Attorney General, R.Venkataramani To Deliver The 9th Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer Memorial Law Lecture At Kochi [18th November]

Sarada Krishna Satgamaya Foundation for Law and Justice is organizing the 9th Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer Memorial Law Lecture at Kochi. Date: 18th November, 2018 Time: 10:30 AMVenue: Kerala High Court Auditorium at Ernakulam Justice P.S.Narasimha, Judge, Supreme Court of India will be the Chief Guest for the function. The Law lecture will be delivered by Shri R.Venkataramani,...

Supreme Court Asks Election Commission To Submit Data Of Electoral Bonds Funding Received By Political Parties Till Sep 30

The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 2) directed Election Commission of India to get the details of the funds received by all the political parties through Electoral Bonds till September 30 and submit the data to the Court. The data has to be submitted to the Registry of the Court in a sealed cover.A Constitution Bench, which is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the electoral...

SC Lawyer Writes To Rajasthan High Court Registrar Aggrieved By Lack Of Virtual Access To Court Proceedings At Jaipur

Advocate on Record Shobha Gupta has made a representation to the Registrar General of Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur Bench, demanding the rectification of faults in virtual court access, due to which she was unable to appear in a case in which she was engaged as the arguing counsel.Missing a posting date can turn out to be detrimental in many cases, the counsel said adding that the glitch...

Can Trans Woman Invoke Domestic Violence Act? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court is set to examine whether a transgender woman who has undergone sex re-assignment surgery can be an “aggrieved person” under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and has the right to seek interim maintenance in a domestic violence case. The matter has been listed for hearing in 2025. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Rajesh Bindal granted leave in an appeal filed...

Electoral Bonds Case Hearing : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 3]

The Supreme Court will continue hearing the petitions challenging the electoral bonds scheme today.A Constitution Bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing the matter. Yesterday, the bench raised several pertinent queries to the Central Government about the scheme, flagging its "selective anonymity" and also asked whether it...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up(23rd-29th October)

Nominal Index [Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 914-933]Tottempudi Salalith v State Bank Of India 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 914M/S Unibros v. All India Radio, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 918Debasish Paul v. Amal Boral, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 919Mumtaz Yarud Dowla Waqf v. M/S Badam Balakrishna Hotel Pvt Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 920Manmohan Gopal v. State Of Chhattisgarh, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 921Ambalal Parihar v. State...

Stray Dog Issue | Supreme Court Lists Matter For Final Hearing On 10th January

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (01.11.2023) listed the matter relating to the curbing of stray dog attacks in the country on 10th January for final hearing.A bench of Justice J K Maheswari and Justice K V Viswanathan have been considering a batch of matters including the plea filed by the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KeSCPCR) citing increase in stray dog attacks...

Is Electoral Bonds Scheme Legalising Kickbacks? Are Means Proportional? Supreme Court Asks Union Govt [Day 2]

On the second day of the hearing in the Electoral Bonds case, the Supreme Court questioned if the scheme was legalising 'kickbacks' made to political parties. The Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra also discussed if the bonds were actually confidential or merely "selectively anonymous". During...

Bhima Koregaon Case | Will See If Jyoti Jagtap's Bail Plea Will Fit In Formula Of 'Vernon' Judgment, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 1) adjourned until November 30 the hearing of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap's bail application.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Karol was hearing Jagtap’s petition challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to reject her bail application. She has been lodged in jail since September 2020 for offences under the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (16th-22nd October)

Nominal Index [Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 895-918]Chain Singh v. State of Chattisgarh 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 895M/S Triveni Glass Limited v Commissioner of Trade Tax UP 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 896Mathews J. Nedumpara & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 897Supriyo v. Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 900M. Hemalatha Devi & Ors V. B. Udayasri 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 902Mohamed Ibrahim...

BREAKING | Review Petition Filed Against Supreme Court's Marriage Equality Judgement

In a recent development, review petitions have been filed against the Constitution Bench judgement of the Supreme Court which had, on 17.10.2023, refused to grant legal recognition for queer marriages in India saying that it was a matter for the legislature to decide. A five-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat,...

Section 362 CrPC Bar Not Applicable To Bail Orders : Supreme Court

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court recently, while setting aside the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, held that Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, which prohibits modification of a judgment or final order, will not be applicable in an order for refusal of bail. The rationale given by the Court was that such an order has the characteristics of an interlocutory...