MCD Mayor Polls : Nominated Members Cannot Vote, Says Supreme Court While Hearing AAP Leader's Plea

The nominated members cannot vote in the elections for the Mayor of Municipal Corporation, orally observed the Supreme Court while hearing a petition filed by AAP leader Shelly Oberoi in relation to the election of Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)."Nominated members cannot go for election. The Constitutional provision is very clear", Chief Justice of India DY...

'Why Are You Piggybacking Uber?' : Supreme Court Refuses To Allow Rapido's Intervention Plea, Asks It To Move Bombay HC

The bike-taxi aggregator, Roppen Transportation Services Pvt Ltd (Rapido), approached the Supreme Court of India in an intervention application in Uber's challenge to March 7, 2022 order of the Bombay High Court which directed that cab aggregators should comply with Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020. The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha,...

Collegium Proposals | 'Make Sure What Is Expected Is Done, Concerned With Some Issues' : Supreme Court To Centre On Judges' Appointments

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it still has some concerns regarding the appointment of the judges and told the Central Government to "make sure what is expected is done". A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Manoj Misra and Aravind Kumar was hearing a contempt petition filed by Advocates Association of Bengaluru against the Central Government over the delay in...

Bhima Koregaon Case : Supreme Court Adjourns Bail Applications Of Vernon Gonsalves & Arun Ferreira To Feb 21

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the bail applications of Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, both of whom have been lodged in jail since August 2018 after their arrest over alleged Naxal links in Bhima Koregaon case. The accused are facing charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. A division bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and...

License Necessary To Operate As Cab Aggregator : Supreme Court Asks Uber To Apply For License From Maharashtra Govt

The Supreme Court on Monday, directed Uber to apply for a license as per Section 93(1) of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2019 within a period of 3 weeks (on or before 6th March, 2023), to continue its services as an aggregator in the State of Maharashtra. At the same time, the Court also allowed Uber to make a representation to the State of Maharashtra to ventilate its grievances with regard...

Human Life Equally Important As Protection Of Environment; Projects Necessary For Country's Economic Development Can't Be Stalled : Supreme Court

While giving a go-ahead to the construction of railway overbridges in West Bengal as part of the Setu Bharatam project, the Supreme Court observed that protection of human life is also equally important as protecting the environment.The project had been stayed since 2018 after the Calcutta High Court's order allowing the cutting down of 356 trees was challenged in the Supreme Court. In 2020,...

Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2022- Part-2

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; The rules of procedure are essentially intended to subserve the cause of justice and are not for punishment of the parties in conduct of the proceedings. (Para 26.1) Prakash Corporates v. Dee Vee Projects Ltd., 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 162 : AIR 2022 SC 946 : (2022) 5 SCC 112Dominus LitusCode of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Plaintiff is...

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Delimitation In Jammu & Kashmir

The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a petition which challenged the delimitation exercise carried out for redrawing the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu & KashmirA Bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice A.S. Oka passed the order in a plea, inter alia, challenging the delimitation exercise undertaken in the Union Territory of...

Justices Rajesh Bindal & Aravind Kumar Take Oath As Supreme Court Judges; SC Has Full Working Strength Now

Justices Rajesh Bindal and Aravind Kumar, formerly the Chief Justices of Allahabad and Gujarat High Courts respectively, took oath as Supreme Court judges on Monday. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the oath of office to them in the presence of all the judges. With their appointments, the Supreme Court will have full working strength of 34 judges.It was on January 31 that...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest (6th February 2023-12th February 2023)

From the almost theatrical appointment of Justice Victoria L Gowri in the Madras High Court and its parallel challenge in the Supreme Court, to the Supreme Court upholding the power of the Bar Council of India to require law graduates to qualify for the All-India Bar Examination – a lot happened in the past week in the Apex Court. Get the full story of all that happened this week through...

‘AI is a Game-Changer in Legal Field’: Justice Hima Kohli on Why Artificial Intelligence Does not Pose a Threat, But an Opportunity

“AI is a game-changer in the legal field and has the potential to revolutionise the way lawyers work,” said Supreme Court judge Hima Kohli on Saturday. Amid increasing chatter that artificial intelligence and generative AI tools like ‘ChatGPT’ might make lawyers obscure, Justice Kohli insisted that AI should not be viewed as a threat, but as an opportunity to enhance the quality...

Supreme Court Allows CBI To Investigate FIR Against Kolkata Police Officers, But No Arrests To Be Made

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection to officials of Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police from arrests in an FIR registered by the CBI against unidentified officers. The Court however allowed the CBI to continue with the investigation of the case.The Court was considering a petition filed by the Commissioner of Police Kolkata against a Jharkhand High Court direction to CBI...