Shocking That Well Educated People Are Falling Prey To Digital Arrest Scams : CJI Surya Kant

The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, on Monday expressed shock that well-educated people continue to fall prey to digital arrest scams, where fraudsters impersonate police officers or judges and extort money through video calls.CJI Surya Kant also revealed that he got a complaint from a lady, who is known to him in an official capacity, that she lost all her post-retirement benefits in...

West Bengal SIR : Supreme Court To Seek Calcutta HC CJ's Report On Appellate Tribunals' Functioning

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will seek a report from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court today itself on the functioning of the appellate tribunals, which are constituted to hear the appeals filed against exclusions/inclusions in the electoral rolls of West Bengal after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).In an oral mention before the bench comprising Chief Justice of...

'Very Unfortunate' : Supreme Court Flags NCLT Delay In Approving Resolution Plan, Calls For Nationwide Report

In an important development, the Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over prolonged delays in approval of resolution plans by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), calling out a case where a plan has remained pending for nearly two years. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan directed both the NCLT Principal Bench, New Delhi and the Insolvency and...

Milk Wouldn't Be Poured Into River If People Had Scientific Temper : Justice AS Oka

Developing scientific temper doesn't mean going against any religion, the former Judge said.

AI Cannot Replace Judge's Lived Human Experience; Judging Is Human Responsibility: Justice Vikram Nath

Supreme Court Judge, Justice Vikram Nath, yesterday expressed that while AI is here to stay, it cannot replace a judge's lived human experience, which is crucial in decision-making. Justice Nath was speaking at the Valedictory Function of the 22nd Biennial State Level Conference of Karnataka State Judicial Officers Associations Justice Nath expressed that one has to acknowledge with clarity...

'District Judiciary Breathes Life Into Law' : CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Madurai Additional District Court Complex

The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, today expressed that the District Judiciary has to be viewed as the legal system's "lifeblood, its vital organs, the sinews", and having a good infrastructure at the grass roots lays "the groundwork for a more responsive, more dignified system of justice." The CJI was speaking at the inauguration of the Additional Court Buildings at the Madurai...

Ad Hoc Employees Appointed Without Recruitment Advertisements Or Interviews Cannot Be Regularised: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently partly set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment which had quashed a set of Haryana government policies aimed at regularising contractual, ad hoc and daily wage employees. The Court upheld the validity of two notifications issued on June 16, 2014 and June 18, 2014, but struck down two notifications issued on July 7, 2014.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha...

Highway Safety | No Parking Of Heavy Vehicles, No Unauthorised Dhabas : Supreme Court Issues Directions

While national highways constitute about 2% of India's total road length, they account for nearly 30% of all road fatalities, the Court noted.

Prospective Accused Needs To Be Heard? Allahabad HC Withholds Dictated Order Directing FIR Against Rahul Gandhi

In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has withheld its final order on a BJP worker's petition seeking the registration of an FIR against the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in connection with claims that he is a British national.A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi effectively deferred the operation of the judgment that had already...

Sale Of Accused's Property Can't Be Ordered As Bail Condition : Supreme Court

Bail proceedings cannot be converted into recovery proceedings, the Court held.

Judges Who Can't Live Within Their Income & Fall Prey To Greed Must Be Weeded Out : Justice BV Nagarathna

Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court today said that the Supreme Court has accepted the 2nd National Judicial Pay Commission's recommendations on the increase in salaries and allowances for the judges of the District Judiciary. She added that if judges are still unable to live with their known source of income and fall prey to greed and temptation, they must be weeded out of...

Sabarimala Reference | Correct Test Is If Religious Belief Is Bona Fide, Not If It's Essential : Rajeev Dhavan To Supreme Court

Dhavan also argued that a superstitious belief has protection under Article 25, though its external manifestation can be subject to riders on public order, morality, or health.