'Political Neutrality Must For Civil Servants', Says Supreme Court While Refusing To Impose 'Cooling Off' Period To Join Politics After Retirement

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition to impose restrictions to prevent Civil Servants from contesting elections immediately after retirement or resignation from service, by imposing a "Cooling off Period".Whether there should be any "Cooling off Period" for civil servants for them to contest elections or not is best left to the concerned Legislature, the bench comprising...

Court/Tribunal Cannot Impound A Insufficiently Stamped Document Unless & Untill It Is Produced On Record Before It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a Court or a Tribunal cannot impound a document for insufficient stamp unless and until the same is produced on record before it.In this case, as the original Loan Agreements which contained the arbitration clause, were not produced during the arbitral proceedings, the Arbitral Tribunal directed it to be taken to the original Loan Agreements to the Collector...

Madras High Court Declares Mother Nature As A Living Being Having All Rights Duties and Liabilities Of A Living Person

The Madras High Court recently invoked the "parens patriae jurisdiction" and declared "Mother Nature" as a "Living Being" having a legal entity/ legal person / juristic person / juridical person / moral person / artificial person having the status of a legal person, with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person, in order to preserve and conserve...

Resolution Passed At Joint Conference Of CMs & HC CJs For Judicial Infrastructure Development Authority : CJI NV Ramana

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday said that resolutions have been passed at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers of States and the Chief Justices for the creation of National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India along with complementary State Bodies as a special purpose vehicle for the creation of judicial infrastructure.The authority is being created as...

CJI Releases Vision Document Of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee

Today, on the 30th of April, 2022,in the Joint Conference of the Chief Ministers of the States and the Chief Justices of the High Courts held at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi, the Vision Document-"a Vision for the Future" of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) was released by the Chief Justice of India and Patron-in-Chief SCLSC, Mr. Justice N.V. Ramana and the SCLSC.Union Law Minister...

Lot Of Hurdles & Bottlenecks In Implementation Of Regional Languages In High Courts: CJI NV Ramana

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday said that there are a lot of hurdles & bottlenecks in the implementation of regional languages in High Courts in the country.While speaking at a joint press conference held with Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, the CJI said that the hurdles exist as sometimes the Chief Justices and Judges, being from different states, themselves may...

Over 33 Lakh Cheque Cases Pending In Country; Pendency Rose By Over 7 Lakh In Last 5 Months : Amici Report In Supreme Court [Read Report]

The report stated that cheque dishonour cases account for 8.81% of total criminal cases.

NEET Admissions : Supreme Court Asks Kerala To Carry Out Fresh Verification Of NRI Claims Of 38 Students

While considering a petition filed by NRI students seeking time for fresh registration in the NRI quota before commencement of the NEET Mop-Up counseling in the State of Kerala for MBBS admissions, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the State to carry out a fresh exercise of verification for the 38 NRI candidates claiming admission. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli...

Rule Of "Contra Proferentem" - Ambiguous Term In Insurance Contracts To Be Interpreted In Favour Of Insured : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that first an ambiguous term in an insurance contract ought to be construed harmoniously by reading it in its entirety and if still vague the rule of contra proferentem must be applied and the term must be interpreted against the drafter of the policy, i.e in favour of the insured.A Bench comprising Justices U.U. Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and P.S....

No Deemed Registration Even If Registration Application U/Sec 12AA Income Tax Act Is Not Decided Within Six Months: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that there shall not be any deemed registration even if in a case where the registration application under Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, is not decided within six months.The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna was considering a Special Leave Petition challenging a judgment of Allahabad High Court in which the issue raised was whether...

Union Law Minister Requests States To Ensure Adequate Security For Judges & Courts

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday requested the State Government to ensure adequate security to the judges and court complexes since safe and sound environment for courts is necessary to ensure free and fair delivery of justice.Speaking at the inaugural session of the Joint Conference of the Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of the High Courts, the Minister said :"In order to...

Local Languages Should Be Promoted In Courts For Common Man : Prime Minister Narendra Modi

While addressing the inaugural function of the Joint Conference of CM of the States & Chief Justices of High Courts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed that it must be our priority to think and ponder upon the kind of Judicial system which we wish to see in the year 2047, when the country completes 100 years of its independence. Regarding the relationship between the Judiciary...