Gujarat High Court Half Yearly Digest: January to June 2022 [Citation 1- 252]

CITATIONS- 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 1 To 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 252 Monthly Digests Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: January & February 2022 [Citations 1-59] Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations 60 To 101]Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations 102-143]Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: May 2022 [Citations 144-192Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest:...

No Hope Left In Supreme Court : Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal

Expressing anguish at some recent judgments of the Supreme Court, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal said that he has no hope left in the institution.The senior lawyer was speaking at the People's Tribunal which was organized on the 6th of August 2022 at New Delhi on the "Judicial Rollback of Civil Liberties" by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), People's Union for...

Never Confuse Law With Justice, What Is Just May Not Be Always Legal : Justice DY Chandrachud

Justice D.Y. Chandrachud presided over and delivered the Convocation Address for the 11th Convocation ceremony of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. While he could not physically attend the ceremony, Justice Chandrachud recorded a message for the graduating students. While addressing the students, Justice Chandrachud asked them to never confuse 'law' with 'justice'. He stated that...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: August 1 To August 6, 2022

Supreme Court Judgments 1. Sec 24(1) RFCTLARR Act- Land Acquisition Proceedings Get "Initiated" From Publication Of Sec 4(1) Notification Under 1894 Act : Supreme Court Case details: Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation vs Deepak Aggarwal | 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 644 | SLP (C) 6631-16632/2018 In a judgment delivered on Thursday (28...

No Consensus On CJI Ramana's Proposal For National Judicial Infrastructure Authority : Law Minister Tells Lok Sabha

On Friday, Union Minister of Law & Justice, Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha that no consensus had been reached on the proposal of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana regarding setting up of a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India. In March, 2022, Mr. Rijiju had informed the Lok Sabha that the Ministry had received a proposal from the Chief Justice of India for setting...

'National Sports Code 2011 Can't Be Read Like A Statute' : Supreme Court Allows Players To Vote In AIFF Executive Committee Election

Opining that the "National Sports Code, 2011 cannot be read in the manner of a statute", the Supreme Court passed a direction to include the representation of 36 football players (24 male and 12 female) in the electoral college for the ensuing executive committee election of All India Football Federation."The National Sports Code cannot be read in the manner of a statute. A...

Supreme Court Expunges Observations In Kerala HC's Judgment Which Suggested That Judicial Officer Exhibited Political Favouritism

The Supreme Court on Friday expunged observations made against Ernakulam Principal District and Sessions Judge Honey M Varghese in a judgement of the Kerala High Court which suggested that she had exhibited political favouritism. The bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and JK Maheshwari observed that it'll be just and proper to expunge the observations/adverse remarks...

Syllabus For Upcoming AIBE Will Be Published In 15 Days; Examination Within 3 Months : BCI Tells Supreme Court

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court was informed by the Bar Council of India that the syllabus for the upcoming All India Bar Examination would be published within 15 days and the examination would be held within a period of three months thereafter. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S. Ravindra Bhat and M.M. Sundresh was hearing the Bar Council of India's challenge to the...

EPF Pension Case: Employees Argue They Can't Be Asked To Contribute 1.16% Of Salaries Above Rs 15,000 [Supreme Court Hearing Day 4]

On the fourth day of the EPF Pension case hearing (Friday), the pensioners told the Supreme Court that asking the employees to contribute 1.16% for salaries above Rs 15,000 as per the Employee's Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 has no statutory sanction and is against the parent Act, the Employees' Provident Funds And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. The submission was made by...

License To Use Software Is "Deemed Sale";Service Tax Not Leviable On Ground That Updates Are Provided : Supreme Court In QuickHeal's Case

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals filed by the Commissioner of Service Tax seeking to levy service tax to the tune of over Rs 56 crores on Quick Heal Technologies Ltd for its sale of anti-virus software during the period 2012-2014.The Court held that the sale of software in CDs/DVDs is a sale of goods and once sales tax has been paid on the sale consideration, service tax is...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Take Disciplinary Action Against A Lawyer; Asks Petitioner To Approach Bar Council

The Supreme Court on Friday granted liberty to withdraw a petition which sought to direct the Bar Council of India to initiate disciplinary proceedings against a senior advocate for professional misconduct under the Advocates Act, 1961.A Bench of Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia granted liberty to withdraw the matter. During the hearing, the bench asked the petitioners,...

Endosulfan Tragedy| All Applicants Paid Compensation Except Those Whose Legal Heirs Are In Dispute: Kerala Govt Tells Supreme Court

While hearing a contempt plea preferred by victims of Endosulfan alleging failure on the part of State of Kerala to disburse 5 lakhs compensation, the Supreme Court, on Friday, was apprised by Senior Advocate, Mr. Jaideep Gupta appearing for the State of Kerala, that all applicants other than the 14 applicants, in whose case there is some dispute amongst the legal heirs, have been...