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CLAT 2025 : Supreme Court Expresses Inclination To Transfer Petitions Against CLAT 2025 To Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 15) expressed the inclination to transfer to the Punjab and Haryana High Court the petitions filed in other High Courts challenging the results of the Common Law Admission Test-2025 (CLAT-2025) held in December 2024 for admissions to undergraduate and post-graduate law courses in various National Law Universities.A bench comprising Chief Justice of...
NCLT Mumbai's Contractual & Outsourced Staff Go On Strike Over Delay In Payment Of Salary
The contractual and outsourced staff of the National Company Law Tribunal (Mumbai Bench) have issued a memorandum dated 14 January 2025, declaring a strike and refraining from performing their duties until their grievances are addressed and met through proper communication channels in a timely manner.The memorandum also stated the reasons for the said strike, which are as...
'No Money For Purchase Of Paper In District Courts': Calcutta High Court Raps State Over Lack Of Sanctioned Funds
On Tuesday, Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam pulled up the state government over the lack of funds being sanctioned to district courts for their everyday functioning.While hearing a matter on the restoration of Kolkata's tram system, the division bench also comprising Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya was told that the Consul General of India had requested for two trams from Kolkata...
'Appearance Not Limited To Making Submissions': SCBA & SCAORA File Petition In Supreme Court On Marking Of Lawyers' Appearances
The Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) have jointly filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that all Advocates present and appearing in a case are entitled to get their appearances recorded in the orders as per the Supreme Court Rules.The writ petition has been filed in the wake of an observation made by...
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Now Judicial Aspirants, Lawyers And Law Students And Others Can Enrol For Individual And Combo Subjects From LiveLaw Academy's 'Judicial Service Examination Preparation Course'Introduction: In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya...
Bombay & Delhi High Courts Get New Chief Justices
The Central government on Tuesday notified the transfer of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, who is presently the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, to the Delhi High Court as its Chief Justice. The government has further notified the transfer of Justice Alok Aradhe, the present Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, to Bombay High Court as its Chief Justice.Notably, the Supreme...
CLAT 2025 : Consortium Of NLUs Approaches Supreme Court For Transfer Of Petitions In High Courts
The Consortium of National Law Universities has filed a transfer petition in the Supreme Court with respect to the petitions filed in various High Courts challenging the results of the recently held Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for admissions to various National Law Universities.Petitions are at present pending in the High Courts of Delhi, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bombay,...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Include Rajasthani Language As Medium Of Instruction In Rajasthan Schools
The Supreme Court last week (January 10) issued notice on a petition seeking to include Rajasthani as a language to impart education to children in schools. The petitioners also sought directions to include Rajasthani Language in the examination syllabus of Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher.A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the State...
Delhi Riots: Court Raps Police Over Clubbing FIRs And Implicating Accused Based On 'Manipulated Video', Asks Commissioner To Take Action
A Delhi Court has recently rapped the Delhi Police over clubbing of six FIRs in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case, observing that the concerned IO “shrugged off” his duty to properly investigate the 6 complaints. It also slammed the Police for implicating an accused on the basis of “manipulated piece of video.”Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice K Vinod Chandran As Supreme Court Judge
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice K Vinod Chandran, the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as a Judge of the Supreme Court.It was last week that the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of Justice Vinod Chandran."In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is...