'Approach Bar Council Of India': Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Relax Lawyers' Dress Code During Summer

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a petition seeking relaxation of dress code for lawyers during the summer season.As an alternative, a Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and V Ramasubramanian asked the petitioner to approach the Bar Council of India (BCI) regarding his grievance.The petitioner then decided to withdraw his plea, which was allowed by the Bench.During the hearing,...

Supreme Court Refuses To Defer Chamber Allotments, Asks Lawyers To Raise Grievance About Twin-Sharing Condition Before Committee

The Supreme Court, on Monday, asked the members of the Bar to make representation to the three-member Committee constituted to oversee the allotment of lawyers' chambers at the Supreme Court premises, with their grievance regarding the allotment on twin-sharing basis entailing division of chambers.The Court also turned down the prayer made by the petitioners to defer the allotment till...

Supreme Court Allows 2-Months Extra Window For Availing Transitional Credit; Directs GSTN To Open Portal For TRAN-1/TRAN-2 Forms

In a relief to several assessees who missed the statutory deadline, the Supreme Court has directed the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) to allow a 2-month additional window from September 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 for claiming Transitional Credit.TRAN-1 and TRAN-forms were brought to allow assessees to carry forward pre-GST credits to the GST system. As per the GST Rules, such claims...

Supreme Court Asks Congress Leader RS Surjewala To Raise Challenge Against Voter ID-Aaadhaar Linking Before High Court

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the Public Interest Litigation filed by Congress General Secretary and Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala challenging the provisions of Election Laws (Amendment) Act 2021 which allows the linking of voter cards with Aadhaar numbers.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna asked the petitioner to move the High Court raising...

Uddhav Faction Moves Supreme Court To Stop Election Commission From Hearing Eknath Shinde's Claim Before Decision On Disqualification

Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shivsena has now moved the Supreme Court, against the proceedings initiated by the Election Commission of India on request made by the Eknath Sinde-led faction for recognition as the 'real' Shivsena and their claim over the party's election symbol - the bow and arrow.The application has been filed in the writ petition filed by Subhash Desai, the...

BREAKING| CLAT-PG Test Ranking Can Be Used To Select NTPC Law Officers: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Monday held that the condition mandating applicants to clear CLAT for applying to the post of Assistant Law Officer in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is lawful.A Division Bench of Justice A.K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. thereby allowed the appeal preferred by NTPC against the decision of a Single Judge which held that such...

Kerala High Court Half-Yearly Digest: January To June 2022 [Citations 1-313]

Nominal Index [Citations 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1 - 313]Vinay Shankar v. Union of India & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Rajeswary vs State of Kerala, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 2K.S. Narayana Elayathu v. Sandhya, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Suo Motu v. Travancore Devaswom Board, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Mohammed Suhail & Ors v. State of Kerala & Anr, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 5Vijayakumar V. & Anr. v....

Droupadi Murmu Sworn-In As The President Of India By Chief Justice Of India NV Ramana

Droupadi Murmu was sworn-in as the 15th President of India on Monday by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana.The CJI administered the oath of office to Droupadi Murmu at the Central Hall of the Parliament in New Delhi tomorrow at 10.15 AM.Murmu, 64, was declared the winner of the Presidential elections on July 21 after defeating opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha to become the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: July 17 To July 23, 2022

Supreme Court Judgements Opportunity Of Hearing Not Required To Be Afforded To Army Officers Before Suspending Them Pending Court Of Inquiry : Supreme Court Case Stat: Col. Vineet Raman Sharda vs Union of India | 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 606 The Supreme Court observed that opportunity of hearing is not required to be afforded to army officers before suspending them pending the Court...

BREAKING| Calcutta HC Says Influential Accused Take Shelter In State-Run Hospital; Orders Minister Partha Chatterjee To Be Shifted To AIIMS Bhubaneswar

The Calcutta High Court in a special hearing held on Sunday ordered the Enforcement Directorate to shift West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee to AIIMS, Bhubeneswar on Monday early morning from state-run SSKM hospital in Kolkata. The West Bengal minister was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday morning in connection with its investigation into the...

Generally Wife's Convenience Must Be Looked At While Considering Transfer Petition Under Section 24 CPC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that generally it is the wife's convenience which must be looked at while considering transfer petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure."In matrimonial matters, wherever Courts are called upon to consider the plea of transfer, the Courts have to take into consideration the economic soundness of both the parties, the social strata of the spouses and...

Forest Department Cannot Itself Impose Damages Invoking Section 33 Wildlife Protection Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a forest department cannot impose damages under Section 33 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.For that the authority has to initiate appropriate proceedings before the appropriate court/forum to determine/ascertain the damages, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed.In this case, the Forest Department alleged that an...