Delhi High Court Initiates Criminal Contempt Proceedings After Vigilance Inquiry Finds IPAB Order Placed On Record Is Fake

The Delhi High Court has initiated criminal contempt proceedings against defendants in a suit after the Registrar (Vigilance)'s inquiry revealed that they placed a fabricated Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) order on record as part of a compilation of documents handed over to the court during a hearing last month.Justice Jyoti Singh said any person who takes recourse to deflect...

Collegium System Necessary For An Independent Judiciary : Arvind Datar | Full Transcript Of Interview

If the executive controls the appointment of judges, it will cause long term damage to democracy

High Court Pulls Up Kerala Govt For Delay In Recovering ₹5.2 Crore Damages From PFI, Says State's Attitude Disrespectful, Callous

The Kerala High Court on Monday pulled up the State over the delay in recovery of damages from banned Popular Front Of India (PFI) and its office bearers. The government had earlier initiated recovery proceedings against PFI for realisation of Rs 5.20 Crore, the amount estimated towards the damage caused during the flash hartal in September.The division bench Justice A. K. Jayasankaran...

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2022 [Part 1]

As is the annual tradition, LiveLaw brings to you the list of 100 important Supreme Court judgments of the current year - a much awaited article by our dear readers.The judgments are selected based on the following criteria - (i) importance to the general public; (ii) settlement of a contested position of law; (iii) utility for practising lawyers and.A disclaimer is added here that the...

Collegium System Has Saved The Judiciary, Best Option To Appoint Judges: Arvind P Datar | Interview [Video]

Interview of constitutional law expert Senior Advocate Arvind P Datar by Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the collegium...

Supreme Court Ignored Binding Precedents While Dismissing Bilkis Bano's Review Petition

The Court's finding that Gujarat Government has jurisdiction to decide the remission is contrary to Section 432(7)(a) CrPC and binding precedents.

Malayala Brahmin Appointment As Sabarimala Melshanthi Part Of Tradition, Court Should Not Interfere : Intervenors Tell Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court in its Special sitting on Saturday continued its hearing on the batch of petitions challenging the Travancore Dewaswom Board notification inviting applications only from Malayala Bhramins for appointment as Melshanthi(chief priest) of Sabarimala-Malikappuram temples.The matter is pending before the Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G....

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Voluntary; Voters' Names Won't Be Removed For Not Linking Voter ID With Aadhaar : Union Law Minister

On Friday, while responding to a very pointed question raised by three Members of Parliament, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that names of the voters whose voter IDs are not linked with Aadhaar will not be struck off from the voter list.The Union Minister stated that linking Aadhaar with Voter ID is voluntary and consent of the elector is required to be obtained to link the same. In...

No Offence Found Against Ex-Judge Tahilramani : CBI Says On Reference Made By Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday was informed that the Central Bureau of Investigation's scrutiny of the allegations of impropriety, corruption and political bias against a former chief justice of the Madras High Court, Justice V.K. Tahilramani, did not reveal the commission of any cognizable offence. In 2019, the then-Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi had directed the central agency to take...

'No Case Is Small For Supreme Court, It Has Duty To Interfere In Matters Of Personal Liberty' : CJI DY Chandrachud Says After Law Minister's Remarks

No case is too small for the Supreme Court, said the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Friday, while asking "if we do not act in matters of personal liberty and grant relief, then what are we doing here?".Incidentally, the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had commented yesterday in the Parliament that the Supreme Court should not be hearing bail applications and should rather...

Testimony Of Hostile Witness Can Be Considered To Convict Accused, If Corroborated By Other Evidence : Supreme Court Constitution Bench

The Supreme Court observed that there is no legal bar to raise a conviction upon a "hostile witness" testimony if corroborated by other reliable evidence.The fact that a witness has been declared "hostile" does not result in an automatic rejection of his evidence, the Constitution Bench observed.The bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer, B. R. Gavai, A. S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian and B....

Pilibhit Encounter 1991| "They Exceeded Power Given By Law": Allahabad High Court Convicts 43 Cops U/S 304 Part I IPC

The Allahabad High Court today convicted 43 Uttar Police Personnel under Section 304 Part I IPC in connection with the 1991 Pilibhit Encounter case wherein 10 Sikhs were killed treating them to be terrorists in an alleged fake encounter."It is not the duty of the police officers to kill the accused merely because he/she is a dreaded criminal. Undoubtedly, the police have to arrest the accused...