Supreme Court Sets Aside Speaker's Order Disqualifying Manipur MLA's Keshtrimayum Biren Singh, Yengkhom Surchandra Singh & Sanasam Biren Singh

The Supreme Court today set aside an order of disqualification passed by the Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly disqualifying Keshtrimayum Biren Singh, Yengkhom Surchandra Singh and Sanasam Biren Singh from the term of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Manipur.Opining that since the order passed by the Speaker has been set aside, the bench of Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat, and Bela...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Clarify When Retired Supreme Court, High Court Judges Will Receive Additional Pension

Lok Sabha passed the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021 that seeks to amend: (i) the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, and (ii) the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958. These Acts regulate the salaries and conditions of service of the judges of High Courts and the...

[INI CET Examination] Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea For Defined Criteria For Arriving At Seat Matrix For Institutional Preference Candidates

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a writ petition seeking for a defined criteria for arriving at seat matrix for the institutional preference candidates in INI-CET examination.The bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna while issuing notice made it clear that no order shall be passed for admission to INI CET Exam for the current session. Courtroom Exchange When the matter...

Special NIA Court Paves Way For Sudha Bharadwaj's Release in Bhima Koregaon Case, Sets Bail Conditions

She has been allowed provisional cash bail for a period of one month, disallowed from speaking to the media.

Filing Of Fake Claim Pleas By Advocates Won't Be Tolerated At All; Probe Must Be Conducted From All Angles: Supreme Court

Stressing that the cases related to the malpractices of filing of fake claim pleas by the advocates won't be tolerated at all, the Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council for not taking action against the erring advocates who are involved in the filing of fake claim pleas."This is a very serious matter. Filing of fake claim cases of thousands of crores and...

'This Is A Pan India Issue. It Would Be A Future Arrangement For All Cases' - SC Suggests Centre To Formulate Policy For Rehabilitation Of Evicted Slum Dwellers In Gujarat And Haryana

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to take a firm stand on the issue of encroachment in the railway property by the slum dwellers in Gujarat and Haryana and take a decision with respect to their rehabilitation. In this regard, the Apex Court suggested the Centre to evolve a policy, with timelines, that can act as a future arrangement for all cases. While hearing two...

[Breaking] Tripura Violence: Supreme Court Stays Further Proceedings In FIRs Registered Against HW Networks Journalists

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a writ petition challenging the FIRs registered by the Tripura police over the reports on communal violence in the state.The plea has been filed by media company Theos Connect (which operates the digital news portal HW News Network), two of its journalists Samridhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha, and its Associate Editor Arti Ghargi.The bench headed...

Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court

Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheswari and CT Ravikumar will hear the matter today.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal will continue his arguments today on behalf of Zakia...

'Judiciary Failed To Stem Tide Of Militant Majoritarianism' : Shashi Tharoor During Lok Sabha Discussion On Judicial Independence

The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021 was taken up for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha yesterday. The Bill which seeks to amend Acts that regulate the salaries and conditions of service of the judges of High Courts and the Supreme Court of India, clarifies that the pensioner-judges will be entitled to the additional...

Case Of Minor Girl Found Hanging In School In UP: Supreme Court Issues Notice In Mother's Plea Seeking CBI Inquiry Alleging Rape & Murder

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a plea filed seeking transfer of investigation from UP and Haryana to CBI or Delhi Police in case of death of a minor girl in a boarding school in Uttar Pradesh. The present case relates to death of a 14 year old girl who was allegedly found hanging in classroom of her boarding school in 2020. The family of the deceased girl has alleged...

Insolvency Law In Review – October 2021

The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (Code) has had significant ramifications on the corporate insolvency landscape. Over time, the Code has witnessed a manifold increase in litigation, and consequently in the number of decisions. This has made it difficult for insolvency practitioners to stay updated with developments in the field. This column fills this...

Mullaperiyar Dam Case : Petitioners Urge Supreme Court To Prevent Tamil Nadu From Discharging Water At Night

The Kerala-based petitioners have filed an additional affidavit before the Supreme Court accusing the Tamil Nadu Government and its officials of handling the operation of the Mullaperiyar dam carelessly and callously. The petitioners submit that the Tamil Nadu has been "terrorising" Kerala residents by discharging massive amounts of water at night without proper warnings.The primary...