Claims Of EPFO Based On Inspection Conducted During CIRP Are Unenforceable: NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) New Delhi bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Mr. Barun Mitra (Technical Member) has held that the claims of the EPFO based on inspection conducted subsequent to initiation of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) are unenforceable and cannot be admitted. The present three appeals have been filed against orders passed...

Telephone Tapping, Interception And Surveillance; Thin Line Of Privacy

In the recent judgement of P. Kishore v. The Secretary to Government and Others, delivered on 2nd July 2025, The Madras High Court held that an individual's phone cannot be tapped in a secret operation to detect the commission of a crime, and the same would violate the individual's fundamental right to privacy. Justice Anand Venkatesh noted that phone tapping would be justified only on two conditions: the occurrence of a public emergency or in the interest of public safety. The court also...

Auden, Indian Police And Law

In “Law Like Love1”Everyone but the police is missing. Auden was not ignorant.The police were always hissing.'Law' is a word they barely know.If untrue in general, it's true for Indian police. Lathi, encounter and water cannon; their love. The Constitution is not their cup of tea.Bulldozer paves; power wears justice.No matter how much the SC mends the dent. At stations, the margins always suffer.Love seldom cares for contempt.Imagining, if Auden dared, the Indian police- “Indianization… You...

Bihar SIR Case: Live Updates From Supreme Court

Supreme Court to hear today the pleas challenging Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in BiharBench: Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi Earlier, the Court refused to extend the Sept 1 deadline for filing of claims/objections to the draft roll after ECI said that all claims/objections filed even after Sept 1, but before the last date of nominations, will...

Chairman Vacancy At Permanent Lok Adalat, Rajasthan

Rajasthan State Legal Service Authority invites application for the post of Chairperson as full time in various districts of Rajasthan.Name of the Post: Chairperson No. of Post: 07 (Seven) Essential Qualification and Experience • Such officers of the District Judge cadre who have retired; or • Serving officers of the district judge cadre, who have retired after 31.12.2023 and are due to retire by 31.01.2026 How to apply? • Interested candidates are required to submit in their application...

All Police Officials Shall Physically Appear Before Courts For Evidence: Delhi Police Clarifies

The Delhi Police on Monday clarified that all the police officials shall appear physically in the Courts before the national capital for deposition or recording of their evidence. A circular to the said effect has been issued by Special Commissioner of Delhi Police, Crime Devesh Chandra Srivastava.On August 13, Delhi LG VK Saxena issued a notification designating all police stations in Delhi...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: September 01 - September 07, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 298Nominal Index: C Naveen Kumar & Other AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293Deepa Angadi AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 294G Satyanarayana Varma AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 295Hareesh AND A S Umesh & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 296K J Jaljakshi AND...

National Law University Delhi Organised Its 12th Convocation

National Law University Delhi celebrated its 12th Convocation on the 6th of September 2025. The ceremony was attended by Justice BV Nagarathna (Judge, Supreme Court of India and Visitor, NLU Delhi), Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya (Chief Justice, Delhi High Court & Chancellor, NLU Delhi), Mr. Ashish Sood (Minister for Home, Education, Power, Urban Development, Higher Education, and Training & Technical Education in the Government of NCT of Delhi), Justice Om Prakash Shukla,...

Justice Uday Lalit - 49th Chief Justice Of India | Jurist, Mentor, Reformer

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is among the few to ascend directly from the Bar to the Supreme Court Bench, and one of only two such judges to become CJI. In this episode, in a conversation with Senior Advocate Chetan Kapadia, Justice Lalit discusses his early work at the Bombay High Court and under Solicitor General Soli Sorabjee. He speaks of how he acted as Special Public Prosecutor in...

Supreme Court Orders MP Govt To Pay Rs 25 Lakhs Compensation To Convict Who Spent Extra 4.7 Years In Jail After Serving Sentence

The Supreme Court today(September 8) directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to pay compensation of Rs. 25 lakhs to a convict who had to remain in jail for more than 4.7 years after having undergone the entire sentence of seven years in a rape case.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan passed an order after coming down heavily on the State of Madhya Pradesh for...

High Court Asks Delhi Police To Probe Incident Alleging Murder Of 'Sewadar' In Kalkaji Temple

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct investigation into an incident alleging that a “sewadar” was “brutally killed” within the precincts of the Kalkaji temple in the evening of August 29. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued notice on a plea filed by the deceased's brother and two eye witnesses of the incident seeking transfer of the probe from Delhi Police to...

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: Cr.P.C.& BNSS

SUPREME COURT HALF YEARLY DIGEST 2025BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023, (BNSS) and The CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973, (CrPC)Section 2(1)(h). ComplaintSection 2(d) Cr.P.C. - Definition of Complaint - Judicial vs. Executive Magistrate - As per Section 2(d) of CrPC, a complaint refers to an allegation submitted orally or in writing to a Magistrate with the intent to invoke legal...