Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Modify Judgment Describing Sikkimese-Nepalese As Of 'Foreign Origin'

As protests are simmering in Sikkim over a remark in a Supreme Court's judgment indicating that all Nepalis settled in Sikkim are of "foreign origin", an application has been filed in the Top Court seeking to remove the said observation.The observation was made in the judgment authored by Justice BV Nagarathna in the case Association of Old Settlers of Sikkim vs Union of India which held that...

BREAKING| Collegium Has Taken Cognisance Of Complaints About Victoria Gowri, Says CJI; Agrees To Hear Plea Against Her Appointment Tomorrow

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday made a significant disclosure that the Supreme Court collegium has taken cognizance of the complaints against L Victoria Gowri, who has been recommended for appointment as a judge of the Madras High Court.A section of the Madras High Court bar had last week sent a representation to the CJI seeking recall of the recommendation made for the...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocate L Victoria Gowri As Additional Judge Of Madras High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate L Victoria Gowri as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court. The development comes amid widespread backlash over reports about her affiliation to BJP and certain statements made about Muslims and Christians surfaced.“We write, with a sense of foreboding, in these troubled times, when the judiciary is facing unprecedented...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea Challenging Appointment Of Victoria Gowri As Madras HC Judge

Update at 2:30 PM, February 6 - Collegium Has Taken Cognisance Of Complaints About Victoria Gowri, Says CJI; Agrees To Hear Plea Against Her Appointment TomorrowA writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the appointment of Advocate L Victoria Gowri as a judge of the Madras High Court. Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Domestic Violence Act, 2005

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - Appeal against the Madras HC judgment which quashed proceedings under Domestic Violence Act on the ground of limitation - Allowed - High Court was in error in observing that the application under Section 12 of the Act ought to have been filed within a period of one year of the alleged...

When All India Bar Examination Becomes An Expensive Affair

The All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVII was conducted on February 5, 2023. This year's AIBE saw a high turnout of aspiring lawyers who were eager to take the examination and move one step closer to their goal of practicing law in India. The written test consisted of 100 multiple-choice questions covering a wide range of legal subjects, including constitutional law, criminal law, family law,...

PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Probe On Hindenburg Report Against Adani Group

Another PIL has been filed in connection with the publication of a report by US-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research against the Adani Group. This time, the PIL seeks the constitution of a committee under the head of a retired Supreme Court Judge to investigate the contents of the Research Report. It was on January 24 that US-based Hindenburg published its report accusing...

BREAKING| Five New Supreme Court Judges Take Oath; Working Strength Rises To 32, With 2 Vacancies

Five new Supreme Court judges took oath on Monday. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the oath to the newly sworn-in judges in the presence of all judges of the Supreme Court.The newly sworn-in judges are :1. Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.2. Justice Sanjay Karol, Chief Justice of Patna High Court.3. Justice P. V. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice...

Chief Justice of Singapore Praises Indian Supreme Court For Handling 'Immense Caseload', Hails Its Judges As Hardest Working In World

The Supreme Court of India is among the busiest courts in the world and its justices are among the hardest working judges because of the immense caseload that they carry, said Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon of the Singapore Supreme Court on his visit to India. The judge, while commending his Indian counterpart and the top court, said, “I saw this myself when I was honoured...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest (29th January 2023 - 5th February 2023)

Judgements/OrdersOrder XLI Rule 5 CPC - Mere Filing Of Appeal Would Not Operate As A Stay Of Decree : Supreme CourtCase Title: Sanjiv Kumar Singh vs State Of Bihar | Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 19038/2022 | 24 January 2023 Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 63Coram: Justices A S Bopanna and Hima KohliThe Supreme Court observed that mere filing of the appeal would not operate as a stay under...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2022- POCSO Act

Protection of Child from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - Any act of sexual assault or sexual harassment to the children should be viewed very seriously and all such offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment on the children have to be dealt with in a stringent manner - Cases of sexual assault or sexual harassment on the...

CJI & Supreme Court Judges Visit Amrit Udyan Of Rashtrapati Bhavan On Invitation Of President

On a special invitation by President Droupadi Murmu, Chief Justice of India, Dr Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and judges of the Supreme Court visited the Amrit Udyan of Rashtrapati Bhavan.The images and the video of the judges' visit were tweeted by the official twitter handle of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. On a special invitation by President Droupadi Murmu, Chief Justice of India Dr Justice...