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29 Supreme Court Collegium Recommendations From Nov 2022 For HC Judges Pending With Central Government
The data published by the Supreme Court regarding the judges' appointment process has revealed that 29 recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as High Court Judges during November 9, 2022 to May 5, 2025 are pending with the Central Government.They are :Ramaswamy Neelakandan (for Madras HC). Supreme Court Collegium recommended on 17-01-2023.Arun Kumar (for...
Appeals To Restore Death Penalty Don't Require 3-Judge Bench Hearing : Supreme Court Rejects Godhra Case Convicts' Objections
The Supreme Court today(May 6) began the final hearing of the 2018 appeals pending in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. The criminal appeals, filed by the convicts challenging their conviction and the State of Gujarat seeking death sentence for the convicts, were listed before a bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Aravind Kumar. At the outset, Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, for...
Supreme Court Takes Cognizance Of Recent Suicides In IIT & Kota Coaching Centre, Asks If FIR Registered
The Supreme Court today (May 6) directed the Union to comply in two days with its earlier directions of depositing Rs. 20 Lakhs for setting up a National Task Force dealing with students' mental health and suicide prevention. The Court also sought a status report on two recent instances of student suicides in IIT Kharagpur and a coaching centre in Kota, Rajasthan and whether the...
Vacations Are Partial Working Days Now; Will Have 3 Benches Every Week During Summer Break : Justice BR Gavai
During a hearing, Justice BR Gavai of the Supreme Court recently said that the Court will have 3 Vacation Benches every week during the upcoming summer break.It may be recalled that the summer break this year will constitute "partial Court working days". The same will commence from 26 May, 2025 and the Full Court working days will resume from 14 July, 2025.Justice Gavai made the...
Why Can't Vakalatnamas Mention If Advocate Has Passed AIBE? Supreme Court Asks BCI
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 6) suggested to the Bar Council of India that they bring a rule mandating that in the vakaltnamas filed by Advocates enrolled after 2010, it should be specified if the candidate has cleared the All India Bar Examination."Why don't you make it mandatory in the vakalatnama itself to mention if AIBE has been passed? Why don't you make a rule mandating that...
MBBS Internship : Supreme Court Seeks NMC Response On Plea Seeking Stipend For Foreign Medical Graduates
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 6) issued notice in a plea challenging the non-payment of stipends to foreign medical graduates (FMGs) interning at Indian Hospitals/ Medical Institutions. The bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran agreed to consider the issue of non-payment of stipend to foreign medical graduates (FMGs) who were interning at Mahaveer Institute of...
Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC | Power To Recall Witness Vests With Court, Parties Cannot Do Without Court's Leave : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that Order XVIII Rule 17 of the CPC empowers the court to recall a witness at any stage solely for the purpose of seeking clarification, but it does not grant any right to the parties to recall witnesses for further examination or cross-examination. The Court further clarified that the power under Order XVIII Rule 17 should be exercised strictly to remove ambiguities...
Officer Facing Contempt Action Refuses To Accept Demotion As Punishment; Supreme Court Warns Of Jail
The Supreme Court today expressed its displeasure at a Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh who, in his capacity as Tahsildar, disobeyed directions of the High Court and forcibly removed slum-dwellers' huts in Guntur district, when he said that he would not accept demotion as a punishment for contempt of court.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih was dealing with a plea filed by...
Supreme Court Fixes SCBA Elections On May 20; Secretary & 1/3rd EC Posts Reserved For Women
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 6) directed that the elections of the office-bearer posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association be held on May 20. The Court also directed that the election shall be held on the basis of the voter list as was finalized in the elections for the year 2024.Apart from those who are included in the voter list for 2024, all those members who acquired eligibility up...
CLAT-UG 2025 : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Delhi HC Judgment Tomorrow; One More Candidate Files Petition
The Supreme Court today adjourned till tomorrow the hearing of a petition challenging the judgment of the Delhi High Court, which directed the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the merit list of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 for Undergraduate (UG) admissions due to certain mistakes in the questions.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan could not take up...
'High-Handedness': Supreme Court Slams Punjab Govt For De-notifying Land Acquired For SYL Canal; Clarifies Status Quo Order
In the dispute pending between the states of Punjab and Haryana over the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, the Supreme Court today called out the Punjab government for de-notifying land which was acquired for the construction of the canal in furtherance of the Court's decree.Labelling the action "high-handedness", Justice BR Gavai said to Senior Advocate Gurminder...