The Central Government has cleared the appointment of Justice DN Patel as the next Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.The appointment was made pursuant to a Collegium resolution passed earlier this month. The resolution was passed in view of the i
The Centre has approved the appointment of J Surya Kant, J BR Gavai, Aniruddha Bose & AS Bopanna within 2 weeks of the recommendation by Supreme Court Collegium. It was on the 8th of May that the Supreme Court collegium recommended the elevation
A petition seeking notification and implementation of guidelines for fixing accountability on schools for the safety of children has been filed in the Supreme Court.The petition has been filed by NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, run by Nobel prize winner
Seven persons who had been convicted by the trial court and the Delhi High Court for their alleged involvement in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots have been acquitted by the Supreme Court of India 89 persons including the seven appellants were convicted unde
In the matter of sexual harassment allegations against the Chief Justice of India, the apex court will pass orders today on the inquiry into the bench-fixing allegations raised by the Advocate.Advocate Bains filed an affidavit in suomoto proceeding b
A panel of Justices SA Bobde, NV Ramana and Indira Banerjee will inquire into the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.Justice Bobde, who is next in line to be the Chief Justice of India was assigned by the CJI
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging the provisions of Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 (RP Act). Section 62(5) prohibits a person confined in the prison from casting his/her
The High Court of Karnataka has been hearing an issue based on a reference. It has been noticed that the Assistant Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner both of them are discharging dual functions i.e. administrative and judicial under several ena
A magistrate cannot order the police to file charge sheet after receiving a closure or refer report, emphasized the Supreme Court of India. A criminal case filed against the accused charged under Section 326, 294 of the Indian Penal Code and Section
The Supreme Court of India rejected to stay the Election Bonds (EB) Scheme after 2019 General Elections. The court ordered all parties to provide all the details regarding the donations received by of EBs and the identity of the donors, total amount
The Supreme Court of India inflicted fine of Rs. 20 Lakhs on West Bengal Government for banning the film “BhobhishyoterBhoot”. The apex court showed concern over “growing intolerance” in the field of art in our society. It fur
The Bombay High Court recently made clear that if cases were settled by LokAdalats, the parties should be refunded the full court fee paid by them.The Bench cited Section 21 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and Section 16 of the Central Court
In the Review Petitions, the petitioners have relied upon the documents, some of which could not have been placed in public domain. The Central Government raised an objection that while considering Review Petitions, the said documents may not be cons
The Supreme Court of India noticed that in a cheque bounce case the complainant is bound to unfold the details of his/her financial capacity, while a question is raised by the accused through leading evidence to that effect.The accused questioned the
The move follows a decision taken in November last year, as a part of the bilingual litigation system requiring plaintiffs to translate court documents into English in all civil and commercial cases lodged in Abu Dhabi courts if the defendant does no
A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the Election Commission in a petition filed by an NRI from Sharjah, Harpreet Mansukhani.The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Election
Candidates planning to contest the elections for Legislative Assembly of the states or Lok Sabha have to fulfill certain criteria. They also have to submit a list of documents without which their nomination will be rejected.The government has recentl
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been directed by the Supreme Court to increase the verification of Voter Verified Paper Trail (VVPAT) from one Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) per constituency to any five randomly picked up EVMs in a consti
The Bombay High Court pronounced Landmark directions this Wednesday after hearing cases related to women seeking permission to medically terminate their pregnancy, it is to be noted that length of their respective pregnancies had exceeded the mark of
The Madras High Court has ordered the state authorities to put prohibition upon downloading the TikTok mobile application.A writ petition filed in the Madras High Court has highlighted a dangerous issue. The writ petition is to direct to take appropr
Updated on : 24/05/2019 16:40:02
