The Curious Case Of Arbitration In India

A reliable and responsive alternate dispute resolution system is essential for rapidly developing countries like India. While several efforts have been made to do the same, it was only last year that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 was amended through a judicial push and legislative reforms. The amendment strives to bring the Indian arbitration mechanism at par with the...

SC Directs J&K HC To Reconsider Ban On Private Practice By Govt Doctors [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in State Of Jammu And Kashmir Vs. Vichar Kranti International, has set aside a Jammu and Kashmir High Court order that had apparently banned private practice by government doctors.A three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India remanded the matter to the high court by observing that the rules related to medical practice in the state were not challenged before the...

Courts Can Use ‘Contempt Of Court’ Restriction, If Speech Undermines Judiciary: SC [Read Judgment]

If there is a calculated effort to undermine the judiciary, the courts will exercise their jurisdiction to punish the offender for committing contempt, the bench said.The Supreme Court in Het Ram Beniwal & Ors.Vs. Raghuveer Singh, has upheld a Rajasthan High Court order convicting two advocates who made serious allegations of corruption and bias against the high court.Some communist...

Blow To Pharmas: SC Upholds Centre's Notifications Fixing Retail Price Of Drug Formulations [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has upheld the legal validity of notifications issued by the Central government for fixing retail prices or ceiling price of certain formulations under the Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) of 1995.Appeals filed by the Union of India against orders passed by other high courts were allowed and appeals filed by Dr. Reddy’s laboratories were dismissed.The appeals filed...

Swaraj Abhiyan To Launch A Unique Stir To Draw Attention To Non-Compliance With SC Orders

The Supreme Court passed landmark orders in May after hearing Swaraj Abhiyan’s petition seeking directions to the Central and State Governments to provide timely and effective relief to drought affected people in several States. The Supreme Court, after passing orders, in the case, decided to monitor its implementation.In a subsequent hearing, Swaraj Abhiyan brought it to the notice of...

Sahara Will Deposit Rs 12,000 Cr By Dec 2018: Roy To SC

Fresh from a reprieve given by the Supreme Court, Sahara group chief Subrata Roy has told the Supreme Court that it was ready with a roadmap to deposit the remaining amount of Rs 12,000 crore in the SEBI-Sahara account by December 2018 to be refunded to the investors.“A road map has been shared with SEBI and amicus curiae Shekhar Naphade”, Kapil Sibal, the senior lawyer appearing for...

SC Dismisses Petition Seeking Recognition Of Living Will [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench, comprising the Chief Justice T.S.Thakur, and Justices D.Y.Chandrachud and L.Nageswara Rao, on Friday, declined to consider a Public Interest Litigation,  seeking a declaration that any person, in a mental capacity to make decisions, has the right to choose or refuse any kind of medical treatment, which cannot be curtailed by any health care provider.The petition...

“Garbage Mounds Looks Like Qutub Minar”, SC On Alarming Situation In Delhi [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today rapped the Delhi government for not doing enough to dispose of the huge quantity of waste and rather dumping it on landfill sites which were already overflowingIt also asked the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators to create awareness about garbage disposal among the people“Garbage mounds near landfill sites are above 45 metres. These are almost like towers as...

We Need Basic Institutional Reforms To Strengthen 0ur Arbitration Framework: President Pranab Mukherjee

The President Pranab Mukherjee Today stated that while India has the basic legal and physical infrastructure to support international arbitrations, we need basic institutional reforms to strengthen our arbitration framework. He was inaugurating the Global Conference on ‘National Initiative towards strengthening Arbitration and Enforcement in India’ in New Delhi today. He added that...

Seniority Debate In SC Drowns In Ruckus And Chaos; CJI Loses Cool

“Shut up. I say shut up.. shut up I say..shut up..shut up... I will get you thrown out of the court. Why are you shouting? Is this a court or a fish market? There has to be some dignity of the court. This is the problem. People who do not conduct themselves in the courtroom want to become senior lawyers” : CJI T S THAKUR, TO A LAWYER WHO RAISED HIS VOICE TOO HIGH DURING...

Should Cow Vigilante Groups Be Banned? SC Agrees To Examine

Agreeing to adjudicate on the raging controversy for the first time, a division bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Dipak Misra today said it will examine the issue if the cow protection vigilate groups across the country should be banned for allegedly indulging in violence.“OK. Let us go though the petition in detail. Yes we will examine the issue”, the bench told Sanjay Hegde,...

SC Advises Govt To Initiate Peace Talks To End Maoist Violence In Chattisgarh, Compensate Victims Under CrPC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Adarsh Kumar Goel, today strongly advised the Central Government to initiate peace talks to end Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh. The bench reminded the Additional Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, who represented the State of Chhattisgarh, about the message from the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for the resolution of the...