High Courts, Session Courts Can Grant Interim/Transit Anticipatory Bail Even When FIR Is Registered In Another State: Supreme Court

The Court laid down certain conditions to check the abuse of transit bail.

'What Was Governor Doing For 3 Years?' : Supreme Court Questions TN Governor's Delay In Disposing Bills Pending Since January 2020

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 20) questioned the delay on the part of the Tamil Nadu Governor in disposing of the bills submitted for his assent since January 2020.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra noted that the Governor decided to "withhold" assent on ten bills, only after the Court issued notice on the writ...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up [13th-19th Nov, 2023]

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 975 To 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 994Nominal IndexM/S. RAJASTHAN ART EMPORIUM V. KUWAIT AIRWAYS 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 975M/S Modi Naturals Ltd v The Commissioner of Commercial Tax UP 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 976Union of India v. D.G.O.F. Employees Association 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 977Shaikh Uzma Feroz Hussain v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 978J. Johnson v. S. Selvaraj,...

Gujarat High Court Inaugurates Dedicated Medical Facility For Stakeholders

In a collaborative effort between the Chief Justice and Judges of the Gujarat High Court and the Health Ministry of the Government of Gujarat, a state-of-the-art medical facility was inaugurated at Entry Gate No. 5 of the High Court premises.The inauguration ceremony, held on November 9, 2023, saw the presence of the Health Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Rushikesh Patel, Chief Justice Mrs....

Plea In Supreme Court For Contempt Action Against SEBI For Not Completing Probe In Adani-Hindenburg Matter

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the initiation of contempt proceedings against the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for not completing its investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg matter despite the timeframe fixed by the Court.The applicant, Advocate Vishal Tiwari, one of the petitioners who filed PIL seeking a Court-monitored probe on the issue,...

UK Supreme Court's Verdict On Rwanda Asylum Policy & Reflections On Indian Supreme Court's Approach To Rohingyas

In a significant legal development, the United Kingdom Supreme Court recently issued a ruling, declaring the UK government's policy of relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful. Led by the UK Home Secretary, this policy drew intense scrutiny for its potential breach of the principle of non-refoulement, a bedrock of international refugee and human rights law, as per which, a country is forbidden from returning asylum seekers to a country in which they would be in probable danger of persecution...

Perennial Values Identified By Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Will Help Guide Us Forward: Attorney General R. Venkataramani

Attorney General of India R. Venkatramani, while speaking at the 9th VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Law Lecture organized by the Sarada Krishna Satgamaya Foundation for Law and Justice at the Kerala High Court yesterday, on the topic 'Perennial Values of Constitutional Law Discovered by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer', remarked that Justice Iyer, whose worldview was deeply anchored in 'Liberty of all,...

'Tendency To Detain Critics Of Govt Abuse Of Preventive Detention Law' : High Court Quashes Detention Of Kashmir Journalist

The Court observed that a true news report can't be held to be provoking people against the workings of the government.

Justice VR Krishna Iyer Is Product Of Social & Cultural Milieu Of Kerala: Justice P S Narasimha

Speaking at the 9th VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Law Lecture organized by the Sarada Krishna Satgamaya Foundation for Law and Justice at the Kerala High Court today, Supreme Court Judge Justice P.S. Narasimha remarked that eminent judge and jurist Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer was one who transcended religion and region. Justice Narasimha said that Justice Iyer had embarked on an elaborative discourse...

Israel Can't Claim Right To Self Defence Under UN Charter Against Threat From A Territory Under Its Belligerent Occupation: UN Expert

Amidst escalating tensions over Israel’s war in Gaza, Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory has recently called for an immediate ceasefire and an arms embargo against all warring parties. She has also insisted on the unconditional release of all hostages, humanitarian corridors not being used as means to ‘forcibly...

Justice VR Krishna Iyer Would've Reacted Strongly To Growing Economic Disparities, Disinvestment Of PSUs: Justice KM Joseph

"Today 1% of the Indian population owns about 60-70% of the nation’s wealth. I’m sure he(Krishna Iyer) would not have remained silent"

Electoral Bonds Biggest Scam In History Of India, Voter Must Know Who Is Funding Parties : Kapil Sibal

In a recent interview with veteran journalist Nidhi Razdan, Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal recently said that the electoral bonds scheme is perhaps the biggest scam in the history of the country and the whole purpose of the scheme is to enrich the ruling political party. He termed the scheme a subversion of democracy and the electoral system. He also said that elections...