Burden To Prove That The Property Is A Joint Property Of An HUF Is On The Person Who Asserts So: SC [Read Judgment]

"Merely because the business is joint would not raise the presumption that there is a Joint Hindu Family."

Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Under-Trials In Non-Heinous Crimes And Economic Offences Amid COVID-19 Scare [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL seeking release of under-trial prisoners held for non-heinous crimes such as fraud, cheating and other economic offences, and those suffering from various medical conditions (diabetes, asthma etc) in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. In the interest of containing the contagion, the Apex Court on March 23 had directed that each...

Mobile Internet To Remain At 2G Speed In J&K Till April 15 Amid COVID-19 Lockdown [Read Order]

Speed restrictions have not posed any hindrance to "COVID-19 control measures or to access online educational content", the order said.

Aruna Roy And Nikhil Dey Move SC For Payment of Wages to MNREGA Workers, Temporary Job Cards To Migrants [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India by activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey for issuance of uniform guidelines to all States/Union Territories to ensure that all active and registered job card holders under the MGNREGA Act are deemed to be at work, and are accordingly paid full wages at the earliest.The plea, filed by Advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of the...

[Fake News Alert] News That No Person Apart From Govt Is Allowed To Share Or Post COVID-19 Updates Is False

A fake news is being widely circulated in social media and Whatsapp groups that apart from government, no other person is allowed to post any update or share any forward related to COVID-19. This false message is as follows :"Dear All,Mandate for All :Tonight 12(midnight) onwards Disaster Management Act has been implemented across the country. According to this update, apart from the...

Justice Chandrachud, Chairperson Of SC E-Committee, Confers With HC Judges On Video-Conferencing & Web Hosting Of Proceedings

In its endeavour to ensure that urgent matters are heard promptly during the period of the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of Covid - 19 and that parties are not required to come to court for other cases listed for hearing, the E-Committee of the Supreme Court assembled through video conferencing in the morning.The Chairperson, Dr. Justice Chandrachud, reviewed the measures which have...

Steps Being Taken To Ensure Availability Of Sanitizers & Masks At Prices Fixed By Govt, Centre Tells SC

The Supreme Court of India has noted the submissions put forward by the Central Government regarding the implementation of measures to prevent black marketing of sanitizers and mask and has directed for proper adherence of the same in wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Petition had been filed by Justice of Rights Foundation seeking intervention of the Court to ensure sale of...

Consider Releasing Children From Observation Homes On Interim Bail Amid COVID-19 : SC Directs JJBs, Children's Courts [Read Order]

In order to de-congest child care institutions in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Juvenile Justice Boards and Children Courts to consider releasing all children alleged to be in conflict with law on temporary bail, unless there are clear and valid reasons for the application of the proviso to Section 12, JJ Act, 2015. The order has been passed by...

Rajasthan HC Moves SC Against Its Own Order; SC Stays Single Bench Direction To Not List Bail Applications During Lockdown

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order passed by a single bench of Rajasthan High Court which directed the HC Registry to not list applications for bail and sentence suspension as urgent matters during the period of lockdown.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta stayed the order in an appeal filed by the Rajasthan High Court itself.The impugned direction was passed...

[NCDRC]Appointments Made By Centre Pursuant To March 11 Circular Will Be Subject To Court Order:Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court through its Nagpur bench has issued notices to the Union of India, the Ministry of Finance, Union Law Ministry, Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the state Government of Maharashtra on a petition challenging the New Tribunal Rules 2020. The said Rules notified by the Central government last month, prescribe the procedure for appointments, qualifications,...

SC Issues Notice On Suo Moto Case On Mahua Moitra's Letter For Welfare Of Migrant Workers

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in the suo moto case taken on the basis of a letter sent to Chief Justice of India by Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra highlighting the plight of migrant workers stranded amid the lockdown.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta directed that the copy of the petition to be served on the Solicitor General.The matter will be next...

"Grave Offences Against Humanity": International Council of Jurists Move UNHRC Against China Seeking COVID-19 Reparations [Read Complaint]

The International Council of Jurists and the All India Bar Association have filed a complaint in the United Nations Human Rights Council against China for committing "grave offences against the humanity" throughout the world, in the form of COVID-19 pandemic. The complaint lodged by Dr. Adish C Aggarwala, President of International Council of Jurists, and Chairman of All India...