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WB Aparajita Women & Child Bill And Governor's Reference To President : Explained
On September 6, West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose reserved the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the President of India Droupadi Murmu for consideration.Before referring the Bill to the President, the State government reportedly sought a technical report. Per Raj Bhavan's statement on X (formerly Twitter), the “Governor has pointed out...
Supreme Court Stays HC Order On 'One Day Elections' & 'One Member One Post' Rule For Bar Associations In Delhi
Update on Sep 12 - Supreme Court Clarifies Stay Order, Says HC's 'One Member, One Post' Direction StayedThe Supreme Court on September 9 stayed the order of the Delhi High Court which held that elections to the Executive Committee of all bar associations in the national capital shall be held simultaneously on the same day for a uniform period of two years.The High Court direction that no...
Companies Act | When Can Courts Exercise Power Of Rectification Of Register Of Members? Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court in a recent judgment held that Company Law Tribunals can exercise powers of rectification of the register of members under Companies Act 2013 if the applicant was a victim of an 'open-and-shut' case of fraud by his opponents.The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar also explained the concept of 'rectification' and held that company courts should carefully...
Don't Accept Black & White Photographs Without Permission Of Court : Supreme Court Directs Registry
The Supreme Court has directed the Registry to not accept black and white photographs produced by parties without the permission of the Court."We are observing for a fairly long time that parties take full liberty in placing on record black and white photocopies of photographs, mostly which are blurred. The Registry is directed not to entertain hitherto any black and white photographs...
Accused Losing Lives Like This Not Good For 'Rule Of Law' : Supreme Court In Plea Against 'Fake' Encounters In Assam
While hearing a special leave petition raising the issue of fake encounters in Assam, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court remarked today that accused persons losing their lives in the alleged manner is "not good for the rule of law"."...it is not a good thing for rule of law that so many accused are just losing their lives like that!", said the judge.Justice Bhuyan, part of a...
Delhi Court Grants Interim Bail To Engineer Rashid To Campaign For J&K Polls
A Delhi Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid in order to campaign cor upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh of Patiala House Courts granted interim bail to Rashid till October 02. Rashid defeated former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He has won by a margin of over...
HC's Findings Against ED Arrest Insignificant In View Of 'RK Arora' Judgment, Says Supreme Court While Upholding Bail Of PMLA Accused
The Supreme Court on September 6 dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the order of the Jharkhand High Court granting bail to one Dilip Kumar Ghosh@Dilip Ghosh in an alleged money laundering case. As per the brief allegations, a property was purchased from one Pradeep Bagchi by Dilip Ghosh on behalf of Jagatbandhu Tea Estate Pvt. Ltd., of which he...
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– August 2024
Supreme CourtSupreme Court Allows Benefit Of Section 479 BNSS To Undertrials In Cases Registered Before July 1, 2024Case Title: Re-Inhuman Conditions In 1382 Prisons v. Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services and Ors., W.P.(C) No. 406/2013Citation : 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 632In a significant development, the Supreme Court today (on August 23) held that Section 479 of Bharatiya...
'Scorpion On Shivling' A Metaphor, Why Should Somebody Object?' : Supreme Court Stays Defamation Case Against Tharoor For Remark On Modi
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 10) stayed the proceedings in the criminal defamation complaint against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over a "scorpion sitting on a Shivling" remark made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and R Mahadevan was hearing Tharoor's challenge to a Delhi High Court order of August 29, whereby his plea for quashing...
Centre Appoints Six New Additional Solicitor Generals In Supreme Court
The Union Government on September 9 notified the appointment of six senior advocates to the post of Additional Solicitor General for India (ASG) in the Supreme Court .The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) has approved the following names : (i) Shri S. Dwarakanath (ii) Ms....
Lawyer Apologizes For Sending Emails To Registry Saying Justice Oka Shouldn't Hear His Case
The Supreme Court today (September 9) accepted an unconditional apology from an advocate, who had sent an email to the court stating that he does not want Justice Abhay S. Oka to hear his case. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Augustine George Masih questioned why the advocate has yet to withdraw the original email although he has tendered an apology. Justice Oka said: "Now you have...