Unitech Case : Supreme Court Rejects ED's Challenge To Bail Granted To Preeti Chandra In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Friday (04.08.2023) affirmed the Delhi High Court order which had granted bail to Preeti Chandra, the wife of Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra, in a money laundering case probed by Enforcement Directorate. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order and directed Chandra to not leave the NCR region and report...

Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against Judgment Allowing Lawyers With 10 Yrs Experience To Be Considered For Consumer Commission Appointments

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a review petition filed against its judgment that held that persons having a Bachelors degree and having a professional experience of at least 10 years in consumer affairs, law, public affairs, administration etc. should be treated as qualified for appointment as President and members of State Consumer Commissions and District Consumer Forums.The...

SEBI Introduces Online Dispute Resolution In Indian Securities Market

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on July 31, 2023, issued a Circular regarding the resolution of disputes in the Indian Securities Market. As per the Circular, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) has been established as the primary method for resolving almost all disputes arising from transactions in the securities market. This decision by SEBI comes after...

Karnataka High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023

Nominal Index [Citations 1 - 247]Priyanaka R Patil v. Kendriya Sainik Board. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 1Ankit Kumar & others v. State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 2M/S. Provident Housing Limited v. Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 3Latha Choodiah v. Sree Balaji H. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 4P Sunil Kumar & ANR v. State of Karnataka. 2023...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [July 10 – 16, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXAdvocateSupreme Court 'shocked' to see lawyer filing Article 32 petition against state to recover legal fees. Vijay Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P., 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 523Civil LawConcealment of material facts from the Court - A litigant can be nonsuited in case he is found guilty of concealing material facts from the court or misstating the same. (Para 54) State of Orissa v....

AFT Bar Demands Contempt Action Against Defence Secretary For Allegedly Seeking Report On Decisions By Chandigarh Bench

The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Chandigarh Bar Association has requested Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud to take suo moto cognizance of the allegedly "shockingly contemptuous communication" issued by the D(AFT) Cell of the Ministry of Defence to the Principal Bench of AFT on July 28. In the communication, the Defence Secretary is stated to have demanded a report on the recent...

Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order That Annulled Election Of Lone AIADMK MP & OPS's Son P. Ravindranath

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras High Court that declared the 2019 Lok Sabha election of P. Ravindranath, son of former Tamil Nadu CM O Paneerselvan and the sole Member of Parliament from the AIADMK party, null and void. The Apex Court has allowed him to continue as a Member of Parliament until further orders from the Court. A division bench of Justice Surya Kant...

'Case That Rocked Entire Banking System': Supreme Court Refuses Bail To Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to grant bail to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor in a money laundering case. He has been accused of receiving illegal gratification in exchange for sanctioning bad loans to high-profile borrowers. The Yes Bank co-promoter has been behind bars since March 2020. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti was hearing a special leave...

'History Has Taught Us Something Else On December 6' : Huzefa Ahmadi Tells Supreme Court In Gyanvapi Case

When the Supreme Court made it clear that it will not halt the survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque at Varanasi, the lawyer of the Mosque Committee made a final request that the ASI report be kept in a sealed cover in the Court till the dispute regarding the maintainability of the suit is finally decided. The Masjid Committee's challenge to...

Plea To 'Preserve' Gyanvapi Premises: Varanasi Court Grants Mosque Committee Time Till August 9 To File Its Objections

In an application filed before the District Judge of Varanasi to pass an order 'preserving' the Gyanvapi Mosque Premises, the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (which manages the Mosque at Varanasi) has been granted time till August 9 to file its objections to the same. On that day, the Court is expected to dispose of the application.District Judge AK Vishwesha passed this today as the...

Supreme Court Stays Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras High Court granting bail to Mohammad Abbas, a Madurai based lawyer who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for his alleged links with the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) organization.A division bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Sanjay Karol, today issued notice in...

‘Some Judgments From Gujarat High Court Make For Very Interesting Reading’: Supreme Court Judge Observes during Rahul Gandhi’s Hearing

Supreme Court judge BR Gavai, who headed the bench that stayed the conviction of Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case today, observed during the hearing that he has recently come across ‘interesting’ judgements from the Gujarat High Court, which ran into hundreds of pages. He explained that the single-judge bench that...