Empathy Is An Essential Ingredient In The Law And It Is What Separates a Just Society From An Unjust One: CJI DY Chandrachud At NALSAR

Delivering the Inaugural Silver Jubilee Lecture-cum-Convocation Address at the 19th Annual Convocation of NALSAR University, the Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, on Saturday, highlighted the importance of empathy and compassion in legal education.“I believe that empathy is an essential ingredient in the law and it is what separates a just society from an unjust one. It is...

Russia-Ukraine War Has Materially Affected Economy, Adani Won Dharavi Redevelopment Tender Fairly: Maharashtra Govt To Bombay High Court

Maharashtra government has argued before the Bombay High Court that the old tender and the new tender for Dharavi Redevelopment cannot be compared as the current economic state is different due to the Russia Ukraine war.Sunil Baburao Tumbare, Deputy Secretary, Housing Department in response to Dubai-based Seclink Technologies's petition challenging the award of contract to Adani group...

Victims Of Intra Familial Child Sexual Abuse Deserve Support And Understanding, Necessary To Adopt Comprehensive Approach: Justice Hima Kohli

Supreme Court judge, Justice Hima Kohli on Saturday said that the victims of intra familial child sexual abuse deserve complete support and understanding, adding that it is necessary to adopt a “coordinated and comprehensive approach” to effectively address such abuse. “It requires raising awareness, improving sex education, encouraging reporting with engaging with communities and...

Shiv Sena Crisis : Will Uddhav Thackeray's Decision To Resign Before Floor Test Become Crucial In Supreme Court Case?

Will the decision taken by the Uddhav Thackeray to resign on June 29, 2022, as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra before facing the floor test scheduled on the next day have any impact in the ongoing cases before the Supreme Court? The Constitution Bench which is hearing the matter raised this point on multiple occasions during the hearing held this week.The pleas pertaining to the...

Delhi High Court To Pronounce Judgment On Petitions Challenging Agnipath Scheme On Monday

The Delhi High Court will pronounce on Monday its judgment on the pleas challenging Central Government’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad will pronounce the decision. The judgment was reserved on December 15 last year.In November, 2022, the bench had decided that it will first hear...

'Courts Are Also Public Places, But We Are Turning Them Into Fortresses' : Supreme Court Says Balanced Approach Needed For Security

The Supreme Court on Friday verbally observed that the courts cannot be turned into "fortresses" in the name of enhancing security. There should be a balance struck between the concept of open court system, which allows public to have access to court proceedings, and security concerns.A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta was hearing a batch of petitions...

'Affects Independence Of District Judiciary' : Supreme Court Stays HC Order Asking Trial Court To Give Explanation For Granting Bail

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which had directed a trial court judge to provide justification for granting bail to an accused. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. While staying the order of the High Court, the bench opined that such orders of the...

Man Or Woman, A Judge Should Be Addressed As ‘Sir’ Rather Than ‘My Lord’ Or ‘Your Honour’: Gujarat HC Chief Justice Sonia Gokani

Adding her bit to the debate over whether a Judge should be addressed as Milord’ Or ‘Your Honour’, Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sonia Gokani on Thursday observed that whether a Judge is a man or a woman, the right way to address him is to call him/her ‘Sir’. Chief Justice Gokani was prompted to make the remark after an advocate repeatedly addressed the bench led by...

Bengaluru Court Temporarily Restrains IPS Officer Roopa Moudgil, Media From Circulating Defamatory Content Against IAS Rohini Sindhuri

An Additional City Civil and Sessions Court in Bengaluru on Thursday passed an ex-parte temporary injunction order, restraining IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil and 59 other media outlets including Google and Meta platforms, from publishing any defamatory content against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri.Judge K S Gangannavar has also made it clear that Sindhuri will also restrain herself from making...

Supreme Court Allows Interim Bail To Congress Spokesperson Pawan Khera In FIR Over Comment Against PM

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera who was arrested by Assam police from Delhi airport today morning over his comment about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The Court ordered that Khera should be released on interim bail on production before the jurisdictional Magistrate at Delhi till the next date of hearing, next Tuesday (February 28)....

Law Interns To Wear White Shirt, Black Pants & Black Tie In Courts: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that law interns can enter court complexes in the national capital by wearing a white shirt, black tie and black pants as prescribed by the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD).Justice Prathiba M Singh also said that the advocates appearing before any courts, from city civil courts to the Supreme Court, would have to wear white bands along with the uniform...

Comply With Directions To Install CCTVs In Police Stations : Supreme Court Gives Warning To Centre, States

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre, States and Union Territories to show the status of complaince with respect to its December 2020 order to install CCTV cameras in all police stations and offices of investigative agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Directorate of Enforcement, and the National Investigation Agency, that conduct investigations and have the power...