CJI Stops Practice Of ‘Mentioning’ By Senior Advocates, Only AoRs Will Be Allowed To ‘Mention’

A day after advocate PV Dinesh cried foul and complained about discrimination vis-à-vis senior lawyers in crucial matters of mentioning, Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Wednesday made it categorical that senior advocates will not be allowed to mention urgent matters or fresh appeals /pleas/ IAs during the morning mentioning and only Advocate-On-Record will be allowed to do so.“What is it?...

SC Stays Bombay High Court’s Order Increasing the Adoption Fee

The Supreme Court bench of Justices N.V.Ramana and Amitava Roy, on September 15, stayed the orders of the Bombay High Court passed in November 2016, substantially increasing the legal and composite fees payable by the Indian and foreign adoptive parents to the adoption agencies at the time of adoption of a minor child.The Bombay High Court orders were passed by Justice G.S.Patel, while...

In A First An Indian Woman Scholar's Portrait Unveiled At Rhodes

Dr. Menaka Guruswamy has earned the rare honor of having her portrait unveiled at Rhodes House in Oxford University. She is the first woman scholar who achieved this rare distinction.Dr. Guruswamy, who is a graduate of NLSIU, Bangalore, holds an LL.M from Harvard Law School and a BCL from the University of Oxford. Since her time at Oxford, she has worked at a law firm in New York and as a...

SC Dismisses Centre’s Appeal Against Disability Pension On The Ground Of Delusional Disorder

Supreme Court dismissed the petition on the ground of delay.The Supreme Court bench of Justices S.A.Bobde and L.Nageswara Rao, on September 15, dismissed Centre’s appeal against the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s 2010 judgment, granting disability pension on the ground of delusional disorder, to the respondent, Manjit Singh.Manjit Singh’s claim for disability pension was denied on...

Videos of Sexual Violence: SC Agrees To In-Camera Hearing [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Uday Umesh Lalit, on September 18, agreed to hear the objections of Yahoo, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp to the recommendations of the Committee set up by the Court to ensure that videos depicting gang rape, child pornography and rape should not be made available to the general public. The hearing will be held in camera,...

Should Live Reporting And Live Tweeting Of Court Proceedings Be Allowed? Delhi HC Invites Suggestions On Media Reporting [Read Notice]

Continuing in its endeavour to balance free press, fair trial and integrity of judicial proceedings, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a public notice inviting suggestions from the general public on media reporting of court matters, including whether real-time reporting (live tweeting) of court proceedings should be permitted.The notice contains a questionnaire for the public to give...

SC Seeks To Know Of Steps Taken By Centre To Check Drug Abuse [Read Petition]

With the menace of drug abuse spreading its tentacles in India, the Supreme Court has sought to know from the Centre details of steps it has taken to create awareness about ill-effects of drugs and check its supply.The court directed ASG Maninder Singh to file steps taken by the Centre in this regard.The bench was hearing a PIL seeking the court’s intervention for a comprehensive policy...

Mediation Not Only Reduces Pendency Of Cases, But Also Leads To Peace And Harmony In Society: Justice Bobde

Supreme Court judge SA Bobde observed on Saturday that the separation of governance into three branches - namely legislative, judiciary and executive, is only of functions and not of intention.All three wings have one intention of having a strong united India and governance that is based on rule of law and justice, equality, fraternity and liberty.This separation of functions is misunderstood...

That The Arbitrator Is An Employee Of A Party By Itself Is Not A Disqualification In Cases Before The Amendment Of 2015 [Read Judgment]

In Aravalli Power Company Ltd. v. Era Infra Engineering Ltd. , the Supreme Court had occasion to consider the impact of the 2015 amendment to Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 in proceedings initiated before the amendment came into force.The respondent-company had taken a construction contract for a thermal power project from the appellant. When disputes arose, arbitration was resorted...

Ram Jethmalani Launches The First Hindi Legal News Website- LiveLaw Hindi

It gives the team of LiveLaw immense joy to share with our readers that our Hindi portal has been launched today. Legal legend and Member of Parliament, Mr. Ram Jethmalani was kind enough to accept our invitation to launch the portal by clicking ahead.The launch of the Hindi portal took place at the office of Mr. Ram Jethmalani in the presence of our Managing Editor Prabhati Nayak Mishra,...

Do Not Obstruct Ryan School Murder Trial: SC To Gurgaon Bar

Chief Justice Dipak Misra: “An accused has the right to be represented by an advocate and the Bar was under an obligation not to obstruct any lawyer from appearing on behalf of an accused”. “We must say without any hesitation that any accused, whatever the offence maybe, has a right to be represented by an advocate.The tradition of bar does not authorise any bar association to pass...

Nine Year Old Boy’s Mysterious Death In School: SC Asks Allahabad HC To Decide Pleas Before Oct. 15

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Allahabad High Court to decide the plea for CBI inquiry moved by parents of the 9-yr-old boy, who died after allegedly slipping in his school corridor in Ghaziabad, on October 4 or before October 15 while also deciding the quashing petition moved by the school.The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was hearing the plea of Gulshan...