Arnab Goswami & Republic TV's Plea Against Mumbai Police's FIR In TRP Scam: Live Updates From Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has commenced hearing Republic TV and Arnab Goswami's petition challenging Mumbai Police Investigation in the TRP...

Re-Opening Of Train Services- It Is For Rly Authorities To Decide As To What Extent Services Should Be Resumed: Madras High Court

Underlining that the distancing protocol may not be possible to be maintained once suburban railways and passenger trains are resumed, the Madras High Court last week disposed of a plea seeking resumption of suburban railways and passenger trains. Observing this, the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy refrained from "recklessly directing...

CMA Exams 2021 : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Cancellation Of ICMAI's Online Tests For Alleged Malpractices

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to cancel the home-based online tests of Cost Management Accounting(CMA) intermediate and final levelss held by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India(ICMAI) in January-February 2021.The petition filed by a student of Cost Management Accounting(CMA) Final course, who alleges widespread malpractices in the exam, which affected...

"Court Is Not A Pedantic School Master" – Bombay High Court Dismisses BVG's Plea Challenging Civic Body's 'No-Blacklister' Condition In Hospital Tender

A tender condition disallowing a contractor from participating in the process again, because his work was previously terminated, would not amount to blacklisting, the Bombay High Court has held while rejecting a petition by mechanised housekeeping major Bharat Vikas Group (BVG India Ltd). A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni ruled that the Navi...

This Govt. Uses Law To Defeat The Law Resulting In A State of Lawlessness: Senior Advocate Indira Jaising

"The defining moment of the present situation is that this government uses law to defeat the law, resulting in a state of lawlessness. When a democracy fails, our courts also fail us", stated Ms Jaising.

Over 1.6 Lakh Lawyers, Judges, And Court Staffers Trained Online By Supreme Court E-Committee During Pandemic Period

The Supreme Court e-Committee, under the Guidance of Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud conducted 19 online E-Committee Training (ECT)/awareness programme during the pandemic period from May 2020 to December 2020 (covering 167735 participants). A press release to this effect has been issued by the Supreme Court e-Committee, which further states that the participants of...

Subsequent Change In Law Will Not Ipso Facto Reverse Position Of Parties Viz Their Rights Which Were Declared In The Earlier Order: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that once a Court renders a judgment on the issues viz-a-viz the rights of parties involved in a particular matter, such a judgment can only be re-visited by the established judicial norms like review, appeal or revision. A Single Bench of Justice Soumitra Saikia has made it clear that a subsequent change in law arrived at by a Court by way of...

Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) Is Unconstitutional Since It Distinguishes Between Persons On The Basis Of Religion:Justice Gopala Gowda

"The law laid down by the Supreme Court Constitution Bench judgement in 1994 in S. R. Bommai's case says that no law can be enacted by the Parliament or by a state legislature on the basis of religion. According to me, the CAA, distinguishing between persons on the basis of religion, as per Bommai, is unconstitutional", expressed former apex court judge, Justice V. Gopala Gowda on Friday.He...

"Governor Transgressed Jurisdiction: Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Governor's Order Granting Premature Release Of Triple Murder Convict

Underling that the Governor transgressed his jurisdiction in exercising the power under Article 161 of the Constitution of India, the Allahabad High Court recently set aside the premature release order in favor of a triple murder convict. Directing the CJM Bulandshahar to take into custody the convict, the Bench of Justice Rajeev Singh and Justice Ramesh Sinha set aside...

Judicial Officer Having Sound Knowledge Of Law But Lacking Integrity, Having Dubious Character, Is A Great Danger To Judiciary: Orissa High Court

Underlining that an officer having sound knowledge of the law but lacking in integrity or having a dubious character, is a great danger to the smooth functioning of the judiciary, the Orissa High Court last week upheld the order of compulsory retirement passed in connection with a Judicial Officer. The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice B. P. Routray was hearing the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [March 15 to March 21, 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Default Bail : State Cannot Take Advantage Of Filing One Charge Sheet First And Seeking Time To File Supplementary Charge-sheets To Extend The Time Limit U/S 167(2)Case: Fakhrey Alam vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [CrA 319 OF 2021] Citation: LL 2021 SC 165 The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R. Subhash Reddy observed that the time period for...

Kerala High Court To Consider BJP Candidates' Challenge Against Rejection Of Election Nominations Tomorrow

In a special sitting held on Sunday afternoon, the Kerala High Court sought the response of the Election Commission of India to the petitions filed by two BJP candidates challenging the rejection of their election nominations in Thalassery and Guruvayoor constituencies for the upcoming assembly elections.A single bench of Justice N Nagersh has asked the ECI to file its counter-affidavit...