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Victoria Gowri Case : Has Supreme Court Ever Quashed HC Judge's Appointment Before Oath-Taking? Yes, Only Once
In the entire history of the Supreme Court, there is only a single precedent of it quashing an appointment of a High Court judge, after finding that the person recommended was ineligible. That extraordinary action happened in the 1992 case Kumar Padma Prasad vs Union Of India And Ors 1992 2 SCC 428, where the Supreme Court quashed the appointment of one K.N. Srivastava as a judge of the...
BREAKING| Collegium Has Taken Cognisance Of Complaints About Victoria Gowri, Says CJI; Agrees To Hear Plea Against Her Appointment Tomorrow
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday made a significant disclosure that the Supreme Court collegium has taken cognizance of the complaints against L Victoria Gowri, who has been recommended for appointment as a judge of the Madras High Court.A section of the Madras High Court bar had last week sent a representation to the CJI seeking recall of the recommendation made for the...
When All India Bar Examination Becomes An Expensive Affair
The All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVII was conducted on February 5, 2023. This year's AIBE saw a high turnout of aspiring lawyers who were eager to take the examination and move one step closer to their goal of practicing law in India. The written test consisted of 100 multiple-choice questions covering a wide range of legal subjects, including constitutional law, criminal law, family law,...
'Serious Allegations Maligning Entire Judiciary' : Kerala High Court Refuses To Stay FIR Against Advocate Saiby Jose In Bribery Case
The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to stay the FIR registered against the Kerala High Court Advocates Association President, Advocate Saiby Jose Kidangoor, over allegations that he has collected money from clients under the pretext of bribing High Court judges.At the outset, the Court asked him why he has moved the Court in hurry within two days of registering the FIR.A bench of...
OCI Rights: Supreme Court Urges 'Higher Echelons' To Examine 2021 MHA Notification Considering Impact On Indian Diaspora
The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the notification issued by the Central Government in 2021 - which took away the rights of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) category students to apply for general seats and confined their right only to Non-Resident Indians (NRI) category seats, but with prospective effect.Noting that the 2021 notification would have a ‘wide ramification’, a Bench...
Tax Authorities Should Maintain Discipline To Follow Decisions Of Higher Authorities : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, recently, observed that in order to avoid utter chaos in administration of tax laws, decisions made by higher authorities ought to be adhered to. It noted that if the decisions of higher authorities are not followed, the same would also lead to undue harassment of assessees."Unless the discipline of adhering to decisions made by the higher authorities is maintained, there...
From Beedi Factory Worker In Kerala To Judge In USA: Inspirational Journey Of Surendran K Pattel
Life will always throw challenges your way but what matters is how you come out of it. People who have fought it all and reached the top are always an inspiration to many. One such person is Surendran K Pattel — the 240th Judicial District Court judge in Texas’ Fort Bend County.An Indian by origin, Pattel hails from a remote village in Kerala called Balal and had to face a lot of...
'Democracy Has Nowhere Collapsed Due To Judiciary Overprotecting Human Rights' : Arvind Datar Defends Basic Structure Doctrine
While delivering the 19th Justice P. D. Desai Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Fifty Years of Basic Structure - Judicial Overreach or Constitutional Necessity', Senior Advocate Arvind Datar on Saturday said that the basic structure does not act as a stumbling block or thwart an elected government's proposal for social reform. He also said that the Supreme Court has never come in the way of...
‘Delhi Police Roped Them As Scapegoats, Prosecution Launched In Cavalier Fashion’: Court Discharges Sharjeel Imam, Others In 2019 Jamia Violence Case
Discharging Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in 2019 Jamia violence case, a Delhi Court on Saturday observed that the police was unable to apprehend “actual perpetrators” and “surely managed to rope them (accused) as scapegoats” in the matter.Pulling up the prosecution for filing “ill-conceived chargesheets”, Additional Sessions Judge Arul...
Right to Die: Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Persons To Opt For Passive Euthanasia; Simplifies 2018 Guidelines On Living Will/Advance Directive
The Supreme Court has modified the slew of directions relating to advance medical directives, or living wills issued in a 2018 judgement that had recognised the right to die with dignity as an inextricable facet of the right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution, and had, accordingly, upheld the legal validity of passive euthanasia. The modification order was passed by...
Centre vs Collegium : Supreme Court Warns Centre May Face 'Unpalatable' Action If Transfer Proposals Are Not Approved Soon
The Supreme Court, on Friday, stated in no unclear terms, that it would be constrained to take ‘unpalatable’ judicial as well as administrative actions if there is any further delay on the part of the Union Government in considering the recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium for transfer of judges. On the last date of hearing, the same concern was echoed by the Bench...
Pending Recommendations To Appoint 5 SC Judges Will Be Cleared Soon : AG Tells Supreme Court
The Attorney General for India R Venkataramani on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the Central Government will very soon clear the recommendations forwarded by the Supreme Court collegium in December 2022 to elevate five High Court judges to the Supreme Court.Replying to a query raised by the Court regarding the status of the pending recommendations, the AG assured that warrants...