Mandatory Training For Ultrasonography: SC Stays Delhi HC Judgment In Indian Radiological And Imaging Association Case [Read Order]

We direct in consequence that the judgment of this Court in Voluntary Health Association of Punjab shall be strictly enforced by all states and union territories untrammelled by any order of any High Court or any other court, the Bench said.The Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi High Court judgment that held that there are no provisions in the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic...

Fully Equipped SC Creche To Become Operational On May 1 [Read Order]

Bench led by Justice Gogoi asked all stakeholders  to sit together with SC Registry officials to decide on all modalities like the age of children to be admitted; fees to be charged, number of employees; qualification of employees, questions of health-care/hygiene, food, etc.and file a report on April 10 A fully equipped crèche is going is likely to be inaugurated and become operational...

SC Directs Gujarat Court Not To Proceed With Jay Shah's Defamation Case Against 'The Wire' Till April 12 [Read Petition & Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Thursday directed the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate not to proceed with the criminal defamation proceedings against The Wire  filed by Jay Shah, son of BJP President Amit Shah in respect of an article  published in Wire until the next hearing before the apex court on...

Chartered Ship Owned By Third Party Can’t Be Arrested In Maritime Claim Against Charterer: SC [Read Judgment]

Settling an important point of law in admiralty jurisdiction, the Supreme Court has held that a maritime claim against the charterer of a ship, who is not the de jure owner of the ship, cannot be enforced through a restraint order against the ship owned by a third party. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justice J Chelameswar and Justice SK Kaul was considering appeals challenging the refusal...

Exclusive: Judges Appointment-A Ping Pong Game?Is Indefinite Sitting Over The Files Choking The Judicial System?

LiveLaw has been collecting data about the pending recommendation of names of persons for appointment as judges to different High Courts. The data collected about the High Courts of Allahabad, Mumbai ,Calcutta, Chatisgarh, Delhi, Gauhati, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madras, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab & Haryana and Tripura shows a very sad state of affairs regarding...

Increase Strength Of Women Judges To 50%, Suggests Parliamentary Panel [Read Report]

A Parliamentary Panel has recommended that a quota be introduced for women in Law Universities and subordinate judiciary, noting that the overall representation of women in the judiciary is a "cause of concern" in the country.In its 96th report on Demands for Grants (2018-19), the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice headed by Mr. Bhupender Yadav has...

Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Dispute: We Cannot Have A Narrow View Of The Essential Practices Doctrine: Rajiv Dhawan

As the hearing in 13 appeals arising from the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute commenced on Wednesday, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice Ashok Bhushan has directed senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan to make submissions on whether the dictum in the case of Ismail Farooqui [(1994) 6 SCC 360] requires to...

Aadhaar Hearing [Day 17] Subjecting Human Beings To Biometric Authentication Not Different From Experiments In Guinea Pigs: KV Viswanathan To SC

On Day 17 of the Aadhaar hearing, senior counsel KV Viswanathan continued his submissions on behalf of the petitioners in context of Section 59 of the Aadhaar Act of 2016, which lays down that all actions taken or anything done prior to the coming into force of the Act shall be deemed to have been validly taken or done under the said Act.He cited the 1996 judgment of the Supreme Court in...

Rafale Jet Deal: Congress Leader Tehseen Poonawalla Moves SC For Disclosure Of Transaction Costs

Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla has approached the Supreme Court demanding disclosure of the consolidated transaction cost involved in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft by the Centre from France in 2016.The Rafale deal is a defence agreement signed between the Governments of India and France for purchase of 36 Rafale jets from French aviation company Dassault. Tracing the...

SC Dismisses All Third Party Intervention Applications In Ayodhya Case [Read Order]

Though the Bench also dismissed the IA filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, it agreed to revive his writ petition seeking his fundamental right to pray at Ayodhya for posting before the appropriate BenchSupreme Court bench hearing the Ayodhya Case on Wednesday dismissed all third party intervention applications in the  Ramjanmabhumi- Babri Masjid land dispute case.The Bench comprising...

Re-consider The Order Refusing Extension Of Deadline For Aadhaar Linkage For Welfare Schemes And Subsidies: Lawyers, Activists To SC

Rethink Aadhaar, the campaign against the biometric identification of people through  Aadhaar, has come out with a strong statement against the Supreme Court’s Constitution bench’s interim order on Tuesday, extending the the Aadhaar linking deadline indefinitely only for banking, and mobile services, leaving the most vulnerable with no protection for privacy or basic rights to welfare.In...

Oft-Quoted Aphorism ‘Not Only Must Justice Be Done; It Must Also Be Seen To Be Done’ Applies To Victim Also: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

The ratio that justice not only to be done but also seems to be done equally applies to the victim also, said the Chhattisgarh High Court while transferring a case on a plea of a wife of a person allegedly killed in police custody.The widow of a man who has killed allegedly while in police custody had approached the high court, seeking transfer of the criminal cases from the court in Baloda...