Policemen Assaulting Judge : Bihar DGP Submits Report To Patna High Court In Sealed Cover

On a shocking allegation of police brutality unleashed upon an Additional District and Sessions Judge from Madhubani, the Director-General of Police, Bihar appeared before the Patna High Court today. The report under his signature was handed over in a sealed cover to the High Court. Today, Justice Rajan Gupta has opened the seal, perused the details about the incident, and ordered...

High Court Cannot Dismiss Second Appeal In Limine Without Assigning Reasons : Supreme Court

To conclude that a second appeal does not involve any substantial question of law, the High Court has to record reasons, the Supreme Court held.

Some Thoughts On National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation(NJIC)

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana's comprehensive proposal for establishment of the National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation (NJIC) merits thoughtful consideration from multiple stakeholders. Let's face the facts. The Governments, at all levels and to the extent possible, have been benign in releasing funds. Recently, the Union Law Ministry approved a generous sum of INR 9000 Crores for building judicial infrastructure. It's a matter of time that a good majority of the...

BREAKING : Parliament Passes Farm Laws Repeal Bill

The bill was passed through a voice vote without discussion.

Attorney General Bats For Regional Court Of Appeals To Reduce Burden Of Supreme Court

While delivering his address on the Constitution Day Celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan, the Attorney General for India KK Venugopal today spoke about the need for creation of Court of Appeals in at least 4 regions (North, South, West and East) with 15 judges consisting of 3 benches of 3 judges each. "I would envisage at least 4 regions, North, South, West and East each having a Court of Appeal...

Mere Allegation Of Fraud Without Particulars Not Sufficient To Get Over Bar On Civil Suit Under Section 34 SARFAESI : Supreme Court

"As per the settled preposition of law mere mentioning and using the word 'fraud'/'fraudulent' is not sufficient to satisfy the test of 'fraud'".

Death Penalty - Court Duty Bound To Consider Possibility Of Reformation Even If Accused Remains Silent : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the review petitions filed by two death-row convicts to convert the death sentence imposed on them to life imprisonment for a term of 30 years.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna noted in the order that the Court is duty bound to elicit all relevant information regarding the possibility of the reformation of the...

Constitution & Constitutionalism: The Making Of Our Constitution- A Precious Heritage

Man's capacity for justice and adherence to the rule of law makes democracy possible, man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. The advent of democracy and limited government heralded the concept of 'State' and transformed the status of the governed to citizens. Civilization involves the subjection of force to reason and the agency of this subjection is the law. Law eludes a precise definition. Law may be said to embody a code of conduct and self-discipline which a nation...

Know The Constitution [Part I]: The Preamble

We Are Introducing A New Series In LiveLaw -'Know The Constitution' If the Constitution has to be of the people, by the people and for the people, it must first capture the imagination of the masses. The 'Know the Constitution' series is a humble attempt by the team of LiveLaw to unravel the Indian Constitution in all its majesty. The aim is to demystify the Indian Constitution one...

Calcutta High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Centre's Power To Decide Jurisdiction of Border Security Force

The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the Central government's power to decide the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF). The petition challenges Section 139(1) of the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (BSF Act) for being ultra vires to the Constitution to the extent that it provides 'unbridled, unrestricted...

Today At 7PM- Webinar On 'Constituting Gender: Equality And The Constitution'

LiveLaw in association with Centre for Human Rights Studies, Jindal Global Law School is organising a webinar on 'Constituting Gender: Equality And The Constitution'The speakers for the webinar are:- 1. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya (Calcutta High Court) 2. Dr.Kalpana Kannabiran (Sociologist, Hyderabad) 3. Dr Anandita Pujari (Advocate on Record, Supreme Court) 4. ...

Religious Conversion Won't Change Person's Caste; Inter-Caste Marriage Certificate Can't Be Issued Merely On Account On Conversion : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently held that a person is not entitled to claim an 'inter-caste marriage' certificate on the pretext of his community certificate when he originally belonged to a certain caste but received a different community certificate on account of conversion to another religion. Justice S.M. Subramaniam observed that conversion does not alter the caste of a person and...