Supreme Court Rejects Uddhav Group's Plea To Stop Election Commission From Deciding Eknath Shinde's Claim As Real Shiv Sena

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop the Election Commission of India from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group as the real Shiv Sena. A Constitution Bench of the Court dismissed the application for stay filed by the Uddhav Thackeray group after a day long hearing."We direct that there would be no stay of the proceedings before the Election Commission of India. Accordingly,...

KSRTC Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Over Rs 5 Crores From PFI For Hartal Losses

The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation moves Kerala High Court seeking directive to Popular Front of India to pay Rs. 5.06 Crores as compensation for the damages caused to the corporation during the flash hartal called the party in the state following the arrest of its leaders by the NIA.In the petition moved through the Standing Counsel for KSRTC, Advocate Deepu Thankan sought direction...

EWS Quota : Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging 103rd Constitutional Amendment

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment.The 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala...

Historic Move By Supreme Court : Constitution Bench Hearings To Be Live-Streamed From Tomorrow

In a historic move, the Constitution Bench hearings in the Supreme Court will be live-streamed from tomorrow.The proceedings can be watched in the Supreme Court's own platform webcast.gov.in/scindia/ There are three constitution benches sitting tomorrow, presided by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul respectively.The CJI-led Constitution...

Temple Administration - Supreme Court Raises Concerns About Appointments Made On Basis Of Political Affiliation

Raising concerns about political interference in the administration of temples and shrines across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed the need for laying down guidelines for transparent norms and parameters in the appointment of trustees or members of administrative committees. A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar was hearing a Special Leave...

What Is Moonlighting & Is It Lawful In India? [Video]

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Justice Indira Banerjee's Code (IBC) : Development Of IBC Jurisprudence

Justice Indira Banerjee has retired from the office of the Judge of the Supreme Court last week. She became the first lady judge to preside over a constitution bench. In her journey as a judge of the apex court of the country, she gave many landmark & important rulings. Apart from other subject matters, her contribution to the jurisprudence surrounding IBC shall be long remembered. Though she has been part of the benches which have pronounced many decisions on various facets of Insolvency...

POCSO vs MTP Act : Concerns Raised About Mandatory Police Reporting Requirement In Teenage Pregnancies

The Delhi High Court on September 20 directed the Centre to ensure that a minor's pregnancy of nearly 20 weeks is terminated at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Though the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act [MTP] permits doctors to abort a pregnancy of less than 24 weeks without requiring a court order - if the conditions under the law and rules are met, the medicos in the case of the 16-year-old had refused to accede to the family's request.The CaseAccording to the petition filed by...

'Persons With Disabilities Don't Require Pity, But Entitlement To Equal Treatment' : Justice Chandrachud| Full Text Of Lecture

This is the full text of the lecture delivered by Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, on the topic "Making Disability Rights Real : Addressing Accessibility and More" as the Third Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture organized by LiveLaw. The video of the lecture can be watched here:"A very good morning to Mr. Vikram Raghavan, Shamnad's family...

Inform How Losses Caused To KSRTC On Hartal Will Be Recovered From PFI : Kerala High Court Directs Govt

The Kerala High Court, on Friday, observed that Popular Front India and its officer bearers who called for a flash hartal in the state following the arrest of its leaders by the NIA, should be held responsible for the losses suffered by the KSRTC during the protest. Justice Devan Ramachandran has directed the State Government to inform how it proposes to recover from the Popular Front of...

Delhi High Court Appeals Senior Lawyers To Pay 'Dignified' Stipend To Juniors

The Delhi High Court has appealed to the senior lawyers in legal profession to ensure that stipend paid to their juniors is enough for them to overcome the financial stress and to lead a more dignified life."This Court also makes an appeal to seniors in this profession to ensure that the stipend that is paid to their juniors is enough for their juniors to evade the financial stress...

EWS Quota: Economic Backwardness Temporary, Other Forms Of Backwardness Attached To Lineage: SC [VIDEO]

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