New VC Platform For Supreme Court Soon : Justice Chandrachud Says Tender Awarded To Best Player

Justice Chandrachud also communicated that all judges of the Supreme Court are equipped with 1000 MBPS internet connection speed to do away with any disturbances, as these VC hearings demand a greater bandwidth.

Delhi Voter ID Not Must For Advocates Enrolled With BCD To Claim CM's Welfare Scheme : High Court

In a significant verdict, the Delhi High Court on Monday ordered to extend benefits of the Chief Minister's Advocates' Welfare Scheme to all advocates registered with the Bar Council of Delhi, and residing in the National Capital Region (NCR).The benefits are to be extended irrespective of whether they hold voter ID cards of Delhi or not. The order has been passed by Justice Prathiba Singh in...

[BREAKING] 'Decision Taken In Students' Interest' : Karnataka High Court Refuses To Cancel SSLC Exams

The Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the State Government to hold SSLC exams in physical form for students of Class X from July 19.A division bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeev Kumar observed that the holding of exam was "in the interest of students" and that the state has taken adequate precautionary measures against...

Challenge To Sedition Offence : Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Attorney General, Union of India; Hearing On July 27

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to July 27 the hearing of the challenge to the constitutionality of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, to whom the bench had issued notice on the petition on April 30, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing for the Union of India, requested for two weeks time to...

'Read New IT Rules' : Supreme Court Asks Petitioner Seeking Action Against Islamophobic Content In Social Media

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to next week a plea filed against communal 'hashtags' and Islamophobic content trending on Twitter and other social media platforms. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has given a week's time to the petitioner to peruse the new IT Rules, 2021 (Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) 2021).The plea...

'Honour' Killing : Supreme Court Cancels Bail Granted To Man Accused Of Conspiracy To Murder Brother-in-Law In front Of Pregnant Wife

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Plea In Supreme Court Seeks State Amendments For Making Road Accidents As Non Bailable Offence, Restricting People From Buying More Than Two Vehicles

A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking directions on the Centre as well as Union Territories for making road accidents as non-bailable offence, so as to create an apprehension in the mind of drivers, compelling them to drive cautiously. The plea additionally prays directions to reduce the vehicle density on roads by restricting people from buying more than two vehicles in...

AIIMS : More Than 50% Women Reservation In Nursing Attendants Posts Permissible? Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea filed challenging the decision taken by AIIMS to provide 80% reservation to women with regard to direct recruitment to post of Nursing Attendants. A three- Judge Bench of Justices UU Lalit, Ajay Rastogi and Aniruddha Bose issued notice returnable on 6th September 2021. "Heard Mr. Ishkaran Singh Bhandari, Advocate, in...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up, July 5 To July 11, 2021

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. 'Delhi Can Ill-Afford Another Riots; Role Of Facebook Must Be Looked Into': Supreme Court Upholds Delhi Assembly SummonsTitle : Ajit Mohan & Others vs Legislative Assembly, National Capital Territory of Delhi and others Citation : LL 2021 SC 288The Supreme Court has refused to quash the summons issued to Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan by the Peace...

Supreme Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Accused Of Making Objectionable Facebook Post Against Smrit Irani

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by a man seeking anticipatory bail in an FIR registered by the UP Police over a Facebook post with alleged objectionable remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani.A bench comprising Justices Sanjat Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta expressed disinclination to entertain the petition filed by one Shaharyar Ali, following which...

Is There A Fundamental Right To Drink Liquor? What Courts Have Held?

The Gujarat High Court recently reserved its order on the maintainability of a petition against the decades old liquor prohibition in the state. The challenge is made on the ground of emergence of the right to privacy in the year 2017, which the Petitioners argued was unavailable when the ban was first challenged in 1950. It is their primary contention that the right to...

Legal Services Authorities Have Converted Pandemic Into An Opportunity By Successfully Holding National Lok Adalat : Justice Lalit

The Legal Services Authorities across the country, under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and guidance of Mr. Justice U.U. Lalit, Executive Chairman, NALSA, organised the second National Lok Adalat in the year 2021 on 10.07.2021. The same was organised in both virtual and hybrid mode and was held in 32 SLSAs/HCLSCs all across the country.It was for the first time that...