Sabarimala: SC Dismisses Kerala Govt's Plea To Transfer Petitions Pending Before HC To Supreme Court [Read Order]

Hearing an application for the transfer to itself of petitions over the Sabarimala Temple entry controversy pending in the Kerala High Court, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the government of Kerala to approach the High Court for the modification of the interim directions. The petitions were filed in the High Court against the security measures adopted by the government like the deployment...

Suspension Of Advocates By Bar Council For Non Payment Of Welfare Fund Subscription Challenged In SC

The decision of the Bar Council of India to suspend the practise of advocates for defaulting payment of subscription dues of welfare fund has been challenged in the Supreme Court. Advocate Welfare Committee of Bar Council of India took this decision to suspend the practice of 5970 advocates on the rolls of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in a meeting held last Friday The notification...

Breaking: Bar Council Suspends 5970 Lawyers For Not Paying Welfare Fund Subscription [Read Notice]

5970 Advocates on the Rolls of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, cannot practice in any Court or Tribunal, until they clear Advocate Welfare Fund subscription dues. Advocate Welfare Committee of Bar Council of India took this decision to suspend their practice in a meeting held last Thursday. The notification in this regard reads as follows: "It is hereby informed that...

Centre Clears Transfer Of Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan To Calcutta HC [Read Notification]

Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan has been transferred from Telangana High Court to Calcutta High Court, where he will be taking charge as the Chief Justice shortly.In a notification issued today, the Central Government stated that the President of India has directed him to take charge on or before 6th April 2019.The appointment comes after CJI Ranjan Gogoi wrote to Union Law Minister...

Chhattisgarh CJ AK Tripathi Resigns After Appointment As Lokpal Member, Justice PK Mishra Acting CJ [Read Notifications]

Chhattisgarh CJ AK Tripathi resigns after appointment as Member (Judicial) Lokpal, Justice PK Mishra appointed acting Chief Justice As Justice Ak Tripathi tendered his resignation from the office of Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court after his appointment as Member (Judicial), Lokpal, Justice PK Mishra has been appointed the Acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. In...

Principles Of Res Judicata Are Applicable To Writ Petitions, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"Albeit the decision of the Constitution Bench was in the context of a Writ Petition filed under Article 32, it would apply with greater force to bar a Writ Petition filed under Article 226."

Power Distribution Licensee Can't Demand Electricity Bill Beyond 2 Years Unless Amount Reflects As Arrears In Bill During 2-Yr Period:Bombay HC [FB] [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has held that a power distribution licensee cannot demand charges or consumption of electricity for a period of more than two years preceding the date of the first demand of such charges unless the amount of money owed is reflected in the electricity bill during the two-year period. The bench comprised of Justice SC Dharmadhikari, Justice Bharati...

Photographers Turned Hostile, But Photos Spoke For Themselves: How Madras HC Convicted Dinakaran Newspaper Office Attack Accused? [Read Judgment]

"Nothing prevented the Trial Judge to use his own eyes to see the person standing in the dock and the person seen in the photographs/videos."

Writ Petitions In Contract Matters Maintainable When There Is Arbitrariness By The State: SC [Read Order]

"Where the State behaves arbitrarily, even in the realm of contract, the High Court could interfere under Article 226 of the Constitution of India."

Filling Up Of Large Vacancies In Police Forces: SC Request All HCs To Register Suo Motu PILs [Read Order]

“Issue and problems are State specific and can be appropriately dealt with by the respective High Courts.”

Writ Petition Seeking Recall Of Directions Issued In SLP Not Maintainable: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has upheld the objections raised by the Registry against maintainability of a writ petition seeking to recall directions issued in a special leave petition. In an SLP arising out of matrimonial dispute, the Supreme Court had directed the both the parties to withdraw the respective cases filed against each other, in the special leave petition filed by the wife. The...

What Is 'Right To The City' Discussed By Delhi High Court?

The Court discussed this Right while ordering against forceful, unannounced eviction of slum dwellers.