'No Stay On Bar Association Elections', Supreme Court Reiterates; Asks DHCBA To Resolve Issue Of Women Reservation Amicably By Next Week

Hearing the pleas seeking reservation for women lawyers in Delhi Bar bodies, the Supreme Court today reiterated that no stay has been imposed on the elections of Bar Associations across the country (High Court or District). In the context of Delhi High Court Bar Association, the Court asked DHCBA President Mohit Mathur to see that the issue of women reservation is resolved "immediately...

Delhi Court Acquits Former Coal Secretary, 4 Others In 2012 Coal Block Allocation Corruption Case

A Delhi Court on Wednesday (December 11) acquitted former Coal Secretary Harish Chandra Gupta along with two other former officials of the Union Ministry of Coal (MoC)–KS Kropha and KC Samria of all charges in connection with the 2012 coal block allocation corruption case. The Court also acquitted the Managing Director of M/s Navabharat Power Pvt. Ltd (NPPL) Y. Harish Chandra Prasad and...

Supreme Court Stops Registration Of New Suits Against Places Of Worship, Bars Passing Of Final/Survey Orders In Pending Suits

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) ordered that no further suits can be registered in the country against places of worship till further orders from the Supreme Court. The Court also ordered that in pending suits (such as those concerning Gyanvapi mosque, Mathura Shahi Idgah, Sambhal Jama Masjid etc.), the Courts should not pass effective interim or final orders, including orders...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea By CCI Seeking To Transfer Amazon, Flipkart Cases

The Supreme Court will soon consider the plea filed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) seeking the transfer of writ petitions filed challenging the probe against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart.Attorney General for India (AG), R Venkatramani today mentioned before the bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna for hearing the transfer pleas before December 17 as then the Karnataka High...

Challenge To Places Of Worship Act : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

A Special Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan will hear at 3.30 PM today a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.The Act prohibits the conversion of the religious character of places of worship from what they were as on August...

'You Have So Many Panel Counsels, But No Appearance For Union Of India On Many Occasions' : Supreme Court To Centre

Expressing displeasure at the frequent lack of appearance of the Union in different matters, the Supreme Court today (December 12) inquired why the Union Government has not appointed specific counsels for different benches despite having so many panel lawyers.This oral observation was made by a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and KV Viswanathan while hearing a matter pertaining to the admission of...

Maintenance Right Of Wife & Children Overrides Creditors' Claims Under SARFAESI/IBC On Husband's Assets : Supreme Court

While giving precedence to the maintenance rights of a man's wife and children over the rights of creditors under recovery proceedings, the Supreme Court recently observed that right to maintenance is equivalent to a fundamental right and shall have an overriding effect over statutory rights of creditors, etc. under business laws."the right to maintenance is commensurate to the right...

State Chief Secretaries Advised To Follow 'Anuradha Bhasin' Judgment For Internet Shutdowns : Union Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on December 10 heard a writ petition filed by the Software Freedom Law Center, a registered society, seeking to regulate internet shutdowns.As per the writ petition, the official data denotes that there has been a total disruption of internet services of 12 shutdowns amounting to more than 71 hours for a large population, ostensibly to prevent cheating in exams, which is...

Who Owns Copyright In Generated Arts Created By AI? Justice Gautam Patel Highlights New Legal Challenges

Former Bombay High Court Judge Justice Gautam Patel highlighted the need for legislation to regulate 'Deepfakes' and flagged the challenges that may arise in addressing the issues with them. Speaking at LiveLaw's 5th Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture On 'AI, Trademarks, And Copyright: Emerging Issues', Justice Patel said, "New legislations and building awareness about detecting and...

Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Killing Mother

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the death sentence of a man convicted for brutal killing of his own mother and eating her organs.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Pankaj Mithal and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order, issuing notice to the State of Maharashtra.Briefly stated, the case was that petitioner-Sunil Kuchkoravi killed his mother in August 2017. He was arrested after a neighborhood...

Supreme Court Says Centre Can Respond To Plea Seeking Direction To Specify Side Effects Of Covishield Vaccine

The Supreme Court on December 10 said the Union Government may file its response to an amendment application seeking that possible adverse effects of Oxford–AstraZeneca's Covishield should be specified in the vaccines including the treatment for those effects. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and PB Varale was hearing the amendnment application in the pending writ petition filed by a mother...

'Casual Approach': Supreme Court Summons Director General Of Health Services In Plea Of Disabled Candidate For MBBS Admission

The Supreme Court today (December 11) has sought the personal presence of the Director General, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India tomorrow at 10:30 am in Court. This observation came after the Court found that the approach of the Respondents, in this case, was "casual" in a case related to the medical admission of a 20-year...