'District Level Advocates Provide Spine And Credibility For Judicial Administration': Justice Chandrachud Launches Awareness Programme On E-Courts

Supreme Court Judge and Chairperson of the top Court's E-Committee, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday inaugurated the District Level Awareness Programme in Regional Languages on E-court services and E-filings along with manuals and tutorials for advocates to gain knowledge about the services available to them. Speaking at an event conducted online, Justice Chandrachud threw light...

SC To Continue Hearing Via Video Conferencing For Now; To Review Situation After Two Weeks

There is no immediate resumption of physical hearing in Supreme Court for now as the Committee of Judges constituted to consider the issue decided on July 24 that the functioning of the SC will continue through video conference, in order to obviate the risk of the spread of infection in Court premises.Sources familiar with the development told LiveLaw that the decision has been taken in view...

Bishop Franco Mulakkal Moves SC Seeking Discharge From Nun-Rape Case

Bishop Franco Mullakkal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the judgment of Kerala High Court rejecting his plea seeking discharge him from the rape case.In his Special Leave Petition filed through Advocate Anand Mishra, he repeats his contention he is innocent and that he was falsely implicated after he questioned the financial dealings of the victim nun.The former Bishop of...

Twitter Withholds Prashant Bhushan's Tweets Over Which SC Issued Contempt Notice

Twitter has withheld the two tweets of Advocate Prashant Bhushan - posted on June 27 and June 29 - over which the Supreme Court took cognizance to issue contempt notice to him.The said tweets are not viewable now, and are concealed with a message " This tweet from @pbhushan1 has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand".On July 23, Justice Arun Mishra, the presiding judge in...

A Peep Into 'Roll Of Advocates' System Of Allahabad HC

Unlike the Advocate on Record [AoR] system followed by its neighbour Patna High Court, the Allahabad High Court has in place a different system to regulate the practice of the lawyers in its two benches viz. Allahabad and Lucknow which is called 'Roll of Advocates'. [RoA]Background To 'Roll of Advocates'Prior to introduction of the Roll of Advocates System, anyone registered with any State Bar Council or with the Bar Council of India could file, plead and appear before the Allahabad High Court....

Centre Files Affidavit In SC Suggesting Normative Guidelines For Cost Effective Treatment Of COVID-19 Patients [Read Affidavit]

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has filed an affidavit in Supreme Court proposing certain suggestions for the cost effective treatment of COVID-19 patients across states after having convened a meeting with the relevant stakeholders, in accordance with directions passed on July 14, 2020. The Court is informed that a personal hearing was accorded to...

[Double Tax Avoidance Treaty] Mumbai Project Office Of Samsung Heavy Industries Not A 'Permanent Establishment': SC [Read Judgment]

In a major relief for Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., the Supreme Court held that its Project Office in Mumbai cannot be termed as a "permanent establishment"(PE) for the purpose of taxation under Double Tax Avoidance Treaty.The bench comprising Justices RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and BR Gavai, while holding thus, observed that the burden of proving the fact that a foreign assessee has a...

[Pendency Of Criminal Appeals In HC's] High Courts Of Bombay & Orissa File 'Plan Of Action' To Address The Long Pendency Issue Before SC

Following directions by Top Court to High Courts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Patna, Rajasthan, Bombay and Orissa for apprising the Court of their 'plan of action' viz. deciding criminal appeals that have been pending, the High Courts of Orissa & Bombay have filed their Affidavits.The High Courts were directed to co-ordinate with the Director General Prisons, in...

69000 Shiksha Mitras' Recruitment: SC Reserves Judgment On UP Assistant Teachers Recruitment Issue

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its judgment in a case related to the recruitment of 69000 assistant teachers in the State of Uttar Pradesh.A bench led by Justice UU Lalit reserved its judgment after hearing Counsel for Petitioner(s) in a batch of pleas, the lead matter being one filed by the Uttar Pradesh Prathmik Shiksha Mitra Association challenging the Allahabad High Court's order in...

'Whether Para 2(1)(a) Of 10th Schedule Is Violative Of Basic Structure Of Constitution': Rajasthan HC Frames 13 Questions Of Law In Sachin Pilot Case [Read Order]

Holding the writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot-led group of rebel Congress MLAs, the Rajasthan High Court has framed 13 questions of law.They are :(i) Whether the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Kihoto Hollohan Vs. Zachillhu & Ors. ,1992 SCC Supp. (2) 651, has tested the constitutionality of Paragraph 2(1) (a) of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India only with...

SC Grants AP SEC A Week To File Affidavit; State Assures Compliance Of HC Order In Reinstating Ramesh Kumar as SEC

The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner (SEC) a week's time to file an affidavit after being informed of the abuse being faced by High Court judges on social media, for having reinstated retired IAS officer Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar to the office. Appearing for the SEC, senior advocate Harish Salve apprised the Court of the language used...

SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking For Declaration Of Country Of Origin Of Goods On E-Commerce Sites

The Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking for directions to the Centre to formulate a law in order to ensure that e-commerce sites and business houses declare the "country of origin" of goods so as to facilitate boycotting of Chinese products.A Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, and Justices AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian heard the matter and proceeded...