[Challenge Against Central Vista Project] Live-Updates From Supreme Court

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This Is An Opportunity To Impart Gender Sensitisation To Judges":AG Tells SC On Plea Against Bail Condition Asking Sexual Offender To Get Rakhi Tied By Victim

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stated that it shall deliberate on the limitations of judges in imposing conditions for bail, in view of 9 women lawyers seeking a stay on the bail condition imposed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on July 30, in releasing a person, apprehended for outraging the modesty of a woman, provided he visits the house of the complainant and requests her to tie the Rakhi...

Plea For SOP For CA Exams : Supreme Court Asks Petitioners' Lawyer To Discuss Issues With ICAI's Counsel; Case Adjourned Till November 4

The Supreme Court on Monday considered a petition seeking a Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for conducting Chartered Accountants(CA) examinations by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI).As per the petition filed by a few CA aspirants, the ICAI has not taken adequate steps to ensure that the exams, scheduled to take place in November, are conducted in line with the...

Plea For SOP For Conducting CA Examinations: Live Updates From Supreme Court

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Police Attack On Bihar District Judge: Lawyer Files PIL In Supreme Court Seeking Court Monitored Inquiry

In the wake of the reports about a policeman attacking a District Judge in Bihar, a lawyer has filed a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored inquiry into the incident and measures to ensure the protection of judicial officers.The petition filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari refers to newspaper reports about the District Judge of Aurangabad being...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-38]

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[Breaking] Bar Council of India Allows Law Universities to Conduct Physical Exams With NOC From Govt. And SDMA

Bar Council of India has decided to allow Universities/Centres of Legal Education to conduct physical examination with the NOC of the state government and State Disaster Management Authority, by giving the option to such law students who are unable and/or unwilling to appear in such physical exams till the Covid-19 pandemic is averted, and having appeared therein, who are/is unable to clear...

[Loan Moratorium And Interest Waiver] Banks Are Advised To Credit Difference Between Compound And Simple Interest To Borrowers: RBI Tells Supreme Court

In the ongoing issue pertaining to levy of accruing interest on interest and loan moratorium before Supreme Court, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) informed the Court that banks shall be guided by a Scheme for effectuating ex gratia payments to borrowers towards specified loan amounts.The Additional Affidavit states that the applicable scheme dated October 23 will be "Scheme for grant of ex...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing October 25, 2020 to November 1, 2020

Procedure For Appointment of Chief Justice Of India Ultra Vires Of Constitutional Tenets: Plea In Supreme Court

A plea has been preferred in the Supreme Court challenging the memorandum of procedure regarding appointment of the Chief Justice of India as ultra vires of Articles 14 & 124 of the Constitution of India.Petitioner-in-person Bharat Pratap Singh, who is a practicing Advocate of Allahabad High Court has moved the instant petition, stating that the quest for independence of Judiciary which is...

"Ayodhya Excluded, Mathura Included": Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Provisions Of Places of Worship Act

"Hindus are fighting for restoration of birthplace of Lord Krishna from hundreds of years and peaceful public agitation continues but while enacting the Act, Centre has excluded the birthplace of Lord Ram at Ayodhya but not the birthplace of Lord Krishna in Mathura, though both are the incarnations of Lord Vishnu, the creator."

"They Misappropriated The Sad Demise Of SSR": Navalakha Seeks Heavy Cost On Channels Including Times Now, Zee News & AajTak

Film producer Nilesh Navalakha has filed a complaint before the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA), against several news channels for violating the programme code and other journalistic norms while reporting on the Sushant Singh Rajput case. The Petitioner, represented by Advocates Rajesh Inamdar and Shashwat Anand, has urged the authority to recommend to the Ministry...