'5 Year Duration For LL.B Course Unreasonable' : Plea In Supreme Court For 3-Year Law Degree Course After 12th Standard

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed in the Supreme Court seeks directions to have a 3-year law degree course after school. Presently, the LL.B course which the students can join after their 12th standard has a duration of 5 years. Three-year law degree course is available only for graduates.Contending that the 5-year duration for the LL.B course is "unreasonable and irrational",...

'Clear Discrimination Based On Religion': Allahabad HC Summons Judicial Officer For Observations On Muslim Lawyers

The Allahabad High Court recently summoned a Judicial Officer after critiquing his remarks made in his orders “against a specific community”, deeming it a case of judicial misconduct. “It can be clearly inferred that the trial court had passed the order which is directly contrary to the terms of Article 15(1) as violating a specific constitutional prohibition. The learned Judge...

Supreme Court Seeks Explanation From 2 NCDRC Members For Issuing Non-Bailable Warrants Ignoring SC's Interim Protection

The Supreme Court has issued notice to two members of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) seeking explanation from them for issuing non-bailable warrants against the directors of a company, ignoring a previous interim order of the Supreme Court.The Court noted that on March 1, it had passed an interim order directing that no coercive steps should be taken against...

Is Sanction Needed To Order Investigation Against Public Servant Under S.156(3) CrPC? Supreme Court Seeks Early Decision In Pending Reference

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court has called for an early adjudication of the issue whether prior sanction is mandatory for a Magistrate to forward a complaint against a public servant for investigation as per Section 156(3) CrPC. This issue was referred to a larger bench in 2018 in the case Manju Surana v. Sunil Arora. In the present matter, a bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar...

BCI Raises Concerns About Rise In Low Quality Law Colleges, Appeals To Universities To Grant NOCs Only After Proper Evaluation

Raising concerns about the increasing number of low-quality law colleges in India, the Bar Council of India has written to all university Vice Chancellors urging them to conduct thorough inspections before granting No Objection Certificates(NOCs) for new legal education centres.The BCI noted that while they play a regulatory role, universities and government bodies must also be actively...

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-VII]

Consumer Law A pedantic and hyper-technical approach would cause damage to the very concept of consumerism. (Para 23) Alpha G184 Owners Association v. Magnum International Trading Company Pvt. Ltd., 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 442 : AIR 2023 SC 2527 Amend Consumer Protection Rules on appointment process of commission members within 3 months : Supreme Court to Centre, States. In Re: Inaction...

West Bengal Governor Agrees Before Supreme Court To Appoint 6 University VCs Recommended By State Government

The West Bengal Governor has agreed to fill up six vacancies of Vice Chancellors by appointing candidates out of the list recommended by the West Bengal Government. Attorney General for India R Venkataramani informed the Supreme Court about the decision of the Governor (Chancellor of the Universities) on Tuesday (April 16).Taking note of the AG's statement, the bench comprising Justices...

Centre Forms Committee To Examine Issues Of Queer Community As Per SC Judgment In Same-Sex Marriage Case

The Central Government has constituted a six-member committee to examine various issues relating to the queer community as directed by the Supreme Court in its judgement in “Supriyo v Union of India”.The Committee is headed by the Cabinet Secretary and comprises the Secretaries of the Department of Home, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Department of Health and Family...

Supreme Court Upholds Appointment Of Technical Assistants As Assistant Engineers In TN PWD

While upholding the decision of the Tamil Nadu Government to appoint Technical Assistants as Assistant Engineers in the Public Works Department, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) expressed displeasure over the attitude of the Association of Engineers in Tamil Nadu to grab all posts of Assistant Engineers in the State without leaving the posts for the candidates promoted from the...

IT Rules Amendment | FCU Not Mandated To Disclose Truth Despite Purported Purpose To Ensure Informed Citizenry: Kunal Kamra To Bombay High Court

On Tuesday the petitioners in a plea challenging the 2021 IT Rules Amendment submitted before the Bombay High Court that there is no provision for the government fact check unit (FCU) to fulfil its purported intent of keeping the citizens informed.“The ostensible purpose of the Rule is to ensure an informed citizenry. But the Rule doesn't require anything more than merely saying that...

'You Can't Insult Allopathy' : Supreme Court To Baba Ramdev & Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna [Read Full Courtroom Exchange]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) interacted with Patanjali Ayurved's Managing Director (MD) Acharya Balakrishna and its co-founder Baba Ramdev in the contempt proceedings initiated against them over the publication of misleading medical advertisements despite undertaking given to the Court in November last year. The bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah...

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Human Intervention Creates Problems, Says Supreme Court During Hearing

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) heard petitions seeking complete verification of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) against Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.After hearing the matter for over two hours, the bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta posted the matter on April 18 for further hearing. Notably, the first phase of the Lok Sabha...