"Supreme Court Crossed All Lines" - Dushyant Dave On Action Against Teesta Setalvad, Upholding PMLA [Video Interview]

In this interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave discusses the Supreme Court's judgment in Zakia Jafri case, PMLA case, issues relating to Master of Roster system, and opaqueness of listing of cases by the Supreme Court registry.The video can be watched here.(Certain unforeseen technical issues hampered the smooth video streaming of the...

Varavara Rao's Acts Were Against The State, Not Entitled To Bail : NIA To Supreme Court

The National Investigation Agency on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is not justifiable for Telugu poet and Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad accused P Varavara Rao to seek bail on constitutional grounds when his acts are against the interest of the society and state. "The act of the petitioner/accused has a direct impact on the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of...

Supreme Court's Order Against Teesta Setalvad Is Unconstitutional & Highly Immoral : Dushyant Dave

In an interview with LiveLaw, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave fiercely criticised the Supreme Court's order in the Gujarat riots case(Zakia Jafri versus State of Gujarat), which led to the arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad and former Gujarat ADGP RB Sreekumar.While dismissing Zakia Jafri's petition challenging the SIT clean chit to the high state functionaries in larger conspiracy...

Attorney General Says Sombebody Is Bent Upon Ensuring That He Does Not Appear In Maharashtra Wakf Tribunal Case; Narrates "Startling Events" In Letter To SC

Attorney General for India KK Venugopal has written another letter to the Supreme Court in the Maharashtra Wakf Tribunal matter, reiterating his complaint that there has been an attempt to ensure that he does not appear in the matter.Last week, AG had informed the Chief Justice of India that Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs changed his Advocate-on-Record and other lawyers who had been...

"Possibility Of Accused Being Short Tempered" : Supreme Court Modifies Conviction Of SRK's Security Guard Who Killed Colleague

In a judgment delivered last week , the Supreme Court took into account the possibility of the accused being short tempered to modify his conviction to Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part 1 IPC."It cannot be disputed that how a person responds to a particular situation would depend upon the temperament of a particular person. A hot tempered person may react differently as compared to a...

Conviction Solely On The Basis Of Extra Judicial Confession Cannot Be Sustained: Supreme Court

Extra­ judicial confession was a weak piece of evidence and unless there was some corroboration, the conviction solely on the basis of extra ­judicial confession could not be sustained, the Supreme Court observed while upholding a High Court judgment which acquitted a murder accused.The prosecution case was that the accused had killed his wife with a lathi, dragged her 100 feet away from...

"In The Age Of Fake News, We Need Journalists More Than Ever To Document The Unseen & Expose Fault Lines In Society":Justice Chandrachud

"In the age of fake news and disinformation, we need journalists more than ever to document the unseen and expose the fault lines in our society", Justice D. Y. Chandrachud has remarked.The Supreme Court judge was delivering his address at the 11th Convocation and Founder's Day Ceremony at the O. P. Jindal Global University.Following are the excerpts from his address : "In a few days, India...

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2022 (Jan - Jun) - Code of Civil Procedure 1908

Advocate Commissioners - The Advocate Commissioner is not a new concept. The advocates are appointed as Court Commissioner to perform diverse administrative and ministerial work as per the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure and Code of Criminal Procedure. (Para 36) NKGSB Cooperative Bank Ltd. v. Subir Chakravarty, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 212 : AIR 2022 SC 1325 Code of Civil Procedure,...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-127]

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NEET-UG Admission : University Agrees Before Supreme Court To Return Original Documents To Student Who Could Only Pay Partial Fee

The Supreme Court, on Monday, adjourned the plea pertaining to the issue whether partial payment of fees without submission of enrolment forms, undertakings and affidavits will amount to admission and joining of a medical college. The petition was filed by a candidate who had applied in the NEET UG Counselling conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) and was allotted...

Welfare Schemes For Poor Not "Freebies", Assess Cost Of Perks Given To Ministers, MPs/MLAs & Corporates : AAP To Supreme Court

Schemes for the socio-economic welfare of the disadvantaged masses cannot be described as "freebies", said the Aam Aadmi Party in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court opposing a PIL filed by former BJP Spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to control the practice of political parties seeking votes by promising "freebies".In the intervention application, the party, which is governing...

Supreme Court Grants Zee News Producer Protection From Arrest In FIRs Over Broadcasting Doctored Video of Rahul Gandhi

The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted interim protection from arrest to Zee News Producer, Narinder Singh in FIRs registered in relation to the airing of a fabricated video of Rahul Gandhi's speech. The Counsel appearing on behalf of the Singh apprised a Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna that three FIRs have been filed against him - one in Jaipur, Rajasthan;...