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March of technology- Advocates Clerks Facing A Humanitarian Issue, Will Help Them To Develop Soft skills So That They Can Be Part Of The E-Court Project: Justice Chandrachud
Canvassing the future plans of the Supreme Court E-Committee to secure 100% digital literacy for the E-courts project, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday expressed that in this behalf, he looks forward to the collaboration of the students with the prison authorities and the prisons "because that is really the area which is the weak link in the legal system in our country"The chairman of...
PMLA Interpretation: Senior Lawyers Question Constitutionality Of Bail, Arrest & Attachment Procedure
The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing the batch of petitions concerned with the interpretation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ("PMLA Act").The matter was listed before the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar.Submission Of CounselsSubstance Of PMLA Is That It's Impossible For Accused & Judge Per Se To Give Bail Which Amounts To...
BREAKING| Hijab Ban: Karnataka High Court Full Bench To Hear Muslim Students' Plea Tomorrow At 2.30 PM
A Full Bench of the Karnataka High Court will hear tomorrow the petitions challenging the ban of hijab (head scarf) in colleges.Today, a single bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit had referred the petitions filed by Muslim girl students to a larger bench, observing that important questions relating to constitutional rights and personal law are involved.A bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu...
Order XIV Rule 2 CPC - Issue Of Limitation Cannot Be Decided As Preliminary Issue If It Is Not A Pure Question Of Law: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the issue of limitation cannot be decided as preliminary issue under Order XIV Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure if it is not a pure question of law.Order XIV Rule 2(2) provides that if issues both of law and of fact arise in the same suit, and the Court is of opinion that the case or any part thereof may be disposed of on an issue of law only, it may try...
CUSAT Statute 18 - Teacher Who Declines To Be HOD In First Rotation Not Barred From Appointed As HOD In Second Rotation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that under Statute 18 framed by the Kerala Government which envisages the appointment of Director/HOD of Cochin University a teacher who was being considered for HOD on a rational basis would not be prohibited from being considered for appointment when second rotational term becomes due if he/she during the first term makes a request of being relieved from...
Abhorrent Nature Of Crime Alone Cannot Be The Decisive Factor For Awarding Death Sentence ; Mitigating Factors Equally Relevant: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that abhorrent nature of crime alone cannot be the decisive factor for awarding death sentence.Due consideration should also be given to the equally relevant aspect pertaining to mitigating factors before arriving at a conclusion that option of any other punishment than the capital one was foreclosed, the court said while commuting the death sentence awarded to a...
'It Takes Ages For Decree Holder To Realize Fruits Of Decree': Supreme Court Laments Delay In Execution
While remarking that it is a classic case where the execution proceedings themselves become a second round of litigation and it takes ages for the decree holder to realize the fruits of success of a decree with judgment debtors assisted innovatively, the Supreme Court recently dismissed a SLP assailing Delhi High Court's order.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh while directing...
Hijab Ban: Karnataka High Court Refers Matter To Larger Bench, No Interim Relief
The Karnataka High Court has referred to a larger bench, the writ petitions filed by Muslim girl students challenging the action of a government college in denying her entry for wearing a hijab (headscarf).Justice Krishna S. Dixit noted that matter gives rise to certain constitutional questions of seminal importance qua personal law, which must be decided by a larger Bench. It directed...
Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Single Bench refers the HIJAB matter to a larger bench. LIVE UPDATES
The Karnataka High Court will today continue hearing the petitions challenging Hijab Ban in colleges. Justice Krishna Dixit will continue hearing the matter at 2.30 PM today.Yesterday, Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat had completed arguments for the petitioners (report may be read here). Today, Advocate General is expected to respond.Justice Krishna S. Dixit had, at the end of...
