COVID 19 : SC Holds Trial Run Of Video Conferencing For Urgent Hearings

Entering into the lock down phase due to out break of COVID 2019, the Supreme Court has prohibited physical entry of lawyers in the premises and decided to hear only extreme urgent cases through video conferencing. Its first trial run of case hearing through video conferencing went off successfully in court no 1 on Monday.The Bench comprising Chief Justice of India ( CJI ) S A Bobde...

COVID-19 : SC Directs States/UTs To Consider Granting Parole To Prisoners In Lesser Offences To De-Congest Prisons [Read Order]

To avoid overcrowding in prisons in the wake of COVID pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories to set up high level committees to determine class of prisoners who could be released on parole for four to six weeks A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde observed that the prisoners convicted of or charged with offences having jail term of up to seven...

[Breaking]COVID19: SC Prohibits Physical Entry; Urgent Hearings Via Video Conferencing; Lawyers Chambers To Be Closed

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to bar physical entry into the premises, and to hold urgent hearings via video conferencing.The proximity cards issued for entry to Court will not be effective for the time being.The Court has ordered the sealing of the lawyers' chambers by 5 PM on March 24, and said that will work out a system by which advocates can argue cases from home.The Court also...

[Breaking] Results Of Advocate-On-Record Examination Declared

The results of the Advocate on Record Examination held in June 2019 were declared on Monday.230 advocates have cleared the test.Tahira Karanjawala secured the first rank and Namit Saxena secured the second rank.Results of the Advocate-on-Record Examination held in June, 2019 were declared today. 230 advocates cleared the exam. Tahira Karanjawala (Roll No. 66) is placed in the first rank and...

Breaking: Only CJI's Bench Will Sit Tomorrow, SC Adjourns Hearing Of Most Of The Cases

The Additional Registrar of the Supreme Court has notified that on Monday, March 23, hearing will be conducted only in the Chief Justice's Court by a bench comprising of CJI SA Bobde, Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Surya Kant at 11 AM. Thereafter, a bench comprising of the CJI and Justice DY Chandrachud will take up matters through video conferencing, as per the cause...

SCAORA Resolves To Abstain From Appearing in Supreme Court Till April 4

In view of the Delhi government notification dated 22.03.2020 vide which there has been a total lock down in Delhi till 31.03.2020 because of the pandemic Corona virus outbreak the Supreme Court Advocate-On-Record Association has resolved to abstain appearing in the Supreme Court till 04/04/2020.The Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association earlier passed a resolution of...

[COVID-19] SC To Conduct Hearings Via Video Conferencing Tomorrow & Full Bench To Discuss Measures For Containment

In the light of the Coronavirus outbreak, a Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justice DY Chandrachud will hear the matters through Video conferencing TomorrowAs per the cause-list, this Bench will assemble after the hearing of matters listed before regular bench is over.The Lawyers have to address the Court from monitoring room (No: FW-56) old Court wing)Further to this,...

Corona,Nirbhaya, MP Floor Test & More - Courts This Week- Round Of Imp.Legal Developments [Episode-6]

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Don't Remember Electoral Bond Issue, Says Gogoi When Asked About Delay In Hearing

Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi dodged questions regarding the delay in the hearing of the case challenging the constitutional validity of the anonymous electoral bond scheme by saying that he doesn't remember the issue."Electoral bond issue, I don't remember, frankly", he told Navika Kumar of Times Now in an interview.There is mounting criticism from...

Gogoi Defends Clean Chit In Sexual Harassment Case; Says In-House Procedure Didn't Permit Lawyers, Witnesses, Cross Examination

Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi defended the clean chit given to him by the in-house panel of the Supreme Court in the sexual harassment allegations case by stating that the probe was in accordance with established procedure.Speaking to Navika Kumar of Times Now in an interview, Gogoi said that the sexual harassment allegations pained him."I am glad you asked...

No Bar In Considering Subsequent Events For Testing Legality Of Order Impugned In Writ Petition: SC [Read Judgment]

" In a writ petition under Article 226 subsequent events can be taken note of for varied purposes."

Can High Court Order Registration Of FIR?: SC Reiterates Observations In Sakiri Vasu Judgment [Read Order]

The High Court could not have directed the registration of an FIR, said the Supreme Court in a judgment delivered today reiterating the observations in celebrated judgment in Sakiri Vasu v. State Of Uttar Pradesh. The bench of Justices NV Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Sanjiv Khanna set aside a High Court order which directed the police to register a First Information Report, on the...