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on the "right to be forgotten", the Kerala High Court on Thursday held that personal information of the parties may not be published on the High Court website in respect of the family and matrimonial cases if the parties in those cases make such a request.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...

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2022 [Part 2]

As is the annual tradition, LiveLaw brings to you the list of 100 important Supreme Court judgments of the current year - a much awaited article by our dear readers.The judgments are selected based on the following criteria - (i) importance to the general public; (ii) settlement of a contested position of law; (iii) utility for practising lawyers and.A disclaimer is added here that the...

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2022 - PART-1 [VIDEO]

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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: December 12 To December 18, 2022

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK Accused's Plea On Applicability Of Section 300 CrPC Has To Be Considered At Discharge Stage U/Section 227 CrPC : Supreme Court Chandi Puliya vs State of West Bengal | 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 1019 | SLP(Criminal) 9897 of 2022 The Supreme Court observed that the accused's plea on applicability of Section 300 CrPC has to be considered at the stage of discharge...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 20.12.22

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Supreme Court Directs Centre, IITs To Allow Reservation In Faculty, Research Degree Admissions As Per 2019 Act

The Supreme Court of India recently directed the Central government and the Indian Institutes of Technology to follow the reservation policy for admission in research degree programmes and recruitment of faculty members as provided under the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019 [2019 Act]."The concerned respondents (Centre and 23 IITs) are hereby directed...

[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar-Regular Bail-PART-I

A. Regular BailQ.1 Can the word "bail" be used as a verb and as a noun and what is its meaning ? Ans. The word "bail" is used both as a verb and as a noun. As a verb, the word "to bail" means - "to deliver an arrested person to his sureties upon their giving security for his appearance at the time and place designated, to submit to the jurisdiction and judgment of...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject Index [December 12 – 18, 2022]

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Order XXI - Execution Proceedings - The woes of a decree holder begin after obtaining a decree. It is in execution that a decree holder is confronted with an unimaginably large number of obstacles. (Para 1) Bhagyoday Cooperative Bank Ltd. v. Ravindra Balkrishna Patel, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 1020 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Order XXI - The mere dismissal of...

Supreme Court Allows Pharmacy Council Of India To Consider For 2023-24 The Applications Received For New Colleges

The Supreme Court allowed the Pharmacy Council of India's (PCI) application seeking permission to consider for the next academic year 2023-24 the applications received for the establishment of new pharmacy colleges. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice Vikram Nath.On September 15, 2022, the Supreme Court, while approving the High Court judgments which set...

Delay In Filing Appeal; Incorrect Particulars: Supreme Court Imposes Rs One Lakh Costs On UP Government For Casual Approach

Pointing out that the State litigation cannot be so 'casual', the Supreme Court of India recently rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for filing an appeal plea quite belatedly, with incorrect particulars.A Supreme Court Bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy was considering an appeal moved by the UP government, challenging an Allahabad High Court judgement which enhanced...