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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...
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Farm Laws- Supreme Court's Order Granting Stay On Implementation Without Giving Reasons A Bad Precedent,Says Justice Deepak Gupta
"I do feel that the court should have been careful to tread in as this is a dangerous territory", commented former Supreme Court judge, Justice Deepak Gupta, recently.Appearing on India Today channel, the retired judge was addressing the question whether the Supreme Court's recent interim order staying the implementation of the three farm laws was, as the critics are calling it, an advent...
Breaking-"Protect Citizens' Privacy Rights": Plea In Supreme Court Challenges WhatsApp's Updated Privacy Policy
A Writ Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the new and updated privacy of WhatsApp, a messaging application owned by Facebook.The Petition filed by Confederation of All India Traders seeks issuance direction to Union Government to take all necessary steps / actions to safeguard and secure the privacy of citizens and national security by ensuring that mobile application...
Supreme Court Bar Association To Hold Elections In A Hybrid Manner, Requests CJI To Resume Physical Hearings From 1st February
In a recent meeting conducted by the Supreme Court Bar Association, the members with a majority resolved to conduct the Supreme Court Bar Association elections in a hybrid form including both physical and virtual system of voting. The development came after the Executive Committee reconsidered its earlier resolution of conducting the SCBA elections for 2020-21 in an online...
"Covaxin Has Not Completed Phase 3 Trials": Saket Gokhale Moves Bomaby High Court Seeks Publication Of Safety & Efficacy Trial Results
Activist Saket S Gokhale has moved the Bombay High Court against the Drugs Controller General of India, urging that the safety and efficacy trial results of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine "Covaxin" be made public. The petition states that whereas vaccinations in India are to begin from January 16, and it is being claimed that Covaxin is safe and provides a robust immune response,...
Bombay High Court Stays Demand Notice Seeking Service Tax From Advocate For Granting Legal Services
The Bombay High Court has stayed a demand notice issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), seeking to levy service tax upon an Advocate. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Milind N. Jadhav issued notice to the Assistant Commissioner, and in the meanwhile granted interim relief to the Petitioner-Advocate. "Respondents may...
Are WhatsApp Chats Admissible In Evidence?
The social media is abuzz with the details from alleged Whatsapp chats between Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami and former BARC CEO Partho Das Gupta. The 500-page long Whatsapp conversations between Goswami and Das Gupta found their way into social media after Mumbai Police annexed it in its supplementary charge filed in the TRP rigging case.In this backdrop, several users raised...
Builder's Demand For Extra Money On Account Of Alleged Increase In Sale Area Illegal: SC Affirms NCDRC Order By Dismissing Builder's Appeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed as illegal the builders' demand of extra money beyond the contractual sale consideration on account of alleged excess sale area.The bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud was hearing the builder's appeal against an August, 2020 decision of the NCDRC by which the builder, citing a contractual clause which permitted them to raise additional demand if...
Supreme Court Appoints Ranjan Gogoi As Sole Arbitrator In A Case
The Supreme Court has appointed Ranjan Gogoi, Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India, as the sole arbitrator in a case.A division bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi appointed Gogoi as the arbitrator in the case MCM Service Private Limited v. Ithalia Thai Development Public Company Limited based on the consent of the parties.The arbitral proceedings will be conducted...
