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Bail Condition Enabling Police To Constantly Track Movement Of Accused Can't Be Imposed: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday held that there cannot be a bail condition that enables the police to constantly track the movements of the accused and virtually peep into the privacy of the accused.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was examining whether a bail condition requiring an accused to drop a pin on Google Maps for the investigating officer to access his...
Justice BR Sarangi Takes Oath As Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice, To Have 15 Days Tenure As CJ
Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi was sworn in as the 15th Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court on Friday, in a ceremony at the state Raj Bhavan, with Governor C P Radhakrishnan administering the oath of office and secrecy. Justice Sarangi's tenure will be notably brief, as he is scheduled to retire on July 19, just days after assuming his new role.Before his elevation to the judiciary,...
Pleas To Cancel NEET-UG 2024 : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today( July 8) petitions seeking to cancel the NEET-UG 2024 exam over alleged malpractices & paper leak.A 3-judge compising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the petitions after 10.30 AM.The Central Government and the National Testing Agency have filed affidavits before the Court opposing the demand to cancel...
After Special Sunday Hearing, Madras High Court Allows BSP Leader Armstrong's Burial To Be Held At Thiruvallur
After a special hearing held on Sunday morning, the Madras High Court permitted the burial of late Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu chief Armstrong to be held at a private property in Pothur Village in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. The court also gave liberty to the petitioners to approach the authority if they intended to construct a memorial manimandapam, hospital, school etc in...
Important MCQ's Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations
Q 1. A litigant filed an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 seeking condonation of delay on the grounds of a subsequent change in law. Decide the maintainability of such an application.a. Application would not be maintainable as subsequent overruling of a judgment cannot be "sufficient cause" for seeking condonation of delay.b. Application would be maintainable as...
LAST FEW HOURS LEFT TO REGISTER! LiveLaw Academy's Comprehensive Course on CrPC and BNSS
Link to register - https://livelawacademy.graphy.com/courses/Practical-and-Procedural-aspects-of-Criminal-Laws--The-Old-CrPC-and-the-New-BNSS-6683c4a7000d434e736beb93Registrations closing on 12th July 2024 (11.59 PM)Background:In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. In an attempt to decolonise the criminal justice...
Supreme Court Biannual Digest 2022 - 2023 -Evidence Act
AbscondingEffects of Absconding - Mere absconding by itself cannot constitute a sole factor to convict a person. It may be because an accused may abscond as he might fear an illegal arrest. (Para 25) Harvinder Singh @ Bachhu v. State of Himachal Pradesh, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 889AdmissionAny concession or admission of a fact by a defence counsel would definitely be binding on his client, except...
Supreme Court Reopens Tomorrow : Key Hearings & Verdicts Anticipated
As the Supreme Court is set to reopen on July 8 after its summer vacation period, here is a brief recollection of the major verdicts and hearings anticipated for the coming half of the year. Key Pronouncements Which Are Awaited : 1. Constitutional Validity Of Section 6A Of Citizenship Act Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 allows foreign migrants of Indian origin, who came to Assam...
Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: June 2024
As the Supreme Court prepares to reopen on July 8 and the vacation period concludes, LiveLaw brings you its monthly digest of June. This digest will keep you updated on all the significant developments that occurred before the Vacation Benches. From the progress in Kejriwal's plea against the Delhi High Court's interim order staying his bail to updates on the NEET-UG 2024 matter, we've got...
Life Sentence Can Be Suspended Only If It's Apparent That Conviction Isn't Sustainable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a life convict can be granted the benefit of suspension of sentence only if prima facie it appears that the conviction is unsustainable and the convict has a high chance of succeeding in appeal against the conviction. The Court said that the benefit of suspension of sentence cannot be granted to the convict if there is nothing palpable to conclude that...
High NEET-UG 24 Scores Majorly Due To Reduction In Syllabus; Wrong To Say Top Scorers Are From Certain Centres : NTA To Supreme Court
The National Testing Agency (NTA), in its affidavit filed in the NEET-UG 2024 case, has submitted that the allegations of students scoring high marks exclusively from certain centres are “unsubstantiated”. To strengthen this, the testing agency cited an analysis of the top 100 candidates' results. Based on this, it was submitted that the top results were distributed across 95...