Supreme Court Directs Ministry Of Law & Justice To Conduct Judicial Impact Assessment Of All Tribunals At The Earliest

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli recently upheld the notification issued by the Central Government in 2019 to abolish the Odisha Administrative Tribunal (OAT) and dismissed the petition filed by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal Bar Association challenging the Orissa High Court's decision which upheld the abolition of OAT. In...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Board Exams For Classes 5 & 8 In Madhya Pradesh

A petition challenging Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision to allow the state government to hold board examinations for classes five and eight has been filed in the Supreme Court of India. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, before whom the matter was mentioned on Wednesday, directed it to be posted with another pending plea on a similar issue arising out of Karnataka. The petition has...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Law Intern Arrested In Indore After State Concedes

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to a law intern from Indore who has been under custody since January 28. The petitioner named Sonu Mansoori had approached the Court alleging that she was heckled and attacked by a group in Indore court premises and the police, instead of taking action against the miscreants, arrested her.On Wednesday, Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj,...

Only Retail Sale Can Claim Assessment Benefits Under Section 4A Of Central Excise Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that mere affixation of MRP does not make goods eligible for central excise duty exemption, and what is required along with the affixation is a mandate of law that directs the seller to affix such MRP.The Division Bench of Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia has observed that where the purchaser institution is deemed to not be a consumer, the sale...

Fees Paid By Director Does Not Attract Exemption Under Clause 4 Of Schedule III Of SEBI Stock Broker Regulations: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has upheld SEBI’s decision to not to grant exemption to a corporate entity from payment of fees under Clause 4 of Schedule III of SEBI (Stock-Brokers and Sub-Brokers) Regulations 1992, since it was the Director and not the Whole Time Director who transferred stock exchange registration to the corporate entity and paid the registration fees. No exemption can be claimed on...

Diversion Of Gas To Other Generating Stations Not Sufficient Ground To Seek Compensation When PPA Has No Such Provision: Supreme Court

While affirming the view of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, the Supreme Court held that the Electricity Board would not have to indemnify if there was no provision regarding compensation of full fixed charges and actual variable charges in respect of short supply of energy in the Power Purchase Agreement.A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar was hearing an appeal moved...

Lawyers Have To Produce Typed Copies Of HC Judgments Which Are Unreadable Due To Large Watermarks : CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday urged lawyers to follow the directions of the Supreme Court registry to produce typed copies of High Court judgements, which are unreadable owing to the presence of large watermarks on them.The Chief Justice made this remark when an advocate mentioned before him the difficulty caused by the registry's insistence for producing typed copies...

Writ Petition For Recovery Of Money Can't Be Entertained, Particularly When Civil Remedy Has Been Invoked : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that that writ petitions filed for seeking recovery of money due under the bills/invoices cannot be entertained under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, particularly when the writ petitioner has filed civil suit which came to be dismissed in default.A Bench comprising Justice M.R. Shah and Justice C.T. Ravikumar held so in the case Director of...

Bilkis Bano Case Mentioned Again Before SC, CJI Says Special Bench Will Be Constituted To Hear Plea Against Premature Release Of Convicts

The Supreme Court has once again agreed to constitute a special bench to hear pleas challenging the order of Gujarat Government allowing the premature release of 11 convicts sentenced to life in Bilkis Bano case.Last month also, CJI DY Chandrachud had said that he will constitute a special bench to take up the matter. A special bench is necessitated as the regular combination os of Justice...

Marital Rape | Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking To Criminalize Marital Rape On May 9, 2023

The Supreme Court on Wednesday listed the pleas concerning the constitutional validity of the Marital Rape exception on May 9, 2023. The batch of petitions, which was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala for 21st March 2023, could not be heard then owing to Justice Pardiwala's absence.Accordingly, the matter was...

'Courts Should Not Further The Notion That Only Male Child Will Assist Parents In Old Age; Avoid Patriarchal Remarks' : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has advised Courts to refrain from making patriarchal remarks in judgments. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha was deciding a petition seeking to review the death penalty awarded to a convict for the kidnap and murder of a 7-year old boy.The bench noted that the Supreme Court, in its appeal confirming the...

Supreme Court Directs All High Courts To Respond To Suggestions Of Amicus On Expediting Trials In Cases Against MPs/MLAs

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the High Courts to the suggestions made by amicus curiae Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria for expediting the trail in the cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs.During the hearing, the bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha stated that the court will be able to deal with the matter of expediting trial of legislators in...