"Digitally Sign Judgments/Orders To Show Authenticity; Watermarks Make Navigation A Nightmare": Supreme Court To HCs, Tribunals

Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Monday expressed that High Courts and Tribunals must abstain from placing water-marks on their orders and judgments as it significantly hampers easy access to the document."You don't need watermarks to show authenticity. In today's date, the judgments can be digitally signed", said Justice Chandrachud.This remark came in the course of the hearing of a matter when...

Breaking: Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment On Pleas Seeking Loan Moratorium Extension Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment tomorrow on a batch of petitions which seek the extension of the 6 month loan moratorium period granted by the Reserve Bank of India.The Court had reserved the Judgment on December 17 last year after hearing petitioners, Centre, RBI and intervenors. A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Sanjiv Khanna will be pronouncing...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Enhance Powers Of Delhi Lieutenant Governor

The Lok Sabha has passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to enhance the powers of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. The Bill amends the GNCT of Delhi Act, 1991, a legislation that provides framework for functioning of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and re-defines Delhi Government as the Lieutenant Governor (LG). It also provides that the...

WhatsApp Chats Between Arnab Goswami And Ex- BARC CEO Friendly Banter, Nothing To Do With TRP Manipulation: Republic TV To Bombay High Court

Republic TV Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami informed the Bombay High Court on Monday that his WhatsApp chats with ex- Broadcasting and Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta, appended to the Mumbai Police's charge sheet in the TRP Scam, is friendly banter between two close friends. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a petition by Goswami and...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-57]

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Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Compounding Of POCSO Offences In Cases Of Teenage Relationships

A special leave petition has been field before the Supreme Court raising the issue that whether an adolescent boy, who enters into a relationship with a girl who is less than 18 years of age, can be punished for the offence of sexual assault under the POCSO Act. "Punishing teenager having a consensual affair which later tums out to be sour for any reason cannot be considered as...

Supreme Court Adjourns To August Plea Seeking Criminal Action Against Persons Employing Manual Scavengers

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to August the hearing on a plea filed seeking initiation of criminal proceedings against officials, agencies, contractors or any other person involved in engaging or employing manual scavengers resulting in their death at work. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian was considering a PIL filed by "Criminal...

Breaking: Former Mumbai Police Chief Param Bir Singh Moves Supreme Court Seeking CBI Probe Against Anil Desmukh, Challenges His Transfer

Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh has moved the Supreme Court seeking CBI investgiation in the alleged corrupt malpractices of Anil Deshmukh, Home Minister of Government of Maharashtra.Singh, who was shunted out as Mumbai Police Commissioner in the wake of Antilia bomb scare case, has also challenged the Government's Order transferring him from the post of Mumbai...

Kerala High Court Dismisses NDA Candidates' Petitions Challenging Rejection Of Election Nominations

The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions filed by three candidates of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) challenging the rejection of their election nominations for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.A single bench of Justice N Nagaresh dismissed the writ petitions filed by BJP candidates N Haridas and Nivedida Subramaniam, and AIADMK candidate...

Cases Won't Be Dismissed For Default If Lawyer Hasn't Joined VC At Relevant Time, Justice Chandrachud Assures

Justice DY Chandrachud on Monday urged all advocates, should they feel the need, to undergo the training programme being conducted by the E-Committee of the Supreme Court to acquaint themselves with the use of technology."We have already trained over 1.5 lakh lawyers across the country. In this behalf, a senior judicial officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, R. Arulmozhiselvi, is associated with...

BREAKING : NIA Court Refuses Bail To Stan Swamy In Bhima Koregaon Case

The Special NIA Court Mumbai on Monday refused to grant bail to 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist, from Ranchi, in Jharkhand, accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgaar Parishad case. Special Judge under the NIA Act DE Kothlikar passed the order dismissing the bail application, which had also cited medical grounds on account of Parkinsons disease of Stan Swamy.The...

Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Passing Adverse Remarks Against Judicial Officers By HC In Judgments

The Supreme Court deprecated the practice of making adverse remarks by High Courts against judicial officers.A judicial officer who presided Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal had approached the Apex Court against certain observations made personally against her by the High Court of Karnataka. Adverse remarks were made in the judgment in appeal against an order passed by the MACT Judge."We are...