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Legal Profession Will Become Outdated If You Don’t Reconsider Existing Structure Of LLB Courses: Delhi High Court To Bar Council Of India
Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Bar Council of India (BCI) to consider combining other subjects with the law courses to increase diversity of knowledge in the legal field.“You could consider giving combination courses like biology with law, physics or chemistry with law. Those courses are not there in India. How will you have people who will be well qualified to deal with...
'Women Contributed To Drafting Constitution' : CJI DY Chandrachud Explains Why He Wrote 'Founding Fathers & Mothers Of Constitution'
During the hearing of the dispute between the Delhi Government and the Centre over the control of civil services, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud explained why he chose to use the expression "founding fathers and mothers of the Constitution" in the 2018 Constitution Bench judgment in Govt of NCT of Delhi v Union of India.CJI said that he used this line so that the women who contributed...
Bombay High Court Quashes Orders Cancelling Johnson & Johnson's License For Baby Powder Production, Says FDA Action 'Arbitrary'
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration’s orders cancelling Johnson and Johnson’s license to manufacture its baby powder at the Mulund factory. Johnson and Johnson will now be able to manufacture and sell its baby powder. A division bench of Justice Gautam Patel and Justice SG Dhige said FDA's action was unreasonably delayed and...
Apex Court's Triple Talaq Verdict To Apply Retrospectively: Andhra Pradesh High Court Rejects Husband's 2016 Suit For Divorce Decree
The Andhra Pradesh High Court, while setting aside a trial court order and rejecting a husband's plaint for declaration of a divorce decree upon pronouncement of triple talaq, has ruled that the operation of the Supreme Court's decision in Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others on triple talaq is retrospective in nature. The high court was hearing a civil revision petition filed by...
Supreme Court Went Wrong In Saying Demonetisation Had Reasonable Nexus With Eradicating Black Money : Professor Arun Kumar|Interview
Economist Professor Arun Kumar has opined that the Supreme Court went wrong in holding that the demonetisation had a "reasonable nexus" with the objective of eradicating black money.On January 3, the Supreme Court, by a majority of 4:1, had upheld demonetisation as a legal and valid exercise. While holding the measure as satisfying the test of proportionality, the majority judgment authored...
PM CARES Fund Details: Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice To CIC, PMO In Appeal Against Single Judge Order
The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week issued a notice to the Central Information Commission (CIC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and others in an appeal moved challenging Single Judge's order upholding the Chief Information Commission's order denying information regarding the PM CARES Fund details. It may be noted that dismissing the appeal against the CIC order, the Single Judge...
Breaking: Bombay High Court Refuses To Order Postponement Of JEE Mains 2023
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to restrain National Testing Agency from conducting JEE Mains 2023 examination on the scheduled dates."Any orders passed to postpone may have a cascading effect...If a student does not fare well in JEE January, he can compete in April. Extraordinary circumstances don't seem to exist. It would not be appropriate to restrain the respondent from conducting...
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha Of Calcutta HC Initiates Contempt Proceedings Against Lawyers For Ruckus Outside Courtroom
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against lawyers who held protests outside his courtroom on Monday. On Monday, largescale chaos prevailed outside the courtroom of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha after a section of lawyers prevented him from continuing with proceedings. Several posters describing Justice Mantha as...
Supreme Court Prohibits Conversion Of Residential Units Into Floor-Wise Apartments In Chandigarh Phase 1 To Protect 'Corbusier' Heritage
In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the rampant practice prevalent in Chandigarh city of converting single residential units into apartments, in view of the heritage status of India’s first planned city as well as the principle of sustainability. Noting that the union territory administration had repealed the controversial Chandigarh Apartment...
Artificial Intelligence Enters Litigation, World's First 'Robot Lawyer' To Advise Defendants In US
Artificial intelligence is set to enter litigation. World's first 'robot lawyer', powered by artificial intelligence, will give legal advice to defendants in the United States of America in two cases related to overspeeding.US-based startup DoNotPay, which bills itself as "the world's first robot lawyer," will instruct the defendants in two speeding ticket cases in court next month. The AI,...
Decree Of Possession Can't Be Passed In Favour Of Plaintiff Merely Because Defendants Could Not Fully Establish Their Title : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a decree of possession cannot be passed in favour of the plaintiff merely because defendants were not able to fully establish their right, title and interest in the property. Weakness of the defence cannot be a justification to decree the suit, the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J K Maheshwari observed. The court said that the defendants cannot...