SC Filing Verification : Registry Specifies Mandatory Points And New Check Lists For Scrutiny

The SC registry has issued a circular, specifying the check list to "facilitate speedier verification of matters for early listing".The Circular lays down 11 mandatory requirements, which are to be scrutinized by the Scrutiny Officers/Officials of Filing Counter.It also has an advocate's check list with 21 entries, which are to be complied with Advocates-on-Record.The AOR has to certify that...

Second Appeal: Obligatory For HC To Frame Substantial Question Of Law Even If Lower Courts' Findings Are Perverse Per Se, Rules SC

“It was obligatory, to first formulate the appropriate substantial question of law and then deal with the same, after giving an opportunity of hearing to both sides.”

Prof. Teltumbde's Arrest 'Illegal': Pune Court Releases Him On Bail [Read Order]

He was arrested today early morning on allegation of moaist links in relation to Bhima-Koregaon case.

Supreme Court Monthly Digest-January 2019

Recap of everything that happened in the Supreme Court of India in the first month of the year 2019.

SC Issues Notice To BCI On Plea For Weeding Out 'Sale Of Law Degrees From Letter Pad Colleges'

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Bar Council of India on a petition calling for an inquiry into the sale of law degrees by letter pad colleges and action against colleges found indulging in such practice undermining the dignity of the noble legal profession. A bench of Justice A K Sikri and Justice S Abdul Nazeer issued notice to BCI on a petition moved by M Vasantha Raja...

Decree Passed On Plaintiff's Evidence Without Defendant's Appearance At Trial Is Ex-Parte Decree : SC [Read Judgment]

Such decree can be set aside under Order IX, Rule 13 CPC, if defendant makes out sufficient grounds.

Candidate with Minimum Marks in NEET UG-2018 Eligible for Admission To BHMS Course 2018-19: SC

No opinion is expressed by us regarding the introduction of the minimum percentile as an eligibility criteria in the NEET examination.”

Mutation Of Land In Revenue Records Do Not Create Title Over Land, SC Reiterates [Read Judgment]

Mutation of a land in the revenue records does not create or extinguish the title over land not does it have any presumptive value on the title and it only enables the person in whose favour mutation if ordered to pay the land revenue in question, the Supreme Court has reiterated. A bench of Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice R Subhash Reddy said so while deciding an appeal against...

Insurer Bound By 'Sum Insured'; Depreciation To Be Applied Only For Post Policy Period : SC[Read Judgment]

SC found fault with the insurer for applying depreciation on the original purchase value from date of purchase, instead of the sum insured for the post policy period.

Prashant Bhushan Vs Justice Arun Mishra [Courtroom Exchange In Nageshwar Rao Matter]

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, for the petitioner-organisation, voiced the prayer for the quashing of M. Nageshwar Rao's appointment as the interim CBI Director, advancing that the government had no such power and that the appointment was to be at the instance of the Selection Committee. "It is not an appointment. An appointment has to be by the Committee 100%. But in the event of a vacancy...

Union Budget 2019 : Full Tax Rebate For Annual Income Up To Rs 5 Lakhs Announced

Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced in the budget speech in Parliament today that full income tax rebate will be given for individual annual income up to Rs. 5 lakhs for the financial year 2019-2020."Individuals with taxable income of Rs.5 lakh annually will get full tax rebate", the minister said. This is estimated to benefit about Rs. 3 crores middle class tax...

SC Adjourns Plea Against Appointment Of Nageshwar Rao As Interim CBI Director To Feb 6

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta adjourned to February 6 the petition filed by NGO Common Cause and RTI Activist Anjali Bhardwaj questioning the appointment of Nageshwar Rao as CBI interim director.The Attorney General K K Venugopal submitted today that the High Powered Committee is set to meet today to select the new CBI Director. The bench observed that...