CLAT UG 2025: Delhi High Court Accepts Few Objections To Answer Key, Directs Consortium Of NLUs To Revise Merit List

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to republish and renotify within four weeks the final list of selected candidates who gave the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG examination 2025.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela decided a batch of petitions challenging the results of...

SARFAESI Act | Appeal Against Every DRT Order Doesn't Require Pre-Deposit : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently expressed a prima facie view that appeals filed against procedural orders of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) do not require pre-deposit as per Section 18 (appeal to the appellate tribunal) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act).The present appeal arises from the Bombay High...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: April 14, 2025 To April 20, 2025

Nominal Index [Citation 421 – 440]CitationsZulfiquar Haider & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 421M/S. Parsvnath Film City Ltd. v. Chandigarh Administration & Others, Civil Appeal No. 6162 of 2016 (and connected case) 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 422Neha Enterprises v. Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 423Pinki v. State of...

S.17 PMLA | Can't Direct ED To Serve 'Reasons To Believe' Before Conducting Search, May Lead To Concealment Of Evidence: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that it cannot issue an omnibus direction mandating the Enforcement Directorate to serve 'reason to believe' the commission of money laundering offence before conducting a search in terms of Section 17 PMLA, as the same may alert the suspect to conceal evidence."Section 17 is a preliminary stage where based on some information in possession the ED search...

Shocking That State Govt Filed Petition Against ED Raid Of TASMAC, Nothing Unusual In Detaining Employees During Search: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed the allegations made by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) that its employees and officials were harassed by the Enforcement Directorate while conducting searches at the State agency's headquarters in Chennai.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekaran noted that the search was conducted in compliance of Section 17 of...

Is Match-Fixing A Criminal Offence? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court is set to consider the issue as to whether match-fixing constitutes a criminal offense.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and NK Singh yesterday heard a matter involving the issue and considering the ramifications of betting as well as match-fixing, appointed Advocate Shivam Singh as an Amicus Curiae.The case has been fixed for hearing on July 27.Reportedly, a few years...

Supreme Court Refuses To Stall BPSC Main Exams, Dismisses Petitions Alleging Paper Leak

The Supreme Court today(April 23) refused to stall the Bihar Public Services Commission's (BPSC) Main Exam, which is scheduled to take place on April 25, over allegations of paper leak during the Preliminary Examinations.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the 70th Combined Competitive Exams (preliminary) conducted by the Bihar...

Supreme Court Rejects IAS Officer's Plea For Promotion To Chief Secretary Grade

The Supreme Court today (April 23) dismissed the plea of a Kerala cadre IAS Officer for promotion equivalent to the Chief Secretary Post.The bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi declined to interfere with the Kerala High Court's decision, which denied his promotion on the ground that he did not meet the requirement of having 90% of his Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs)...

One Year LL.M. | BCI To Set Up Committee Led By Ex-CJI On 1-Year & 2-Year LLM Equivalency

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to form a high-level committee, led by a former Chief Justice of India, to examine and recommend a framework to equate one-year and two-year LLM degrees. The committee will include academicians from National Law Universities, Central and State universities, private law schools, and affiliated law colleges.The BCI said that the mandate of the...

Madras High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging ED Search Of TASMAC Headquarters

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (April 23) dismissed pleas by State Government and Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation challenging the recent searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the TASMAC headquarters on March 6 and March 8. A division bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar while pronouncing the verdict observed that in money laundering cases, a...

Order 41 Rule 31 CPC | Appellate Court Not Bound To Frame Points Of Determination When Not Raised In Appeal : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that an Appellate Court's failure to frame points of determination under Order 41 Rule 31 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (“CPC”) does not invalidate its judgment, provided there is substantial compliance with the rule and the appellant has not raised any specific issues from the trial court's judgment that require reconsideration. “It is in...

Supreme Court Questions MP Police Over Lack Of Arrests In Custodial Death Case, Flags Prejudice Against Pardhi Tribe Members

The Supreme Court yesterday (April 22) expressed concerns over the practice of misusing the social stigma against Pardhi Community persons and wrongly roping them in criminal cases in several districts of Madhya Pradesh. The Court also questioned the State over the lack of arrests in a case related to the alleged custodial death of a Pardhi community member.The bench of Justice Vikram Nath...