Gujarat HC Advocates Association Moves SC Against Centre 's Refusal To Appoint Justice Kureshi As MP HC Chief [Read Petition]

The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India against Centre sleeping over the SC collegium's proposal to make Justice Kureshi the CJ of MP HC. Justice Kureshi's proposal was made by the SC collegium on May 10 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the former CJ of MP HC Justice S...

NRC: SC Asks Centre, Assam Govt To Reply To Plea By Paralysed Man, Declared Foreigner By Tribunal, HC

The Supreme Court Wednesday sought a response from the Centre and the Assam government on a plea of an imprisoned paralysed man who has been declared a foreigner by a tribunal and facing eminent deportation to Bangladesh. Azizul Hoque, who is lodged in a detention centre since March 24, 2017, was declared a foreigner by a tribunal in Assam in ex-parte proceedings as he failed to...

'State Has Obligation To Ensure Clean Environment': SC Orders Meghalaya Govt. To Deposit 100Cr For Its Failure To Curb Illegal Mining

"The present generation owes a duty to preserve and conserve the natural resources of the nation so that it may be used in the best interest of coming generations as well and for the country as a whole."

Outer Limitation For Suit For Possession Based On Title Is Not Lost Merely Because Relief Of Declaration Is Also Sought: SC [Read Judgment]

"Merely because one of the reliefs sought is of declaration that will not mean that the outer limitation of 12 years is lost. "

Supreme Court Lawyer Murdered In NOIDA; SCBA Writes To UP CM For Strong Measures [Read Letter]

Advocate Kuljeet Kaur, a Supreme Court lawyer has been found murdered in NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh. Advocate Kaur's body was found inside her house in Noida's sector 31 on Tuesday. She was the wife of a retired Army officer. Strongly condemning the murder of a Supreme Court Advocate Kuljeet Kaur, the Supreme Court Bar Association has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...

Hindu Succession - Property Inherited From Father By Sons Becomes Joint Family Property In The Hands Of Sons : SC[Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has ruled that property inherited from father by sons becomes joint family property in the hands of sons.The bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi held so in the case Dodamuniyappa through LRs vs Muniswamy and others.Case backgroundThe respondent Muniswamy and five others, the plaintiffs, are the grandchildren of one Chikkanna, the propositus of a joint...

Supreme Court To Make Its Judgments Available In Regional Languages

To begin with, judgments will be translated into six vernacular languages: Assamese, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odia and Telugu.

No Prohibition Against Adoption In Christian Law Even If Couple Have Natural Born Child: SC [Read Judgment]

"By virtue of adoption, a child gets transplanted into a new family whereafter he or she is deemed to be member of that family as if he or she were born son or daughter of the adoptive parents having same rights which natural daughter or son had."

Is Kerala Above Rule Of Law, Asks SC While Hearing Jacobite-Orthodox Church Dispute Matter [Read Order]

"Is Kerala above rule of law", an angry Supreme Court asked on Tuesday as it blasted the state government and threatened to put its chief secretary behind bars for not implementing its 2017 judgement on a dispute between two factions on right to conduct administration and prayers in churches.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah, which was hearing a matter related to...

SC Seeks Centre's Reply On Jairam Ramesh's Plea Against Amendments To PMLA By Money Bills

The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre on a plea by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh challenging the amendments made to the money laundering law, PMLA, through money bills since 2015 on the ground that they violated the Constitution.A bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and B R Gavai issued notice to the Centre on the appeal filed by Ramesh who has challenged the Delhi High...

SC Declines To Apply 'Group Of Companies' Doctrine To Implead Foreign Company In Arbitration With Its Indian Affiliate [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to invoke the 'group of companies' doctrine to implead a foreign company in an application for appointment of arbitrator for a dispute arising out an agreement with its Indian affiliate.As per 'group of companies' doctrine, arbitration agreement entered into by a company, which is one among a of corporate entities, can, in certain circumstances, ...

Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC: Plaint Can Either Be Rejected As A Whole Or Not At All, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

" If the plaint survives against certain defendant(s) and/or properties, Order 7 Rule 11(d) of CPC will have no application at all, and the suit as a whole must then proceed to trial."