“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%...

Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Of Alleged Gangster Sanjeev Jeeva's Wife To Attend His Funeral

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the plea of Payal Maheshwari, wife of alleged gangster Sanjiv Maheshwari 'Jeeva', seeking permission to attend his funeral.Jeeva is said to be a close aide of Mukhtar Ansari and was shot dead by unidentified assailants inside the Lucknow court premises yesterday. His name had surfaced in the murder of senior BJP leaders Brahmadutt Dwivedi and...

Difficult To Assume 'Mob' From Muslim Community Would Chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’: Court Raps Delhi Police For Clubbing Complaints Without Probe, Acquits 3

While acquitting three Muslim men in a case connected to the Northeast Delhi riots, a court in the national capital pulled up the Delhi Police for clubbing several complaints with the case without investigation. The court acquitted the three accused in the main complaint and referred the matter related to the wrongly clubbed complaints back to the investigating agency.Additional Sessions...

Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Appeal Against Delhi HC's Order Granting Interim Bail To Magunta Raghava Reddy In Delhi Liquor Scam Case

The Supreme Court listed for tomorrow (June 9 2023), an appeal challenging 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. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing by ASG SV Raju before a vacation bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Rajesh Bindal....

Can BCI Refuse To Enrol Graduate From Law College Which Was De-Recognized? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement in a plea which dealt which the question whether the Bar Council of India (BCI) has the power to regulate matters pertaining to education or not before enrolment as an advocate. “Despite service of notice, no one has appeared on behalf of the Respondents. We have heard the Advocate for the Petitioners. Judgement reserved”, a Bench...