Judgment On Foreign Law Firms : Five Issues And Answers By Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, held that foreign law firms cannot set up offices in India or practice in Indian Courts. It, however, clarified that they can advice Indian clients on a "fly in and fly out" basis, not amounting to regular practice.The judgment was delivered by a Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit, which was hearing appeals challenging Madras and Bombay...

Aadhaar Hearing [Day 16]: Decision Of Speaker On Money Bill Not Outside The Scope Of Judicial Review, Argues P Chidambaram [Read Written Submissions Of KVV]

On Day 16 of the Aadhaar hearing, senior counsel P Chidambaram, appearing on behalf of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, one of the petitioners, resumed his argument that Article 110(3), in so far as it provides that the decision of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha as to whether a Bill is a ‘Money Bill’ shall be final, does not exclude the scope of judicial review.Several judgments in context...

“I Was Never Chidambaram’s Junior”: Justice Muralidhar On S.Gurumurthy’s Tweet & Says ‘Let The ASG &Bar Consider Whether Such Tweets Call For Action’

The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu congnizance of “innuendo-laden tweets” posted by journalist Swaminathan Gurumurthy questioning the credibility of Justice S Muralidhar, who was on a division bench with Justice IS Mehta which granted interim protection to Karti Chidambaram from being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media case.The bench of Justice Muralidhar...

Breaking: SC Extends Deadline for Mandatory Linkage Of Aadhaar With Bank Accounts And Mobile Till The Disposal Of Aadhaar Cases [Read Order]

The five-judges Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for mandatory linkage of Aadhaar number with bank accounts and mobile numbers till the disposal of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. But this extension is not applicable to availing services...

SC Acquits Woman Accused Of Killing Her Son-In-Law, Sets Aside Concurrent Convictions [Read Judgment]

Primarily when there existed a complaint lodged by the wife of deceased pointing out that the deceased committed suicide by consuming poison, generally it is expected that the Doctor will preserve viscera for chemical analysis… Non-preservation of viscera by the Doctor remains fatal to the prosecution case, the bench observed.The Supreme Court has acquitted a lady accused of murdering...

Breaking: Foreign Law Firms Can’t Set Up Office In India: Foreign Lawyers Can Advice Clients On ‘Fly in And Fly Out’ Basis: SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court of India on Tuesday held that foreign law firms cannot set up offices in India or practice in Indian Courts. But they can give advice to Indian clients on 'fly in and fly out' mode in temporary basis. The Bench also directed the Centre and BCI to frame rules.The Supreme Court bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice UU Lalit was delivering the Judgment in the foreign law...

SC Slams CBI, ED For Not Completing Probe Into 2G-related Cases, Upholds Appointment Of Tusha Mehta As SPP [Read Order]

 “This case has significance for the people of this country as the 2G scam has attracted the attention of this Court and citizenry since long. It is an unfortunate state of affairs that so far an investigation in all 2G and other allied cases has not been completed in all the issues and allied aspects”, said the Bench.A Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Naveen...

SC Comes To Rescue Of Farmers Who Lost Their Lands To Private Builders Under Sham Land Acquisition Proceedings [Read Judgment]

“There was an unholy nexus between the governmental machinery and the builders/private entities in devising a modality to deprive the innocent and gullible landholders of their holdings and jeopardize public interest which the acquisition was intended to achieve,” the court held.The Supreme Court dealt with a whopping land acquisition scam involving 688 acres of prime land in National...

Can We Say To Set Up A Commission? SC Disposes Plea For Minority Commission In J&K As AG Submits 'State Considering The Issue'

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the Jammu and Kashmir state government has “in principle” agreed to set up a state minority commission.Attorney General K K Venugopal submitted the minutes of a  joint meeting of the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir officials held on the direction of the apex court to a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which said: “The state government...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Life Convict Perarivalan Can’t File 2nd Review Application, CBI Tells SC

Questioning the maintainability of the application filed by AG Perarivalan, life convict in the assassination case of former Prime Minister (PM) Rajiv Gandhi, for recall of the trial court’s 1998 conviction order against him, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Supreme Court that a convict cannot file a second review which is abuse of the apex court’s rules.Filing...

SC Issues Notice To Bar Council Of India On PIL Seeking Ban On Legislators From Court Practice

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Bar Council of India on a PIL challenging the permission to an individual to perform the dual role of a lawyer and a legislator.The PIL by Delhi BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyaya says BCI rules bar legislators from practicing as advocates on ground of "conflict of interest".The notice incidentally comes days after a sub-committee of the...

Supreme Court Directs HC Registrars To Give The Details Of District Wise Pendency Of POCSO Cases

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Monday directed the Registrars General of all High Courts to give intimation to the registry of the apex court of the district wise pendency of the cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act of 2012, along with the status.The bench was hearing a PIL instituted...