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Supreme Court Extends Interim Bail Granted to AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case By 5 Weeks
The Supreme Court on Monday extended interim bail granted to Satyendar Jain - Aam Aadmi Party leader and former cabinet minister in the Delhi government - in a money laundering case. Jain was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in May 2022, but was granted interim bail on medical grounds by the top court last month. A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi...
Supreme Court Stays ASI Survey Of Gyanvapi Mosque Till July 26 5 PM; Asks Masjid Committee To Approach HC Against Varanasi Court Order
In relation to the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute at Varanasi, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that order passed by the Varanasi District Court on July 21 for the ASI survey of the mosque should not be enforced till 5 PM on July 26.The Court passed this order to allow some "breathing time" to the Gyanvapi Masjid committee to approach the Allahabad High Court challenging the District Court's...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [July 1 – 9, 2023]
SUBJECT WISE INDEXBailAnticipatory Bail - Personal liberty is important, but courts must also consider the gravity of offence & impact on society. Pratibha Manchanda v. State of Haryana, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 514Central ExciseSelf-assessment of assessee not rendered malafide merely because it was based on a CETSTAT view which was later overturned. Commissioner, Central Excise and Customs...
CJI DY Chandrachud Cautions About Artificial Intelligence; Says It Can Make Biased Decisions Based On Societal Prejudices
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud recently spoke on how no technology is neutral and how it can reflect human values when deployed in the real world. The CJI spoke on how one must ponder the human and societal values that technology represents, especially the context in which they are deployed. “This is because technology doesn’t develop in a social vacuum. They take place inside...
Supreme Court Upholds Tripura HC Order That Directed State Govt To Pay Remuneration To Retired Judge Who Served As Chairman Of NSA Advisory Board
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the order of the Tripura High Court that directed the State Government to pay former judge of the Gauhati High Court, Justice Alok Baran Pal who retired as the Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board to be paid remuneration at the rate of the salary of a High Court judge minus the pension during the period he held the sole post as Chairman of the...
Accused Not Filing Petition To Quash FIR/Chargesheet Has No Relevance In Deciding Bail Application : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while granting bail to human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, observed that the accused not filing an application for quashing the FRI/Chargesheet is not a relevant consideration for deciding bail application . If such a position was to be accepted, then no bail application be can be accepted unless the accused files an application for quashing the proceedings, the Apex...
HCA Dispute : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Former Indian Cricket Team Captain Mohd Azharuddin’s Plea Against HC’s Contempt Notice
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain former Indian Test Cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin’s plea against a contempt notice issued by the Telangana High Court in a dispute between the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and the Nalgonda District Cricket Association (NDCA). Azharuddin, who was the president of the former, is facing contempt proceedings for...
All India Judicial Service Is Important, But At Present There Is No Consensus: Law Ministry
In response to the question raised by MP Dr. Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi on government’s plan to set up All India Judicial Service, the Law Ministry has responded that at present, there is no consensus on the proposal for setting up an All India Judicial Service (AIJS).However, the reply also stated that “in Government's view, a properly framed All India Judicial Service is important...
[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar- Anticipatory Bail [Part-VII]
Q.31 Can anticipatory bail be granted in respect of economic offences involving violation of FERA to the tune of millions of US Dollars ? Ans. Yes. In Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia (Supra - AIR 1980 SC 1125), which arose out of the verdict of a Full Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia (Supra - AIR 1980 SC 1125), did not approve Proposition No. 7 laid...
75% Of High Court Judges Appointed Since 2018 Are From General Category: Law Ministry
On the second day of the 2023 Monsoon Session of Indian Parliament, Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi, asked the Ministry of Law and Justice whether it is a fact that 79% judges appointed in all High Courts were from upper castes during the last five years indicating inequitable representation of backward and minoritiesHe also asked whether it is true that only 2.6% of the total 537...