Five Year Bumper To Bumper Insurance Mandatory For New Vehicles From September 1: Madras High Court

In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court has directed that whenever a new vehicle is sold after September 1, it is mandatory for coverage of bumper to bumper insurance every year, in addition to covering the driver, passengers and owner of the vehicle, for a period of five years. Justice S Vaidyanathan passed the direction while setting aside the award by the Motor Accident...

Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka Has A Record Of Enforcing State Accountability & Protecting Citizens' Rights

Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka, who is now elevated to the Supreme Court, has made several notable judicial interventions - both as a judge of the Bombay High Court and later as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court - to protect the fundamental rights of the ordinary citizens against the excesses of the State. He has displayed a pro-people and a rights-based approach in his judicial career so far, with no hesitation to question the actions of the State on the anvil of Constitutional...

UAPA Case Over Alleged Maoist Links : Supreme Court Issues Notice On NIA's Challenge To Bail Granted To Kerala Youth Allan Shuhaib

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in the special leave petition filed by the National Investigation Agency challenging the Kerala High Court judgment which did not interfere with the trial court's order granting bail to law student Allan Shuhaib in a UAPA case registered over alleged Maoist links.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi tagged the petition along with...

Supreme Court Expresses Concerns Of Judicial Propriety, Discipline Over P&H High Court Entertaining Fresh Plea When Proceedings Before It Pending

Noting that where the proceedings are pending before it and instead of pursuing them to the logical conclusion, the party chose to institute a fresh writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which the High Court has entertained, the Supreme Court expressed concerns of judicial propriety and discipline."The Division Bench of the High Court, in entertaining the petition under 226, ...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Dr.Kafeel Khan Over Anti-CAA Speech At AMU

In a huge relief to Dr. Kafeel Khan, the Allahabad High Court today quashed the entire criminal proceedings arising out of an FIR & pending against him over his speech given about CAA and NRC at a protest meeting at Aligarh Muslim University in December 2019. The Bench of Justice Gautam Chaudhary has quashed the entire criminal proceedings, which was initiated pursuant to his...

For Speedy Trial Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs, Special/CBI Courts Need To Be Set Up In Different Parts Of The State Where More Than 100 Cases Are Pending : Supreme Court

Expressing deep concern at the long pendency of criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs, the Supreme Court has called for the establishment of more Special/CBI Courts to deal with such matters.The Court said that the establishment of only one Special Court to try cases against legislators in a State with large number of such cases will be a travesty of justice."Amicus Curiae...

Justice BV Nagarathna, Who Might Become First Woman Chief Justice Of India, Has Pioneered Social Welfare

The long wait for the first woman Chief Justice of India might find an end with Justice B V Nagarathna, who is in the line to become the CJI in September 2027 as per the seniority list.Her tenure as the CJI will be for only 36 days, if appointments go as per the seniority turn.Justice Nagarathna, daughter of former Chief Justice of India ES Venkataramiah, was enrolled to the Bangalore Bar...

"We Have Lost All Faith In Tihar Jail Authorities! They Are Sitting in Capital City & Defeating Our Orders, Absolutely Shameless": Supreme Court In Unitech Case

"We have lost all faith in the Tihar Jail authorities! They are sitting in the capital city and defeating the order of the Supreme Court! Absolutely shameless on the part of the Superintendent of the Tihar jail!", expressed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday in connection with the Unitech matter.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for acting...

Supreme Court Pulls Up Tihar Jail Authorities For Conniving With Unitech Case Accused

The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for acting in connivance with the Chandra brothers in engaging in illegal activities by flouting the jail manual, dissipating proceedings, derailing investigation etc., in the Unitech money laundering case.A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah ordered to shift ex-Unitech promoters Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra...

President Notifies Appointment Of Nine Supreme Court Judges Including 3 Women

Accepting the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium, the President of India has notified the appointment of nine Judges including three women and one lawyer to the Supreme Court of India.The new Judges are (in the order of names recommended by the Supreme Court collegium)1. Mr. Justice A.S. Oka, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court 2. Mr. Justice Vikram Nath, Chief Justice,...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response In Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Smuggling Of Iron Ore To China By 61 Companies

The Supreme Court today directed the Central Government to file a counter affidavit in a plea filed by Advocate ML Sharma seeking directions to the CBI to register an FIR and probe the alleged duty evasion by 61 companies in allegedly 'smuggling' iron ore to China since 2015. The matter was heard by the division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Surya Kant. The Bench had...

[BREAKING] Permission Of District Magistrate Not Needed For Conversion By Inter-Faith Marriage : Gujarat High Court Affirms Previous Order

Rejecting an rectification application filed by Gujarat Government, the Court said that it stayed Section 5 of the Freedom of Religion Act only in the context of marriages.