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Court Can Take Note Of Subsequent Events To Reject Plaint: Madras High Court Rejects Plea Against AIADMK Leadership
The Madras High Court has recently allowed a civil revision petition filed by AIADMK head Edappadi Palanisamy against the dismissal of an application filed by him to reject a plaint filed by one Suriyamoorthy against the AIADMK leadership. Justice PB Balaji noted that as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court, there was no embargo on the courts taking note of subsequent events...
Tax Monthly Digest: August 2025
SUPREME COURTLet GST Council Look Into Tracking Of GST Paid On Foreign OIDAR Services : Supreme CourtCase Title – Pradeep Goyal v. Union of India & Ors.Case no. – Writ Petition No. 258 of 2021The Supreme Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation seeking directions for setting up a mechanism to track services provided by foreign entities in India under the Goods and...
Justice BV Nagarathna Urges Law Graduates To Be 'Stewards Of The Constitution'
Speaking at the 12th Convocation of National Law University, Delhi on the theme “Officers of the Court and Stewards of the Constitution,” Justice BV Nagarathna called upon graduating students to uphold constitutional values and integrity in their professional journey.“As you receive your degree, you are not merely being conferred a personal achievement — you are taking on a...
CJI BR Gavai Lauds Supreme Court Of Nepal's Landmark Judgments, Says Judiciaries Of Different Countries Must Learn From Each Other
The Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai, recently highlighted how jurisprudence transcends borders, drawing attention to landmark judgments of the Supreme Court of Nepal that have advanced justice across diverse branches of law.Speaking at the Nepal-India Judicial Dialogue 2025, the CJI pointed out that Nepal's judiciary has played a transformative role in upholding the rights of various...
Karnataka High Court Upholds Lokayukta Enquiry Against Asst Public Prosecutor Accused Of Malpractices Prior To Appointment
The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a lawyer appointed as Assistant Public Prosecutor against an order of the State Administrative Tribunal, which rejected his plea challenging the entrustment of an enquiry to the Lokayukta against him for alleged actions done prior to his appointment. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha...
BCI Chairman Urges Delhi Bar Associations To Defer Strike Against LG Notification On Police Officers' Evidence
Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman of the Bar Council of India, has written to the Coordination Committee of Bar Associations in the national capital to defer or recall the strike by lawyers on September 08 to oppose the notification of Delhi LG concerning deposition of police personnel before courts through video conferencing.Mishra has invited the Coordination Committee to...
Assistant Legal Remembrancer/District Litigation Officer Vacancy At Department Of Law, Justice And Parliamentary Affairs, Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission invites application for the post of Assistant Legal Remembrancer/District Litigation Officer.Name of the Post: Assistant Legal Remembrancer/District Litigation Officer No. of Post: 03 (Three) Essential Qualification and Experience • A bachelor's degree in law from a university established by law in India with at least two years actual practice at bar to be certified by the concerned District and Sessions Judge. How to apply? • To apply online,...
Allahabad HC Directs ADGP, IGP & SSP To Produce 65-Y/O Allegedly In Illegal Detention Facing Custodial Torture Since August 20
The Allahabad High Court has directed the top police officials of Bareilly [the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)], to produce a 65-year-old man (Mahmood Beg) before the Court, who, according to his wife, has been in illegal custody since August 20 and is being subjected to custodial torture...
'Failure Of Duty': Rajasthan High Court Directs DGP's Inquiry Into Why Women Accused Of Bailable Offence Were Kept In Custody For 43 Days
The Rajasthan High Court expressed anguish and pain over two women who were kept in 43-day judicial custody despite being charged in bailable offences, after their bail pleas were dismissed by the Judicial Magistrate and ADJ in a casual and mechanical manner who failed to exercise discretion in a right way.Expressing regret, Justice Anil Kumar Upman directed the DGP to seek...
S. 68 Evidence Act | Mandatory To Examine One Attesting Witness To Prove Will Even If There's No Dispute Between Legal Heirs : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that Section 68 of the Evidence Act makes it mandatory to examine at least one attesting witness to a Will, and this requirement cannot be dispensed with merely because the dispute does not involve contesting legal heirs. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta heard the case where the Plaintiff-Respondent claimed that he had purchased the...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 25 To August 31, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1012 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1049NOMINAL INDEXUniversity of Delhi v. Neeraj and other connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1012 Bhupinder Kumar Malik v. Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1013 M/S ECG Easy Connect Logistics Pvt. Ltd v. Commissioner Of Customs 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1014 Yogesh Singh v. State NCT of Delhi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1015 X v. Y 2025 LiveLaw...