'I Personally Check All E-Mails For Expeditious Listing Each Day': Justice Chandrachud To Dushyant Dave Who Complained About Non-Listing Of Matters By Registry

Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Wednesday told the bar that every morning, he personally peruses all emails to secure a listing which has been received by the court-master from AORs until the previous evening, and "99 out of 100 times", the judge ensures the matters are listed expeditiously.The remark came when Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave voiced the grievance of the Supreme Court...

Specific Performance - 'Readiness' & 'Willingness' Can't Be Proved For First Time Before HC Through Affidavit Without Amending Pleadings : Supreme Court

"Once it is found on appreciation of evidence that there was no willingness on the part of the plaintiff, the plaintiff is not entitled to the decree for specific performance"

Centre Defers NEET-SS Exam Pattern Changes To 2022-2023 After Supreme Court Rap

NEET-SS 2021 will be held as per the existing pattern, Centre told the Court.

Electricity Act - Additional Bill Raised By Distributor After Detecting Mistake Not Hit By 2 Years Limitation Under Section 56(2) : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an additional bill raised by an Electricity Distribution Company as a licensee under the Electricity Act, 2003, after detecting a mistake, will not be hit by the two years limitation under Section 56(2) of the Act. Section 56(2) says that "no sum due from any consumer, under this section shall be recoverable after the period of two years from the...

'Fit Case To Be Included In Law School Syllabus' : Supreme Court On 5th Round Of Litigation Stalling Execution In 50 Yr Old Suit

Astonished at the five rounds of litigation initiated by a litigant(and his successors) over five decades to stall the execution of a civil decree, the Supreme Court remarked that it was a fit case to be included in the law school syllabus as a study material for students to get equipped with various provisions of the Civil Procedure Code relating to execution."...the case on hand is fit to...

Breaking: Centre Notifies Transfer Of 15 High Court Judges

The Central Government today notified the transfer of 15 High Court judges. A notification in this regard was issued today (separately for each of the transferred judges). Those who are being transferred are:Justice Jaswant Singh of Punjab & Haryana HC to Orissa HCJustice Sabina, presently judge of Rajasthan HC to Himachal PradeshJustice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, a judge of Orissa High Court...

'Can The State Police Continue Once NIA Investigation Ordered By Central Govt? Are All UAPA Offences To Be Tried Exclusively By NIA Courts?' Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday examined the contours of the phrase 'till the Agency (NIA) takes up the investigation of the case' in Section 6(7) of the NIA Act to ascertain till when the state investigation agency has the competence to continue the investigation after the central government has directed the NIA to investigate a scheduled offence.The Court also examined whether the offences...

Dependent Cannot Seek Compassionate Appointment On Higher Post Than Held By Deceased Employee: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a dependent/applicant cannot seek compassionate appointment on the higher post than what was held by the deceased employee.The Court observed that the appointment on compassionate ground is a concession and not a right. It is an exception to the general rule of appointment in the public services and is in favour of the dependents of a deceased dying...

Supreme Court Extends Stay On Criminal Proceedings Against Azim Premji & Wife

The Supreme Court today extended the interim order of stay on the criminal proceedings before the court of an Additional City Civil and Sessions Court, Bengaluru, against WIPRO's founder Azim Premji, his wife and others on a private complaint over allegations of illegally transferring crores of rupees worth assets from three companies into a private trust and newly formed company.In...

'People Vaccinated With COVAXIN Treated As Un-vaccinated In Foreign Countries' : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Re-Vaccination

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the absence of the provisions of voluntary re-vaccination for persons who have been administered CoVAXIN in the present system of COVID-19 vaccination. Preferred by Kartik Seth, an advocate practising in the Supreme Court of India, the PIL states that under the present scenario, a person is...

Reservation In Promotions [Day-2] - Figures & Data Need To Be Placed On Adequacy Of Representation: Supreme Court Tells AG

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Attorney General for India that the Centre will have to place figures and data would have to be placed before the Court showing that decision to continue with reservation in promotion was based on quantifiable data on adequacy of representation.A bench compriisng Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and B.R.Gavai is hearing a number of...

FCRA : Supreme Court Grants One Week Time To Centre To Respond To Pleas Challenging Amendments & Deadline Extension

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted one week time to the Union of India to file its counter-affidavit in petitions filed challenging the Foreign Contributions Regulation (Amendment) Act 2020 and Ministry of Home Affair's notification dated May 18, 2021 extending the date for compliance of specific provisions of the Act.A Bench comprising Justice A.M Khanwilkar, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari...