Supreme Court's Centre for Research and Planning Calls For Internship Applications

Supreme Court's Centre for Research and Planning calls for law interns.The Centre for Research and Planning of the Supreme Court has called for internship applications. The CRP assists the Supreme Court judges in research. It also assists the Collegium in providing inputs about the judgments of candidates under consideration for judgeship.1. Eligibility...

Person Claiming To Be 'Special Constitutional Functionary' Demands Privilege In Litigation, Supreme Court Dismisses Plea As Frivolous

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) dismissed a Special Leave Petition, filed by a person claiming to be a "special constitutional functionary", calling it a complete baseless and frivolous petition. Concurring with the findings of the High Court, the Bench comprising of Justices AS Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, noted that the petitioner filed the petition on baseless grounds and approached...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Direct Centre To Notify Part 3 Of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) refused to entertain a Writ Petition seeking the issuance of mandamus to the Union Government to notify Part 3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra dismissed the matter observing that the issue is settled in the Supreme Court decision of AK Roy v. Union...

Efforts To Settle Pure Civil Disputes By Applying Pressure Through Criminal Prosecution Must Be Deprecated : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has (on 19 January) prima facie observed that a mere breach of contract does not amount to an offence of cheating or breach of trust as provided under the Indian Penal Code unless the fraudulent or dishonest intention is shown. “Prima facie, in our opinion, mere breach of contract does not amount to an offence under Section 420 or Section 406 of the Indian Penal...

Is Increase In BSF's Jurisdiction Unconstitutional Interference In State's Domain? Supreme Court To Consider In Punjab's Suit Against Union

The Supreme Court today (January 22) framed 7 key issues which are to be decided in the original suit filed by the State of Punjab challenging the Union's notification extending the jurisdiction of Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 to 50 Km in the state. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra amongst other things,...

Trade Dress Of 'London Pride' Virtually Same As That Of 'Imperial Blue', Says Supreme Court In Whiskey Brand Dispute

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) heard a trademark dispute involving the whiskey brands "Blenders' Pride", "Imperial Blue" and "London Pride".The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a special leave petition filed by Pernod Ricard India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of an international liquor manufacturer,...

Ram Temple Consecration | Citing Traffic Diversion In Prayagraj, Allahabad HC Bar Association To Abstain From Judicial Work On Jan 23

After abstaining from judicial work on Monday (January 22), the Allahabad High Court Bar Association today decided to extend its stance to abstain from judicial work on Tuesday, January 23 as well. This decision has been taken by the Executive body of the Association given the traffic diversion currently operating in Prayagraj due to the Ram Mandir Consecration Ceremony in...

Supreme Court Deprecates HC Order Granting Anticipatory Bail To Accused For Offering Compensation To Sexual Harassment Victim

“Merely because the accused is willing to pay some amount as an interim compensation cannot be a ground for grant of anticipatory bail,” Court said.

Supreme Court Directs Trial To Commence In Cattle Smuggling Case Against TMC Leader Anubrata Mondal

The Supreme Court, today (on January 22), while hearing a petition of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal seeking bail in connection with an alleged cross-border cattle smuggling scam, ordered the commencement of the trial. The central agency arrested Mondal, currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail, in August last year. A bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and...

Inform Steps Taken On Revision Of Electoral Rolls To Remove Duplicate Entries : Supreme Court To ECI

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) concerning the steps it has taken to revise the electoral rolls and tackle the issue of duplication of entries in those instances where either the electors have been deceased or have shifted their place of residence. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora informed the bench that no response...

Supreme Court Asks University To Pay Cost Of Rs 4 Lakh Damages To Student For Irregular Re-evaluation

The Supreme Court recently imposed a cost of Rs 4 lakhs on the Himachal Pradesh University for re-evaluating subjects, which the student/ appellant neither applied for nor paid the revaluation fee. “Considering the aforesaid, it is apparent that the appellant has applied only for two subjects, but under the terms of Clause 10 of the Revaluation Form, without deposit of the...

Companies Act | Under Sec. 59, Registered Society Can't Seek Rectification Of Share Register Of Company's Members: NCLT Hyderabad

The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Hyderabad Bench, comprising of Dr. N. Venkata Ramakrishna Badarinath (Judicial Member) and Shri Charan Singh (Technical Member), has held that a company petition filed by a Society registered under Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001, for rectification of share register of the members of a Company under Section 59 of the...