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When Joint Hindu Family Property Is Partitioned, Shares Of Parties Become Their Self-Acquired Properties : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed that following the partition of a joint family property, the individual shares allotted to each co-parcener become their self-acquired property."After the joint family property has been distributed in accordance with law, it ceases to be joint family properties and the shares of the respective parties become their self-acquired properties," the...
District Judges' Recruitment : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Rajasthan High Court
The Supreme Court today(April 28) issued notice to the Rajasthan High Court on a writ petition challenging the decision to commence a fresh recruitment process for District Judges without deciding a pending challenge to the 2020 recruitment process.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan issued notice to the Registrar General. Advocate-on-Record Namit Saxena, for the...
Supreme Court Stays Gauhati HC's Contempt Proceedings Against Bar Association President
The Supreme Court today(April 28) granted interim protection to the Gauhati High Court Bar Association President, KN Choudhary, against the contempt proceedings initiated by the Gauhati High Court.The High Court had initiated the proceedings based on a complaint filed by the Advocate General against Choudhary and two other senior lawyers, alleging that Anil Kumar Bhattacharyya and...
'Sharia Court', 'Court Of Kazi' Etc Have No Legal Recognition; Their Directions Not Binding: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that a 'Court of Kazi', 'Court of (Darul Kaja) Kajiyat','Sharia Court' etc., by whatever name styled, have no recognition in law and any direction given by them is not enforceable in law.A bench comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah referred to the 2014 judgment in Vishwa Lochan Madan v Union of India,which held that Shariat Courts...
Taking Note Of Senthil Balaji's Resignation As TN Minister, Supreme Court Refuses To Cancel His Bail
In view of the fact that Senthil Balaji resigned as a Minister, the Supreme Court today (April 28) disposed of applications seeking to cancel the bail granted to him in the money laundering case related to the 'cash-for-jobs' case. A witness in the case had filed an application alleging that Balaji was trying to influence the trial using his position. The Enforcement Directorate also filed...
India's Got Latent Row | Supreme Court Orders Release Of Ranveer Allahabadia's Passport
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 28) ordered the release of the passport of YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia, which was deposited as a condition for interim stay of his arrest in the cases registered for the offence of obscenity over his comment in the 'India's Got Latent Show'.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order after being informed that the investigation in...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea Against Telangana Rule Mandating Telugu Proficiency For Civil Judge Posts Without Urdu Option
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 28) dismissed a petition challenging a Telangana High Court order which upheld a State rule and government notification mandating proficiency in Telugu as a qualification for appointment as a Civil Judge.The petitioner, Mohd Shujath Hussain, was aggrieved that the Telangana State Judicial (Service and Cadre) Rules, 2023 and the government notification did...
'Honour Killing Ugly Reality Of Caste Structure, Must Get Strong Punishment' : Supreme Court Upholds Convictions In Kannagi-Murugesan Case
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 28) confirmed the convictions in the 'Kannagi-Murugesan' honour killing case from Tamil Nadu.A bench comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice PK Mishra dismissed the appeals filed by nine convicts challenging the Madras High Court's 2022 judgment, which upheld their life sentence. The Court also dismissed the appeals filed by two policemen for...
Economic Offences Stand On Different Footing, High Courts Should Be Cautious While Quashing Such FIRs At Early Stage : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently refused to quash an FIR against a company's director for their alleged involvement in the economic offences, noting that the High Court erred in quashing the case despite being apprised with a factum aspect that the directors of the company, established certain dummy/shell companies and the monetary transaction were circulated to these shell/dummy companies. The...