Supreme Court Seeks Responses On HCs On Plea To Allow E-Inspection Of Court Records

The Supreme Court recently issued notice on a PIL seeking to allow advocates and litigants to inspect the digitised judicial records of High Courts and other Courts through online means. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra while issuing notice in the petition had also sought a response from the Union and Registrar Generals of all 25 High...

Is Charge Sheet Incomplete In NDPS Cases Without Forensic Report?Do States Have Adequate Forensic Labs? Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union Government and all States to address the issue relating to the establishment of adequate Forensic Science Laboratories by State Governments with adequate number of technical staff required to operate such labs.The Court is considering the issue whether chargesheet without the inclusion of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) or Examiner's Reports...

Kerala High Court Resolves To Revise Selection Rules For Civil Judge (Junior Division), Minimum Three Years Of Practise Needed To Apply

In a Full Court meeting of judges, the Kerala High Court has resolved to carry out amendments in the Selection Rules for appointment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division), specifying a requirement of minimum of three years of practise as an Advocate to apply for the Kerala Judicial Service Examination. This means that aspiring candidates must have practised as an Advocate for at...

Machinery Needed To Verify If Tree Fellings In Delhi Are In Compliance With Court Orders : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (July 19) stressed the need to set up a machinery to verify compliance with the orders passed by it regarding the felling of trees.The matter was before a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih, which expressed that there was a need to verify whether or not the conditions being imposed by the court, while permitting tree-felling, were being complied with, else...

Applicability Of CrPC After July 1, 2024: A Conflict In The Twilight Zone

Within days of coming into force, the much celebrated new criminal laws which repealed the "colonial remnants" have provoked a legal conundrum qua their applicability to offences registered prior to July 1, 2024.There is also uncertainty regarding applicability of the old statues to proceedings after the said date. This article is an attempt to dissect some of these issues.If an offence is committed on or after July 1, 2024, clearly, the newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (which repealed the...

Shed Paternalistic Approach Towards Junior Lawyers; Pay Them Adequately: CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India Dr DY Chandrachud inaugurated on July 20 the Vigentennial Celebrations organized at Madurai Convention Centre, Madras to mark the completion of 20 years since the establishment of the Madurai Bench as a permanent bench of the Madras High Court.Besides the CJI, the event was graced by various dignitaries, including (i) Supreme Court judges - Justice BR Gavai, Justice...

Proceedings For Cheque Dishonour U/s. 138 NI Act Do Not Constitute Continuing Cause Of Action To Initiate Arbitration: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that initiation of proceedings under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for cheque dishonour does not constitute continuing cause of action for initiating arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act).A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra dismissed an arbitration...

Vendor Cannot Execute Second Sale Deed While First Sale Deed Executed Over Same Plot Is Pending Registration: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that a vendor who has executed a sale deed cannot execute another deed with respect to the same plot just because the first sale deed is pending registration. The moment a deed is executed, the vendor loses all rights over the property and he cannot claim any right just because the deed has not been registered, it further stated.The Court also opined that the...

Senior Lawyer Pitambar Acharya Appointed As New Advocate General Of Odisha

The Odisha Government, on Friday, appointed Senior Advocate and BJP leader Pitambar Acharya as the new Advocate General for the State of Odisha. The constitutional post of the top law officer of the State was lying vacant after the resignation of previous Advocate General Ashok Parija in June after the then ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lost Assembly election in the State....

“No Red Beacons Or Multi-Toned Sirens”: Kashmir Court Directs Police To Clamp Down On Violators Breaching Motor Vehicle Rules

In an effort to end the misuse of red beacons and multi-toned sirens, the Court of District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Sopore in Kashmir has directed the Inspector General (IG) of Traffic Kashmir to form special teams to clamp down on violators.The directions to this effect were passed by District Mobile Magistrate Sopore Javaid Ahmad Parray by taking suo motu cognisance of the blatant...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Kaumi Insaf Morcha's Plea Challenging HC Order Against Mohali-Chandigarh Protests

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea filed by Kaumi Insaf Morcha against an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court relating to the blocking of roads at Mohali-Chandigarh border by protestors seeking release of Sikh prisoners.The matter was before a bench of Justices BR Gavai, KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh, which tagged it with a pending case of similar nature.To...

Mumbai Court Permits Indrani Mukherjea To Travel To UK & Spain, Remove Ex-Husband Peter's Name From Her Will

A special court in Mumbai on Friday permitted Indrani Mukherjea, the prime accused in the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case, to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom for her personal work.Special Judge SP Naik-Nimbalkar presiding over the special CBI court has ordered Mukherjea to make a security deposit of Rs 2 lakh with the Registrar of the Sessions Court. In her plea, Mukherjea has...