Breaking: Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justices Rajesh Bindal & Aravind Kumar As SC Judges; Supreme Court To Have Full Working Strength

The Central Government has notified the appointments of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Aravind Kumar, currently the Chief Justices of Allahabad and Gujarat High Courts respectively, as Supreme Court judges. With their appointments, the Supreme Court will have full working strength of 34 judges. The last time the Supreme Court had full its full strength of 34 judges was during the period...

Flat Owners Don't Forfeit Right To Claim Amenities Promised By Builder By Taking Possession Of Apartments : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that that flat-owners, who are often forced by the circumstances to take possession of apartments even if the amenities promised by the builder are not provided, do not forfeit their right to claim such services from the builder.A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta criticised the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for...

Muslim Law: Important High Court Judgments 2022

LiveLaw brings to you a compilation of important judgments on Muslim Personal Law from the year 2022.Allahabad High CourtDivorced Muslim Woman Can Claim Maintenance From Husband U/S 125 CrPC As Long As She Doesn't Remarry: Allahabad High CourtCase title - Razia v. State of U.P. [CRIMINAL REVISION DEFECTIVE No. - 475 of 2008]Case Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (All) 179Reiterating the law laid down in...

SC Refuses to Review Its Verdict Upholding the Disqualification of SP Leader Azam Khan’s Son for Not Meeting Age Criteria

A division bench of the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday dismissed a petition by disqualified Rampur MLA Mohd. Abdullah Azam Khan seeking a review of its November 7 decision to uphold the disqualification of the former legislator for not having attained the minimum qualifying age on the date of the election. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and B.V. Nagarathna, rejecting...

Is Affinity Test Integral To Determine Caste Status? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, reserved its judgment in the reference pertaining to the question - whether the affinity test is integral to the determination of caste status made by the Caste Scrutiny Committee.Yesterday, the petitioners had argued that the affinity test conducted in the caste determination process is only a corroborative exercise and is not the sine qua non for...

BREAKING: Supreme Court Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices For HCs Of Allahabad, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat & Manipur

Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of 5 judges for elevation as Chief Justices of the respective High Courts as follows: 1. Justice Pritinker Diwaker - Allahabad High Court [PHC: High Court of Chhattisgarh]2. Justice T S Sivagnanam - Calcutta High Court [PHC: Madras High Court]3. Justice Ramesh Sinha - Chhattisgarh High Court 4. Justice Sonia G Gokani - Gujarat High Court5....

Regularisation Can't Be Claimed If Appointment Was Not By A Competent Authority & There's No Sanctioned Post : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that to seek regularisation, a daily rated employee must have been initially appointed by a competent authority and there must be a sanctioned post on which he must be working.The bench comprising Justices Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing a Civil Appeal arising out of a Special Leave Petition filed against the order of the division bench of the...

Supreme Court Lawyer & Human Rights Activist Ehtesham Hashmi Passes Away

Supreme Court lawyer and human rights defender Ehtesham Hashmi passed away today morning due to a heart attack. Hashmi was known for taking up several human rights causes.In 2021, he lead a team which published a fact-finding report about the communal violence in Tripura which shook the state. The Tripura police booked him under the UAPA over the publication of the report. Later, the...

Supreme Court Reprimands Gujarat Govt For Keeping 75 Proposals On Judicial Infrastructure Pending Since 2014

The Supreme Court on Thursday, while hearing the Malik Mazhar Sultan Vs. U.P. Public Service Commission case in which it has taken up the issues concerning the filling up of judicial vacancies in trial courts, reprimanded the State of Gujarat for keeping proposals pertaining to district judiciary pending since 2014. The amicus curiae in the matter Senior Advocate KV Vishwanath along with Adv...

'Charitable Purpose' Not Limited To 'Free Medical Relief' : Supreme Court On Kerala Building Tax Exemption; Overrules 2014 Judgment

In a notable verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that the meaning of the term "charitable purposes" used in the Kerala Building Tax Act 1975 is not limited to free medical relief.A 3-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala overruled the judgment delivered by a 2-judge bench in SH Medical Centre Hospital vs State...

PM Degree Row : 'Childish Curiosity Of Someone Not Public Interest Under RTI Act', Gujarat University Argues In Gujarat High Court

Challenging the order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Gujarat University to provide “information regarding degrees in the name of Mr. Narendra Damodar Modi" to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the year 2016, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued today before the Gujarat High Court that the RTI Act is being "misused to settled scores and taking a childish jab...

Supreme Court Disapproves Of Building Zoos Inside Tiger Reserves; Stops Constructions Within Core Areas Of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries

The Supreme Court on Wednesday put a stop to all construction activities in the core areas within tiger reserves, national parks, and wildlife sanctuaries, amidst the recent controversy over the Uttarakhand government’s proposal to construct animal enclosures inside the Jim Corbett National Park. This development follows closely on the heels of a court-constituted panel recommending...