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President Assents To Registration Of Births & Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2026
The President has granted assent to the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2026, introducing a significant change to the procedure for delayed registration of births and deaths by reducing the need for judicial intervention in cases where the delay is up to two years.The Act (Act No. 12 of 2026), passed by both Houses of Parliament last week, amends Section 13 of the...
Senior Advocate Pavani Mahalakshmi Enters SCBA President Race, Lone Woman Candidate
Senior Advocate Pavani Mahalakshmi has filed her nomination to contest for the post of President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), emerging as the lone woman candidate in the fray for the upcoming elections, so far.Mahalakshmi submitted her nomination on Wednesday. Her candidature was proposed by Senior Advocate Anitha Shenoy and seconded by Senior Advocate Kiran Suri, reflecting...
Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia To Contest For SCBA President Post
Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia has filed nomination to contest for the post of the Supreme Court Bar Association President in the forthcoming elections.His candidature was proposed by former Attorney General and Senior Advocate K.K. Venugopal, Sr Adv Rakesh Dwivedi and Sr Adv Ranjit Kumar (former Solicitor General of...
Increasing Supreme Court Judges Won't Reduce Pendency; Raise Retirement Age, Judges' Pay: Rajya Sabha MP & Lawyer Haris Beeran
Supreme Court lawyer and Member of Parliament Haris Beeran in his speech before the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (August 5) called the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 a “cosmetic change”, adding that merely increasing the strength of Supreme Court Judges would not alleviate the increasing burden of piling cases.For context, the Bill–which seeks to increase the strength...
Chennai Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Former Minister Ponmudi In Hate Speech Case
A court in Chennai has issued non-bailable warrant against former DMK Minister K Ponmudi in connection with a hate speech case registered against him for making derogatory remarks against Saivism, Vaishnavism and women. Judge C Sundarapandian has issued the non-bailable warrant, while rejecting an application filed by Ponmudi seeking to condone his absence in court on August...
Senior Advocate Anupam Lal Das Joins Contest For SCBA President Post
Senior Advocate Anupam Lal Das has filed his nomination to contest for the post of President in the upcoming Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections.His candidature has been proposed by Senior Advocates Shekhar Naphade and Ratnakar Dash.Senior Advocate and former High Court Chief Justice Siddharth Mridul is also contesting for the SCBA President post. The SCBA elections are due on...
Former HC CJ Siddharth Mridul Files Nomination For SCBA President Post
Senior Advocate Siddharth Mridul, former Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court, has filed his nomination to contest for the post of President in the forthcoming Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections.Mridul, who returned to legal practice after demitting office as Chief Justice, formally entered the fray by submitting his nomination papers on Thursday.Before his appointment as...
Lok Sabha Passes Bankers Book Evidence Bill 2026
The Lok Sabha passed the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026, on August 5 via voice vote without any discussion.As per the statement of objects and reasons, the colonial-era Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891, was enacted to facilitate the use of certified copies of bank records, including ledgers, cash-books, account books, etc., to be used as evidence in legal proceedings without the...
Karnataka High Court Transfers Judicial Officer Involved In Road-Rage Incident
The Karnataka High Court has ordered the transfer of Judicial Magistrate who allegedly indulged in a road rage incident, chasing down two individuals travelling on a two-wheeler after they overtook her private car, and got them arrested.A notification issued by the High Court states that Civil Judge and JMFC Malur Smt. Gayatri has been transferred as Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Humnabad,...
