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Seven States Approach Supreme Court Supporting Waqf Amendment Act 2025
Ahead of the hearing of the petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act 2025, the States of Assam, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra have filed intervention applications in the Supreme Court supporting the legislation.They have sought to be impleaded in the petition filed by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and another(WP(c No.284/2025). Rajasthan...
If Basic Structure Doctrine Ever Goes, Then God Help This Country : Justice Nariman
Former Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, today asserted that the basic structure doctrine is here to stay and warned about the dangers of doing away with this doctrine."And if by chance, if it ever goes, then God help this country," he said.Justice Nariman was speaking at an event of his book launch titled 'Basic Structure Doctrine: Protector of Constitutional...
Supreme Court Holds Chandigarh Authorities Liable For Delay In Film City Project, Directs Refund Of 47.75 Crores To Successful Bidder
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court largely upheld an arbitral award passed in favor of a company engaged by the Chandigarh Administration to establish a Multimedia-cum-Film City in the Union Territory, holding the authorities liable to refund a forfeited bid amount of Rs.47.75 crores.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma delivered the verdict, being of the view that...
Communist Party Of India Files Writ Petition In Supreme Court Challenging Waqf Amendment Act 2025
Communist Party of India, through its General Secretary D. Raja has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and the provisions inserted and omitted by it in the Waqf Act, 1995. The petition was filed on April 9 through advocate Ram Sankar.It is contended that the Waqf Amendment Act violates the...
Supreme Court Monthly Round-up: March 2025
Nominal IndexCitationsIn Re Recruitment of Visually Impaired In Judicial Services v. Registrar General High Court of Madhya Pradesh, SMW(C) No. 2/2024 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 274Maatr Sparsh An Initiative By Avyaan Foundation v. Union of India & Ors. | Writ Petition (Civil) No.950/2022 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 275State of Goa & Anr. v. Namita Tripathi 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 276Sharmila Velamur v. v....
TVK President & Tamil Actor Vijay Approaches Supreme Court Against Waqf Amendment Act
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President and actor Vijay has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025.Several petitions have already been filed in the Court questioning the Act.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan will hear ten petitions against the...
UP Court Recommends Inquiry Against Cop Who Mistook Magistrate For Accused In Proclamation Order
In a mix-up that could easily belong to a courtroom drama, a police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district “blindly” mistook a Magistrate for the accused in a theft case while attempting to comply with the proclamation order. Not only did Sub-inspector Banwarilal confuse a proclamation order issued by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nagma Khan under Section 82 CrPC...
Kerala Becomes First In India To Launch Online Permanent Lok Adalat Services
In a landmark move aimed at enhancing access to justice for all, Kerala has become the first state in India to introduce online filing and hearing facilities for Permanent Lok Adalats. This pioneering initiative by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KELSA) marks a significant step towards leveraging technology to bridge the justice gap, especially for marginalised...
Justice Nagarathna Suggests Mandatory Pre-Litigation Mediation In Family Court Cases
Speaking at an event, Supreme Court judge-Justice BV Nagarathna recently flagged the need for pre-litigation conciliation/mediation as a mandatory procedure before cases reach Family Courts."My suggestion is that there should be pre-litigation conciliation/mediation as a mandatory procedure before a case is filed in the Family Court. This is because The crystallization of a dispute in the form...
'Let's Ensure No Child Is Voiceless' : Justice Savithri Ratho Launches NLUO's Journal On Child Rights
The Journal on the Rights of the Child of NLUO, the flagship academic publication of the Centre for Child Rights (CCR) at National Law University Odisha (NLUO), was re-launched on April 12 as the institution marked a decade of committed scholarship, public service, and systemic engagement on child rights. Justice Savitri Ratho, Judge of the Orissa High Court and Chair of its Juvenile...
The Feasibility Of A Police Officer Independently Obtaining The Specimen Signatures And Handwritings Of An Accused Person During The Stage Of Investigation
C O N T E N T SI N N E R T I T L E SPARA NOIntroduction1Mode Of Proving Signature And Handwriting2Police Officer's Authority, if any, to take specimen writings under the old law3Power of the Court under Section 73 of IEA to take specimen signatures and handwriting 4The deadlock directed to be cleared Comparative table – S.311 A Cr.P.C./S.349 BNSS NOTES BY THE AUTHOR555I.P....