Our Colleges and Universities Are Indispensable to Our Liberal Democracy:Justice BV Nagarathna

Supreme Court Judge, Justice B.V. Nagarathna delivered the presidential address at the 12th Convocation and Founder’s Day of O.P. Jindal Global University. It was titled: ‘Nurturing our constitutional culture, a high-calling for universities.’At the outset, she congratulated the graduates for going through the academic rigor. Our Colleges and Universities Are Indispensable to Our...

Parliament Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

The Rajya Sabha passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 today, it was already approved by Lok Sabha on August 07.The Bill seeks “to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes.”It applies to the processing of...

Bring Legislation To Make Mandatory For Supreme Court, High Court Judges To Furnish Property Returns: Parliamentary Committee Recommends To Govt

The recent Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice in the 133rd report on “Judicial Process and Reforms” has recommended that the government should bring appropriate legislation to make it mandatory for Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts to furnish their property returns on an annual basis to the appropriate authority.“Declaration of...

Age Of Retirement Of Supreme Court & High Court Judges Needs To Be Increased: Parliamentary Committee

The recent Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice in 133rd report on “Judicial Process and Reforms” has recommended that the age of retirement of Supreme Court and High Court judges needs to be increased.“The Committee feels that the age of retirement of judges needs to be increased in sync with the increase in the longevity and advancement...

Only 3% High Court Judges Appointed Since 2018 Belong To SC Category, 1.5% To ST & 5.3% To Minority; Parliamentary Committee Calls It ‘Diversity Deficit’

The recent Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice in 133rd report on “Judicial Process and their Reforms” has said that the data provided by the Government on the social status of the Judges of the High Courts reveals the judiciary suffers from a 'diversity deficit'."The Committee is of the view that while making recommendations for appointments...

Supreme Court To Hear Curative Petition Against Judgment That Arbitration Clause In Insufficiently Stamped Agreement Cannot Be Acted Upon

The Supreme Court recently listed a curative petition against its 2020 ruling that had held that an arbitration clause in an insufficiently stamped agreement cannot be acted upon by court, for open court hearing on 24th August 2023. A bench comprising of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant issued notice in...

Kerala Court Orders Conditional Attachment Of Police Sub-Inspector's Property For Prima Facie Custodial Torture Of Kollam Lawyer

A Kerala Court has ordered conditional attachment of a Police Sub-Inspector's property for prima facie custodial torture of a Kollam based lawyer.Sub Judge Santhosh Das at Karunagapally has also asked the officer to either furnish security of ₹25,00,000 or show cause why he shall not furnish the security, by October 19.Advocate Jayakumar had filed a suit seeking damages from the Station...

Supreme Court Judge Justice PK Mishra Recuses From Hearing Umar Khalid's Bail Plea In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the bail application of former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case after Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra recused.The matter was listed before a bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Prashant Kumar Mishra. As soon as the matter was taken, Justice Bopanna said, "This will come before some other...

Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 4]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will continue its hearing today in the petitions challenging the decision of the Central Government to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by diluting Article 370 of the Constitution.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant will hear...

Kuno Cheetah Deaths| Supreme Court Requests Centre To Take Into Consideration Suggestions Of Expert Committee In 'Right Earnest'

The Supreme Court on Monday closed the plea regarding the deaths of Cheetahs translocated to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park from the African continent, taking on record the submission of the Centre that all the members on the Consulting Panel of Cheetah Project Steering Committee are being consulted to carry on the project in a proper manner and to ensure further deaths are...

Gyanvapi | Restrain Media From Publishing 'False News' About ASI Survey: Mosque Committee's Application In Varanasi Court

An application has been filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, in the District Court to restrain the electronic and print media from publishing 'false news' about the ongoing ASI Survey of the Gyanvapi premises. The application has been moved in the pending Shringar Gauri Worshipping suit of 2022 filed by 4 Hindu Women Worshippers...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: July 31 To 6 August

Judgment/OrdersUAPA - 'Watali' Precedent Won't Apply If Evidence Is Of Low Probative Value On Surface Level Analysis: Supreme CourtCase title: Vernon v. State of MaharashtraCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 575The Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Bhima Koregaon-accused and activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira appears to have carved out a crucial exception in an otherwise...