Supreme Court Issues Notice To Punjab & Haryana Bar Council On Plea Alleging Irregularities In Ludhiana Bar Election

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana in a plea alleging that elections are held in the District Bar Association, Ludhiana without complying with the provisions of the 2015 Bar Associations (Constitution and Registration) Rules, with the voters' list comprising non-advocates and others without any voting rights.The bench of Justices S. K. Kaul and...

Not Prudent To Convict An Accused Solely On Basis Of Identification For The First Time In Court Without Test Identification Parade: Supreme Court

Clarifying an important aspect regarding Test Identification Parade (TIP), the Supreme Court on Monday held that it would not be prudent to convict an accused solely on the basis of their identification for the first time in court. A Division Bench comprising of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose held that, "Even applying the law laid down by this Court in the aforesaid decisions...

Order XXII Rule 4 CPC - Appeal As A Whole Does Not Abate Merely Because LRs Of Some Deceased Respondents Were Not Brought On Record: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an appeal as a whole cannot be treated as abated merely for failure to substitute the legal representative of some of the respondents who died during pendency of the appeal.While considering whether the suit/appeal has abated due to non ­bringing the legal representatives of plaintiffs/defendants or not, the Court has to examine if the right ...

EPF Pension Case: Supreme Court To Decide 3-Judge Bench Composition On July 15 As Justice Ravindra Bhat Offers To Recuse

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted to Friday the appeals filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organization(EPFO) in the issue related to payment of EPF pension to employees in proportion to their salary to decide the composition of the three-judge bench which should hear the matter.The appeals filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and the Union of India challenging...

Breaking | Delhi High Court Expresses Displeasure At "One-Page Affidavit" Filed By PMO In Plea To Declare PM Cares Fund As State, Seeks Detailed Response

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to file a detailed and exhaustive reply in a plea seeking a declaration that PM CARES Fund is "State" under Article 12 of the Constitution, adding that it was an important issue requiring a proper response. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad also expressed displeasure over a one...

Applicability Of Section 27A Is Seriously Questionable : Supreme Court Upholds Bail Granted To NDPS Accused

The Supreme Court observed that the rigours of Section 37 NDPS Act will not apply in a case where applicability of Section 27A NDPS Act is seriously questionable and there was no recovery from the accused and quantity in question was intermediate quantity.In this case, the Calcutta High Court granted bail to a person accused under Sections 21(b)/29/27A of the Narcotic Drugs and...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-123]

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GNCTD vs LG : Delhi Govt Seeks Urgent Listing Of Case Relating To Dispute Over Control Of Services; Supreme Court Agrees

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to urgently list the case involving dispute between Delhi Government and Central Government regarding power of postings & transfers over civil servants belonging to All India Services serving GNCTD. The matter was mentioned before the bench of CJI NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli. Terming the matter as "extremely urgent",...

Is Joint CSIR-UGC NET Examination 2019 Result Declared by NTA A Score Card Or Final Result? Plea In Supreme Court

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to declare the result declared on January 15, 2020 by National Testing Agency of Joint CSIR – UGC NET Examination – 2019 as final result.The petition raises the issue whether the Joint CSIR – UGC NET Examination – 2019 declared by National Testing Agency (NTA) on 15th January 2020 is only a Score Card, not amounting to...

On Setting Aside Ex Parte Decree, Defendants Who Have Not Filed Written Statement Can Be Permitted To Cross Examine Witnesses: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that on setting aside the ex­parte decree, the defendants can be permitted to participate in the suit proceedings and cross­-examine the witnesses.In this case, the defendants were set ex parte by the Trial Court. Their application under Order IX Rule 13 was also dismissed by the Trial Court. The First Appellate Court allowed the appeal filed by defendants and...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Requests Karnataka HC Judge, Who Made Revelations Of Transfer Threat, To Defer Hearing In Case Against ACB For 3 Days

The Supreme Court on Tuesday requested Justice HP Sandesh of Karnataka High Court, who has been passing several adverse remarks and directions against the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Karnataka, to defer the hearing in the case for three more days.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India made this request as the order passed by Justice Sandesh yesterday, where he recorded that he had received...

Breaking | Supreme Court Extends Mohammed Zubair's Interim Bail In UP FIR Till Further Orders, To Hear Quashing Plea In Sept

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the 5 days' interim bail granted to Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact checking website AltNews, in connection with the FIR registered against him by the Sitapur police in Uttar Pradesh for a tweet in which he allegedly called 3 Hindu seers- Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop as 'Hate mongers'.The order was passed by a...