BREAKING | [PM Modi Degree Row] Gujarat High Court Rejects Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's Review Petition

The Gujarat High Court today dismissed the plea filed by the Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal seeking a review of HC's March 31st order setting aside a 2016 order of the Central Information Commission (CIC). A bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav passed this order over a month after it reserved its verdict on September 30. A detailed copy of the Judgment is...

Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Warrant Against Congress Leader Randeep Surjewala For 5 Weeks In 23-Year-Old Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday (09.11.2023) directed that the non bailable warrant issued against National Spokesperson of Congress Randeep Surjewala shall not be executed for the next five weeks. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra granted liberty to Surjewala to move to the trial court with an application to quash the warrant against him in...

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality Of IBC Provisions Relating To Personal Guarantors; Says Adjudicatory Role Can't Be Read Into Sec 97

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday (November 9) upheld the constitutionality of the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) relating to Personal Guarantors' Insolvency Resolution, which were introduced through the amendments made in 2019.The Court held that these provisions (Section 95 to 100 IBC) cannot be held as unconstitutional for not affording...

Chandrababu Naidu's Plea : Judgment On Quash Petition In Skill Development Case Will Be Delivered After Diwali Vacations, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (09.11.2023) adjourned the plea by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu for anticipatory bail in the FiberNet scam in the state stating the Court is likely to deliver the judgment in Naidu's quash petition in the skill development case after Diwali vacations. The Supreme Court is having Diwali holidays from November 13 to 18.A bench of...

4 Circumstances To Be Proved In Cases Of Murder By Poison : Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court recently exonerated an accused in a two-decade-old case involving alleged liquor poisoning which led to the death of a man. The Court invoked the landmark 1984 case of Sharad BirdhiChand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra (1984) 4 SCC 116 to reiterate the circumstances to be proved in cases of murder by poison, namely underlining the importance of establishing a clear motive,...

Supreme Court Issues Guidelines To High Courts To Monitor Early Disposal Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs

The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 9) issued a slew of directions to monitor the early disposal of pending criminal cases against Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra observed that it was difficult for the Supreme Court to lay down uniform guidelines...

Centre Clears Appointment Of 3 HC Chief Justices As Supreme Court Judges; Collegium Resolution Accepted In 2 Days

Justices Satish Chandra Sharma, Augustine George Masih, and Sandeep Mehta were recommended for elevation by the Supreme Court collegium earlier this week.

Allegation Of Caste Discrimination In Madras Bar Association Far-Fetched; Discrimination Doesn’t Flow From Membership Denial : Madras High Court

While setting aside a single judge order that had made criticizing remarks about the membership policy of the Madras Bar Association, the Madras High Court recently observed that the membership of an individual could be decided only by the association and not all persons could make a grievance."The allegation of the Writ Petitioner that there is discrimination on the basis of caste in...

'Aggrieved Woman' Not Covering LGBTQIA Persons : Supreme Court Refuses Plea To Make Its Sexual Harassment Regulations Gender-Neutral

In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking amendments in Gender Sensitization and Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Regulations, 2013 for making the same to be gender neutral. The amendments were sought in view to bring the constitutional rights of other persons such as LGBTQIA+...

Supreme Court Asks Madras High Court To Consider Amending Rules To Ensure Cause Title Of Criminal Appeal Reflects State’s Name

The Supreme Court recently directed the Madras High Court to consider amending the High Court Rules to include the name of the state in the cause title of criminal cases.A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Sanjay Karol was considering a criminal special leave petition against a Madras High Court order, when it observed that the SLPs arising from the State of Tamil Nadu do not...

Heralding E-Revolution Of Judiciary : CJI DY Chandrachud's Administrative Reforms In One Year

As Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud completes one year as the head of the Indian judiciary, it is worthwhile to have a look at some of the notable administrative and infrastructural reforms ushered in by him during this term.The period since he took the office as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9, 2022 has witnessed several path breaking initiatives that include adoption...

What Research Done To Understand 'Sanatana Dharma'? Madras High Court Asks Udhayanidhi Stalin To Produce Texts

The Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the Tamil Nadu Sports and Youth Development Minister Udayanidhi Stalin what research he had done to understand 'Sanatana Dharma' before making recent controversial remarks against it.Justice Anita Sumanth was hearing the Quo Warranto pleas seeking to show under what authority Sports Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, HRCW Minister Sekar Babu, and MP A. Raja...