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Leading Cases For Supreme Court AOR Exams 2021 [Part 1 - Tribunals]
The Supreme Court announced that the Advocates On Record [AOR] Examination of this year will be conducted in December 2021. One paper of this examination is about 'leading cases' and the Court has itself issued a list of such cases. This article series intends to serve as a quick guide for wannabe AORs to crack the examination. It is noticed that the list provided by the Supreme Court...
'Sorry State Of Affairs' : CJI Ramana Says Laws Lack Clarity These Days Due To Lack Of Parliamentary Debates
The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today expressed his unhappiness over the lack of debates in Parliament while laws are being enacted these days.The CJI said that earlier there used to be "wise and constructive" debates in the Parliament, which helped the Courts to understand the object and intent of the laws. He cited the example of the Parliamentary debate during the enactment of...
IT Rules 2021 Manifestly Unreasonable; Bring Chilling Effect On Free Speech : Bombay High Court Stays Digital Media Code Of Ethics Enforcement
Dissent is vital for the functioning of any healthy democracy, however, the new 2021 IT Rules can have a chilling effect on freedom of speech, with a journalist or news publisher having to think twice before criticizing the State administration, the Bombay High Court has said. The court observed thus while staying Rules 9(1) and 9(3) of the Information Technology (Guidelines...
'Judges Should Lay Down Law In Continuum Irrespective Of Outcome Of Next Election': Justice Nariman
Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, former Supreme Court Judge on Saturday observed that it is important for judges to lay down Constitutional law in continnum without being affected by the outcome of the next election. He also remarked about how dissent is very much alive in our Courts today. "The fact that we can write dissent today is a great matter, you finish one judgment and then there are...
'Dissent In Democracy Is Vital' : Bombay High Court Stays Enforcement Of IT Rules 'Code Of Ethics' Against Digital Media
The Bombay High Court on Saturday stayed Rules 9(1) and 9(3) of the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules,2021, which mandate that digital news media and online publishers should adhere to the "Code of Ethics" prescribed by the Rules.The High Court prima facie observed that the said provisions infringe the fundamental right to freedom...
Panel Discussion: "Drunk On Power: A Study Of Alcohol Policing In Madhya Pradesh"-Justice Madan Lokur
The Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project is organising a Panel Discussion & Report Release on "DRUNK ON POWER: A STUDY OF ALCOHOL POLICING IN MADHYA PRADESH"The esteemed speakers for the event are:Justice Madan B Lokur (Judge, Supreme Court Of Fiji And Former Judge, Supreme Court Of India)Dayamani Barla (Journalist And Activist)Nihalsing Rathod (Advocate, Bombay High...
Pegasus Snooping: TN MP Seeks AG's Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against NSO Group Directors; Secretary Home
Tamil Nadu MP Dr. T. Thirumaavalavan has written a letter to the Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal, seeking his consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against the directors of the NSO Group for alleged "military grade surveillance" of a Supreme Court justice, while he still was in office, two Supreme Court registry officials on the judicial side of the writ...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Setting Up International Task Force Of Experts On CoVID Deaths
A plea seeking directions to the Centre to set up an international task force of experts comprising of National and International experts (including from China)- reporting to this Top Court for determining if the Delta Variant could be a synthetic pathogen and steps to be taken for preventing the third wave has been filed in the Supreme Court It has been argued that India owes...
Justice Nariman Advises Youngsters To Do Diverse Studies : 'More You Take Things Outside Law, More It Helps You With Law'
Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman advised young lawyers and students to do as much diverse studies as they can of things outside the field of law."The more diverse your experience in life, the more you have to do with subjects other than the law, the more it helps you in the law. Peculiar as it may sound. Because the law is greatly interconnected, and you realize this as...
'SLP Cannot Lie Against Only A Review Order': Supreme Court Raps Petitioner For Approaching Court With Over 56 Years Delay
Emphasizing the fact that an SLP could not lie against only a review order, the Supreme Court today rapped the petitioner for approaching the Court by way of a review application with a delay of 56 years and 6 days. The Division Bench of Justice SK Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy while hearing a plea against the order passed by the Patna High Court on March 29, 2019, remarked...