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...

Sex Determination Undermines Value Of Female Life, Strikes At Hope Of 'Discrimination Free Society': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that the practice of sex determination undermines value of female life and strikes at the hope of a discrimination free society. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the practice fosters a culture in which girls are seen as burdens rather than equal members of the community, and endangers pregnant women by exposing them to unsafe medical...

Stray Dogs Case : Supreme Court Summons Chief Secretaries Of States/UTs For Not Filing Compliance Affidavits On ABC Rules

In the Stray Dogs matter, the Supreme Court today summoned the Chief Secretaries of all States/Union Territories, except West Bengal and Telangana, for not filing affidavits regarding the steps taken by them to implement the Animal Birth Control Rules.On August 22, the Court had directed the States/UTs to file the compliance affidavits. Today, the bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice...

NCLAT Upholds CIRP Against Privilege Power; Rejects Sarang Wadhawan's Appeal

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal at New Delhi, recently upheld the initiation of insolvency proceedings against Privilege Power and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (PPIL), dismissing an appeal filed by its shareholder Sarang Kumar Wadhawan.Chairperson Ashok Bhushan and Memebers Barun Mitra and Arun Baroka held that the CIRP application filed by Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd. (successor...

Orissa High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Two For Alleged Murder Of Assistant Forest Conservator Soumya Mohapatra

The Orissa High Court in the last week rejected the pre-arrest bail pleas of the then District Forest Officer (DFO), Paralakhemundi and his cook for their alleged involvement in the suspicious death of Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra in July, 2021.Upon perusing the case papers, the Bench of Justice V. Narasingh did not find any merit in the anticipatory bail...

Unregistered Firm Can Sue To Enforce Statutory Or Common Law Rights; S.69(2) Partnership Act No Bar: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Section 69(2) of the Partnership Act, 1932 is not an embargo to suits filed by unregistered firms, if any statutory or common law right is being sought to be enforced.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“Section 69 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 has an embargo on an un-registered firm from filing a suit or any...

Investors Who Were Promised Assured Returns Qualify As Financial Creditors U/S 5(7) Of IBC: NCLT Indore

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Indore Bench, comprising Mr. Mohan P. Tiwari (Member-Judicial) and Mr. Sanjeev Sharma (Member-Technical), has held that the deposit schemes with assured returns amount to financial debt and the investors promised assured returns qualify as the financial creditor under section 5(7) of the IBC, 2016. Background of the...