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Supreme Court Allows Centre To Reconsider Demand For AGR Dues From Vodafone
The Supreme Court today permitted the Union to reconsider and reconcile Vodafone Idea's pending AGR dues worth ₹5,606 for the 2016-17 period. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a writ petition filed by Vodafone India challenging the Department of Telecommunications' additional demand towards AGR dues of 2016-17 period. According...
Return Of 'Mahar' Can Be Ascertained From Statement Of Parties, Not Merely From 'Khula Nama': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently clarified that return of 'mahar' (consideration given by husband to wife in marriage) can be ascertained not just from the 'Khula Nama' but also from the statement of parties while considering a Muslim wife's petition for declaration of divorce by 'khula'.The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha was considering an...
Supreme Court Proposes Transferring All Digital Arrest Scam Cases Across States To CBI
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to all States and Union Territories in a suo motu case concerning a series of digital arrest scams carried out through forged court orders and impersonation of police and judicial officers.Earlier, the Court had taken suo motu cognisance of the matter after receiving a letter from a senior citizen couple from Haryana, who were victims of one such...
CCS Rules | Disciplinary Authority Need Not Hear Officer While Disagreeing With Enquiry Report Which Exonerated Him: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that Rule 11A(2) of State Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules does not contemplate giving an opportunity to the delinquent officer before Disciplinary authority recording the point of disagreement on the findings made by the Enquiry Officer in respect of charge. A division bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice Rajesh Rai K said, “We...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 20 - October 26, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 658 - 680]Anu C.R. v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 658Abdul Rasheed @ Dr A R Babu v Central Bureau of Investigation, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 659Apollo Tyres Ltd. v. The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 660Adv. Vishnu Sunil Panthalam @ Vishnu Sunil v. Director, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw...
CJI BR Gavai Writes To Govt Naming Justice Surya Kant As Next Chief Justice Of India
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has written to the Union Government proposing the name of Justice Surya Kant, the second senior Judge of the Supreme Court, as the next Chief Justice of India.As per convention, the Law Ministry had earlier written to CJI BR Gavai, who will demit the office on November 23, seeking recommendation for his successor.On the Government accepting CJI Gavai's...
'See If You Can Come Out With Something, 5 Years Over' : Supreme Court To Delhi Police In Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid, Sharjeeel Imam Etc
The Supreme Court today (October 27) declined Delhi Police's request for two weeks' time to file counter-affidavits to the petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima and Shifa Ur Rehman seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.Asserting that enough time has already been granted, the bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV...
IIT Kharagpur Hosts 7th Research Colloquium On Advancing Empiricism In Legal Scholarship
The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL), IIT Kharagpur, successfully hosted its 7th Research Colloquium, themed “Harmonising Doctrine and Data: Advancing Empiricism in Legal Scholarship” from October 24 to 26, 2025. The three-day academic conclave convened more than 70 distinguished participants, who presented nearly 50 research papers and 10 academic posters, reaffirming the ascendancy of empirical methods in the Indian legal research ecosystem.The Colloquium was...
Case Worker Vacancy At Sakhi One Staff Centre, Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh
Women and Child Development, Mahasamund invites application for the post of Case Worker (Women only).Name of the Post: Case WorkerNo. of Post: 01 (One)Remuneration: Rs. 18.420/- monthEssential Qualification and Experience• Any women having a bachelor's in law / social work / Sociology / Social science/ Psychology with at least 3 years" experience of working on women related relevant domains in a government or non-government project/ programme. • She should be a resident of the local community...
'If She Really Is An Advocate, It's Alarming': Kerala High Court Slams Woman For Misconduct, Casting Aspersions On Judges
The Kerala High Court has reprimanded a litigant claiming to be an advocate–who appeared in person to challenge her divorce decree–for her (mis)conduct in Court.The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M B Snehalatha was hearing the petitioner's plea seeking to invalidate a divorce decree and judgment of Family Court Ernakulam. The matter was being heard to...
Sanjiv Bhatt Has No Right To Seek Jail Transfer: Gujarat High Court Rejects Wife's Plea Against Husband's Relocation From Palanpur Jail
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a plea filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife seeking that her husband not be transferred or dislodged from Palanpur jail to any other jail observing that Bhatt has no absolute right to seek jail transfer. Bhatt was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Jamnagar Sessions Court in connection with an alleged custodial death case on 20.06.2019 and he...