BREAKING| Supreme Court Orders Women's Reservation In Delhi High Court Bar Association Posts

The Supreme Court today ordered that there should be women's reservation for posts in the Delhi High Court Bar Association. The Court directed that a meeting of the General Body of DHCBA be held as early as possible, not later than 10 days. The GB shall consider the desirability of reserving the post of Treasurer for women members. In addition to reserving the post of Treasurer, GB shall be...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On CPI(M) MLA A. Raja's Appeal Against Kerala HC Annulling His Election In 2021 Assembly Polls

The Supreme Court today (September 26) reserved judgment on a plea by Kerala CPI(M) MLA A. Raja challenging the March 23, 2023 order of the Kerala High Court which annulled his elections on grounds that he was not a member of the Scheduled Caste to contest from a seat reserved for SC category. The challenge to Raja's election was raised by D. Kumar before the High Court in an election...

Breaking | Bombay High Court Allows Kunal Kamra's Plea, Strikes Down 2023 Amendment To IT Rules On 'Fact Check Units'

After receiving the 'opinion' of "tie-breaker" Judge, the Bombay High Court division bench today declared amendment to the IT Rules, 2021, "unconstitutional" and struck down the said amendment, which allowed the Central government to establish Fact Check Units (FCUs) to identify "fake and false" information about its business, being circulated on digital platforms. The bench of Justices...

Master The Law Of Evidence: LiveLaw Academy's Advanced Course On Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 With (Former Judge) Sr. Adv. BG Harindranath

In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 seeking to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and the...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court today (September 26) allowed the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case arising out of the cash for jobs allegations.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih had reserved its judgment and flagged delay in trial on August 12, 2024.Justice Oka, while pronouncing the verdict today, said that stringent...

Supreme Court Delivers Split Verdict On Police Officers' Convictions In Decades-Old Custodial Death Case

The Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict in an appeal by police officers convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences in a decades-old custodial death case for alleged torture and death of a man in police custody in December 1995.A bench of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Sanjay Kumar delivered a split verdict, particularly on the issue of conviction of...

Not A Single Woman President Since 1962 : Supreme Court Suggests Reserving Vice-President Post For Women Lawyers In Upcoming Delhi HC Bar Elections

The Supreme Court today suggested the Delhi High Court Bar Association to consider reserving the Vice-President post for women lawyers in the upcoming bar elections. While making the suggestion, the Court lamented that there hasn't been even a single woman President of the Bar since 1962.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with pleas seeking reservation...

'Highly Objectionable': Supreme Court Criticises Patna HC Remark That Widow Has No Use Of Make-up

The Supreme Court today (September 25) held that the sweeping remarks made by the Patna High Court that a widow does not need to wear make-up are highly questionable.In this case, the Supreme Court was hearing an appeal by seven accused persons convicted by the Trial Court and then by the Patna High Court in the abduction and murder of a woman over a dispute for property. The Court acquitted...

Malayalam Actor Siddique Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Rape Case

Malayalam actor Siddique has approached the Supreme Court seeking anticipatory bail in a rape case registered against him on the basis of allegations levelled by a woman.On September 24, the Kerala High Court had dismissed his petition seeking anticipatory bail, observing that the materials on record indicated the prima facie involvement of Siddique in the crime. Challenging the High...

Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment On Senthil Balaji's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment tomorrow (September 26) on the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case arising out of the cash for jobs allegations.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih had reserved its judgment and flagged delay in trial on August 12, 2024Senthil Balaji, a former Tamil Nadu Minister and...

Journalist Moves Supreme Court Against UP Police FIR Over Report On Casteism, Says FIR Calls Yogi Adityanath 'Incarnation Of God'

Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay has moved the Supreme Court for quashing an FIR filed by the UP Police over a story exploring the caste dynamics in the Uttar Pradesh State Administration. In his plea, Upadhyay states that against his journalistic piece ''Yadav Raj versus Thakur Raj (or Singh Raj)' an FIR has been lodged against him under the offences punishable under Sections 353(2),197(1)(C),...

'We Want To See What Exactly There Is On E-Prison Portal' : Supreme Court Directs To Arrange Demonstration Of E-Prison Portal

The Supreme Court today (September 25) directed the Registrar (Judicial) to arrange a demonstration of the e-Prison Portal at 4:15 pm on October 15. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Augustine George Masih is hearing a suo moto case (In Re Policy Strategy for Grant of Bail) where it has passed orders to ensure that prisoners who get bail are released without delay.Through an order...