Centre Moves Supreme Court Seeking Transfer Of Pleas In High Court Challenging Online Gaming Act 2025

The Union of India has filed a plea before the Supreme Court seeking that various writ petitions in 3 High Courts that challenge the Online Gaming Act 2025 be transferred to the Apex Court. The counsel for the Union mentioned before the bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, urging that the present transfer petition be listed on coming Monday. He said : "The new act has...

Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case On Lack Of CCTV Cameras In Police Stations

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 4) registered a suo motu case on the lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations across the country. A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta took the suo motu action based on a report published by Dainik Bhaskar. As per the report, around 11 people have died in police custody in the last seven to eight months this...

Judiciary Has Emphasized Human Dignity As Constitution's Soul : CJI BR Gavai

The Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai,today stressed that human dignity cannot be seen as a fixed idea but is a fluid principle that connects the constitutional values of liberty, equality and justice. He opined that dignity is a 'normative lens' through which Courts have a better understanding of fundamental rights. Speaking at the 11th Dr LM Singhvi Memorial Lecture, the CJI emphasised that...

S.100 CPC | High Court Must Assign Reasons For Framing Additional Question Of Law In Second Appeals : Supreme Court Lays Down Principles

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sep.3) observed that it is mandatory for the High Courts to record reasons while framing an additional question of law which was not originally raised in a second appeal in a civil case.Proviso to Section 100(5) CPC grants power to the High Courts to frame an additional question of law, but this power cannot be routinely exercised, but only in...

Constitution Can't Be Interpreted In A Manner Making Governors Unaccountable : Sibal To Supreme Court In Presidential Reference

On the seventh day of the Presidential reference hearing, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal (for the State of West Bengal) urged that the Constitution must not be read in a way giving powers to the Governor which makes him unaccountable, as it is contrary to the constitutional scheme envisaged. He made this argument in the context of the submission of the Solicitor General on Article 361, that...

LiveLaw Academy Announces 5 Day Course on Framing of Charges and Judgment Writing

LiveLaw Academy is proud to announce its latest offering - a 5-Day Course on Framing of Charges and Judgment Writing, led by Justice K. Abraham Mathew (Retd.), Former Judge of the Kerala High Court.This course is designed to fill crucial gaps in legal education and training-the nuances and practical considerations in framing of charges and judgement writing. While the law schools equip you with an academic and theoretical framework of these concepts, they often fail to impart practical training...

Anticipatory Bail Is Permissible Under SC/ST Act Only If Prima Facie Offence Isn't Made Out : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a grant of anticipatory bail is impermissible under the SC/ST Act unless is prima facie shown that no offence under the Act is made out."where on the face of it the offence under Section 3 of the Act is found to have not been made out and that the accusations relating to the commission of such offence are devoid of prima facie merits, the Court has a room...

Supreme Court Seeks IIT Roorkee Report On Preservation Of Mysuru's Devaraja Market And Lansdowne Heritage Buildings

The Supreme Court has directed the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee to examine whether the 19th-century Devaraja Market Building and Lansdowne Buildings in Mysuru can be preserved through repairs or renovation. The report is to be filed in a sealed cover.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the order while hearing a plea challenging the...

Supreme Court Directs AIFF To Conduct ISL 2025-26; Appoints Justice Nageswara Rao To Oversee Selection Of Commercial Partner

The Supreme Court recently accepted a proposal offered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner for the football season 2025-26 and ordered the AIFF to take steps for timely commencement of the football competitions under its control."we direct AIFF to take such measures as may be necessary for timely commencement of football calendar and to maintain...

Couple Approaches Supreme Court Seeking FIR Against Pvt Hospital Over Alleged Baby Swapping

The Supreme Court is set to consider a plea by parents seeking criminal action against a hospita for allegedly swapping their boy child with a girl child soon after delivery. The bench of Justice Manoj Kumar and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing the challenge to the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court, which refused to direct registration of an FIR against the director of a private hospital...

After Nigerian National Absconds, Supreme Court Says Govt May Frame Policy To Prevent Foreign Accused From Fleeing

Unable to secure presence of a foreign national who jumped bail in a cyber fraud case and fled to Nigeria, the Supreme Court recently disposed of a bail cancellation matter while leaving it open for the Union to formulate a policy to ensure that foreign nationals do not flee the process after committing crimes. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih closed the proceedings after it...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Digital Verification Of Bail Sureties To Avoid Delay In Release Of Prisoners

The Supreme Court issued notice on a writ petition seeking directions to the police authorities for the use of digital technology to verify bail sureties to obviate delay in the release of prisoners who have secured bail.The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice in the matter. The bench also impleaded the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) through its...