Ministry Of Consumer Affairs Should Act Against Misleading Ads On Its Own, Instead Of Waiting For Complaints : Supreme Court

While hearing the Patanjali misleading ads case, the Supreme Court today lamented that in the past 4 years, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs only acted against misleading advertisements when a complaint was made, but did not carry out any due diligence on the ground level on its own.A bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta verbally observed that when the Ministry had a tie-up...

UP Assembly Passes Bill To Make State's 'Anti-Conversion' Law More Stringent, Introduces Life Sentence As Maximum Penalty

Today, the Uttar Pradesh State Assembly passed the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which effectively proposes to make the state's 'anti-conversion' law more stringent. The bill proposes a maximum sentence of Life Imprisonment in cases of fraudulent or forced conversions. Earlier, the maximum sentence under the Act was a 10-year Jail...

All Miscellaneous Amounts Charged By Bar Councils For Enrolment Are 'Enrolment Fees' : Supreme Court

While setting clear limits on the State Bar enrolment fees, the Supreme Court clarified that any amount collected by them from lawyers as a pre-condition to enrol them would amount to 'enrolment fee'.The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra observed that the money collected by Bar Councils in the name of verification fee, building fund, benevolent fund...

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Vishakhapatnam Bar Association For Abstaining From Court Work

The Supreme Court on Friday (July 26) issued a contempt notice to the Vishakhapatnam Bar Association for abstaining from court work and thereby preventing the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in Vishakhapatnam from functioning.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Agustine George Masih was dealing with an SLP against Andhra Pradesh High Court order disposing the petitioner's writ petition...

Supreme Court Dismisses Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's Plea Challenging FIRs Over Giving Prison Interview

Today, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed a plea challenging the first information reports (FIRs) lodged against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi on the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in connection with the interview given to a private TV while being lodged in high-security prison.The high court's direction was based on the...

TN Entertainment Tax Act Not Applicable To Online Cinema Ticket Booking Charges : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (July 30) affirmed that entertainment tax cannot be levied on the internet service provided by the cinema owner under the Tamil Nadu Entertainment Tax Act, 1939. Justice BV Nagarathna orally marked that the extra charge is for booking the ticket from home. This, in turn, is the service that allows the customers to book the tickets by sitting at home and also...

Exorbitant Enrolment Fees Charged By State Bar Councils Violate Of Right To Profession, Dignity And Equality: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court in a significant ruling today held that exorbitant enrollment fees charged by the State Bar Councils (SBCs) violate an aspiring lawyer's right to choose a profession and dignity. Compelling lawyers from marginalised sections to pay hefty enrollment fees strikes at the heart of principles of equality. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj...

Supreme Court Relaxes S.45 PMLA Conditions, Grants Bail Citing Long Custody & Time Needed To Complete Trial

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Ramkripal Meena, who is accused of leaking and distributing question papers of the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers, 2021 (REET), for a payment of Rs.1.20 crores. The relief was granted in a case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in relation to the paper leak.The bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan...

Delhi Court To Hear Tomorrow Anticipatory Bail Plea Of IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar Booked For False UPSC Application

A Delhi Court will hear tomorrow the anticipatory bail plea moved by probationer Puja Khedkar accused of “misrepresenting and falsifying facts" in her application for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination, 2022.Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala of Patiala House Courts adjourned the matter today after the APP sought adjournment on the ground that...

AAP Punjab MLA Jaswant Singh Withdraws Plea In Supreme Court Challenging ED Arrest

Today, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma allowed an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member of the legislative assembly from Punjab, Jaswant Singh, to withdraw his plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for allegedly being a director and guarantor of a company M/s TCL, which had obtained loan and credit facilities of over Rs.46...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To TMC Leader Anubrata Mondal, Says Trial Unlikely To Commence Soon; Will Remain In Jail In ED Case

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma today granted bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in relation to an alleged India-Bangladesh border cattle smuggling scam stating that the "trial is unlikely to commence soon".However, Mondal will remain in jail as he was arrested...

'Our Responsibility Is To Be Kind To Animals': Delhi Court Sentences Man To One Year In Jail For Throwing Acid At Dog

A Delhi Court has recently sentenced a man to one year of simple imprisonment for throwing acid on a dog resulting in the loss of one eye in 2020. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Sharma had convicted the man for the offences under Section 429 (Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc.) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 11 (1) (treating animals with cruelty)...