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'Bold Voice Against Judicial Misconduct' : Bombay Bar Remembers Sr Adv Iqbal Chagla
One of India's leading lawyers and a doyen of the Bombay Bar Association (BBA), Senior Advocate Iqbal Chagla died on Sunday (January 12). The great human being, as he is usually referred to in the Bar Room, will be remembered always for his forthright attitude of 'calling a spade a spade' and always protecting the 'independence' of judiciary. He also was one of the most vocal advocates in...
'No Money For Purchase Of Paper In District Courts': Calcutta High Court Raps State Over Lack Of Sanctioned Funds
On Tuesday, Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam pulled up the state government over the lack of funds being sanctioned to district courts for their everyday functioning.While hearing a matter on the restoration of Kolkata's tram system, the division bench also comprising Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya was told that the Consul General of India had requested for two trams from Kolkata...
'Appearance Not Limited To Making Submissions': SCBA & SCAORA File Petition In Supreme Court On Marking Of Lawyers' Appearances
The Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) have jointly filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that all Advocates present and appearing in a case are entitled to get their appearances recorded in the orders as per the Supreme Court Rules.The writ petition has been filed in the wake of an observation made by...
One Day Left To Get Upto 60% Discount For BNSS And BNS By Justice Abraham Mathew And Vishalakshi
Now Judicial Aspirants, Lawyers And Law Students And Others Can Enrol For Individual And Combo Subjects From LiveLaw Academy's 'Judicial Service Examination Preparation Course'Introduction: In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya...
Bombay & Delhi High Courts Get New Chief Justices
The Central government on Tuesday notified the transfer of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, who is presently the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, to the Delhi High Court as its Chief Justice. The government has further notified the transfer of Justice Alok Aradhe, the present Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, to Bombay High Court as its Chief Justice.Notably, the Supreme...
S.113B Evidence Act | Dowry Death Can't Be Presumed Without Clear Evidence Of Incessant Harassment: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (on January 09), while acquitting an accused of cruelty and abetment of suicide, observed that to apply Section 113B (Presumption as to dowry death) of the Indian Evidence Act, clear evidence for incessant harassment is essential. The Court stressed that in the absence of such evidence, it cannot straightaway invoke this provision. For context, the concerned portion...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024: BSA & Evidence Act
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023, (BSA) and THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872, (IEA) - SUPREME COURT ANNUAL DIGEST 2024CORRESPONDING SECTIONS and COMPARISON SUMMARYAppreciation of EvidenceThe High Court fails to appreciate evidence in a thorough manner and merely relied on a limited set of facts to arrive at a finding. In an appeal, as much as in a trial, appreciation of evidence...
CLAT 2025 : Consortium Of NLUs Approaches Supreme Court For Transfer Of Petitions In High Courts
The Consortium of National Law Universities has filed a transfer petition in the Supreme Court with respect to the petitions filed in various High Courts challenging the results of the recently held Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for admissions to various National Law Universities.Petitions are at present pending in the High Courts of Delhi, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bombay,...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Include Rajasthani Language As Medium Of Instruction In Rajasthan Schools
The Supreme Court last week (January 10) issued notice on a petition seeking to include Rajasthani as a language to impart education to children in schools. The petitioners also sought directions to include Rajasthani Language in the examination syllabus of Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher.A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the State...
NDPS Act |'Taxi Driver Not Expected To Give Passenger Details' : Supreme Court Acquits Driver Of Taxi From Which Contraband Was Seized
The Supreme Court recently acquitted a taxi driver who was implicated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), solely for failing to provide details of passengers who had carried contraband in his taxi. The Court held that a taxi driver's inability to provide details of passengers carrying contraband could not justify implicating or convicting him under the...