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'Funds Coming For 'Farishtey Dilli Ke' Scheme' : Delhi Govt Withdraws Plea In Supreme Court Against LG
After being told that the issue of non-payment has been resolved, the Supreme Court today disposed of the dispute pending between Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government and Delhi LG VK Saxena over re-operationalization of the 'Farishtey' scheme (for road accident victims) by releasing pending hospital bills and making timely payments to private hospitals.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and...
Supreme Court Pulls Up Advocate For Alleging Nepotism In Senior Designations For Judges' Relatives, Warns Of Contempt
The Supreme Court today slammed Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara over a plea filed insinuating that it is impossible to find any constitutional court judge (sitting or retired) across the country whose offspring/brother/sister/nephew over 40 yrs of age has not been designated as a senior advocate.The petition was filed challenging the recent senior designations conferred by the Delhi High Court...
Transfer Of Property Act : Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2024
1. If Deed Was Executed By Person Without Title, Successors Cannot Enforce Rights On Property Based On Such Deed : Supreme CourtCase Title: KIZHAKKE VATTAKANDIYIL MADHAVAN (D) THR. LRS vs. THIYYURKUNNATH MEETHAL JANAKI, Citation : 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 293The Supreme Court held if someone tries to transfer property rights to another person through a legal document but doesn't actually own...
Bar Council Of India Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Enhancement Of Enrollment Fees To Rs.25,000
The Bar Council of India has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking directions to enhance the enrollment fee, which is presently capped at Rs 750 by virtue of a judgment, to Rs 25,000.The application has been filed in the case Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India, in which the Supreme Court, by its judgment in July 2024, held that the Bar Councils cannot charge enrollment fee beyond what...
Farmers' Protests | 'Why Can't Centre Make A Statement That Their Doors Are Open For Farmers?' Supreme Court Asks
The Supreme Court today (January 2) heard a petition filed by Guninder Kaur Gill seeking the Court's intervention in the larger issues raised in the ongoing farmers' protest, including seeking a statutory guarantee of Minimum Support Price. During the hearing, the Court orally asked the Union Government why it could not express readiness to consider the genuine grievances.When the matter came...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Against UP Court's Remarks On 'Love Jihad'
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking expunging of 'Love-Jihad' remarks in an Uttar Pradesh Court's order as well as guidelines to ensure that judicial pronouncements remain free from personal/generalized observations.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti dismissed the petition as not pressed, noting that the petitioner had no locus (not being a party before...
Places Of Worship Act| MP Owaisi Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Restrain Courts From Passing Hasty Orders In Mandir-Masjid Suits
Member of Parliament and President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Supreme Court, seeking to enforce the Places of Worship Act 1991. The petition also seeks general directions to all Courts on the procedure to be followed before entertaining suits raising claims over religious sites and passing...
Farmers Protest | 'Your Attitude Is There Should Be No Reconciliation' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Punjab Govt For Not Shifting Dallewal To Hospital
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 2) expressed displeasure at the Punjab Government for not shifting farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a hunger strike, to hospital in terms of the earlier directions.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan clarified that shifting Dallewal to hospital does not mean that he should break his fast and that he can continue...
Supreme Court's Tryst With Politicians' Bail In 2024
Among the many bail pleas the Supreme Court of India was called on to decide during 2024, a few were preferred by political leaders. These included - Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh; BRS leader K Kavitha; former Tamil Nadu minister (and MLA) V Senthil Balaji; Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren; UP MLA Abbas Ansari; and former West Bengal Education Minister...
Supreme Court To Have 3 CJIs & 7 Retirements In 2025
In 2025, the Supreme Court will be functioning under three Chief Justices and witness a wave of retirements- a total of seven.The incumbent Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, is set to demit office on May 13, 2025. The next in line to be the CJI is Justice BR Gavai, who will have a term till November 23. Justice Surya Kant is in line to take over the mantle after Justice...