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Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Allahabad HC's Senior Designations Conferred In 2019
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 9) issued notice in a plea challenging senior advocate designations conferred by the Allahabad High Court in 2019.While issuing notice, the bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the permanent committee of the High Court departed from the law laid down in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court by reducing the total marks to 75 from...
PMLA Accused Entitled To Hearing Before Cognizance Is Taken Of ED Complaint Filed After BNSS Came Into Effect : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that before taking cognizance of a money laundering complaint under section 44(1)(b) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the special court has to give opportunity to the accused to be heard as per the proviso to Section 223(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan quashed the...
S. 19 PC Act | Sanction Not Vitiated Due To Minor Edits In Draft Sanction Order Without Affecting Substance : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a retired public servant who had sought acquittal on the basis of alleged irregularities in the sanction order, noting that the minor edits made to the sanction report merely ensured that its form aligned with its substance, without altering its actual content.Observing that no failure of justice had occurred, the bench comprising Justices Dipankar...
Supreme Court Reserves Treasurer & 30% EC Posts For Women Lawyers In Gujarat HC & District Bar Associations
The Supreme Court today directed that the post of Treasurer, as well as 30% of the Executive Committee posts, shall be reserved for women lawyers in the Gujarat High Court and District Bar Associations.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, stating that there was no reason to take a view different from the ones taken in the cases of Supreme Court Bar...
Operation Sindoor | 'Time To Stand By Them & Utilize Their Services' : Supreme Court Stays Release Of In-Service Indian Women Army Officers
The Supreme Court today stayed the release of Women Officers of the Indian Army, who are currently in service, till the next date of hearing.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and ordered: "Without creating any equity in their favor, it is directed that all officers-in-service be not relieved till the next date".The hearing witnessed Justice Kant lauding...
Justice Nagarathna Flags Apprehension That Population-Based Delimitation May Reduce Southern States' Representation
Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court on Friday (May 9) orally spoke about the apprehensions that delimitation based on population would reduce the representation of the southern states in the Parliament, since the population growth in the south is declining in contrast to the northern states. The bench comprising Justice Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a batch...
Unregistered Agreement To Sell Admissible As Evidence To Prove Contract In Specific Performance Suit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that an unregistered agreement to sell may be admitted as evidence to establish the existence of a contract in a suit seeking specific performance. The Court said that this arrangement is made possible under the proviso to Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908, which allows an unregistered document to be received as evidence of a contract in a suit for...
Supreme Court Considers Plea To Replace 5-Year Law Degree Course With 4-Year LL.B
The Supreme Court on Friday considered a PIL seeking to replace the 5-year LL.B course with a 4-year LL.B course on the ground that the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) promotes four-year undergraduate courses for professional degrees.A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, did not issue notice on the petition, and tagged it with another matter concerning...
'Court Can't Compel Any State To Adopt National Education Policy' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Implement NEP In Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by a person seeking to direct the State of Tamil Nadu to implement the National Education Policy (2020) including its 'three-language formula'.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan observed that the Court cannot issue any direction under Article 32 of the Constitution to compel any State to...
'Not Court's Duty To Tell Media To Delete' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC Order To Remove Wikipedia Page About ANI's Case
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 9) set aside the Delhi High Court order, which directed the deletion of a Wikipedia page on defamation proceedings initiated by news agency Asian News International (ANI) against Wikimedia on the ground that the page was prima facie contemptuous and amounted to interference in court proceedingsA bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan reiterated...