Neutral Body To Appoint Election Commissioner | "Presence Of The Chief Justice In The Appointment Committee Would Be The Best System":Justice Joseph

"The least intrusive and best system would be that there is a presence of the Chief Justice in the appointment committee. We feel that his very presence will be a message that no mess up can happen", the Supreme Court considered on Tuesday while hearing the submission of Attorney General for India R Venkatramani. A 5 judge Constitutional bench headed by Justice KM Joseph...

Pendency Issue In Indian Courts Can Be Resolved By Increasing Judicial Strength By 20% | Column

During an interview with Indian Express reported on 9 November 2022 Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud said: "There are some key areas which need to be attended to. First and foremost, the unfilled posts in judiciary. The need to fill up all posts in the judiciary, beginning with the district judiciary, high courts and, ultimately, the Supreme Court." The CJI has identified his first priority with a great understanding that filling vacancies must be his first priority since it...

'No Vested Right Of Infinite Chances To Complete MBBS Degree': Delhi HC Upholds NMC Regulation Capping Number Of Attempts To 4 In First Year

Upholding the regulation issued by National Medical Commission (NMC) limiting the number of attempts for candidates to pass their first year (first professional examination) in MBBS course to four, the Delhi High Court has said that there cannot be a right to attempt an examination any number of times. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium...

'Why Should We Doubt Police?': Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Seeking CBI Probe In Shraddha Murder Case [VIDEO]

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Exempt All Persons With Less Than ₹8 L Annual Income From Income Tax In The Light Of EWS Criteria : Plea In Madras High Court

If families earning less than ₹8 lakh annually is EWS, why should people earning more than Rs 2.50 lakhs pay income tax?, the petitioner asks.

Magistrates Remand Accused Mechanically In Most Cases : Ex-CJI UU Lalit

Former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Monday lamented the fact that most often, Magistrates remand the accused in a mechanical manner."It is only after a Magistrate is satisfied that a remand can be granted. Most of the time, what we see is that it is a mechanical exercise by the Magistrates. I have never seen where a Magistrate has asked question to the investigator "what...

District Judges Should Not Be Put Under Pressure Of Being Targeted For Granting Bail : Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta

Bombay High Court's Chief Justice Dipankar Datta, on Monday, said that the judges in the lower judiciary should not work under the fear of being targeted while deciding bail applications and said that any judge rejecting bail applications for that reason would be "travesty and miscarriage of justice." Reassuring the lower judiciary to work without any fear in such cases, and told...

Shraddha Walkar Murder: Legal Remedies Available In Abusive Live-In Relationships? [VIDEO]

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Adult Female Member Of Family Not Competent To Accept Summons? Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Section 64 CrPC

The Supreme Court of India issued notice to the Central Government in a plea challenging Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on the ground that the said section discriminated against women by treating female members of a family incapable of accepting summons on behalf of the person summoned. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima...

Morbi Bridge Collapse : Supreme Court Allows Petitioners Seeking Independent Probe To Raise Issues Before Gujarat High Court

Taking note of the fact that the Gujarat High Court has already taken suo motu cognisance of the Morbi bridge collapse which took place on October 30 leaving 141 people dead, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain two petitions which sought for independent probe into the tragedy.The Court however granted liberty to the petitioners to approach the High Court to raise their issues,...

Shraddha Murder Case: PIL In Delhi HC Seeks Transfer Of Probe To CBI [VIDEO]

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Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Proposes To Amend RTI Act To Completely Bar Disclosure Of Personal Information

The draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, which was released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on November 18 for public comments, has a provision which proposes to amend the Right To Information Act 2005.Clause 30(2) of the draft proposes an amendment to Section 8(j) of the RTI Act, which will have the effect of totally exempting personal information...