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Challenge To Delhi HC's Senior Designations | Can Deferred Candidates Be Considered Again By Full Court? Supreme Court Asks HC
The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi High Court whether the controversy concerning recent senior advocate designations could be resolved by the Full Court by considering the cases of candidates whose designation was deferred. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan posed this query during the hearing of a petition challenging the Delhi High Court's designation of 70 lawyers...
Explained | Can FIR Be Registered Against A Sitting Judge? What Is In-House Enquiry Procedure On Complaint Against Judge?
Reports regarding the alleged recovery of unaccounted money from the residence of Justice Yashwant Verma of the Delhi High Court have sent shock waves across the legal fraternity.While it is understood that the Supreme Court Collegium is considering a proposal to transfer Justice Verma and that the Delhi HC CJ is enquiring into the matter, several concerns are being raised, quite rightly, by...
Supreme Court To Hear On 8 May Pleas Relating To Deportation & Living Conditions Of Rohingya Refugees
The Supreme Court today listed for hearing on 8 May a batch of petitions/public interest litigations pertaining to deportation and living conditions of Rohingya refugees.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order.Advocate Prashant Bhushan (for petitioners in one of the petitions) submitted during the hearing that Rohingya refugees, who have suffered ethnic cleansing...
NDPS Act: All India Annual Digest 2024
SUPREME COURTInterpretation of the NDPS Act - The NDPS Act must be interpreted strictly, focusing on its purpose, object, and societal impact. A literal interpretation is necessary to avoid frustrating the Act's objectives. The judgment addresses several key points regarding the interpretation and application of provisions under the NDPS Act. Narcotics Control Bureau v. Kashif, 2024 LiveLaw...
Supreme Court Declines To Intervene In Challenge Against Haj Policy 2025 Implementation
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the implementation of the Union Government's Haj Policy, 2025 framed in consultation with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A batch of Writ Petitions were filed before the Supreme Court challenging the implementation of the Haj Policy, 2025 where the petitioners, who were Haj Group Organisers (“HGOs”), challenged the allocation of quotas of Haj...
Justice Yashwant Verma Issue | Delhi HC CJ Commenced Inquiry; Collegium Yet To Recommend Transfer : Supreme Court Clarifies
To clear the rumours regarding the action against Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Verma, from whose residence cash was allegedly recovered, Supreme Court has now come out with certain official clarifications.The following clarifications have been made :1. Delhi HC Chief Justice commenced in-house enquiry procedure, prior to the meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium on March 20. Delhi...
Sexual Harassment Survivors Will Feel More Secure If A Harmonious Environment Is Available To Them : Chhattisgarh HC Chief Justice
Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha inaugurated the newly constructed Record and Victim Rest Rooms at the District Court in Surajpur on Friday. Justice AK Prasad also graced the event. The virtual inauguration, which took place at 10:00 a.m., was addressed by the Chief Justice, who informed the gathering that the new facilities at the District Court Complex aim to provide...
Prioritise Criminal Appeals Of Elderly Accused On Bail, Especially When Crime Is Old: Supreme Court To High Courts
The Supreme Court has advised the High Courts to give adequate priority to criminal appeals, where the accused are on bail. If the accused persons have remained on bail, especially in cases involving life sentences, and the appeal is ultimately dismissed after several years, then sending the accused back to prison might be difficult, particularly when they have attained old age.The Court...
'BCI Has No Business Interfering With Legal Education' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against HC Allowing 2 Convicts To Attend Law School Virtually
While dismissing Bar Council of India's challenge to a Kerala High Court order which allowed 2 murder convicts to attend law classes virtually, the Supreme Court today orally observed that BCI has no business interfering with matters of legal education and should leave the same to jurists and legal academicians.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and dismissed...
Delhi Court Upholds Non-Framing Of Attempt To Rape Charge Against Accused Who Allegedly Pushed Woman's Breasts, Tried To Untie Her 'Salwar' Knot
A Delhi Court recently upheld an order of the Metropolitan Magistrate which refused to frame a Rape/attempt to rape charges against a man who has been accused of forcibly entering into the complainant's house, assaulting her, as well as pushing her breasts, besides trying to open her salwar's knot and “trying to rape her”. Additional Sessions Judge Abhishek Goyal noted that as per...
Rajya Sabha Discusses Issue Of Cash Recovery From HC Judge's Residence
The issue relating to the alleged recovery of large pile of unaccounted cash from the official residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, sitting judge of the Delhi High Court, was discussed by the Rajya Sabha today. Vice-President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar responded that he will take all procedural steps as required to address this issue.Jairam Ramesh, Indian National...