Publication Of Assam’s Draft NRC Not ‘End Of The Process’: SC ‘Again’ Refuses To Modify Deadline [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has rejected a plea to modify its order refusing to extend the December 31, 2017, deadline fixed for updating of Assam’s draft NRC and observed it is not ‘end of the process’.Jyoti Lal Chowdhury, a leading citizen of Silchar, senior journalist and a social activist, had approached the apex court by filing an intervention application. His apprehension was that that...

Implementation Of Scheme For Urban Homeless: SC Raps UP, Bengal [Read Order]

Coming down heavily on the states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the Supreme Court has required the presence of chief secretaries of both the states before it to explain how they propose to implement the scheme for urban homeless.During the last hearing, the Supreme Court bench had directed Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and West Bengal governments to prepare and present a roadmap for...

How Justice Kurian Joseph's Bench Is Uniting A Fighting Family [Read Orders]

One of the main objective of the Family Court Act is ‘to promote conciliation in, and secure speedy settlement of, disputes relating to marriage and family affairs’. Although many family court judges in the country do it in their own way, perhaps they should emulate Justice Kurian Joseph and his unique ways of uniting fighting parties.An order passed, while hearing a special leave petition...

SC Notice To Centre, Guj Govt, NCBC On PIL For Including Farmers In OBC

The Supreme Court has called for a response from the Centre, the Gujarat Government and the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) on a PIL praying that ‘farmers’ be included in the category of Other Backward Classes (OBC) irrespective of their caste and religion.The PIL also challenges the September 13 office memorandum issued by the Centre and the office order of...

SC Pulls Up States For Not Being Serious About Solid Waste Management [Read Order]

Solid waste management is a huge problem being faced by the country at this stageIt is quite clear that there is absolutely no shortage of funds, but there is only absence of any initiative or lack of any willingness to take any positive steps for solid waste management, the Bench observed.The Supreme Court, in Re: Outrage as Parents End Life After Child's Dengue Death, has observed that...

"This Elitism Must Be Condemned" Justice Chandrachud On Discrimination By Few Law Firms Against Graduates From Ordinary Law Colleges [Read The Full Text Of Speech]

"This elitism and discriminatory practice must be condemned because it is antithetical to the principles of fairness and equality upon which the practice of law is founded. Not only do these practices deprive meritorious students of opportunities, they also deprive the corporate legal sector of the talented legal minds that are found in the majority of Indian law schools and colleges".It...

Lawyers Are Prone To Mental Health Issues Due To Work Stress, A Healthier Work Environment To Be Created : SC Judge Justice DY Chandrachud

The steep increase in the number of suicides in India’s premier legal institutions is indicative of the systemic flaws, he pointed out in his speech.Lawyers’ job can often be very stressful and, thus, lawyers are prone to addiction and struggle with mental health issues like depression, both at higher rates than the general population, Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud has said at...

Breaking: IBC-Lawyer Can Issue Demand Notice Of Unpaid Operational Debt On Behalf Of Operational Creditor: SC [Read Judgment]

Also holds Section 9(3)(c) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is not mandatory for initiating insolvency proceedings.Answering two important issues of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the Supreme Court, in Macquarie Bank Limited vs Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd, has held that a lawyer on behalf of the operational creditor can issue a demand notice of an unpaid operational debt. The...

Hotels/Restaurants Can Sell ‘Packaged Water Bottles’ Above MRP: SC [Read Judgment]

Hotels and restaurants can continue to sell packaged mineral water bottles above ‘MRP’ rates as the Supreme Court has observed that no prevailing law prevents such a sale.A bench of Justice RF Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha observed that neither the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, read with the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985, or the Legal...

Jurisdiction Of A Court Under A Statute Can't Be Allowed To Shift Because Of A Superior Court's Interference In A Different Manner: SC Constitution Bench [Read Judgment]

This court may make a reference to an arbitrator on consent but to hold it as a legal principle that it can also entertain objections as the original court will invite a fundamental fallacy pertaining to jurisdiction, the bench said.The constitution bench of the Supreme Court has observed that the jurisdiction of a court conferred under a statute cannot be allowed to shift or become...

SC Sets Deadlines To Make Public Places Accessible To Visually Disabled [Read Judgment]

Make 50% of all the govt. buildings of the national capital and all the state capitals fully accessible by December 2018, the Bench directed.The Supreme Court has issued some important directives and set deadlines while disposing of a petition filed by a visually disabled Gurgaon resident seeking proper and adequate access for such persons to public places.Rajive Raturi, who works with a...

Charges of Sexual Harassment Against MP HC Judge Justice Gangele Not Proved: Concludes RS-Appointed Panel [Read Report]

A three-member inquiry committee constituted by the Rajya Sabha to conduct investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against Justice SK Gangele of Madhya Pradesh High Court has found the charges “not proved” and has termed the judge’s conduct part of routine district administration/ exercise of supervisory power by the high court while criticising the MP HC for showing lack...