Anti-CAA Protests: Lucknow Sessions Court Grants Bail To Activist Pawan Rao Ambedkar, Sadaf Jafar [Read Orders]

On Saturday, the Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Lucknow, Sanjay Shankar Pandey, allowed the bail application of activists Pawan Rao Ambedkar and Sadaf Jafar. They were arrested for alleged involvement in anti-CAA protests taking place on 19 December at Parivartan Chowk, Lucknow. The said protests were termed illegal due to imposition of Section 144 CrPC in the city.They...

"Today Google Knows More About You Than Your Spouse-" Justice V Ramasubramanian On 'Right To Privacy: New Age Challenges'

[Here is the full text of 4th Justice V R Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture delivered by Justice V Ramasubramanian, Judge, Supreme Court of India]It is indeed a privilege to be invited deliver a Memorial Lecture instituted in the name of Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, an icon of the robed brethren and a saviour of the robbed classes. The greatness of Justice Krishna Iyer is that even in...

New Plea In SC Against CAA Also Challenges Section 3(1) Of Citizenship Act; Says It Affects Those Born After July 1, 1987 [Read Petition]

The cumulative effect of the impugned provisions of the Citizenship Act of 1955 is to arbitrarily deprive nationality to the children born in India after 1st July 1987, the plea states.

Arbitration - Order Returning Sec 34 Application For Presentation In Proper Court Not Appealable Under Sec 37 : SC [Read Judgment]

The order of a Court returning an application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 for presentation before the proper forum is not appealable under Section 37 of the Act.This was held by the Supreme Court in a judgment delivered on December 10,2019 in the case BGS SGS Soma JV vs NHPC Ltd.A three judge bench comprising Justices R F Nariman, Aniruddha Bose and...

Madras HC Lawyers Stage Protests Against CAA-NRC

The lawyers of Madras High Court staged protests on Friday against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposal to bring in nationwide National Register of Citizens.Over 250 advocates participated in the demonstrations, which involved forming a human chain from High Court premises and reading out of the Preamble of the Constitution.Senior Advocates Nalini Chidambaram, Vaigai,...

Ratan Tata Files Separate Appeal Against NCLAT Order Favouring Cyrus Mistry

Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus (former Executive Chairman), of Tata Sons Pvt Ltd has moved the Supreme Court under Section 423 of the Companies Act, 2013 challenging the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's (NCLAT) order which found him guilty of taking "oppressive and prejudicial steps against the interest of the shareholders of the Tata Sons", particularly Cyrus Mistry. NCLAT's...

Parliament Roundup : Key Legislations Of 2019

Here is a recap of key legislative exercises of Parliament in 2019. 16th Lok Sabha Session The first phase was comprised by latter days of winter session of the 16th Lok Sabha, which concluded on January 9. The second phase was the budget session, held between January 31 and February 13. During this duration, two important legislations were passed, being: 1. Constitution...

Right To Internet, Quashing Of Illegal Phone Tapping & More : Best Of 2019 HC Judgments

In 2019, there were some notable High Court judgments. Among them were judgments which upheld new facets of civil liberties such as right to internet, right to marriage of a transgender person, right to personhood of asylum seeker etc.There were also judgments which reflected the judicial system's willingness to self-correct, such as the Calcutta HC's order imposing costs on itself for a...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2019

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Supreme Court Monthly Digest- December 2019

Consumer Forums/Commissions Cannot Consider Complaint/Appeal On Merits After Finding That It Is Time Barred M/S. Singal Udyog V. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors. The Supreme Court observed that a Consumer Forum/Commission after having come to the conclusion that the complaint/appeal was barred by limitation, could not consider the merits of the matter. The bench...

Supreme Court 2019 : Events & Controversies

A Chief Justice of India facing sexual harassment allegations for the first time ever in history, leading to a murky enquiry process set in by the Supreme Court, which ultimately absolved him!Serious questions about the independence of judiciary being raised in the wake of apex court's indifference and inaction on the contentious Kashmir lockdown!.Deep fault lines exposed within...

40 Important Delhi HC Judgments Of 2019

Here is a list of 40 major decisions of Delhi HC in 2019(in the order of chronology).1. Upheld Right To Conduct Missionary Activities Reminding the central government authorities that India is a secular country, the high court observed that missionary activities are not prohibited as fundamental right to religion is not restricted to citizens, but is available for all persons, In...