BREAKING | Parliament Passes Bill On Election Commissioners Appointment; CJI Dropped From Selection Panel

In a significant development during the Winter Session, the Lok Sabha passed the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 on Thursday (December 21). The bill aims to regulate the appointment, conditions of service, and term of office for the chief election commissioner (CEC) and other election...

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Prescribes Lesser Punishment To Doctors For Causing Death By Negligence Vis-A-Vis Other Offenders

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, the bill which seeks to replace the Indian Penal Code 1860, has carved out a special classification for doctors in relation to the punishment for causing death by medical negligence. While the Sanhita enhances the punishment for causing death by negligence to imprisonment up to 5 years, if such death is caused by a doctor, then the punishment is imprisonment...

Supreme Court's Reasoning In Article 370 Judgment Not Convincing, Should Be Reviewed : Justice Madan B Lokur

Not Satisfied With The Reasoning, Court Should Sit In Review: Justice Madan Lokur On The Kashmir VerdictDiving in depth into the Supreme Court's recent ruling on Article 370, Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Madan B. Lokur addressed his concerns in the latest interview hosted by Karan Thapar from The Wire. To begin with, Justice Lokur agreed that neither the judgement was easily written...

Prof. (Dr.) G. Mohan Gopal To Deliver The Fourth Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture 2023 On 22nd December

LIVELAW is organising 'The Fourth Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture 2023' on the topic 'The Judiciary In A Democracy: Contemporary Challenges And Responsibility. The lecture will be delieverd by Prof. (Dr.) G Mohan Gopal.Dr. G Mohan Gopal, was Director of the National Judicial Academy from 2006 to 2011. From 2012-2019 Prof. Gopal was the founder Chair of the National Court...

CCI Closes Complaint Against Air India Ltd. Citing No Evidence Of Any Act Of Cartelization Or Bid-Rigging

The Competition Commission of India ('CCI') comprising Ravneet Kaur (Chairperson) and Mr. Anil Agrawal (Member), Ms. Sweta Kakkad (Member), and Mr. Deepak Anurag (Member) closed the complaint filed by Mr. Deepak Kumar ('Informant') against Air India Limited ('OP') alleging contravention of provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 ('Act'). The CCI held that there is no contravention of...

Lawyers To Go On Hunger Strike Against 'Proposed' Transfer Of Certain Courts Of Mumbai City Civil & Sessions Court From Fort To Mazagaon Branch

The Bombay City Civil and Sessions Court Bar Association on Wednesday announced a two-day hunger strike, against the potential transfer of courts of the Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court from the main branch in Fort to the branch in Mazagaon.The Bar Association passed a unanimous resolution, deciding to go on a two-day chain hunger strike named "Sakhali Uposhan". This protest is slated...

Highlights Of Bills Replacing IPC, CrPC & Evidence Act As Stated By Home Minister In Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha today passed three criminal law bills, The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023 and The Bharatiya Sakshhya (Second) Bill 2023, which seek to repeal and replace he Indian Penal Code 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act 1872.Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, in his reply speech in the Lok...

Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Law Bills Seeking To Replace IPC, CrPC And Evidence Act

On the thirteenth day of the winter session, the Lok Sabha passed the three revised criminal law bills, namely, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, proposing to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, proposing to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Sanhita, which seeks to replace the Indian Evidence Act. The...

CJI DY Chandrachud Flagged Anomalies In GST Appellate Tribunal Provision : Finance Minister Tells Lok Sabha

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (December 19) told the Lok Sabha that the Chief Justice of India highlighted certain discrepancies between the Central Goods and Services Tax 2017 and the Tribunal Reforms Act 2021 regarding the age of qualifications of the members of the GST Appellate Tribunal.It is to resolve the issues flagged by CJI DY Chandrachud that the Central Goods...

Lok Sabha Discussion On Criminal Law Bills : Live Updates [Day 2]

The Lok Sabha has resumed the discussion on three criminal law bills.The bills are Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, which seek to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act 1872.The House started the discussion yesterday amidst the en masse suspension of...

Supreme Court Initiates Contempt Proceedings Against Litigant For Sending Letters To President Suppressing Undertaking Given To Court

The Supreme Court has initiated contempt proceedings against a litigant for writing a letter to the President of India intentionally suppressing an undertaking given by him to the Court.A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Sandeep Mehta observed, "Prima facie, we are of the view that this is a fit case to initiate proceedings against the appellant for civil and criminal...

Cancellation Of Deed Is Action In Personam, Not In Rem; It Is Arbitrable : Supreme Court

Recently, the Supreme Court (December 15) allowed arbitration between the parties in a property dispute based on the broad language of the arbitration clause in the Tripartite Agreements. The Court rejected the argument that since the suit was for cancellation of a deed, the dispute was not arbitrable, as the action was in rem. The Court held that cancellation of a deed was an action in...