Might Have Taken A Different View In PMLA Judgment, Says Justice Nageswara Rao; Flags Strategy To Muzzle Dissent By Selective Prosecution

On the 76th Independence Day of India, Retired Supreme Court Justice Nageswara Rao opined that he would have probably taken a different view in the judgment upholding the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).When asked on the correctness and impact of the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the validity of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 , this is...

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Half Yearly Digest: January to June 2022 [Citation 1- 166]

NOMINAL INDEXGangaram S/o Shri Kanha Ji Versus Commissioner, Indore Division & another 2022 LiveLaw (MP) 1Kamla Bai and Others v. The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others 2022 LiveLaw (MP) 2Jayesh Gurnani v. Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (MP) 3Dr. Vijendra Dhanware & Another v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and others 2022 LiveLaw (MP) 4Hani Sharma vs....

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Statute/Subject Wise Index [August 7 to August 14, 2022]

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 154 - FIR -Police officers cannot exercise any discretion when they receive a complaint which discloses the commission of a cognizable offence - Whether or not the offence complained of is made out is to be determined at the stage of investigation and / or trial. If, after conducting the investigation, the police find that no offence is...

SCBA President Laments Tendency Of High Court Collegiums To Appoint Only "People They Know" & Not "Best Names"

While delivering his address at the 75th Independence Day celebrations at the Supreme Court premises, on Monday, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Mr. Vikas Singh once again raised the issue of High Court Collegiums not considering the lawyers practising in the Supreme Court for elevation as judges. Mr. Singh stated that though initially an admirer of...

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Our Systems Will Truly Belong To The People When We Honour And Cherish Our Diversity: CJI Ramana

Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana was invited as the Chief Guest at the 76th Independence Day Celebrations, organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) at the Supreme Court Lawns. CJI Ramana, while speaking about his endeavours of the "Indianisation" of the judiciary stated that the Indian system would truly belong to the people of India when the citizens honoured and cherished...

CJI Ramana Remembers Pingali Venkayya, Designer Of National Flag, In Independence Day Speech

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana paid tributes to Pingali Venkayya, the designer of the national flag, in his independence day speech today."Today I see the tricolour flying high above us. I cannot help but take pride and remember Shri Pingali Venkayya, who is the architect of the national flag, who hails from the Telugu land, who designed the national flag", CJI Ramana, also a Telugu,...

Har Ghar Thiranga - How Supreme Court Recognized Citizen's Right To Fly The National Flag

The Indian national flag, with the tricolours of saffron, white and green, and with Asoka Chakra at its centre, embodies national unity. Laws and regulations, namely, the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and the Flag Code of India, 2002 were framed to govern the dignified representation of the Indian flag. The citizens' duty to respect the ideals of the National Flag was also inserted in the Indian constitution through Article 51A (a). In light of the government's Har Ghar...

Political Parties Discharge Constitutional Mandate By Offering Subsidies; Can't Call It Freebies: Congress Leader To Supreme Court

"Political parties (are rightly) giving/offering subsidies and concession to our citizen because ultimately they are discharging their constitutional mandate, which is necessary for the Democratic structure of our country," a Madhya Pradesh-based Doctor and General Secretary, M.P. Mahila Congress has submitted before the Supreme Court.The submission has been made in an intervention...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up : August 8- August 14, 2022

Supreme Court Judgments Section 311 CrPC Application Cannot Be Dismissed Merely On The Ground That It Will Lead To Filling In Loop Holes Of Prosecution Case: Supreme Court Case details: Varsha Garg vs State of Madhya Pradesh 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 662 | CrA 1021 of 2022 The Supreme Court observed that an application under Section 311 CrPC cannot be dismissed merely on the...

Meat Omitted From Midday Meals To Include Fruits & Dry Fruits, Meat Already Part Of Regular Home Menu : Lakshadweep Admin To Supreme Court

The Lakshadweep administration has told the Supreme Court that meat was excluded from the menu of mid-day meals for school students to ensure the inclusion of fruits and dry fruits. It said that meat was part of the home diet of the islanders otherwise but the consumption of fruits and dry fruits was less."The Lakshadweep administration was well within its power to carry out a modification in...