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Our Systems Will Truly Belong To The People When We Honour And Cherish Our Diversity: CJI Ramana
Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana was invited as the Chief Guest at the 76th Independence Day Celebrations, organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) at the Supreme Court Lawns. CJI Ramana, while speaking about his endeavours of the "Indianisation" of the judiciary stated that the Indian system would truly belong to the people of India when the citizens honoured and cherished...
CJI Ramana Remembers Pingali Venkayya, Designer Of National Flag, In Independence Day Speech
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana paid tributes to Pingali Venkayya, the designer of the national flag, in his independence day speech today."Today I see the tricolour flying high above us. I cannot help but take pride and remember Shri Pingali Venkayya, who is the architect of the national flag, who hails from the Telugu land, who designed the national flag", CJI Ramana, also a Telugu,...
Har Ghar Thiranga - How Supreme Court Recognized Citizen's Right To Fly The National Flag
The Indian national flag, with the tricolours of saffron, white and green, and with Asoka Chakra at its centre, embodies national unity. Laws and regulations, namely, the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and the Flag Code of India, 2002 were framed to govern the dignified representation of the Indian flag. The citizens' duty to respect the ideals of the National Flag was also inserted in the Indian constitution through Article 51A (a). In light of the government's Har Ghar...
Political Parties Discharge Constitutional Mandate By Offering Subsidies; Can't Call It Freebies: Congress Leader To Supreme Court
"Political parties (are rightly) giving/offering subsidies and concession to our citizen because ultimately they are discharging their constitutional mandate, which is necessary for the Democratic structure of our country," a Madhya Pradesh-based Doctor and General Secretary, M.P. Mahila Congress has submitted before the Supreme Court.The submission has been made in an intervention...
Supreme Court Weekly Round Up : August 8- August 14, 2022
Supreme Court Judgments Section 311 CrPC Application Cannot Be Dismissed Merely On The Ground That It Will Lead To Filling In Loop Holes Of Prosecution Case: Supreme Court Case details: Varsha Garg vs State of Madhya Pradesh 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 662 | CrA 1021 of 2022 The Supreme Court observed that an application under Section 311 CrPC cannot be dismissed merely on the...
Meat Omitted From Midday Meals To Include Fruits & Dry Fruits, Meat Already Part Of Regular Home Menu : Lakshadweep Admin To Supreme Court
The Lakshadweep administration has told the Supreme Court that meat was excluded from the menu of mid-day meals for school students to ensure the inclusion of fruits and dry fruits. It said that meat was part of the home diet of the islanders otherwise but the consumption of fruits and dry fruits was less."The Lakshadweep administration was well within its power to carry out a modification in...
Over One Crore Cases Settled In Third National Lok Adalat, Total Disposal Figures Of 2022 Lok Adalats Cross 2.2 Crores
The Legal Services Authorities across the country, under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the leadership of Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Executive Chairman, NALSA, & Chief Justice of India Designate organised the third National Lok Adalat of the year 2022 in all the 35 States/UTs except Delhi on 13th August. NLA in Delhi is postponed due to...
S.7(5)(b) IBC | Provision To Notify Financial Creditor Before Rejecting Claim Extends To Appeals Before NCLAT: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has that provision of Section 7(5)(b) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, which requires the Adjudicating Authority to notify the Financial Creditor before rejection of a claim, would be applicable to appeals as well, since appeal is the continuation of original proceedings(Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited v. Kew Precision Parts Private Limited And Ors). A...
Revision Petition Filed Before High Court By Third Party / Defacto Complainant Maintainable : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a revision petition filed before a High Court by a third party/de facto complainant is maintainable.As the power of revision can be exercised by the High Court even suo moto, there can be no bar on a third party invoking the revisional jurisdiction and inviting the attention of the High Court that an occasion to exercise the power has arisen, the bench...
After Supreme Court's Advice, Patna High Court Drops Departmental Proceedings Against Judge
In line with the Supreme Court's recent suggestion, the Patna High Court yesterday recalled the suspension orders and dropped all departmental proceedings against Additional Sessions Judge Shashi Kant Rai. Judge Rai was earlier suspended by the High Court for deciding cases pertaining to The Prevention of Children against Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO cases) within days. To...
Supreme Court Directs State Governments To Inform If State Haj Committees Have Been Constituted
The Supreme Court on Friday(August 12) directed State governments to inform the Court, by way of an affidavit, if Hajj committees are constituted in their respective states. The court has also directed states to specify the names of the committee members of the Hajj Committees thus constituted.This matter pertains to the constitution of a Central Haj Committee prescribed under Section 3 read...