[Breaking] SC To Hear Tomorrow UP Govt's Challenge Against Allahabad HC Order Directing Removal Of 'Name & Shame' Posters

A vacation bench of Supreme Court will consider tomorrow the Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh against the March 6 judgment of Allahabad High Court which directed the forthwith removal of the banners erected by the UP administration in Lucknow revealing the pictures, identities and addresses of persons alleged of committing violence during anti-CAA protests.A...

[Pondicherry LG Vs Govt] Government & Lt. Governor Should Work In Unison, Not In Division: Madras HC Sets Aside Single Judge's Order [Read Judgment]

"The popularly elected Government of Puducherry no doubt represents the will of the people, as Edmund Burke said "In all forms of government, people are the true legislators", but on the other hand, the Legislature should remind itself of what Montesquieu said "It is the job of the legislature to follow the spirit of the nation, provided it is not contrary to the principles of government."

Court Rules & RTI : SC Verdict Subverts Right To Information

The Court's ruling that Court Rules will prevail over RTI Act can have a negative impact on Right to Information.

The Near Impossible Burden Of Proof For Citizenship

Though there are some legal proceedings where documents are admissible even without proof by issuing authorities, no such relaxation is given for proving citizenship.

Sexual Harassment At Workplace Is An Affront to Women's Fundamental Rights: SC [Read Judgment]

Sexual harassment at the workplace is an affront to the fundamental rights of a woman, the Supreme Court remarked while upholding a High Court judgment that quashed a transfer of a woman bank employee. A woman employee of the Punjab and Sind Bank, who was holding the office of Chief Manager in the Scale IV in Indore branch was transferred to the branch at Sarsawa in the district of Jabalpur....

Farmer Entering Into Buyback Transaction With Seed Company Is A 'Consumer': SC [Read Judgment]

"Excluding such farmers from the purview of the 1986 Act would be a complete mockery of the object and purpose of the statute."

Criminal Appeals And Setting The Muralidhar Standard Of Performance

Recently, the Supreme Court decided a criminal appeal where it found the accused not guilty of murder and acquitted him. In setting aside the Calcutta High Court's judgment, the Supreme Court held that the "circumstances relied by the prosecution to prove the guilt of the appellant were not complete". While this should have come as a huge relief to the accused, the fact that it came 36 years after he had first been convicted for murder, and a whopping 10 years after the appeal was filed in...

'No Court Can Shut Its Eyes If A Public Unjust Is Happening Just Before It' : Allahabad HC On Suo Moto Action Against 'Name & Shame' Banners [Read Order]

Within three days of Uttar Pradesh administration taking a highly unusual action of putting up banners 'naming and shaming' persons accused of violence during anti-CAA protests, the Allahabad High Court swung to swift action, in a case taken suo moto.The High Court held a special sitting on the suo moto case on Sunday with respect to the banners put up in several parts of Lucknow on Friday....

Breaking: Allahabad HC Orders Removal Of UP Govt Banners Naming Anti-CAA Protesters Accused Of Violence [Read Judgment]

In a severe jolt to Yogi Adityanath-led government of Uttar Pradesh, the Allahahabad High Court on Monday ordered the removal of all posters and banners put up by UP police in Lucknow publishing the names and photos of persons accused of violence during protests against Citizenship Amendment Act.The Court observed that the State action amounted to "unwarranted interference in privacy of...

S.138 NI Act: SC Directs RBI To Consider Developing A New Proforma Cheque To Include Purpose Of Payments [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has recently asked The Reserve Bank of India to consider developing a new proforma of cheques so as to include the purpose of payment, along with other informations to facilitate adjudication of real issues in cheque bounce cases."With ensuring the credibility of cheques, it is equally important that cheques are not allowed to be misused giving cause to frivolous litigation....

[Land Acquisition] Why SC Read 'OR' In Sec 24(2) As 'AND'/'NOR' In Indore Development Authority Case?

One of the crucial issue considered by the Constitution bench in Indore Development Authority vs Manoharlal and others while interpreting Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, was whether the word "or" in Section 24(2) of the Act of 2013 used in between possession has not been taken or compensation has...

Women's Day Special - Interview with Anjana Prakash, Senior Advocate (Former Patna HC Judge)

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