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Supreme Court Dismisses Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar's Plea To Quash CBI's Disproportionate Assets Case
The Supreme Court today (July 15) dismissed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's petition challenging a High Court order, whereby his plea to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation's disproportionate assets (DA) case against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) was rejected.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the matter.Senior...
Will Take A Call On Hearing Money Bill Issue Soon : CJI DY Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday (July 15) agreed to take a call on hearing the "money bill" issue soon. This was after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter, which is referred to a 7-judge bench, for urgent hearing.Sibal said that the matter is already there in the list of scheduled Constitution Bench hearings and requested for priority. CJI said that he will take...
Following Madras HC Order, Bar Council Of TN & Puducherry Issues Circular Mandating Stipend For Junior Lawyers
Following an order from the Madras High Court asking all Advocates and Senior Advocates to pay a stipend of Rs 15k-20k to junior lawyers, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has issued a circular intimating the order to all the lawyers and for implementing the same. “ln view of the order passed by the Hon'ble High Court of Madras in W.p. No. 1797612019 dated 12.06.2024,...
In A First, Chhattisgarh HC Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha Virtually Monitors National Lok Adalat Across 23 Districts
On Saturday, the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Ramesh Sinha, virtually connected with all 23 districts from the High Court to oversee the progress of this year's second National Lok Adalat. The Lok Adalat held this time was unique in the sense that it was closely supervised by Chief Justice Sinha, who is also the Patron-in-Chief of the Chhattisgarh State Legal...
Explained | Scope Of Article 131 Of Indian Constitution As Interpreted By Supreme Court In West Bengal's Suit Against Centre
While upholding the maintainability of an original Suit filed by the State of West Bengal against the Union of India over the suo motu registration of cases by the CBI in respect of offences committed within the State without its consent, the Supreme Court made certain pertinent observations regarding Article 131 of the Constitution. Before moving further, it is important to note...
LIVE NOW- 'REMEMBERING JUSTICE UL BHAT', An Event In The Memory of Justice UL Bhat [Watch Live]
LiveLaw is hosting an event in the memory of Justice UL Bhat who passed away on June 6, 2024.He was selected as Munsif in 1961 by the Kerala Public Service Commission but the State government refused to appoint him in government service for political reasons.In 1968, High Court of Kerala selected him for the post of District and Sessions Judge and was appointed as the District and Sessions...
'BJP's Philosophy Conforms With My Thinking': Ex-MP High Court Judge Justice Rohit Arya Joins BJP
Three months after retiring as a Madhya Pradesh High Court Judge, Justice Rohit Arya joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this Saturday. He retired as a judge of the MP HC three months ago, on April 27.In an exclusive interview with Live Law, Jutsice Arya shed light on various pertinent issues, ranging from his judicial decisions in certain cases to his motivations for entering the...
Failure To Maintain Registered Office: Registrar Of Companies Imposes Penalty Of Rs. 2 Lakhs On TDMax Manufacturing & Services & Its Directors
The RoC, Uttar Pradesh has imposed a penalty on Rs. 2 Lakhs for failure to maintain a registered office for receiving communications and notices. Section 12(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates that every company, from the date of its incorporation and at all times thereafter, must have a registered office capable of receiving and acknowledging all communications and...
Confession Before Police Cannot Be Included In Charge Sheet: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said that courts must ignore confessional statements recorded by police officers if they form part of the charge-sheet.Under the section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act and corresponding provision section 23(1) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, confessions made by an accused to police officer are not admissible as evidence.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and...
SEBI Fines Berkeley Securities Ltd Rs. 9 Lakh For Regulatory Violations
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has levied a fine of Rs. 9 lakh on Berkeley Securities Ltd, a SEBI-registered stock broker, for multiple infractions of regulatory norms.Berkeley Securities was found to have misused credit balance client funds on several occasions. This misuse involved utilizing funds meant for credit balance clients to meet obligations of debit balance...
Failure To Contribute CSR Fund: Registrar of Companies Imposes Rs. 1.06 Crore Penalty On Ganesh Green Bharat Limited And Its Director
The Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad has imposed a penalty of Rs. 1.06 Crore on Ganesh Green Bharat Limited and its director failing to contribute Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds during the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23. Section 135(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates that every company meeting certain financial thresholds must spend at least two percent of...
CJI DY Chandrachud Bats For Conducting Legal Education & Proceedings In Regional Languages
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud recently spoke at the convocation ceremony of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, on the value of embracing local languages as a way of efficient justice delivery mechanism.In the address, he highlighted the cultural adjustments he faced moving from Mumbai to Allahabad as a High Court Judge and how these experiences shaped his views on the legal...