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Should Candidates With Disabilities Be Exempted From 3-Year Practice Rule For Judicial Service? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court today asked all the High Courts and National Law Universities to file their suggestions on the issue of exempting Persons with Disabilities from the 3- year practice rule for entering judicial service.The bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vijay Bishnoi, was hearing a plea seeking exemption of the PwD lawyers from the 3-year practice rule to appear...
Solicitor General Objects To Lawyers Discussing Cases Handled By Them On Public Platforms
During the hearing of ED's plea concerning the I-PAC raid in West Bengal, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta today objected to lawyers speaking on public platforms about cases handled by them.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who hosts a show on YouTube and has given press conferences on some important matters, countered the SG saying that Court judgments, once pronounced, are public property and can...
Kerala SIR : Supreme Court Asks ECI To Consider Extending Deadline To File Objections, Directs To Publish Deleted Names
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that the names of persons excluded from the draft electoral rolls published after the Special Intensive Revision in Kerala be published in public offices and on the official website. The Court also asked the ECI to consider extending the deadline for filing objections to deletion of names The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea To Withdraw Life Support For Man In Permanent Vegetative State
The Supreme Court today(January 15) reserved the decision on the plea to withdraw life support for a 32-year old man, who has remained in an irreversible permanent vegetative state for the past 12 years after falling from a building. Two medical boards constituted by the Court has reported that the man has no chance for recovery.The bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV...
Digital Arrests | Banks, Telecom Cos Be Held Liable If Victim's Loss Attributable To Their Negligence : MHA Committee
Pursuant to the Supreme Court's order in the suo motu case taken up over "digital arrest" scams, the Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a High-level Inter-Departmental Committee to comprehensively examine all facets related to "digital arrests”. The Committee will work under the Chairmanship of Special Secretary (Internal Security), MHA. It further comprises members at the...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Constitutional Law
75 years into our republic, we cannot be seen to be so shaky on our fundamentals that mere recital of a poem or for that matter, any form of art or entertainment, such as, stand-up comedy, can be alleged to lead to animosity or hatred amongst different communities. Subscribing to such a view would stifle all legitimate expressions of view in the public domain which is so fundamental to...