Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking To Enforce Fundamental Rights Of Persons Trafficked Into Bonded Labour

The Supreme Court of India on Monday sought the response of the Central and the State governments in a plea seeking to enforce the fundamental rights of persons trafficked into bonded labour.A Division Bench of Justices S Indira Banerjee and V Ramasubramanian issued notice in the matter today.The Petitioner, in his plea states that among several bonded labourers, he was released from a...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi HC Directions To Monitor Conditions Of Women Inmates In An Ashram

The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a plea assailing the direction of the Delhi High Court to form a District Judge-led Committee to monitor the condition of women at Adhyatmik Vidyalaya, alleged to have been housed in "animal like" condition. The said spiritual ashram situated in Rohini is led by absconding self-styled godman Virendra Dev Dixit. Refusing to interfere with...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking To Conduct Delimitation In 4 North Eastern States

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India ("ECI") to conduct delimitation exercise in the 4 North Eastern states (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) as per the Representation of People's Act, 1950.The bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy while seeking response from Centre, Ministry of Law and Justice...

We Should Engage With The Institutions To Strengthen Democracy, Instead Of Retreating : Vrinda Grover | Full Text Of Interview

In this interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, Advocate Vrinda Grover discusses issues related to arbitrary arrests, reluctance of Magistrates to grant bail in politically motivated cases and the importance of preserving personal liberty and free speech.The full transcript of the interview, slightly edited for length and clarity, is given below. The video of the interview...

'Approach Bar Council Of India': Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Relax Lawyers' Dress Code During Summer

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a petition seeking relaxation of dress code for lawyers during the summer season.As an alternative, a Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and V Ramasubramanian asked the petitioner to approach the Bar Council of India (BCI) regarding his grievance.The petitioner then decided to withdraw his plea, which was allowed by the Bench.During the hearing,...

Supreme Court Refuses To Defer Chamber Allotments, Asks Lawyers To Raise Grievance About Twin-Sharing Condition Before Committee

The Supreme Court, on Monday, asked the members of the Bar to make representation to the three-member Committee constituted to oversee the allotment of lawyers' chambers at the Supreme Court premises, with their grievance regarding the allotment on twin-sharing basis entailing division of chambers.The Court also turned down the prayer made by the petitioners to defer the allotment till...

Supreme Court Allows 2-Months Extra Window For Availing Transitional Credit; Directs GSTN To Open Portal For TRAN-1/TRAN-2 Forms

In a relief to several assessees who missed the statutory deadline, the Supreme Court has directed the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) to allow a 2-month additional window from September 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 for claiming Transitional Credit.TRAN-1 and TRAN-forms were brought to allow assessees to carry forward pre-GST credits to the GST system. As per the GST Rules, such claims...

Supreme Court Asks Congress Leader RS Surjewala To Raise Challenge Against Voter ID-Aaadhaar Linking Before High Court

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the Public Interest Litigation filed by Congress General Secretary and Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala challenging the provisions of Election Laws (Amendment) Act 2021 which allows the linking of voter cards with Aadhaar numbers.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna asked the petitioner to move the High Court raising...

Uddhav Faction Moves Supreme Court To Stop Election Commission From Hearing Eknath Shinde's Claim Before Decision On Disqualification

Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shivsena has now moved the Supreme Court, against the proceedings initiated by the Election Commission of India on request made by the Eknath Sinde-led faction for recognition as the 'real' Shivsena and their claim over the party's election symbol - the bow and arrow.The application has been filed in the writ petition filed by Subhash Desai, the...

BREAKING| CLAT-PG Test Ranking Can Be Used To Select NTPC Law Officers: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Monday held that the condition mandating applicants to clear CLAT for applying to the post of Assistant Law Officer in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is lawful.A Division Bench of Justice A.K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. thereby allowed the appeal preferred by NTPC against the decision of a Single Judge which held that such...

Kerala High Court Half-Yearly Digest: January To June 2022 [Citations 1-313]

Nominal Index [Citations 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1 - 313]Vinay Shankar v. Union of India & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Rajeswary vs State of Kerala, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 2K.S. Narayana Elayathu v. Sandhya, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Suo Motu v. Travancore Devaswom Board, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Mohammed Suhail & Ors v. State of Kerala & Anr, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 5Vijayakumar V. & Anr. v....

Droupadi Murmu Sworn-In As The President Of India By Chief Justice Of India NV Ramana

Droupadi Murmu was sworn-in as the 15th President of India on Monday by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana.The CJI administered the oath of office to Droupadi Murmu at the Central Hall of the Parliament in New Delhi tomorrow at 10.15 AM.Murmu, 64, was declared the winner of the Presidential elections on July 21 after defeating opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha to become the...