Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Enable E-Filing & Virtual Appearance Facilities At UP District Courts

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) asked the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court to enable e-filing facility at e-Sewa Kendras of all the District Courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Court also stated that a hybrid hearing before the High Court through a virtual set-up in the District Courts of Western UP may take place in compliance with the Allahabad High Court Rules...

Statement Made Before Court Ultimately Matters Than Statement Under Section 50 PMLA : Justice Sanjiv Khanna

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday (April 15) orally observed that there was a difference between the admissibility of a statement of an accused recorded under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and its evidentiary value.Justice Khanna observed that the evidence before the Court is the actual statement made by the person in the Court itself and not...

Supreme Court Rejects Advocates' Challenge To Gujarat HC's Order Directing Investigation Against Them For Allegedly Forging Vakalatnama

The Supreme Court (on April 15) refused to interfere in a petition filed by two practising advocates from Gujarat challenging an inquiry ordered by the Gujarat High Court against them for alleged misconduct of forging their client's vakalatnama. The matter was considered by a bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta. Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Yatin Oza appeared for...

Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Voting Arrangements For Displaced Manipuris, Says Too Late To Issue Directions To Election Commission

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) declined to entertain a petition seeking voting arrangements for approximately18,000 who got displaced from Manipur due to the ethnic clash to cast their votes in their home constituency in the Lok Sabha General Elections scheduled to take place on April 19 and 26. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...

Supreme Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail To AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan In PMLA Case, Expresses Reservations With Delhi HC's Observations On Merits

The Supreme Court today (on April 15) refused to entertain the petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan against the dismissal of his anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court, in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of the Delhi Wakf Board.However, at the same time, the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta expressed...

NDPS Act | Can Accused Get Default Bail If FSL Report Isn't Submitted With Chargesheet Within Prescribed Time? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench

The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the question as to whether a person accused of committing offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 is entitled to default bail on the failure of the prosecution to furnish the report of the Forensic Science Laboratory along with the chargesheet within the prescribed time.A two-judge bench comprising Justices...

Easement By Necessity Not Available When There Is Alternative Way To Access Property : Supreme Court

Recently, the Supreme Court observed that the claimant of an easementary right wouldn't be entitled to claim the 'easementary right by necessity' for enjoying the 'Dominant Heritage' (the property owned by the claimant) when there exists an alternative way to access the 'Dominant Heritage' apart from the way over which the easementary rights were claimed to access the Dominant...

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-VI]

Article 16 - Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment Constitution of India; Article 16 - the intention of Article 16 was not to compromise on administrative efficiency. A certain portion (promotion) cannot be reserved for a certain class of citizen and not the others who were also initially appointed on the basis of horizontal reservation, the only exception...

Search & Seizure Provisions Of NDPS Act Do Not Affect Article 20(3) Of Constitution : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently (on April 09) observed that Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution remains unaffected by the provisions of search and seizure under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Act). Article 20 (3) of the Constitution provides that no person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself."In the instant case, we...

Which Are The Patanjali/Divya Pharmacy Products Facing Legal Scrutiny For Objectionable Advertisements?

In the contempt case against Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, the affidavit filed by the State of Uttarakhand in the Supreme Court on April 9 throws light on some of the Patanjali products which are facing legal scrutiny.The Supreme Court, in its hearing held on April 10, has expressed dissatisfaction with the measures taken by the Uttarakhand licensing authority, noting that the authority has done...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (8th April-13th April, 2024)

With another week gone at the Supreme Court of India, Live Law is back with its Supreme Court Weekly Digest, dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of the most recent legal developments in the country's apex court. This digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the past week and also the updates...

Power Of Attorney Holders Cannot Give Evidence About Facts Which Are Within Personal Knowledge Of Persons They Represent : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court explained in a recent judgment that a Power of Attorney holder can only depose about the facts within his personal knowledge and not about those facts which are not within his knowledge or are within the personal knowledge of the person who he represents Observing that a power of attorney holder can depose about the fact within his knowledge and not about those facts which...