BREAKING| Plea In Supreme Court To Stay CLAT PG-2025 Results, Alleges Errors In Provisional Answer Key

Challenging the provisional answer key released for the recently held Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for PG admissions, a writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court.The petitioners, who appeared in the exam for LLM admissions in National Law Universities, allege various lapses in the conduct of the CLAT 2025 exam held by the Consortium of National Law Universities on December 1....

Justice Manmohan Takes Oath As Supreme Court Judge

Newly elevated Judge, Justice Manmohan, took oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court on Thursday (December 5).The oath was administered by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna in the first court in the presence of all judges.On December 3, the Central Government notified the appointment of Justice Manmohan, Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.It was on November...

Citizens Expect 'Spine, Spine & Spine' From Judges : Professor Upendra Baxi

On being asked by Justice Gautam Patel, former judge of the Bombay High Court, what are the three things that a citizen wants from a judge at any level from the Indian judiciary, legal scholar and Professor Upendra Baxi amusingly answered: "Spine, spine, [and] spine!"Professor Baxi was speaking at an event organised by The Leaflet 'Constitution Circa 2050' in which Justice Abhay S. Oka also...

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Trial In Case Where Allahabad HC Failed To Pronounce Decision After 14 Months Since Reserving Orders

The Supreme Court recently stayed criminal trial against an accused, taking into account his grievance that the High Court reserved judgment on his plea for quashing but did not deliver the same despite lapse of 14 months since the orders were reserved."We do not know the exact reason as to why the learned Judge of the High Court, despite lapse of 14 (fourteen) months since judgment was...

False Cow Slaughter Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Two, Orders Criminal Action Against Cops, 'Gau Rakshak'

A Sessions Court in Gujarat's Panchmahal district (Godhra) on Tuesday directed the lodging of a criminal complaint under Section 248 BNS Act (False charge of offence made with intent to injure) against three state police officials as well as two panch witnesses (one of them being a Gau Rakshak) for filing a 'false' Cow Slaughter case against two men accusing them of transporting cattle...

Supreme Court Awards Rs.5 Lakhs Honorarium To 83-Yr Old Ex-Constable Who Saved Lives By Killing Dacoit In 1986

The Supreme Court today awarded Rs.5 lakhs as honorarium to an 83-year-old retired Constable, who approached it seeking direction to UP authorities to act on his Gallantry Award recommendation. Reportedly, the retired cop saved members of public by killing a dacoit 38 years ago.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with petitioner-Ram Autar's challenge to...

Former CJI D.Y. Chandrachud To Deliver Constitution Day Lecture At Kerala High Court

Former Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud to deliver Constitution day law lecture at the Kerala High Court Auditorium on December 06, 2024 (Friday) at 4.45 PM.The topic of the lecture: 'Fraternity under the Constitution-our quest for an inclusive society'. Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar will preside over the event. The event is organized by the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association....

Discussion On Constitution & Fundamental Rights Should Be Taken To Grassroots : Justice AS Oka

Supreme Court Judge, Justice Abhay S. Oka expressed the need to introduce and simplify constitutional concepts and increase awareness of fundamental rights to people at the grass root level. Speaking at an event organised by The Leaflet on December 4, Justice Oka opined that despite 75 years since the coming of the Constitution, intellectual conversions on fundamental rights and powers under...

Supreme Court Asks 6 Women Navy Officers Granted Permanent Commission To Approach Armed Forces Tribunal For Promotion-Related Reliefs

While disposing of Indian women navy officers' plea seeking promotion-related reliefs consequent to the grant of permanent commission to them, the Supreme Court today said that the Armed Forces Tribunal would be the appropriate forum to address the mixed questions of fact and law involved. It granted liberty to the officers to move the Tribunal which, considering that the officers' have...

Politically Charged Atmosphere In Bengal May Not Be Conducive For Fair Investigation: Supreme Court Allows BJP Leader's Plea For CBI Probe

The Supreme Court cited the politically charged environment in West Bengal as a significant factor while directing the transfer of investigations in criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose to the CBI to ensure a fair and impartial investigation.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Pankaj Mithal allowed Bose's plea alleging that false criminal charges were...

When Is An Order Passed By HC Single Bench In Contempt Jurisdiction Appealable Before DB? Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court recently held that an order passed by a single bench of the High Court declining to initiate proceedings for contempt, or initiating proceedings for contempt, or an order dropping the proceedings for contempt or an order acquitting or exonerating the contemnor, is appealable to the division bench under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Such an order can...

RTI Act: CIC Upholds Denial Of Information On Blocking Of 'X' Accounts Covering Farmers' Protests And Those Critical Of Government

Disposing of an appeal moved by a RTI applicant against denial of information pertaining to blocking of 'X' accounts covering "farmers' protests and those critical of the government", the Central Information Commission said that the response of the Public Information Officer (PIO) was "appropriate and well within the precincts of the RTI Act". Chief Information Commissioner Heeralal Samariya...