SC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde In Bhima Koregaon Case [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde in the case registered under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act alleging Maoist links in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah dismissed the special leave petitions filed by them challenging the February 15 judgments of Bombay High...

COVID 19 : Entrants To Supreme Court Undergo Thermal Screening, Sign Declaratory Forms

Amidst the Coronavirus scare and directions issued by the SCBA and SCAORA in pursuance of the advisory circulated by the Health Ministry, the Supreme Court has installed thermal-screening, hand sanitiser stations and has employed limited functioning of the Court. On Sunday evening, an urgent meeting was called by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde to discuss the functioning of the Courts in...

Punjab And Haryana HC Judge Justice Muralidhar Requests Lawyers To Avoid Using Terms Like 'My Lord' While Addressing Him

Justice S Muralidhar, who was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently, has requested lawyers to avoid using terms such as "my lord" or "your lordship" while addressing him."It is for the information of respected members of the Bar that Hon'ble Justice S Muralidhar has requested that they may try and avoid addressing him as 'your lordship' or 'my...

COVID 19 : Decoding The Legal Framework For Pandemic Control

Quite recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. According to the WHO, a pandemic is defined as the "worldwide spread" of a new disease. WHO, however, also remarked that it is a pandemic which can be controlled if governments around the world undertake effective measures. In response to the novel virus which has claimed more than 5000 lives worldwide and affected more than 1,45,000 people, governments around the world have imposed...

SARFAESI & DRT Proceedings Will Not Extend Limitation Period Under IBC : NCLAT [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal reversed the order of the National Company Law Tribunal, Ahemdabad bench, holding that the order of admission of application filed by Bank of India (BOI) as the Financial Creditor, under Section 7 of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) was time barred. Justices Venugopal M, (Judicial), Kanthi Narahari (Technical) and V P...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-5]

Courts This Week is a new series from Live Law - where we give you a snapshot of important legal developments in the Supreme Court and other courts in India.

[Interview] Anti-CAA Protestors' Posters With Address are Invitation To Mob Violence: Advocate Karuna Nundy

Advocate Karuna Nundy Speaks On Right To Privacy, MeToo Movement, Marital Rape, Fake News and More..with Avani Bansal

Land Acquisition Judgment : Puzzling Questions Left By A Strained Interpretation

The SC has done to Section 24(2) what the unsuccessful 2015 Amendment Bill intended to do to it.

Centre Constitutes NCLAT Bench At Chennai [Read Notification]

The Central government has constituted another Bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Chennai, to hear appeals against the orders of the Benches of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) having jurisdiction of Karnataka, TN, Kerala, AP, Telangana, Lakshadweep and Puducherry. A notification issued in that behalf by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on...

'Personal WhatsApp Account Not A Public Place':Sending Of Abusive Messages On Personal Account Not An Offence U/s 294 IPC, Says Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

"WhatsApp cannot be a public place if messages are exchanged on personal accounts of two persons. If these messages had been posted on WhatsApp Group, in that case the same could have been called as public place because all the members of the group, will have access to those messages"

The Possible Aadhaar-NPR-NRC Link : A Cause For Concern?

Background The UIDAI has been consistent that Aadhaar is not a citizenship proof. Foreigners who earn business income in India and are considered as tax residents, need to enroll for Aadhaar to file tax returns because of the mandatory PAN Aadhaar linking. Further even NRIs and PIOs who have stayed even for a day are eligible to apply for it. This categorization (Resident or Non-Resident) is self declared during enrollment. NRIs, PIOs and foreigners typically use their...

Why UK SC Judgment On 'Operation Exposure' Cannot Be Used To Justify UP Govt's 'Name & Shame' Banners?

Appearing for Uttar Pradesh government in the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General of India placed quite a heavy reliance on a judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom viz. in the matter of an application by JR38 for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), (2015) UKSC 42, to justify the 'Name and Shame' banners erected by Uttar Pradesh administration. The March 9 judgment of Allahabad High Court had directed the removal of these banners erected by the UP administration in Lucknow...