Supreme Court Dismisses TN Minister Senthil Balaji's Plea Challenging ED Custody

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's plea challenging the custody by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case. The Court allowed the Directorate of Enforcement to have Balaji's custody till August 12 in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam.A Bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh dismissed the petitions filed by Balaji and...

Chief Justice Muralidhar Inaugurates 57 More Paperless Courts In Odisha; Fulfils Promise Of 100 Paperless Courts Ahead Of His Retirement

Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar inaugurated 57 more Paperless Courts across various Districts of Odisha last week. He also dedicated 4 newly established Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) at Cuttack, Puri, Jajpur and Bhubaneswar to deal with cases under the POCSO Act and other rape cases.While addressing the National Conference on Digitization, e-Initiatives...

Lok Sabha Restores Rahul Gandhi's Membership After Supreme Court's Order Staying Conviction In 'Modi-Thieves' Defamation Case

The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a notification restoring the membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in view of the Supreme Court's August 4 order suspending his conviction in the criminal defamation case over the "why all thieves have Modi surname" remark. The Top Court's order had paved the way for his reinstatement as a Lok Sabha MP.Gandhi, who represents Wayanad (Kerala) in the Lok...

Central Civil Service Rules | Retired Employee Can Be Appointed As Inquiry Authority In Disciplinary Proceedings : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that the disciplinary authority under the Central Civil Service Rules is empowered to appoint a retired employee as an inquiry authority. It is not necessary that the inquiry officer should be a public servant. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi was hearing an appeal against Odisha HC judgment which relied on...

Kerala State Mediation And Conciliation Centre Launches NIRNAYA Scheme

The Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre (KSMCC) officially launched NIRNAYA Scheme, a private mediation process for the resolution of disputes outside the convoluted court procedure. The Scheme was officially launched on Saturday morning at the Kerala High Court Auditorium. The NIRNAYA Scheme aspires to create a harmonious and co-operative dispute resolution mechanism in...

Allahabad High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023

ORDERS/JUDGMENTS [NOMINAL INDEX PROVIDED AT THE BOTTOM] Benefit Of Doubt Regarding Correctness Of Answer Key Goes In Favour Of Exam Authority & Not Candidate: Allahabad High Court Case title - Gyan Prakash Singh vs. State of U.P. and others [WRIT - A No. - 8892 of 2022] Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 1 Noting that there is always a presumption about the correctness of...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Half Yearly Digest [January - June 2023]

Nominal Index [Citations 1- 168]:Gulshan Nazir Vs Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 1M/S Aisha Construction Vs JKCA 2023 LiveLaw (JKL ) 2Manzoor Ahmad Mir Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 3Godrej Consumer Products Limited Versus Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 4Mst Zaiba Vs Ghulam Ahmad Zargar & Ors 2023 LiveLaw(JKL) 5Zahid Nabi Khan Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 6Khazir...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Regarding Gender Imbalance In Judge Advocate General's Recruitment

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a writ petition which raised the grievance that lesser number of vacancies are earmarked for women in the posts of Judge Advocate General(JAG).The petitioner challenged the notification dated 18.01.2023 for the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Entry Scheme 31st Course, inviting applications from Law Graduates (Men and Women). It was pointed out that...

Rioting Case | BJP MP Ramshankar Katheria Convicted, Sentenced To 2 Years In Jail By UP Court; Likely To Lose Lok Sabha Membership

An MP/MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Agra District has CONVICTED and SENTENCED BJP MP (representing Etawah) Dr Ramshankar Katheria to 2 years of imprisonment in a 2011 case lodged against him under Sections 147 (Rioting), 323 (Voluntary Causing Hurt) IPC. A fine of Rs. 50,000/- has also been imposed on him.The Court found him guilty of vandalizing Torrent Power Limited company's office in...

Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case : Day-to-Day Hearing On Charges To Start From September 11

A Delhi Court on Saturday ordered day to day hearing on the point of framing of charges against the accused persons in the case alleging a larger conspiracy in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. “…list the matter for arguments on the point of charge on 11.09.2023 onwards for day to day hearing. Ld. Special Public Prosecutor shall begin the argunents on 11.09.2023,” Additional Sessions...

2,165 Habeas Corpus Petitions Filed Since Abrogation of Article 370 : Law Ministry

In response to a question raised by MP Hasnain Masoodi representing Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, the Law ministry has answered that 2,165 Habeas Corpus Petitions have been filed in the Jammu & Kashmir High Court and Supreme Court from August 2019 to 30th of June, 2023 from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Masoodi also asked whether the disposal of Habeas Corpus...

UAPA - 'Watali' Precedent Won't Apply If Evidence Is Of Low Probative Value On Surface Level Analysis : Supreme Court

"Graver the offence, the greater should be the care taken to see that the offence would fall within the four corners of the Act", Court said.