"Disruptive Of Election Process" : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To Restrain Political Parties From Using Symbols After Polls

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition which sought a direction that political parties cannot use election symbols allotted to them as party symbols beyond the period of elections.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and AS Oka observed that the relief claimed was "disruptive of the election process" and imposed a cosy of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner for "complete wastage...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act On Oct 18

A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India, U.U. Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and J.B. Pardiwala, on Monday, listed the writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for 18th October 2022.Senior Advocate Arvind Datar appeared for the petitioners, Foundation of Media Professionals in the matter. CJI Lalit remarked...

Supreme Court To Have Its Own Platform For Live Streaming, Says CJI UU Lalit

Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Monday said that the Supreme Court will soon have its own platform for live-streaming. CJI made this statement when a counsel mentioned that the Supreme Court should secure its copyright when the proceedings are live-streamed in YouTube. The counsel sought the urgent listing of the petition filed in that regard."These are the initial stages, we'll have our...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging ICAI Rule Limiting Number Of Tax Audits By Chartered Accountants Per Year

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India on September 22 continued hearing the challenge against a rule issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Of India (ICAA) barring members from accepting more than the "specified number of tax audit assignments" (at present, the upper limit is set at 60) in a financial year. This matter is now being adjudicated almost two years after...

BREAKING| Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi Declines To Be The Next Attorney General For India

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi has told LiveLaw that he has declined the Union Government's offer to be the next Attorney General for India. He said that he thought about the offer again and decided to decline it.The term of the incumbent Attorney General for India KK Venugopal is ending on September 30. There were reports that Rohatgi was going to take the AG's mantle after Venugopal from...

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest (Jan - Jun) Practice & Procedure

Practice and Procedure - Anticipatory Bail Applications - When an application for anticipatory bail accompanied by an application for ad -interim relief is listed before the court, it should decide the same one way or the other, so far as the ad -interim prayer or should have taken up for consideration after giving some reasonable time to the State. Even if admitted, the court should...

Justice Indira Banerjee's Code (IBC) : Development Of IBC Jurisprudence

Justice Indira Banerjee has retired from the office of the Judge of the Supreme Court last week. She became the first lady judge to preside over a constitution bench. In her journey as a judge of the apex court of the country, she gave many landmark & important rulings. Apart from other subject matters, her contribution to the jurisprudence surrounding IBC shall be long remembered. Though she has been part of the benches which have pronounced many decisions on various facets of Insolvency...

Supreme Court Soon To Have Online Portal For Filing RTI Applications and First Appeals

During the course of hearing a plea seeking mechanism to set up an online portal for the Supreme Court for e-filing Right to Information (RTI) applications and first appeals, on Friday, Supreme Court Judge, Justice Chandrachud, who is also the Chairperson of the E-Committee of the Apex Court, on Friday, indicated that the online RTI portal is almost ready. He noted that the public...

Goan Personal Law - Portugese Civil Code| Right To Property Of Highest Bidder Is Heritable And Not A Personal Right - Supreme Court

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India observed that an heir's right to participate in licitation and claim a specific item of property, "at the appropriate stage – when owelty was to be demanded", was not merely a personal right which would extinguish upon the heir's death under the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code. Since a bid is offered by the heir in their capacity as a member of...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Man's Plea That He Should Not Be Deported Till His Indian Citizenship Is Decided

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by a man seeking a direction that he should not be deported to Pakistan until his claim to be an Indian citizen is decided as per Section 9(2) of the Citizenship Act.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice J. B. Pardiwala also issued status quo in the matter. Notice on the plea has been issued to the District Superintendent...

An Order Is In Given Factual Circumstances; Judgment Lays Down Principles Of Law: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an order is in the given factual scenario and the judgment lays down the principles of law."Any order or judgment passed by this Court becomes a reportable exercise to create more volumes of reported cases" , the bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka and Vikram Nath observed. The court added that this causes some confusion on the legal...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Chief Secretary Of Andaman & Nicobar Administration In Plea Alleging Contempt Of Court

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice to the Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Administration in a petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings for wilful disobedience and violation of order of the Apex Court, which had clarified who could be designated as Reporting, Reviewing and Accepting Authority with regard to officers belonging to the Forest Department.Senior Advocate,...