"Women Cannot Be Denied Right To Autonomy In The Garb of Protection":Women's Rights Group Moves Allahabad HC Against UP Anti-Conversion Ordinance

A Lucknow based women's rights group, Association for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives, has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking to intervene in the ongoing proceedings against the Anti-Conversion Ordinance passed by the UP Government.The High Court has allowed the intervention application filed through Advocate Vrinda Grover. At the outset, the application alleges that the Ordinance has...

'You Are At Liberty To Invoke All Powers Under Law' : Supreme Court Tells Centre On Plea To Stop Tractor Rally

The Supreme Court on Monday told the Delhi Police that it is the 'first authority' to decide whether protesting farmers can be granted entry into the national capital or not. The observation was made by the Chief Justice of India while hearing an application filed by the Delhi Police seeking for an injunction against the tractor rally proposed to be carried out by farmers in Delhi on...

"Farmers Entry To Delhi Is A Law And Order Issue, Delhi Police, Not We Should Decide It":Supreme Court On Republic Day Tractor Rally

The Supreme Court has taken up the cases relating to farmers...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging All India Bar Examination (AIBE) Rules

Supreme Court on Monday issues notice on Petition challenging the All India Bar Examination Rules 2010 framed by the Bar Council of India which mandate that an advocate has to qualify the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) to practice law after enrolment.A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar was hearing a petition filed by a newly enrolled advocate has filed a writ petition in the Supreme...

All India Bar Exam Challenged : Lawyer's Plea In SC Challenges AIBE Rules Framed By Bar Council Of India

A newly enrolled advocate has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the All India Bar Examination Rules 2010 framed by the Bar Council of India which mandate that an advocate has to qualify the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) to practice law after enrollment.The petition filed by Parthsarthi Mahesh Saraf, who enrolled in 2019, questions the authority of the BCI to prescribe...

Andhra HC Vs Ex-Judge- Asking For Materials Regarding Conduct Of A Sitting Judge Cannot Be Said To Be A Conspiracy: Justice Eswaraiah Tells Supreme Court

"Asking for Material, if available, regarding the conduct of a sitting judge, which was the subject matter of investigation, cannot by any stretch of imagination be said to be a conspiracy", retired Andhra Prdesh High Court judge Justice V. Eswaraiah has submitted before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had last Monday required Justice Eswaraiah to file an affidavit regarding...

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup [Jan 11 – Jan 17]

Top Stories: 1. "We Are Extremely Disappointed At The Way Govt. Handling The Farmers Protests And Farm Laws",Chief Justice Bobde [Rakesh Vaishnav & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.] The Chief Justice of India expressed that he was extremely disappointed at the way government is handling the matter. The Bench also observed that current negotiations between the two are not...

[Watch Full Video] Webinar On Farm Laws And The Road Ahead

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar on "Farm Laws And The Road Ahead" on Sunday,January 17, 2021, at 6 PM.The details of the webinar are as follows:Topic: Farm Laws And The Road AheadDate & Time: January 17, 2021, 6 pm - 7:30pmPanelistsChander Uday Singh (Senior Advocate, Supreme Court)Seema Chishti (Senior Journalist)Yogendra Yadav ( Activist, Psephologist, Politician)Jayati Ghosh...

UP Ordinance On Conversion Is Nothing But Criminalization Of Inter-Faith Marriages : Petitioner's Rejoinder In Allahabad High Court

"If a person exercises the freedom under Article 25 of the Constitution to marry somebody of his or her choice, and in that process, one partner chooses to change their religion immediately prior to marriage, that should not be the matter of concern for the State of any Social Watchdogs," submitted a writ petitioner before the Allahabad High Court, in a batch of PILs challenging...

Farmers' Union Requests Supreme Court To Remove The Remaining Members Of Committee Constituted To Resolve Deadlock Between Farmers and Govt

A farmers' union has requested the Supreme Court to remove the remaining three members of the Committee constituted by the Top Court for the purpose of holding talks between the Central Government and the farmers for a resolution of the protests due to the three contentious farm laws. Filed by Bhartiya Kisan Union Lokshakti, the Reply making this request has been filed in response to...

Tablighi Jamaat: Supreme Court Allows Discharged Persons To Return To Home Country On Furnishing Undertaking To Its Registry

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed about 27 persons accused in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat congregation, who have been discharged and against which order the government is at present exploring the feasibility of filing a revision, to return to their home countries on giving an undertaking/bond to the registry of the top court.The bench headed by Justice A. M. Khanwilkar was...

Lawyers Move Supreme Court Against Resumption Of Physical Hearing In Delhi Courts, Seeks For Hybrid System

Four advocates have moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court's decision to resume large-scale physical hearing before itself and subordinate courts in Delhi with effect from January 18, without giving a choice to lawyers to appear through virtual mode.Advocates Kartik Nayar, Nancy Roy, Sanchit Jollyand Amit Bhagat are challenging the order of the Registrar General of the Delhi...