMC Leaders In Narada Scam Case

Following adverse comments from the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn the appeal filed by it before the Top Court against the Calcutta High Court order allowing house-arrest of four Trinamool leaders in the Narada caseA vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai repeatedly told the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the hearing that the...

COVID Affected Dead Bodies Found At The Shore Of River Ganges: PIL Filed In Patna High Court Seeks SIT Probe

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has filed before the Patna High Court seeking immediate constitution a Special Investigating Team to investigate and submit its report to the High Court on the issue of the dead bodies found at the shore of river Ganges in Buxar district of the state. The Petition has been filed by Anupam Prabhat Shrivastava and Sudeep Chandra through...

'Liberty Of Person Is First Thing To Be Seen. If You Want To Withdraw Do It At This Stage' : Supreme Court To CBI In Narada Case

Taking a dim view of the appeal filed by the CBI against the Calcutta High Court order allowing house-arrest of four Trinamool leaders in the Narada case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested to the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to withdraw the case.A vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai repeatedly told during the hearing that the "liberty of a person is the first...

[LIVE-UPDATES] CBI Withdraws Appeal In Supreme Court Against House Arrest Of TMC Leaders In Narada Case

The Supreme Court is hearing the petition filed by CBI challenging the Calcutta High Court order allowing the house-arrest of four Trinamool Congress leaders- Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Sovan Chatterjee and Subrata Mukherjee- in the Narada scam case.A vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai is hearing the case.Stay on this page for live updates from the...

"Ensure That Buildings Of Rajasthan Bar Council Shall Be Made Operational As Covid Care Centre At The Earliest For Advocates, Family Members": Rajasthan HC Directs State

The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jaipur, last week directed the State Government to ensure that the Rajasthan Bar Council buildings at both the benches shall be made operational at the earliest as covid care centre so that the advocates and their family members having initial symptoms may be treated or isolated. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice...

Supreme Court Stays Rajasthan High Court Order Which Restrained Police From Arresting Accused In Cases Where Maximum Sentence Is Up To 3 Years

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Rajasthan High Court Order which restrained the police from making the arrest of the accused persons, who are charged with an offence where the maximum sentence is up to three years, till 17th July, 2021.The Supreme Court has also stayed the direction of High Court Single Bench which directed The Registrar (Judicial), Jaipur Bench, Jaipur &...