Court Acquits Man In Delhi Riots Case, Pulls Up Delhi Police For "Falsely" Citing Witness To Identify Accused As Offender

While acquitting a Muslim man in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case, a Delhi Court pulled up the Delhi Police for "falsely" citing the complainant as a witness who could identify accused as the offender. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shirish Aggarwal of Karkardooma Courts also disbelieved the testimony of an alleged Police witness observing,“It appears that his statement was procured...

Results Of BCI’s Qualifying Exam For Indian Nationals Holding Foreign Degrees Published; Supreme Court Disposes Of Plea

The Supreme Court today disposed of a plea which had asked to direct the Bar Council of India (BCI) to declare the result of the 18th Bar Council of India Qualifying Examination for Indian nationals holding Foreign Law Degrees (INHFLD). The examination was conducted from December 19 -24, 2022 at the BCI office.A vacation bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Rakesh Bindal...

Civil Services Exam 2023: Central Administrative Tribunal Issues Notice To UPSC On Plea Seeking Reduction In Cut Off For CSAT From 33% to 23%

The Central Administrative Tribunal today issued notice to the Union Public Service Commission on a plea seeking reduction in the cut off for qualifying Part II (CSAT) exam conducted by UPSC last month from 33% to 23%. The matter was listed today before the Principal Bench of the Tribunal.However, the Tribunal has refused to direct the Commission to keep the preliminary result in abeyance...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Views On Allowing Bike-Taxi Aggregators Like Rapido, Uber In Delhi; Asks About Insurance Coverage

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response in a plea challenging Delhi High's order which allowed bike-taxi aggregators Rapido and Uber to operate bike-taxis without aggregator licenses till a final policy regarding it is notified. A Vacation Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal was hearing a special leave petition filed by the Delhi Government challenging the...

“Law Of Wills”- Questions & Answers By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-IX]

Q.41 What are the usual occasions for proving a Will and what is the burden which is on the propounder’s shoulder ? Ans. The question of proving a Will can arise in an ordinary civil litigation or before a testamentary Court. When the Will is propounded by any of the parties to a litigation, the burden to prove the same is always on the propounder. This...

YS Vivekananda Reddy Murder Case : Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Bail Granted To YS Avinash Reddy On June 13

The Supreme Court on Friday listed on June 13 the Special Leave Petition filed against the Telangana High Court order which had granted anticipatory bail to the Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy in Vivekananda Reddy Murder case. The petition has been filed by Sunitha Reddy, the daughter of YS Vivekananda Reddy. The matter was mentioned by Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra before a vacation...

Supreme Court Seeks Report From Madras High Court On Issue Of Toilets For Women Lawyers In Nilgiris Court Complex

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Madras High Court administration to submit through its Registrar General a detailed report on the issue of lack of toilet complexes for women lawyers in the Nilgiris Court Complex. The bench noted that while the Registrar General had earlier filed a report in the matter, the said report did not explain in detail in what manner the facilities for...

Liquor Scam Case : Supreme Court Modifies Interim Bail Granted To Magunta Raghava Reddy; Directs Him To Surrender On June 12

The Supreme Court on Friday modified the Delhi High Court order which had granted 15 days of interim bail to Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) MP Magunta Srinivasulu’s son Magunta Raghava Reddy. While the vacation bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Rajesh Bindal did not cancel the bail granted to Reddy, it asked him to surrender on June 12 2023. The order...

Supreme Court Declines Urgent Listing Of Plea Challenging Internet Shutdown In Manipur, Says HC Is Hearing Similar Matters

The Supreme Court on Friday declined the urgent listing of a plea challenging the internet shutdown in the State of Manipur today. The plea challenging the internet ban which has been continuing in the State of Manipur since May 3 2023 was mentioned by Advocate Shadan Farasat before a vacation bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Rajesh Bindal. However, noting that the matter...

Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Listing For Slain Gangster Sanjeev Jeeva's Wife Plea To Attend Last Rites

The Supreme Court today declined the urgent listing of the plea of Payal Maheshwari, wife of alleged gangster Sanjiv Maheshwari 'Jeeva', seeking a 'no coercive action' order so that she could attend her deceased husband's post-funeral rites. The vacation bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Rajesh Bindal also remarked that the relief sought kept of 'shifting' and there seemed...

Supreme Court Again Rejects Ashwini Upadhyay's Plea For Urgent Listing Of Plea Related To Exchange Of Rs 2000 Currency Notes

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a third mentioning made by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking urgent listing for his his petition challenging Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and State Bank of India's (SBI) notifications that permit exchange of Rs. 2000 currency notes without requirement of any identity proof.A Vacation Bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Rajesh Bindal pointed...

UPSC Civil Services Exam 2023: Plea Before Central Administrative Tribunal Seeks Reduction In Cut Off For CSAT From 33% to 23%

Alleging that the difficulty level of the questions was similar to those asked in CAT and IIT JEE examinations, some of the candidates of the 2023 Civil Services Examination have challenged the qualifying Part II (CSAT) exam conducted by UPSC last month and asked the Central Administrative Tribunal to direct the Commission “to reduce the cut off for Paper II CSAT from 33%...