[Last Day To Register] Livelaw Academy's Certificate Course On Privacy And Data Protection In India With Adv. Vrinda Bhandari

10 hours – starting from 16th March 2024, 10.30AM to 12.30PMRs. 4499/- OnlyClick Here To RegisterWe live in an age of big data, where technology has enabled governments and companies to monitor our lives more easily and cheaply. The relationship between the citizen and the State, as well as the citizen and big corporates is increasingly mediated through the use of technology, giving rise to concerns regarding privacy and surveillance, even as India continues to not have a...

Judiciary Must Avoid Unnecessary Interference With Administrative Decisions Involving Specialized Expertise: Supreme Court

While allowing the appeal against a Punjab and Haryana High Court order, which set aside Chief Minister ML Khattar's (Accepting Authority's) remarks and overall grade regarding senior IAS Officer Ashok Khemka's Performance Appraisal Report (PAR), the Supreme Court yesterday reiterated the principle of judicial restraint in administrative decisions.Calling it a foundational principle of...

Filing Of Suit To Assert Rights Cannot Amount To Contempt Of Court: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently, while hearing an appeal dismissing a contempt petition, observed that filing a suit to assert rights cannot amount to contempt of court. “We find that, by no stretch of imagination, it could be said that the filing of the suit for asserting the rights of the plaintiffs/respondents could be said to be amounting to contempt of the Court.” The case...

ADR Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Challenge In Supreme Court Against New Election Commissioners' Law Dropping CJI From Selection Committee

A plea challenging the constitutionality of Section 7 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023 was mentioned on Tuesday (March 12) before the Supreme Court, seeking an urgent hearing.This petition, moved by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), sought relief against the provision, which lays down the process for the appointment of the Chief...

Mahua Moitra's Expulsion Beyond Judicial Review, Parliament Sovereign On Its Internal Proceedings : Lok Sabha Secretariat Tells Supreme Court

The Lok Sabha secretariat asserted the Parliament's exclusive jurisdiction over its internal proceedings and procedures, in response to Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra's plea challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha.In its counter-affidavit filed to Moitra's petition, invoking Article 122 of the Constitution, the secretariat has insisted that Parliament is sovereign in its...

Anticipatory Bail Can't Be Denied On Mere Assertion Of State That Custodial Interrogation Of Accused Is Required: Supreme Court

Recently, the Supreme Court held that anticipatory bail can't be denied merely because the custody of the accused is required by the State for custodial interrogation. “There is no gainsaying that custodial interrogation is one of the effective modes of investigating into the alleged crime. It is equally true that just because custodial interrogation is not required that by itself may also...

Allow Additional Borrowing By Kerala Before March 31 As One Time Measure Subject To Adjustment Next FY : Supreme Court Urges Union

"You can be slightly liberal in relaxing your certain norms as a one-time package as a special case, subject to more rigid conditions the next financial year," Court told Centre.

BREAKING| 'Prima Facie Unconstitutional' : Indian Union Muslim League Moves Supreme Court To Stay Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024

A day after the Union Government notified the rules to implement the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) filed an application seeking stay of the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024.Political party IUML is the lead petitioner in the batch of writ petitions pending in the Supreme Court challenging the CAA.IUML filed an interlocutory application in...

CAA : Centre Notifies Committees In States/UTs To Process Applications As Per Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

The Union Government notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules 2024 yesterday (March 11), thus paving the way for enforcement of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act2019 (CAA). Along with this, a gazette notification regarding the formation of an Empowered Committee and a District Level Committee in the states or Union territories for granting citizenship has also been notified by...

Celebratory Firing During Marriage Ceremonies An Unfortunate Practise, Guns Not Meant To Be Used In Such Ceremonies: Supreme Court

In an unfortunate case where celebratory firing during a marriage ceremony resulted in the death of a person, the Supreme Court has called out such an exercise. Expressing dismay at such kind of firing, the bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma stated: “The act of celebratory firing during marriage ceremonies is an unfortunate yet prevalent practise in our nation....

Allegation Of Sexual Harassment Committed Within Closed Confines Requires Closer Scrutiny If Victim's Statement Is Doubtful: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (March 11) observed that the offence of sexual harassment committed within the confines of a room or a house (under the POCSO Act) requires closer scrutiny by the courts while deciding the conviction of the accused solely based on the victim's statements.Reversing the concurrent findings of the trial court and the Madras High Court, the Supreme Court acquitted...

Should CBFC's Advisory Panel Include Persons With Disability To Deal With Films Portraying Disability? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court on Monday (March 11) issued notice in a petition challenging the alleged insensitive portrayal of disabled individuals in the film 'Aankh Micholi,' produced by Sony Pictures. The Court, in the present matter, will consider the potential implications of the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 ( Act of 2016) on the certification process for films...