Professor Shamnad Basheer Influenced Many People's Lives, Was A Change Maker Par Excellence: Justice DY Chandrachud

Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud remembered Late Professor Shamnad Basheer as a "respected educator and a change maker par excellence who influenced the cause of many people's lives".Justice Chandrachud was delivering the Third Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture organized by LiveLaw on the topic "Making Disability Rights Real: Addressing Accessibility and More". The lecture...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Common Electoral Roll For Parliamentary, Assembly & Local Body Polls; Compensation For Illegal Deletion For Voters List

A plea has been moved before the Top Court seeking a common electoral roll for parliamentary, assembly and local body polls.The petition filed by MG Devasahayam also seeks for compensation to those who were denied the right to vote due to deletion from the voters list."So many instances where people go the voting booth, they have the voter ID, they find out that their name is missing from...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Action Against Deceitful Religious Conversion

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a PIL which sought a declaration that "fraudulent religious conversion and religious conversion by intimidation, threatening, deceivingly luring through gifts and monetary benefits" offend Article 14, 21 and 25 of the Constitution of India. It was also sought by the petitioner that directions may be given to the Centre and State to take strict steps...

Failure To Produce Accused Before The Court While Considering Application For Extension Of Time For Investigation Amounts To Violation Of Fundamental Right: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the failure to produce the accused before the Court at the time of consideration of the application for extension of time for investigation amounts to a violation of fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution."The failure to procure the presence of the accused either physically ...

[WATCH FULL VIDEO]- Prof. Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture By Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud

Supreme Court Judge, JUSTICE DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD will deliver the 'THIRD PROFESSOR SHAMNAD BASHEER MEMORIAL LECTURE' organized by LIVELAW on SEPTEMBER 24 AT 11 AMProgramme Welcome Speech- Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor, LiveLaw [2min]Remembering Professor Shamnad Basheer- Vikram Raghavan, Lead Counsel at World Bank. [5min]Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture by Justice...

Administrative/Executive Order/Circular Cannot Be Given Retrospective Effect In The Absence Of Any Legislative Competence : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that administrative/executive orders or circular cannot be made applicable with retrospective effect in the absence of any legislative competence.The dispute in this case pertains to charges for infrastructure facilities which are being provided by the BSNL to the batch of telecom service providers, which were increased by a circular dated 12th June,...

Supreme Court Stays Deportation Of Woman Declared As Illegal Migrant, Notes Her Family Members Are Included In NRC

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice in a petition impugning the order of Guwahati High Court, which had affirmed the order of the Foreigners Tribunal declaring the petitioner to be a foreigner who had illegally entered India from Bangladesh after the cutoff date, i.e., 25.03.1971. Advocate, Mr. Pijush Kanti Roy appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that all the...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Firecrackers Ban In Delhi On October 10

BJP MP and former BJP Delhi President, Manoj Tiwari, on Friday, approached the Supreme Court of India against firecracker ban. The matter, which was mentioned before the bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat has been listed for 10th October 2022. The PIL filed by Tiwari pertains to the blanket ban on sale, purchase and usage of firecrackers during Diwali...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 23.9.22

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"Becoming A Judge Is A Sacrifice In One Sense" : Supreme Court Judge Justice Indira Banerjee Says While Bidding Farewell

On the occasion of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Indira Banerjee, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) organised a farewell function in her honour. CJI UU Lalit, while bidding farewell to Justice Banerjee said–"At the outset I must say that the collegium always picks up the best of the lot. 20 years of judicial service, untiring, single minded, service is a lot. That's the...

In PMLA If Someone Has Been Inside For 3 Years, That's A Good Measure, Says Supreme Court While Granting Bail

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat, on Friday, granted bail to the former IL&FS director Ramchand Karunakaran. Karunakaran was arrested in 2019 for alleged offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. At the outset, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioner Karunakaran, stated that he had already served 3 years...

Supreme Court Extends Tenure of Judicial And Administrative Members Of CAT, Kolkata Bench

In a plea filed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Bar Association Kolkata seeking filling up of vacancies at the Kolkata Bench of CAT, the Supreme Court, on Friday, extended the terms of one Judicial Member and one Administrative Member, who are at present running the said Tribunal, till further orders. "We direct that subject to the availability of the Judicial Member, Ms....