Whether SIT Is A 'Police Station' And Is Competent To File Chargesheet Under Section 173(2) CrPC? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court on Monday (September 11) issued notice on a petition raising a significant question regarding the authority of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to file a chargesheet under section 173(2) Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner raised a question of law whether an SIT can be considered a police station with the power to initiate legal proceedings. This was in reference to...

Supreme Court Disapproves Of High Court Order Limiting Bail To Three Months

The Supreme Court recently disapproved of an order passed by a High Court which restricted the bail to a particular period."Once the High Court came to the conclusion that the accused was entitled to bail, there was no reason to restrict the bail to the period of three months", the Court observed in the case Ranjit Digal vs State of Odisha.In this case, the Orissa High Court granted interim...

Bombay High Court Informs That Order Was Uploaded; Supreme Court Expresses Disappointment At Counsel's Misleading Statement

The Supreme Court recently expressed its disappointment over a counsel misleading the court by submitting that the Bombay High Court had not uploaded an order. Based on the submission of the counsel, the Supreme Court had earlier called for a status report from the Registrar General of the High Court. The Court was informed by the Registrar that the order had already been uploaded on...

More Than 1.6 Crore Cases Settled In 3rd National Lok Adalat: NALSA

More than 1.67 Crore cases were settled in 3rd National Lok Adalat organised by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and under the stewardship of Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Executive Chairman, NALSA, in 35 States and UTs, except Delhi and Manipur."More than 1.67 Crore cases which include about 32.27 lakh pending cases and about 1.35 crore pre-litigation...

SEBI Concealed 2014 DRI Alert About Adani Group Manipulations, Has Conflict Of Interest : Petitioner Tells Supreme Court

The petitioner said that a member of the SEBI's committee on corporate governance is related to Gautam Adani.

DBS Bank Directors Can't Be Prosecuted For Acts Of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Before Amalgamation : Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case

The Supreme Court today ruled that DBS Bank and its directors, who were appointed after the amalgamation with Lakshmi Vilas Bank(LVB) and had their appointments approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), cannot be held criminally liable for actions attributed to erstwhile directors of LVB.The Court held, “In the present context, public confidence in the banking system was at stake when...

Lawyer's Injury Due To Dog Attack Sparks Discussion On Stray Dog Issue In Supreme Court; CJI Urged To Take Suo Motu Cognizance

The Supreme Court today witnessed a courtroom exchange on the growing 'street dog menace' in the country. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud expressed concerns when he noticed an injury on a counsel's arm and inquired about its cause. What began as a simple inquiry quickly evolved into a discussion on the growing menace of street dogs in the country's neighbourhoods.The exchange started...

[Hapur Incident] Lawyers' Strike To Continue For Two Days Starting Today: UP Bar Council

Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday, passed a resolution stating that lawyers will continue to abstain from work on 11th & 12th September as the State Government is not attending to the grievances of the lawyers regarding the Hapur Incident.High Court Bar Association, Allahabad and Oudh Bar Association, Lucknow have passed similar resolutions declaring that lawyers will abstain from...

1.9 Lakh Pending Cases Settled In National Lok Adalat Held In Haryana

On 9th September, 2023, Haryana State Legal Services Authority organized its 3rd National Lok Adalat for the year 2023 across the State of Haryana. The National Lok Adalat was organized in 22 Districts and 34 Sub-Divisions of Haryana. Several cases were taken up pertaining to "Civil, Criminal, Matrimonial, Bank Recovery, MACT, petty offences, summary, traffic challan, NI Act etc."...

Summoning Special Session Of Parliament Without Disclosing Agenda To Members Is Improper : PDT Achary

Summoning a Special Session of the Parliament without revealing the agenda is improper and unprecedented, said Constitutional law expert and former Secretary General of Lok Sabha PDT Achary.He was commenting on the controversy relating to the Union Government not announcing the agenda for the special session convened for the Parliament from September 18 to 22.In an interview with LiveLaw,...

Recent Important Judgments On Service Law - Appointments, Pension, Disciplinary Proceedings

Appointment and RTI mattersSupreme CourtAppointment Can’t Be Denied Citing Suppression of Material Facts When Employer’s Query Was VagueThe Court in State of West Bengal v. Mitul Kumar Jana 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 714, while adjudicating upon the allegations of suppressing information related to a criminal case during the application process, held that “For determining suppression or...

Supreme Court Upholds Centre's Decision To Relax AGR Dues Payment By Telecom Cos; But Says Filing Application To Modify Orders Was More Appropriate

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged the September 2021 Cabinet decision to relax payment terms of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) due from Telecom Service Providers. The PIL also sought the implementation of the judgment of the Supreme Court dated 01.09.2020, which held that the telecom companies who are liable to pay AGR dues shall...