No Fake Lawyers In Kerala: Plea In SC For Conducting Kerala Bar Council Elections Before Dec 31

Verification process of almost 90% advocates enrolled in Bar Council of Kerala is stated to have been over, and no fake lawyers are reported, claims the Petition.Some of the former office-bearers of the Bar Council of Kerala have approached the Supreme Court seeking directions for conducting elections before 31.12.2017. They have filed impleading petitions in the matter Ajayinder Sangwan v....

SC Modifies Bombay HC Order, Allows Accused To Seek Pvt Treatment As Her Son Died Under Govt Hospital’s Treatment

Modifying an order of the Bombay High Court, the Supreme Court has allowed a woman currently lodged at Byculla Prison, Mumbai, to take private treatment instead of a government one.The accused, who is supposed to undergo angioplasty, was opposed to the idea of being treated in a government hospital as her son, a co-accused, died while he was under treatment at a government hospital.Firstly,...

SC To Hear Centre’s Plea Against Cal.HC’s Stay On Withdrawal Of Armed Police Forces [CAPF] From WB On Friday

Centre today moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order staying the government’s decision to withdrawal of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) from Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal.Centre has decided to withdraw 7 out of 15 companies from the scene of unrest over the statehood demand.Appearing for government, Advocate Wasim Qadri mentioned before the...

Willing To Extend Aadhaar Deadline To March, 2018: Centre Tells SC [Read The Written Submission]

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal informed the Supreme Court today that the Centre is willing to extend the deadline for linking various services to Aadhaar till March, 2018. He, however, clarified that this extension is only proposed to be given to those who have not enrolled for Aadhaar yet.Mr. Venugopal made the submissions after mentioning the matter before a Bench comprising Chief...

Mechanism For Informing Accused About The Right Of Appeal On Adverse Orders: SC Asks Amicus To Consult NALSA

In a bid to reduce the extraordinary delays in filing Special Leave Petitions by accused and convicted persons languishing in jails, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed amicus curiae Senior Counsel Vibha Datta Makhija to prepare a step by step plan for intimating an accused of his rights to appeal within a stipulated period.The Bench comprising Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageshwara...

Parliamentary Standing Committee Reports Can’t Be Subject Matter Of Judicial Proceedings, Argues Harish Salve

In the ongoing hearing before the Supreme Court’s five-Judge Constitution bench, on Kalpana Mehta v Union of India, senior counsel, Harish Salve, on Wednesday, submitted that a Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) Report is part of the product of Parliament, and is intended to assist Parliament in its working.  Therefore, he said, it cannot be the subject matter of...

DRT Has No Power To Condone Delay In Filing Appeal: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in International Asset Reconstruction Company Of India Ltd vs The Official Liquidator Of Aldrich Pharmaceuticals Ltd And Others, has held that the prescribed period of 30 days under Section 30(1) of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) Act, 1993, for preferring an appeal against the order of the recovery officer cannot be condoned by application of Section 5 of...

“Family Courts Must Encourage The Use Of Technology To Facilitate Speedy and Effective Solutions”: Justice Chandrachud Explains His Reasons For the Dissent [Read Judgment]

Vide its judgment dated 9th October, 2017, a Bench of 3 judges in Santhini v. Vijaya Venketesh had overruled directions issued in the case of Krishna Veni Nagam v. Harish Nagam (judgment dated 10th March 2017). The 3-judge Bench had delivered its verdict by a majority of 2:1.Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar delivered the majority verdict, while Dr. Justice...

SC Gives Delhi HC Eight Weeks To Finalise Amendments To Ensure Speedy Disposal of Original IPR Suits [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha, on Tuesday, October 24, gave the Delhi High Court, eight weeks to finalise amendments to its Original Side Rules and Practice Directions, in order to ensure speedy disposal of original Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) suits.Earlier, the bench took note of the report submitted by the Registrar General of the High Court of...

Petition Filed In SC Demanding VVPAT Machines, CCTV Etc. At Gujarat Assembly Elections [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Apex Court demanding use of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines during the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat.The Petition, filed by All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary Prakash Joshi, seeks a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to frame appropriate rules, regulations and guidelines for the counting of VVPAT...

SC Suspends Allahabad HC’s Decision On Compulsory Retirement Of A District Judge

Coming to the rescue of Additional District Judge Vimal Prakash Kandpal who compulsorily retired last year, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the decision of the Allahabad High Court against him.“The matter is adjourned to enable the learned counsel for the respondent High Court to produce the relevant Rules dealing with the procedure for maintaining the Annual Confidential Reports of...

‘Energy Watchdog’ Challenges Shashi Shanker, Sambit Patra’s Appointments As ONGC CMD, Director

Energy Watchdog, a society working for protection of consumer interest in energy sector, has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the appointments of Shashi Shanker and BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as the CMD and non-official director of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), respectively.The petition, filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan, challenged the two appointments made...