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Consumer Protection Act 2019 : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Determination Of Pecuniary Jurisdiction Based On Consideration Paid
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned a writ petition filed challenging the vires of newly notified provisos of Sections 34(1), 47(1)(a) and 58(1)(a)(i) of the Consumer Protection Act 2019, which deal with the pecuniary jurisdiction of district, state and national level fora.A bench comprising Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari decided to adjourn the case after a letter...
IT Rules : Supreme Court Posts Centre's Plea To Transfer Petitions Filed By 'The Wire', 'The Quint' & 'LiveLaw' On July 16
The Supreme Court on Friday posted to July 16 the petition filed by the Central Government seeking to transfer to the top court petitions filed in High Courts of Delhi and Kerala challenging the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna tagged the transfer petition with the...
NLSIU : Supreme Court Stays Karnataka High Court Direction To Promote Student
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) against an order of the Karnataka High Court which directed the promotion of a student to next academic year.The Supreme Court also stayed the order of the High Court, which had set aside the decision of NLSIU to deny a law student, son of a sitting judge...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Time-Limit On Caste-Based Reservations In Education
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed as withdrawn a plea filed by an Advocate seeking directions to fix time limits for expiry of caste-based reservations in education. A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat informed the Petitioner that the Court was not inclined to entertain the petition. Accordingly, the Petitioner withdrew the same. The petition, filed...
Loan Moratorium : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Counting Of 90 Days For NPA Declaration From March 23 Judgment
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking clarification and modification of its 23rd March 2021 judgement whereby it vacated the stay on declaration of loan accounts as Non-Performing Assets.A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah was hearing an application filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking a clarification that the period of declaring...
'No Coercive Action For Non-Compliance Of IT Rules': Kerala High Court Orders In NBA's Plea
The Kerala High Court on Friday issued notice on News Broadcasters Association's (NBA) plea challenging the new IT rules on the ground that they give government authorities "excessive powers" to "unreasonably and impermissibly restrict" the freedom of speech and expression of the media.Justice PB Suresh Kumar has also restrained the Central Government from taking any coercive action against...
Election & Voting Processes Stand Threatened By Social Media Manipulation, Says Supreme Court
Election and voting processes stand threatened by social media manipulation, the Supreme Court remarked in the judgment delivered on Thursday in Facebook vs. Delhi Assembly case.Entities like Facebook have to remain accountable to those who entrust them with such power. While Facebook has played a crucial role in enabling free speech by providing a voice to the voiceless and a means to...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Appeals Against Gujarat HC Judgment Striking Down 97th Constitution Amendment On Cooperative Societies
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement in the appeals filed by the Union of India challenging Gujarat High Court's judgment striking down certain provisions of the 97th Constitutional amendment relating to Cooperative Societies. .The Gujarat High Court had quashed the amendment for no recourse being taken to Article 368(2) of the Constitution providing for ratification by...
"Live-Streaming Only Answer To Adjournment-Seeking Antics, So Society At Large Can See The Cause Of Pendency": Justice Chandrachud
Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday remarked that the only answer to the adjournment-seeking antics is live-streaming of cases so that the society at large can see who is taking time and how matters get adjourned.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and MR Shah was considering a 2018 SLP when it was met with a request for adjournment on behalf of the petitioner. The junior counsel told the bench...
'Judicial System Exists For Common Man': Supreme Court Emphasizes The Need To Write Short & Clear Judgments & Restrict Time For Oral Submissions
In its postscript to the 182 paged judgment refusing to quash Delhi Assembly's summons To Facebook India Head In Delhi Riots Enquiry, the Supreme Court emphasized the need to restrict the time period for oral submissions by lawyers and to have 'more crisp, clear and precise' judgments which litigants can understand."The purpose of our post script is only to start a discussion among the...