Hackaton : Supreme Court Invites Suggestions From Advocates & Other Stakeholders To Improve Filing & Listing Process

The Supreme Court is organizing a "hackaton" event to identify and explore innovative ideas to improve the existing process of filing and listing of cases. Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul is supervising the event.The Court has issued a notification inviting suggestions/innovative ideas from the stakeholders and duty holders for the improvement in the system....

5850 Posts In District Judiciary Vacant Across The Country : Law Minister

As per the law minister of India, Kiren Rijiju, there is a total number of 5850 vacancies of Judicial Officers in the District and Subordinate Courts across the country out of sanctioned strength of 25042 as on 19th December 2022. These details were released on a question asked by MP Kanimozhi regarding shortage of judges and vacant posts in the courts of the country."From 01.01.2020...

CLAT 2023 Results Published

The results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023 are published.The results are now available for students to access on their respective login IDs, said Professor Sudhir Krishnaswamy, the Vice Chancellor of National Law School of India University in a virtual press conference. The counselling dates will be announced shortly. The next academic year for NLSIU will begin by July...

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2022 - PART-2 [VIDEO]

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Representations Received On 'Lack Of Transparency, Objectivity & Social Diversity' In Collegium System : Union Law Minister

The Union Minister for Law & Justice Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the Centre has received representations from diverse sources on lack of transparency, objectivity and social diversity in the collegium system of appointment of judges to the Constitutional Courts. "Representations from diverse sources on lack of transparency, objectivity and social diversity in...

Challenge Against Demonetisation : Supreme Court Constitution Bench To Pronounce Judgment On January 2, 2023

The Supreme Court will pronounce the judgment on the petitions challenging demonetisation on January 2, 2023.A Constitution Bench will rule on the validity of the decision taken by the Union Government six years ago to demonetise the currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs.1000 denominations.The 5-judge comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna...

Supreme Court Constitution Bench Judgments Of 2022

There were four judgments/orders of the Constitution Bench in the year 2022. Last year this number was three (3) and in the year before that this number was eleven (11).1. Supreme Court upholds 10% reservations for Economically Weaker SectionsThe bench comprising Chief Justice of India (as he then was) Justice UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB...

Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar- Investigation By Police- PART XVI

Q.76 Is it necessary that the "inquest" should be held at the spot where the dead body is found ? Ans. Yes. Section 174 (1) Cr.P.C says "…..the nearest Executive Magistrate shall proceed to the place where the body of such deceased person is, and there, in the presence of two or more respectable inhabitants of the neighborhood, shall make an investigation……". The word...

Karnataka Govt Supports Prosecution Of Husband For Marital Rape; Files Affidavit In Supreme Court Supporting High Court Judgment

The Karnataka Government has supported the prosecution of a husband in a case for marital rape. The State has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court supporting a Karnataka High Court judgment which sustained the charges framed against a husband under Section 376 IPC for forcible sex with wife.In this connection, it is worthwhile to note that the Central Government had refrained from taking...

Right To Be Forgotten - Kerala High Court Allows Litigants To Seek Deletion Of Personal Identities In Family Cases & In-Camera Trials

Pronouncing a significant verdict on the "right to be forgotten", the Kerala High Court on Thursday held that personal information of the parties may not be published on the High Court website in respect of the family and matrimonial cases if the parties in those cases make such a request. While holding that the claim for protection of personal information based on right to privacy cannot...

No Proposal To Reduce Age Of Consent Under POCSO Act : Centre Tells Rajya Sabha

The Central Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that there is no proposal to reduce the age of consent from 18 years to 16 years under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 to prevent the criminalisation of consensual relationships between teenagers.Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani stated this in response to a query raised by Rajya Sabha MP...

Centre Appoints Former Supreme Court Judge Hemant Gupta As Chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre

The Central Government has appointed former Supreme Court Judge Hemant Gupta as the Chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC).The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet uploaded an information note approving Justice Gupta's appointment.The NDIAC is an autonomous institution based in New Delhi, to conduct arbitration, mediation, and conciliation proceedings. It...