'If HC Makes You Senior, We Will Set It Aside' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Lawyer For Repeated Pleas Over Delhi HC Senior Designations

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up a lawyer who has been filing repeated applications against the Delhi High Court in relation to senior designations.The lawyer, appearing in person, submitted that it was the third time he was approaching the Court. He submitted that the High Court has failed to comply with the Supreme Court's earlier direction to reconsider the deferred or...

Unnao Rape | Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC Order Suspending Kuldeep Sengar's Sentence, Remits Matter For Fresh Decision

'We don't endorse the hypertechnical view adopted by the High Court," Justice Bagchi observed during the hearing.

#TheLawChallenge : A Weekly Quiz For The Legally Curious By LiveLaw & QShala, Attractive Prizes For Winners

Welcome to the LiveLaw and QShala Law Trivia Quiz! We are excited to bring you this collaborative initiative — a law trivia-based quiz that will be held every Friday. The quiz is entirely online, and you can participate by answering questions through the Google Form linked on this page.Ready for the Law Challenge is India's first comprehensive law quiz book for curious minds, published...

Arbitration Clause Gets Incorporated In Later Contract When Earlier Agreement Is Imported “Body and Soul” : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that when a subsequent contract incorporates, in its entirety, the terms and conditions of an earlier agreement containing an arbitration clause, such incorporation is sufficient to invoke arbitration, and the later agreement need not separately express a clear intention to refer disputes to arbitration or specifically mention the arbitration clause in the...

Students Transferred To Other Private Colleges After Original Institution Lost Recognition Can't Claim Govt Fees : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that students shifted from the defunct Sardar Rajas Medical College and Hospital (SRMCH), Odisha, to other private medical colleges after the original institution lost recognition cannot claim a “windfall” by paying only subsidised government medical college fees, and permitted recovery of outstanding dues from them at the fee rates applicable at SRMCH.A bench...

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Transfers Excise Policy Case, Says She Can't Hear Matter After Initiating Contempt Against AAP Leaders

Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Thursday (May 14) refused to hear liquor policy case saying that since she has initiated criminal contempt proceedings against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, she cannot continue to hear CBI's challenge against their discharge.Justice Sharma said that a judge drawing contempt proceedings cannot hear the...

Delhi HC Initiates Criminal Contempt Against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vinay Mishra, Durgesh Pathak & Saurabh Bharadwaj

Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Thursday (May 14) initiated criminal contempt proceedings against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vinay Mishra, Durgesh Pathak and Saurabh Bharadwaj in the excise policy case noting that they had posted defamatory, contemptuous and vilifying things against her.Justice Sharma passed the order after taking note of...

Why Should Selection Panel For Election Commissioners Include Cabinet Minister? Third Person Must Be Neutral : Supreme Court

The Court observed during the hearing that the selection must also appear to be independent.

'Essential Religious Practice' Doctrine Is Elitist: Supreme Court In Sabarimala Reference

During the Sabarimala reference today, the Supreme Court orally remarked that the doctrine of Essential Religious Practice (ERP) is elitist in the sense that it tends to exclude denominations which don't follow religious practices in an organised, definitional manner. This was said by Justice MM Sundresh during submissions made by Senior Advocate and amicus K Parmeshwar that the ERP...

Sabarimala Reference: Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Reserves Verdict After 16 Days Hearing

After 16 days hearings, the Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in the Sabarimala reference.The 9-judge bench today heard arguments on the interplay between Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution and whether Article 26 is a standalone provision considering the absence of the words 'subject to other provisions of this part' which are present in Article 25. Yesterday, during an argument...

'Ensure Safe Return Of Displaced Persons Regardless Of Political Affiliation': Calcutta High Court Tells State In Post-Poll Violence PILs

The Calcutta High Court has issued interim directions to the State Police, asking them to ensure the safe return of persons who were allegedly displaced from their shops, homes or properties, regardless of political affiliation, in PILs against alleged post-poll violence in the wake of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results.Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen...

'West Bengal Not A Bulldozer State, Police Not Lodging FIRs': Ex-CM Mamata Banerjee Tells High Court In Post-Poll Violence PILs

Trinamool Congress head and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told the Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 14) that there had been large scale violence after the recently conducted legislative assembly polls in the State, including bulldozer action and that the Police was not permitting FIRs to be lodged. Notably, the BJP came to power for the first time in the State in...