Telangana CM's Daughter K. Kavitha Moves Supreme Court Challenging ED Summons In Delhi Excise Policy Case, Hearing On March 24

Telangana CM's daughter and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha has moved the Supreme Court challenging ED summons in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy case.She was questioned by the agency on March 11 and is required to appear again tomorrow.The matter was mentioned before CJI DY Chandrachud who refused immediate hearing and posted the matter on March 24.Kavitha, presently an...

Murder Trial- Prosecution's Omission to Explain Injuries On Accused Assumes Importance When Evidence Consists Of Interested Witnesses : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reiterated that omission on the part of the prosecution to explain injuries on the person of the accused assumes greater importance where the evidence consists of interested witnesses or where the defence gives a version which competes in probability with that of the prosecution.A Bench comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sanjay...

Supreme Court Issues Directions For Installation Of Vapour Recovery System In Retail Petroleum Outlets

The Supreme Court has directed that all the retail petroleum outlets located in cities having population of more than 10 lakh and having turn over of more than 300 KL/Month shall install the Vapour Recovery System(VRS) mechanism. This should be done within the fresh time line prescribed in the circular issued by the Central Pollution Control Board on June 4, 2021.A bench comprising...

Spotlight On Recent Appointments To The Supreme Court - Justice Aravind Kumar

A general criticism of the Indian Courts has been that very little is known to the public about the judges being recommended by respective Collegium before their appointment, on merit and suitability. A designated Secretariat ideally should do the job, unfortunately we don’t have such a mechanism. Livelaw has taken an initiative to share relevant information about the appointees and we...

Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Supreme Court Poses Multiple Questions On Governor's Role | Live Updates From Hearing [March 15]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases related to rift in Shiv Sena.A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear the matter. Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha are the other members of the bench.The bench started hearing the matter on merits from February 21. On February 16, it had decided to defer a decision on the...

Don't Allow Resolutions Against Kapil Sibal & NK Kaul : KK Venugopal Urges SCBA President Vikas Singh

Former Attorney General for India and Senior Advocate KK Venugopal has written to the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Vikas Singh advising him to not allow the passing of the resolutions proposed against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Neeraj Kishan Kaul.The SCBA General Body meeting is scheduled to consider tomorrow(March 16) the resolutions proposed against Sibal and Kaul...

Kerala Quarry Operators Withdraw Petition Filed In Supreme Court For Mining In Lands Assigned For Cultivation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain petitions challenging the Kerala High Court's judgment dated May 25, 2022, which held that quarrying was not permissible in lands assigned for cultivation as per the provisions of the Kerala Land Assignment Act.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol however permitted the petitioners to withdraw the petition with...

Supreme Court Judge Justice Ajay Rastogi Urges Lawyers To Undergo A Training Course In Mediation By Sparing Time

Supreme Court judge Justice Ajay Rastogi on Tuesday urged all advocates to undergo a training course in mediation by "sparing time" or even "sparing briefs", remarking that it would "change (their) lifestyle, (their) response to clients, (their) perception towards not just (themselves) but to the family also"The bench of Justices Rastogi and Bela Trivedi was hearing a builder-homebuyers...

Supreme Court Makes Stay On Uttarakhand HC Order Banning Fatwas Absolute

The Supreme Court, on Monday, made absolute the interim stay on the order of the Uttarakhand High Court banning religious outfits/bodies and statutory panchayats/local panchayats/group of people in the state from issuing 'fatwas' or similar diktats. The order was passed by a Bench comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Bela M. Trivedi in a Special Leave Petition filed by...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Alleged Illegal Detention Of CPI(M) Leader MY Tarigami In J&K In 2019

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union Government to respond to the allegation that Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami was kept under detention without any formal order in 2019 in the aftermath of the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.A bench comprising Justices Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Rajesh Bindal was hearing a habeas...

Article 226(2) - Supreme Court Explains Tests To Determine If Cause Of Action Has Arisen Within Jurisdiction Of High Court

In a notable judgment explaining the concept of 'cause of action' under Article 226(2) of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court held that only those facts, which are relevant to the grant of the relief, will give rise to 'cause of action'. Applying this principle, the Court held that a company cannot challenge a GST notification issued by one state before a High Court located in...

Amend Consumer Protection Rules On Appointment Process Of Commission Members Within 3 Months : Supreme Court To Centre, States

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, observed that the direction in Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs v. Dr.Mahindra Bhaskar Limaye And Ors. that, the Central and State Governments are required to make certain amendments to the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020 pertaining to the appointment process at the Consumer Dispute fora is to be carried out on an urgent basis, preferably within 3...