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ASG Raja Thakare Appointed To Assist Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee On Justice Yashwant Varma
Additional Solicitor General of India, Raja Thakare, has been appointed to assist the three-member Inquiry Committee constituted as a part of impeachment proceedings against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court.The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification yesterday for the engagement of ASG Raja Thakare to assist the Inquiry Committee to investigate into the grounds...
NLU Assam Announces 5th Vox Anatolis Moot Court Competition, 2026
The Moot Court Committee (“MCC”) of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam has announced the 5th Edition of the Vox Anatolis Moot Court Competition, 2026, to be conducted online from 13th to 15th March, 2026.About UsThe National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA) was established by the Government of Assam through the enactment of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam Act, 2009 (Assam Act No. XXV of 2009). NLUJAA promotes and provides modern...
Temple Accounts Digitisation: Kerala High Court Adds KSITIL As Party, Seeks Proof Of Technical Expertise
The Kerala High Court on Friday (16 January) impleaded the Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL) in the ongoing petition regarding embezzlement of ₹40 lakh from a Petrol Pump at Nilakkal, a base camp of Sabarimala. A Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K V Jayakumar passed the order. The Court has previously ordered...
“Prima Facie Corrupt”: Jharkhand High Court Directs CBI Probe Into JUT-AICTE Over Non-Registration Of Students
The Jharkhand High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into the role of the Jharkhand University of Technology (JUT) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in a matter concerning technical students, observing that the case prima facie reflects corrupt practices by State authorities and has placed students' futures in jeopardy.Justice Rajesh Kumar passed the order...
Litigant Can't Suffer For Counsel Noting Wrong Date: Rajasthan High Court Restores Suit Subject To Costs, Planting 25 Trees
The Rajasthan High Court has held that a litigant cannot be made to suffer for an inadvertent mistake on part of his/her counsel in noting the next date of hearing of case, and thus quashed the trial court order that rejected petitioner's restoration application on technical grounds of delay in an eviction suit that was dismissed in default.While directing restoration of the matter, the bench...
Kerala Court Denies Bail To MLA Rahul Mamkootathil In Third Rape Case
The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Thiruvalla on Saturday (January 17) denied bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who is charged with rape.Smt. Arundhathi Dileep observed:"The petitioner is a sitting MLA. The allegations levelled against him is serious and grave. Also, the petitioner is having similar antecedents. This is also every chance of witnesses being threatened or...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Distinction between 'delivery' and 'presentation' illustrated - Supreme Court distinguished delivery (Section 46 NI Act) from presentment (Section 64 NI Act) - Held that delivery involves the drawer handing the cheque to the payee, and, in case of account-payee cheques, the payee delivering it to his own bank - This stage is covered by Section 142(2)(a) - Presentment is the act...
Lok Adalat Settlement Must Be With Parties' Free Consent, Counsel Cannot Compromise Case Without Written Authority: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court, while considering the validity of a settlement recorded in a National Lok Adalat, held that settlement under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 must be arrived at by the parties themselves with free consent, and that in the absence of written authority authorising counsel to sign a compromise, such settlement cannot be treated as valid.Justice Sanjay Kumar...
Constitutional Law: All India Annual Digest 2025
Supreme Court75 years into our republic, we cannot be seen to be so shaky on our fundamentals that mere recital of a poem or for that matter, any form of art or entertainment, such as, stand-up comedy, can be alleged to lead to animosity or hatred amongst different communities. Subscribing to such a view would stifle all legitimate expressions of view in the public domain which is...
Supreme Court To Examine Citizenship Claim Of Woman Deported To Bangladesh
The Supreme Court is set to examine the plea of a woman deported to Bangladesh after the Foreigners Tribunal declared her as a "foreigner of post-1971 stream".A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi recently issued notice on the woman's plea, limited to the purpose of examining genuineness of certain documents relied upon by her brother to prove Indian citizenship.The petitioner...