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LiveLaw Academy's Judicial Service Examinations Preparation Courses: Introducing JSEP 2.0 and JSEP Lite
LiveLaw's Judiciary Coaching initiative LiveLaw Academy has started registration of its May batch. They're offering 2 courses for judiciary aspirants, the comprehensive JSEP 2.0 and a lighter version of the course named JSEP Lite. If you sign up by April 15th, you also get a 30% early bird discount. JSEP 2.0 is designed for aspirants who want full-spectrum preparation — covering 45 subjects, weekly tests, judgment writing, legal GK, Hindi, and personalized mentorship. Taught by retired High...
Supreme Court Transfers PIL On Bihar Bridge Collapses To Patna High Court
The Supreme Court today (April 2) transferred to the Patna High Court a PIL seeking the constitution of a high-level committee to look into the issue of recurring collapses of bridges built in the State of Bihar.The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a PIL seeking directions to the Bihar government for a thorough structural audit and constitution of a...
Supreme Court Appoints Amicus Curiae On Issues Relating To Muslim Woman's Right To Permanent Alimony On Divorce
The Supreme Court recently appointed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Senior Advocate Siddhartha Dave as amicus curiae (pro bono) to assist the Court on the question of law whether a Family Court can award permanent alimony to a Muslim woman whose marriage has been dissolved as per the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 and whether such permanent alimony could be modified on...
S.34 CPC | In Commercial Transactions, Courts May Award Interest Higher Than 6% : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1) held that the Courts have the authority to determine the appropriate rate of interest to be awarded for decree amounts. The Court also have the discretion to decide from which date the interest is payable- whether from the date of the filing of the suit, from any date prior to it, or the date of decree.The Court observed that in the absence of an...
Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Allegedly Defamatory Description Of ANI On Its Wikipedia Page
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered take down or removal of allegedly defamatory content and description of news agency ANI Media Private Limited on its Wikipedia page. Justice Subramonium Prasad directed Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia platform, to remove allegedly defamatory statements published against ANI on its Wikipedia page titled “Asian News International.”The...
Disciplinary Proceedings Can't Be Initiated Against Quasi-Judicial Officer Merely On Ground Of Passing Wrong Order : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1) quashed disciplinary proceedings initiated against a former Tehsildar, ruling that incorrect quasi-judicial orders alone, without allegations of malafides or extraneous influence, cannot justify disciplinary action.The Court stated that when the order was passed in good faith (though incorrect), it would not warrant initiating disciplinary...
S.319 CrPC | Additional Accused Can Be Summoned Based On Witness's Statement Without Cross-Examination : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (April 1) reaffirmed that a plea to summon an additional accused can rely on pre-trial evidence such as the unrebutted examination-in-chief of the witness without waiting for cross-examination to conclude.The bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan heard the case where the trial court,citing prima facie involvement of the proposed accused persons based on...
Supreme Court Stays Trial Against YouTuber Over Identity Disclosure Of POCSO Victim; Says Kerala Police Appears To Be 'Persecuting' Him
The Supreme Court today issued notice on Kerala-based YouTuber Suraj Palakaran's plea for quashing of criminal proceedings initiated against him over the disclosure of identity of a victim in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act case.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and stayed the trial in the case, being of the view that the...
Can Assistant Professors In Engineering Colleges Be Re-designated As Associate Professors Without PhD? Supreme Court Clarifies
The Supreme Court held that Assistant Professors in Engineering institutes(appointed after March 15, 2000), who did not have Ph.D qualification at the time of appointment or failed to acquire Ph.D within seven years of their appointment, cannot claim re-designation as Associate Professors in terms of the 2010 notification issued by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).At the...
Justice Surya Kant Monitors Campaign To Identify Prisoners In Need Of Legal Aid To Approach Supreme Court
Justice Surya Kant, Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC), interacted with the Chairpersons of State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) and High Court Legal Services Committees (HCLSCs) across India in a virtual meeting today. The discussion was a follow-up to the legal aid campaign launched in January 2025 to identify prisoners in need of...
Supreme Court Affirms HC Order Setting Aside Disability Commissioner's Directions Against Bank Official
The Supreme Court today(April 1) dismissed a special leave petition challenging the Bombay High Court's order, which set aside directions passed by the Goa State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in censuring a Canara Bank official for treating in a rude and discriminatory manner the caregiver of a person with an intellectual disability.The Commissioner had directed the...