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Centre To File Review Against Supreme Court's Judgment Directing ED To Inform Grounds Of Arrest In Writing
The Central Government will soon file a review petition against the recent SupremeCourt judgment in Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India which held that ED has to inform the grounds of arrest in writing and that mere non-cooperation to summons is not a ground to arrest.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this submission before the Delhi High Court in the NewsClick case.The Delhi High Court...
NCP Rift : Supreme Court Lists Sharad Pawar Faction's Plea To Direct Maharashtra Speaker To Decide Disqualification Pleas Against Ajit Pawar Faction With Shiv Sena Pleas
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 9) listed the petition filed by Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) seeking a direction to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to expeditiously decide their petitions seeking disqualification of Ajit Pawar and seven other MLAs under the anti-defection law on October 13, 2023.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY...
Chandrababu Naidu's Plea To Quash FIR : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The SupremeCourt will hear today former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's petition to quash the FIR in relation to skill development scam case.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela Trivedi will hear the matter. On the previous hearing date, the bench had asked the State to produce the compilation of all documents which were submitted before the Andhra Pradesh High Court....
India Remains A Democracy Because Legislature & Executive Are Kept In Check By Judiciary : Justice L Nageswara Rao
The 'war cry' of politicians about Parliamentary supremacy is wrong and India remains a democracy because the Executive and Legislative powers are kept in the check, said former Supreme Court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao. He reminded that it is the Judiciary which is exercising that check on the Government and the Parliament.He was delivering his address at the All India Lawyers' Union...
Supreme Court Monthly Roundup- September 2023
Judgment/OrdersMotor Accident Claims - Social Status Of Deceased To Be Considered If There's No Definite Proof Of Income: Supreme CourtCase title: Kubrabibi v. Oriental InsuranceCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 697In its judgment, the Supreme Court highlighted that when dealing with cases involving individuals employed in the unorganized sector, it is crucial to consider the notional income based...
Delhi Riots: Court Grants Bail To Shahrukh Pathan Citing Prolonged Custody But To Remain In Jail For Pointing Gun At Cop
A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during North East Delhi riots, in a case related to rioting, causing injuries to police personnel and gunshot injury sustained by one Rohit Shukla by an armed mob. (FIR 49/2020 registered at Jafrabad Police Station)Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of Karkardooma Courts noted that Pathan...
CBI Court Convicts 3 Including Ex-High Court Registrar For Rape And Attempt To Forceful Conversion Of National Level Shooter
A CBI Court in Ranchi has convicted three, including a former High Court Registrar for attempting forceful religious conversion of a national level shooter and conspiracy to commit rape upon her after conducting her fraudulent marriage ceremony.The trio, including the shooter's alleged husband and mother-in-law from the "fraudulent marriage" were convicted on September 30 under Sections...
Theft Coverage Denied Saying Gold Wasn't Kept In 'Locked Safe' : Supreme Court Says Insurance Claim Can't Be Rejected Based On Ambiguous Term
Recently, the Supreme Court, while hearing an appeal, noted that the claim arising out of an insurance policy cannot be repudiated on the basis of a term, mentioned in the policy, which itself is ambiguous.A Division Bench, comprising Justices Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha, observed that the insurance policy itself does not define the word “locked safe” nor does it define what should be...
Family Law: All India Half Yearly Digest 2023
SUPREME COURTCriminal Proceedings For Dowry Demand Cannot Be Quashed Merely Because Divorce Petition Is PendingCase Title: X vs State of Uttar Pradesh Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 26The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar observed that criminal proceedings for demand of dowry cannot be quashed merely because divorce petition is pending.'Woman Not A...
Challenges To India's Bail System: Justice Akil Kureshi and Senior Advocate Rebecca John Discuss
Former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice Akhil Kureshi, speaking at a panel discussion titled ‘Untangling Bail Cases,’ said that the there are two main challenges to the bail cases : a. limited resources b. systematic flaws.While discussing these challenges, Justice Kureshi also spoke about the ways to improve. “We need better and more judges, good legal aid support,...
The Liver Doctor v. Himalaya Corp : Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips Moves Karnataka High Court Against Suspension Of 'X' Account
Dr Cyriac Abby Philips ('The Liver Doctor') has moved Karnataka High Court challenging the Civil Court's ex-parte interim injunction order to suspend his @X account @theliverdr.The petition was filed on Friday and is likely to be mentioned before a Single judge bench of Justice S G Pandit on Monday for early hearing. A Bengaluru Civil Court had passed an ex-parte interim injunction order to...