'Land Meant For Poor Can't Be Commercially Exploited' : Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Direction To Convey Mumbai Plot To Pvt Company

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 7) set aside Bombay High Court's order directing the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to execute a formal conveyance deed in favour of Century Textiles and Industries Limited granting it ownership rights over approximately five acres land in Lower Parel.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prasanna B Varale allowed MCGM's appeal...

Petitioners Request Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Election Commissioners' Law Before Retirement Of CEC In February

On mentioning of the pleas challenging constitutionality of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, which removed the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel appointing Election Commissioners (ECs), the Supreme Court today expressed inclination to hear the matter on February 4.The pleas were mentioned before a bench of Justices Surya Kant,...

SARFAESI | Borrower's Right Of Redemption Available Only Till Notice For Sale Of Mortgaged Asset Is Published : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has stated that the right of a borrower to redeem the secured asset can be exercised only till a notice for the sale of the mortgaged property is published in terms of Rule 9(1) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002.The Court observed that till the 2016 amendment to the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest...

Following Justice CT Ravikumar's Retirement, Supreme Court Bench Hearing Pleas Seeking Review Of PMLA Verdict To Be Reconstituted

Following the retirement of Justice CT Ravikumar of Supreme Court, the bench hearing review petitions filed against the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgement, which upheld various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), is set to be reconstituted.It may be recalled that the matter was being considered by a bench of Justices Surya Kant, CT Ravikumar and Ujjal Bhuyan, but...

Sale By Way Of Public Auction Can't Be Set Aside Unless There's Material Irregularity Or Fraud/Collusion : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated the principle that sale by way of public auction cannot be set aside until there is any material irregularity and/or illegality committed in holding the auction or if such auction was vitiated by any fraud or collusion. Reference was made to the judgment in V.S. Palanivel vs. P. Sriram 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 662 which held that unless there are some serious flaws...

Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu And Puducherry Write To SC Collegium For Inclusive Representation While Appointing Madras HC Judges

The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has written to the Chief Justice of India and other judges of the Supreme Court Collegium calling for inclusive representation while appointing judges to the Madras High Court.It must be noted that Madras High Court is currently working with a strength of 66 judges against the sanctioned strength of 75 judges. With a few senior judges...

Supreme Court To Hear Petitions Challenging Upper-Age Limit In Surrogacy Laws On February 11

The Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 and Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 on the specific issue of upper-age limited and cases where the surrogacy process has already commenced for interim relief. Under the 2021 Act, the age prescribed for the woman is 23 to 50 years and the age prescribed for the man is 26 to 55 years. The...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfers Of Chief Justices Of Bombay & Telangana High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to the Delhi High Court.The Collegium also recommended the transfer of Justice Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the Telengana High Court, to the Bombay High Court.Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay hails from the Allahabad High Court and Justice Aradhe from the...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Patna HC CJ Vinod Chandran As Supreme Court Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of Justice K Vinod Chandran, the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.Justice K. Vinod Chandran was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Kerala on 08th November 2011 and was elevated as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Patna on 29th March 2023 and has been functioning as the...

Supreme Court Dismisses Builder's Plea To Confine Insolvency Process To Single Real Estate Project

The Supreme Court recently dismissed an appeal seeking to confine Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of Spaze Towers Pvt. Ltd. (Corporate Debtor) to a single real estate project of the company located in Gurugram.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed an appeal against the decision of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Principal...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Maneka Gandhi's Plea Challenging Election Of Samajwadi Party's Ram Bhuwal Nishad In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

The Supreme Court today issued notice on senior BJP leader Maneka Gandhi's plea challenging the election of Samajwadi Party MP Ram Bhuwal Nishad from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency. At the same time, it refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Gandhi challenging Section 81 of the Representation of People Act, 1951, which was ultimately dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to press...

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