BREAKING| SCBA Drops Move To Pass Resolutions Against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and NK Kaul

Following the opposition by many lawyers, including several prominent Senior Advocates, the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association decided to cancel the General Body Meeting which was convened tomorrow to discuss the resolutions proposed against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Neeraj Kisan Kaul.The proposed resolutions sought to reprimand Sibal and Kaul for apologising to...

Supreme Court Issues Notice For Aggravated Contempt To Lawyer For Asking NCLT To Ignore SC Order

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to an advocate for "aggravated contempt of court" for asking the National Company Law Tribunal to ignore an order passed by the Top Court as "nullity". In his application filed in the NCLT, the lawyer had stated that the Supreme Court's order dated 23.09.2022 was a nullity as one of the members of the bench which passed the order was related to the...

Shiv Sena Case: Principle Of Majority Rule Higher Than Evil Of Defection,’ Eknath Shinde’s Faction Tells Supreme Court

Much higher than the evil of defection is the principle of majority rule in this country, senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani said on Tuesday(March 14) while appearing for the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction before a constitution bench. The five-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and Narasimha, was hearing a gamut...

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KVAT Act | Dealer Claiming Input Tax Credit Must Prove Transaction Beyond Reasonable Doubt : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that under Section 70 of the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003, a dealer claiming Input Tax Credit on purchase ought to prove and establish actual physical movement of goods and genuineness of transaction. It noted that in order to establish the same, the dealer should furnish the name and address of the selling dealer, details of the vehicle which has delivered...

Breaking: BCI Permits Foreign Lawyers & Firms To Practice Foreign Law, Diverse International Law And International Arbitration Matters In India

In a pathbreaking development, the Bar Council of India has decided to permit foreign lawyers and law firms to practice foreign law in India on reciprocity basis. The areas of practice of law by a foreign lawyer or Foreign Law Firm shall be laid down by Bar Council of India, in consultation with the Law Ministry, if need be.It has notified the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration...

Telangana CM's Daughter K. Kavitha Moves Supreme Court Challenging ED Summons In Delhi Excise Policy Case, Hearing On March 24

Telangana CM's daughter and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha has moved the Supreme Court challenging ED summons in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy case.She was questioned by the agency on March 11 and is required to appear again tomorrow.The matter was mentioned before CJI DY Chandrachud who refused immediate hearing and posted the matter on March 24.Kavitha, presently an...

Murder Trial- Prosecution's Omission to Explain Injuries On Accused Assumes Importance When Evidence Consists Of Interested Witnesses : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reiterated that omission on the part of the prosecution to explain injuries on the person of the accused assumes greater importance where the evidence consists of interested witnesses or where the defence gives a version which competes in probability with that of the prosecution.A Bench comprising Justice BR Gavai, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sanjay...

Supreme Court Issues Directions For Installation Of Vapour Recovery System In Retail Petroleum Outlets

The Supreme Court has directed that all the retail petroleum outlets located in cities having population of more than 10 lakh and having turn over of more than 300 KL/Month shall install the Vapour Recovery System(VRS) mechanism. This should be done within the fresh time line prescribed in the circular issued by the Central Pollution Control Board on June 4, 2021.A bench comprising...

Spotlight On Recent Appointments To The Supreme Court - Justice Aravind Kumar

A general criticism of the Indian Courts has been that very little is known to the public about the judges being recommended by respective Collegium before their appointment, on merit and suitability. A designated Secretariat ideally should do the job, unfortunately we don’t have such a mechanism. Livelaw has taken an initiative to share relevant information about the appointees and we...

Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Supreme Court Poses Multiple Questions On Governor's Role | Live Updates From Hearing [March 15]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases related to rift in Shiv Sena.A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear the matter. Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha are the other members of the bench.The bench started hearing the matter on merits from February 21. On February 16, it had decided to defer a decision on the...

Don't Allow Resolutions Against Kapil Sibal & NK Kaul : KK Venugopal Urges SCBA President Vikas Singh

Former Attorney General for India and Senior Advocate KK Venugopal has written to the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Vikas Singh advising him to not allow the passing of the resolutions proposed against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Neeraj Kishan Kaul.The SCBA General Body meeting is scheduled to consider tomorrow(March 16) the resolutions proposed against Sibal and Kaul...