[Breaking] SC Seeks UGC Response To Pleas Against Direction To Hold Final Year Exams By Sep 30; To Hear Petitions On July 31 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till Friday (July 31) the hearing on the petitions challenging the UGC guidelines, which made it mandatory for universities to conduct their final year exams by September 30.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy & BR Gavai directed the Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, to file a common reply for the University Grants Commission(UGC) to...

Delhi Riots : Delhi HC Allows Harsh Mander To Withdraw Plea Seeking FIR Against Politicians; Grants Liberty To Approach Magistrate

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed social activist Harsh Mander to withdraw his writ petition which sought registration of FIR against politicians such as Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma etc., over alleged incitement of Delhi riots.This was after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for Mander, expressed that he was seeking to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate...

Delhi Riots Cases Hearing: Live Updates From Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking proper investigation and registration of FIRs against several politicians for allegedly inciting riots in Delhi in February last week.Stay in this page for live...

Pleas Challenging UGC Directive To Wrap Final Year Exams By September 30 [LIVE UPDATES From SC]

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[Breaking] Rajasthan Speaker Withdraws Plea Filed In SC Challenging HC Judgment In Sachin Pilot Camp's Case

The Rajasthan Speaker on Monday withdrew the petition filed by him in the Supreme Court challenging the July 21 direction passed by the Rajasthan High Court to extend the time for 19 Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot to submit replies to the disqualification notices.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Speaker, CP Joshi, submitted before a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra that the...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-24]

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Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing July 19 to July 26, 2020

'District Level Advocates Provide Spine And Credibility For Judicial Administration': Justice Chandrachud Launches Awareness Programme On E-Courts

Supreme Court Judge and Chairperson of the top Court's E-Committee, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday inaugurated the District Level Awareness Programme in Regional Languages on E-court services and E-filings along with manuals and tutorials for advocates to gain knowledge about the services available to them. Speaking at an event conducted online, Justice Chandrachud threw light...

SC To Continue Hearing Via Video Conferencing For Now; To Review Situation After Two Weeks

There is no immediate resumption of physical hearing in Supreme Court for now as the Committee of Judges constituted to consider the issue decided on July 24 that the functioning of the SC will continue through video conference, in order to obviate the risk of the spread of infection in Court premises.Sources familiar with the development told LiveLaw that the decision has been taken in view...

Bishop Franco Mulakkal Moves SC Seeking Discharge From Nun-Rape Case

Bishop Franco Mullakkal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the judgment of Kerala High Court rejecting his plea seeking discharge him from the rape case.In his Special Leave Petition filed through Advocate Anand Mishra, he repeats his contention he is innocent and that he was falsely implicated after he questioned the financial dealings of the victim nun.The former Bishop of...

Twitter Withholds Prashant Bhushan's Tweets Over Which SC Issued Contempt Notice

Twitter has withheld the two tweets of Advocate Prashant Bhushan - posted on June 27 and June 29 - over which the Supreme Court took cognizance to issue contempt notice to him.The said tweets are not viewable now, and are concealed with a message " This tweet from @pbhushan1 has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand".On July 23, Justice Arun Mishra, the presiding judge in...

A Peep Into 'Roll Of Advocates' System Of Allahabad HC

Unlike the Advocate on Record [AoR] system followed by its neighbour Patna High Court, the Allahabad High Court has in place a different system to regulate the practice of the lawyers in its two benches viz. Allahabad and Lucknow which is called 'Roll of Advocates'. [RoA]Background To 'Roll of Advocates'Prior to introduction of the Roll of Advocates System, anyone registered with any State Bar Council or with the Bar Council of India could file, plead and appear before the Allahabad High Court....