Supreme Court To Hear Petitions Challenging Upper-Age Limit In Surrogacy Laws On February 11

The Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 and Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 on the specific issue of upper-age limited and cases where the surrogacy process has already commenced for interim relief. Under the 2021 Act, the age prescribed for the woman is 23 to 50 years and the age prescribed for the man is 26 to 55 years. The...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfers Of Chief Justices Of Bombay & Telangana High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to the Delhi High Court.The Collegium also recommended the transfer of Justice Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the Telengana High Court, to the Bombay High Court.Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay hails from the Allahabad High Court and Justice Aradhe from the...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Patna HC CJ Vinod Chandran As Supreme Court Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of Justice K Vinod Chandran, the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.Justice K. Vinod Chandran was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Kerala on 08th November 2011 and was elevated as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Patna on 29th March 2023 and has been functioning as the...

Supreme Court Dismisses Builder's Plea To Confine Insolvency Process To Single Real Estate Project

The Supreme Court recently dismissed an appeal seeking to confine Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of Spaze Towers Pvt. Ltd. (Corporate Debtor) to a single real estate project of the company located in Gurugram.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed an appeal against the decision of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Principal...

NDPS Act Doesn't Bar Interim Release Of Seized Vehicle Pending Disposal Of Criminal Case : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (Jan. 7) held that the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (“NDPS Act”) doesn't prohibit the interim release of vehicles which are seized for allegedly transporting contraband. The Court added that the seized vehicle can be released under Sections 451 and 457 of the CrPC.“This Court is further of the opinion that there is no specific...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Maneka Gandhi's Plea Challenging Election Of Samajwadi Party's Ram Bhuwal Nishad In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

The Supreme Court today issued notice on senior BJP leader Maneka Gandhi's plea challenging the election of Samajwadi Party MP Ram Bhuwal Nishad from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency. At the same time, it refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Gandhi challenging Section 81 of the Representation of People Act, 1951, which was ultimately dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to press...

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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024 - Advocates & Bar Councils

AdvocateAdvocates-on-Record can mark the appearances of only those advocates who are authorized to appear and argue the case on a particular day of hearing. Bhagwan Singh v. State of U.P., 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 722 : AIR 2024 SC 4785After the change of power from one political party to another, the States/Union Territories are changing their panel of Advocates appearing in the Court. The Court...

Marriage Equality Case| New Bench Of Supreme Court To Consider Review Petitions On January 9

The Supreme Court will the hear review petitions filed against the verdict refusing to recognize queer marriages in the Marriage Equality Case on January 9.A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justice Suryakant, Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Dipankar Datta would be considering the review petitions in chambers(meaning that there is no open court hearing). The new...

2003 Mumbai Blast Case : Supreme Court Seeks Reports Of Probation Officer & Psychologist Regarding Death Row Convicts

The Supreme Court today (January 7) called for the records of the probation officers and the psychologists regarding two convicts who are in the death rowin the 2003 Mumbai bomb blast case. The Court indicated that it will hear the criminal appeals soon, though no specific date has been given.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta passed the order in the criminal...

Right To Appeal Against Conviction Is Also A Fundamental Right; Can't Be Dismissed On Delay Without Examining Reasons For Delay : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the right to appeal against a conviction is a statutory right granted to the accused under Section 374 of the Cr.P.C., and a properly explained delay in filing the appeal cannot be a valid ground for its dismissal."Right of Appeal from a judgment of conviction affecting the liberty of a person keeping in view the expansive definition of Article 21 is also...

IIT-JEE : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Reduction Of Attempts For JEE(Advanced)

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of writ petitions challenging the reduction of attempt limit for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced from three to two by the Joint Admission Board. It is expected that the matter will be heard tomorrow but the same is subjected to an ongoing matter which is currently being heard. The JEE pertains to the entrance exam required to qualify for admission to...