Meet The Law Students Who Fought For Live-Streaming Of Court Proceedings

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, September 26, finally paved way for live streaming of court proceedings, providing “virtual access to courtroom proceedings as they unfold”. The streaming will begin with cases of constitutional and national importance, barring those involving juveniles, cases of sexual assault, matrimonial issues, being argued for final hearing before the...

SC Collegium Concurs With Calcutta HC Collegium Decision To Not Confirm Additional Judge As Permanent Judge [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court collegium has endorsed the decision of the Calcutta High Court collegium to not recommend the name of an additional judge for confirmation as a permanent judge.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur concurred with the decision to not recommend Additional Judge Amitabha Chatterjee for permanent...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 17 Advocates As Judges Of Allahabad HC; One Advocate As Meghalaya HC Judge [Read Resolutions]

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 17 Advocates As Judges Of Allahabad HC; 1 Advocate As Meghalaya HC JudgeThe Supreme Court collegium has recommended elevation of seventeen lawyers as Allahabad High Court judges, and another lawyer as a judge of Meghalaya High Court.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur recommended...

Govt. Constitutes Lokpal Search Committee Headed By Justice Ranjana Desai

The Search Committee for recommending names for Lokpal has finally been constituted by Government under the chairmanship of former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.The Committee also includes as members Justice Sakha Ram Singh Yadav, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Dr. Lalit K. Panwar, Mr. Shabbirhusein S. Khandwawala, Mr. A. Surya Prakash and Dr. AS Kiran...

LIC Launches Group Scheme For Supreme Court Bar Association Members

Life Insurance Corporation Wednesday launched a group insurance scheme for the members of Supreme Court Bar Association.The group insurance policy for the SCBA will be given to its members without any prior medical check-up, LIC Chairman V K Sharma said at the launch of the scheme here.Chief Justice Dipak Misra noted that functioning on an arithmetic-based formula LIC gives assurance to...

[Ayodhya] “Here Is A Small Piece Of Land Where Angels Fear To Tread”: SC Reminds About Messages Given By Justices JS Verma & Justice SU Khan

“We are confident that observations made by Justice S.U. Khan of Allahabad High Court as quoted above as well as observations of Justice J.S. Verma made in paragraph 156 of the judgment are observations which shall guide both the communities in their thought, deed and action.”The majority judgment penned by Justice Ashok Bhushan which turned down the plea to refer Ismail Faruqui judgment...

SC Bars Criminal Complaints/FIR Against Salman Khan In Connection With Movie ‘Love Yatri’ [Read Order]

Taking on board his plea urgently, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Thursday directed that no FIR be registered and no criminal complaint be entertained against actor Salman Khan in connection with the film ‘Love Yatri’, staying all existing FIRs and complaints.The bench also issued notice to the states of...

SC To Deliver Judgment On Sabarimala Women's Entry Tomorrow

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will pronounce it Judgment in the Sabarimala women's entry Case tomorrow.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices RF Nariman, Khanwilkar , DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra reserved the Judgment on August 1.The Bench is expected to answer the following questions to the Constitution Bench1 Whether the exclusionary practice which is...

SC Relegates Matter To HC To Decide On Ahmed Patel’s Plea To Dismiss Election Petition At Threshold [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, setting aside a Gujarat High Court order that dismissed Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s application seeking dismissal of an election petition filed against him, has relegated the matter to the High Court.The bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud directed the high court to decide the question whether the copy of...

DRAT Has No Inherent Power To Take Suo Motu Cognizance In Public Interest, Reiterates Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has expressed “surprise” over the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) exercising suo motu powers in public interest despite clear pronouncements of the Supreme Court that it has no such inherent power.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao reiterated that the DRAT does not have any inherent power to take suo motu action in...

SC Dismisses Plea By Wife Saying That She Is Entitled To Be Left Alone And Can’t Be Subjected To Decree For Restitution Of Conjugal Rights As Premature [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a wife, who banking on the privacy judgment of the constitution bench had contended that she is entitled to be left alone and cannot be subjected to a decree for restitution of conjugal rights.Mr Naphade along with Advocate Ms. Fauzia Shakil submitted that “the judgment of Saroj Rani needs to be revisited in light of the right...

India To Get Virtual Access To Courtroom Proceedings: Read SC Directions On Live Streaming

Providing “virtual access to courtroom proceedings as they unfold”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday opened its doors for live streaming of cases of constitutional and national importance, barring those involving juveniles, cases of sexual assault, matrimonial issues, being argued for final hearing before the Constitution Bench.The court also ordered that to give full effect to the process...