When Gandhi Refused To Apologize And Faced Contempt Proceedings

The statement made by Advocate Prashant Bhushan before the Supreme Court bench which found him guilty of contempt has caught wide attention. The said statement made by him is paraphrased from a statement made by Mahatma Gandhi in the contempt proceedings initiated against him by the Bombay High Court in 1919. This article intends to discuss the said contempt case against Gandhi and the judgment in that case.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Mahadev Haribhai Desai were the editor and publisher of a...

Bar Council Of India Notifies 'No Confidence Motion' Rules [Read Rules]

"This Council, therefore, deemed it proper to frame uniform mandatory Rules in this regard for the fair, smooth and fearless functioning of Bar Councils and Bar Council of India"

[Breaking] Elaborate Arrangements Made For Conducting NEET/ JEE Examinations As Per The Schedule: National Testing Agency[Read Press Note]

The National Testing Agency has announced that it has made arrangements for NEET-2020 examination, which is scheduled to be held on September 13. Thus, admit cards for the NEET exam will be released shortly. A Press Note issued to this effect intimates that proper sanitization measures shall be employed at all the Test Centers and availability of personal protective gears shall be...

[Section 96 CPC] Strangers Cannot File Appeal Unless They Satisfy The Court That They Are 'Aggrieved Persons': SC [Read Judgment]

"Mere saying that the appellants are prejudicially affected by the decree is not sufficient."

[Vinod Dua Sedition Case] 'Absence Of Press Freedom Threatens Democracy': Sr. Adv. Vikas Singh To SC

The Supreme Court on Friday heard arguments of Senior Advocate Vikas Singh appearing on behalf of Journalist Vinod Dua in the plea seeking quashing of FIR filed against on allegations of sedition, promotion of communal enmity etc over his YouTube videos.Singh submitted before a bench of Justices UU Lalit & Vineet Sareen that the ingredients required for offences under sections 124A ,...

NEET, JEE Will Not Be Postponed: Union Ministry

There will not be any postponement for NEET 2020 and Joint Entrance Examination this year, reported the NDTV quoting government sources of Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. This fresh development has come amidst a huge social media campaign by students to postpone NEET-JEE. Earlier in the day, Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy had written to the Prime Minister seeking his...

'He Demitted Office' : SC Dismisses Plea Seeking In-House Probe Against Ex-CJI Gogoi

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed almost two years back which sought for an in-house inquiry against former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for allegedly abusing his authority during his tenure as a Judge. A Bench comprising of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari dismissed the matter as infructuous on the grounds that the ex-CJI...

Vinod Dua Case : Live Updates From SC Hearing

The Supreme Court is hearing the petition filed by journalist Vinod Dua seeking to quash the FIR registered alleging sedition over his YouTube videos.Live Updates from the hearing before the bench headed by Justice UU...

SC Issues Revised Order Recording Presence Of Attorney General In Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a revised order recording the presence of Attorney General, KK Venugopal, in the Prashant Bhushan contempt case.Prashant Bhushan contempt case : SC passes revised order recording the presence of Attorney General, KK Venugopal, in the order.The order published yesterday had not recorded the presence of the AG pic.twitter.com/V4ThcDCLeb— Live Law...

"Lord Jagannath Forgave Us, Your Gods Will Forgive You Too": SC Grants Permission To A Jain Temple Trust To Open Temples For Paryushan

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Shri Parshwatilak Shwetambar Murtipujak Jain Trust to keep Jain Temples open during the Paryushan festival to perform prayers at temples of Dadar, Bycullar & Chembur, by following the Standard Operating Procedure formulated by the authorities with respect to COVID19. The Paryushan period is expiring today.The bench also clarified that the order...

Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case: Plea In SC Seeks Video Recording & Live Telecast Of Court Proceedings [Read Application]

An intervention application has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking video recording and live telecast of the Prashant Bhushan contempt case. The applicant, Advocate Amritpal Singh Khalsa, has submitted that instant contempt case has been widely criticized all over the media by a "lobby" aimed to destabilize the Institution and to criticize it to the lowest possible level,...

[Cancellation Of Written Instruments] Action Instituted U/s 31 Specific Relief Act Is Arbitrable As It Is Not An Action In Rem: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that an action instituted under section 31 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 is not an action in rem, but an action in personam, and therefore arbitrable. In this case, a suit was filed by Deccan Paper Mills Co. Ltd. against Regency Mahavir Property and others, One of the prayers was to set aside some agreements as well. The Court had allowed the application filed...