Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Supreme Court Expresses Displeasure At Centre Not Implementing 1991 Direction To Take Insurance Policies For Future Claims

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, continued hearing the submissions made by the Attorney General for India, Mr. R. Venkataramani in Centre’s curative petition against Union Carbide Corporation seeking additional compensation for victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. During the course of the hearing, on Wednesday, the Court noted that in one of its judgments in...

'Even Kerala HC Falls Within Buffer Zone' : Kerala Govt Seeks Relaxation Of ESZ Mandate; Supreme Court Agrees To Consider On Jan 16

“Even the Kerala High Court is within one kilometre of the Mangalavanam bird sanctuary,” Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday, while seeking a relaxation of the directive to declare one kilometre around protected forests as ecologically sensitive zones (ESZ) on behalf of the state government. A Division Bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai...

'Avoid Tendency To Glorify Over-Work; Mental Health Important For Lawyers' : CJI DY Chandrachud

CJI cautioned against the tendency to view life only through the "lens of one's career".

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Insurance Law

Insurance Law Insurance - Insurance companies refusing claim on flimsy grounds and/or technical grounds - While settling the claims, the insurance company should not be too technical and ask for the documents, which the insured is not in a position to produce due to circumstances beyond his control. (Para 4.1) Gurmel Singh v. National Insurance Co. Ltd., 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 506 : AIR...

Krishna River Originates In Maharashtra, But We Get A Pittance : State Counsel Tells Supreme Court; Questions Andhra Pradesh's Stand

While arguing the plea seeking directions to the Jal Shakti Ministry to notify the final award passed by the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal, Senior Advocate Shekhar Naphade, appearing for the State of Maharashtra, submitted before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that lack of bona fide was writ large in the stand taken by State of Andhra Pradesh before the top Court. He was referring to the...

Service Matters: Compilation Of High Court Judgments In 2022 [Part I]

LiveLaw reported almost 7,000 orders and judgments in 2022 from various High Courts across the country. Here is a Digest on decisions relating to Service matters. This is the first of four parts of this Digest:1. [GPF Rules] Rule Framed Under Article 309 Can't Be Replaced By Executive Order Issued Under Article 162: Allahabad High CourtCase title - Anurag Mehrotra v. State Of U.P.Thru...

'Public Posturing From Judicial Platforms Not Good ': Vice President Hits Out At Supreme Court Again; Questions Basic Structure Doctrine

"Public posturing from judicial platforms is not good", said Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in a fresh criticism against the judiciary, ignoring the disapproval expressed by the Supreme Court of his earlier public comments on the collegium system.Dhankhar said that he was surprised when the Supreme Court judges told the Attorney General to convey its displeasure to constitutional authorities....

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Bihar Caste Census On January 20

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging caste-based census in Bihar. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud agreed to list the petition next Friday after the matter was mentioned before him for urgent posting.“Let the case come up next Friday,” the CJI said.The petition filed by Nalanda resident Akhilesh Kumar seeks to quash the...

Supreme Court Dismisses Centre's Plea Alleging Bias Against Foreign Arbitrators In Reliance Industries Arbitration

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha dismissed the central government's appeal which had sought to cease arbitration proceedings initiated by Reliance industries, BP Exploration, and Niko Resources against the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The arbitration proceedings were initiated over a $400-million cost recovery dispute...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Annual Digest 2022 [Citations 1 - 335]

Citations 1 To 335:1. MCQ Exams- "Question Having No 'Most Appropriate Answer' Is Incapable Of Being Asked, Needs To Be Deleted": P&H High CourtCase title: Lovepreet Singh v. Haryana Public Service Commission and anotherCitation: 2022 LiveLaw (P&H) 1The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently observed that in a Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) based examinations, a question which has...

'Women Contributed To Drafting Constitution' : CJI DY Chandrachud Explains Why He Wrote 'Founding Fathers & Mothers Of Constitution'

During the hearing of the dispute between the Delhi Government and the Centre over the control of civil services, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud explained why he chose to use the expression "founding fathers and mothers of the Constitution" in the 2018 Constitution Bench judgment in Govt of NCT of Delhi v Union of India.CJI said that he used this line so that the women who contributed...

5 Years Needed To Complete Lakhimpur Kheri Case Trial, Sessions Court Informs Supreme Court

The trial court in Uttar Pradesh handling the Lakhimpur Kheri case relating to the killing of farmers in October 2021 reported to the Supreme Court that it will take at least 5 years to complete the trial.In December 2022, the Supreme Court had sought for a report from the trial court while considering the bail application of accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra. Ashish...