[Breaking] SC Holds Prashant Bhushan Guilty Of Contempt For Tweets Against Judiciary; Will Hear Him On Sentence [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Friday held Advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court in the suo moto contempt case taken against him over two of his tweets about the Chief Justice of India and the Supreme Court.Justice B R Gavai, reading out the judgment, observed that Bhushan committed "serious contempt of the Court".The bench will hear him on sentence on August 20.A bench comprising...

DU Open Book Exams : Delhi HC Issues Notice To Pro Vice-Chancellor On Plea Alleging Failure To Operationalise Grievance Redressal Committee[Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi University's Pro Vice Chancellor Prof PC Joshi in an application claiming that the Delhi University has not taken any steps to operationalise Grievance Redressal Committee, violating the previous order of the court. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has further issued notices to the Ministry of Human...

Draft EIA 2020: SC Stays Delhi HC Contempt Proceedings Against Centre For Failure To Publish Notification In Regional Languages [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the contempt of court proceedings initiated by Delhi High Court against Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) for failing to publish draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 in multiple regional languages.The Centre, however, withdrew its Special Leave Petition filed in the apex court to avail the remedy of...

[Enrica Lexie] Permanent Court of Arbitration Publishes Award & Dissenting Opinions

The Permanent Court of Arbitration has published its Award and concurring/dissenting opinions in the case between India and Italy on 'Enrica Lexie' Incident.Earlier the Court had published only an extracts from the Award since the Rules of Procedure provides that the full (redacted) Award can be published only after the Parties' confidentiality review.Now, a 326 paged Award has been uploaded...

Students vs UGC : Live Updates Of Hearing In Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court begins hearing on petition filed by students of the Bangalore Institute of Technology, seeking the option of online exams for the exams held by Visvesvaraya Technological University.Yesterday, the Court had asked the VTU if viva can be done online, why can't exams be held online.Follow this page for live updates....

Students, UGC & State : Why There Is More At Stake Than Just Final Exams?

The UGC had recognised the limitations of year-end exams as a one-time evaluation. Yet our obsession with the exam persists.

Kerala HC Expresses Concerns About Police Officers Conducting Press Meetings About Ongoing Investigations [Read Judgment]

"Recently the practise of police officers rushing to media with speculative information about on going investigations is on the increase."

The Need To Protect Legal Profession From Silent Invasion By Non-Advocates

Rules are necessary to be made to ensure that persons practising other professions sare prohibited from engaging themselves in the practice of law.

Injustice To Daughters In Hindu Shastric Law Done Away With: SC Explains The Impact Of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005 [Read Judgment]

In its landmark judgment recognizing the equal rights of daughters in coparcenary property, the Supreme Court has explained the law regarding devolution of coparcenary property and also the impact of 2005 amendment to Hindu Succession Act on daughters' right to it.The bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, S. Abdul Nazeer and MR Shah, observed that the classic Shastric Hindu law excluded...

'Develop Childlike Curiosity To Become An Outstanding Lawyer': Justice Kureshi's Tips On Good Advocacy

In a recently organized webinar by Livelaw on How to extend classroom training into good advocacy, Justice Akil Kureshi, Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court imparted his valuable insights on a range of topics relevant to the profession. Starting from the role that a strong bar plays in the justice delivery system to discussing the adequacy of the current academic structure of...

[VIDEO] [Webinar] Women In The Legal Profession - A Freewheeling Conversation [Part I]

LIVELAW invites you to a webinar on 'Women in the Legal Profession – a Freewheeling Conversation [Part I]'Lawyers talk about the profession, dealing with biases, and what they think the future looks like for women.SpeakersSHAH RUKH ALAM - Shah Rukh Alam graduated from the National Law School of India, Bangalore in 2000 and went on to pursue her LL.M from the London School of Economics. She...

[Read Judgment] Daughters Have Coparcenery Rights Even If Their Father Was Not Alive When Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 Came Into Force: SC

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that, a daughter will have a share after Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, irrespective of whether her father was alive or not at the time of the amendment.Justice Arun Mishra today pronounced the judgment in a batch of appeals that raised an important legal issue whether the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, which gave equal...