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Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Postpone CA Exams Due To Lok Sabha Elections, Says Will Affect Over 4 Lakh Students
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 29) rejected a petition to postpone the CA exams held by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in view of Lok Sabha elections.The Court noted that the Chartered Accountant exams for intermediate and final level are scheduled on the 8th and the 14th May, whereas the elections are on the 7th and 13th of May 2024. The Court said that postponing...
Hemant Soren Seeks Interim Bail, Supreme Court Agrees To Consider His Plea Against ED Arrest In Week Starting From May 6
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 29) issued notice on a petition filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The Bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta posted the matter in the week commencing from May 6 stating that, in the meantime, it shall be open to the Jharkhand High Court to pronounce the...
Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Plea Seeking Declaration That Shariat Law Won't Apply To Non-Believer Muslim
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 29) issued notice on a writ petition seeking a declaration that a person who was born a Muslim, but ceased to be believer, would not be governed by the Shariat law.The petition was filed by a Kerala-based woman named Safiya PM, who stated that she was not a believer and hence should be governed by the Indian Succession Act 1925 with respect to...
Pleas Of Arvind Kejriwal & Hemant Soren Against ED Arrest : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear today the petitions filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against their arrests by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Both these petitions are listed before the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta.Soren has approached the Supreme Court citing the delay by the Jharkhand High Court in pronouncing...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (22nd April-27th April, 2024)
With another week gone at the Supreme Court of India, Live Law is back with its Supreme Court Weekly Digest, dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of the most recent legal developments in the country's apex court. This digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the past week and also the updates...
The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XII]
Information RTI Act will become 'dead letter': Supreme Court directs States, Union to fill vacancies in Information Commissions. Anjali Bhardwaj v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 942 'Ensure public authorities follow the mandate of Section 4 RTI Act': Supreme Court directs Central / State Information Commissioners. Kishan Chand Jain v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 665 :...
Supreme Court Monthly Digest - March 2024
Citations 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 180 to 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 268 Agricultural Produce and Livestock Markets Act, 1966 Agricultural Produce and Livestock Markets Act, 1966 (Andhra Pradesh) – Ghee as a product of livestock – The inclusion of “ghee” as a livestock product cannot be faulted merely because it is not directly obtained from milk, which is a product of livestock, it...
Should Compensation In Domestic Violence Cases Be Proportionate To Degree Of Offence Or Financial Status Of Offender? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court (on April 26) admitted a petition raising an important question of whether the compensation awarded to the victim of domestic violence should be commensurate with the degree of domestic violence suffered or the financial status of the guilty party. The matter was placed before Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra. In the present case, both parties...
Suspension Of Sentence Exception In Serious Offences, S.389 CrPC Not To Be Invoked Merely Because Convict Was In Jail For Long : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that factors of the likelihood of delay and incarceration for a particular period should not be a sole consideration while deciding the plea of the accused to suspend the sentence pending the appeal against the conviction under Section 389 of Cr.P.C.“On its perusal, we are of the opinion that factors like nature of the offence held to have committed, the manner...
Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Of Arvind Kejriwal & Hemant Soren Against ED Arrest On April 29
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday (April 29) the petitions filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against their arrests by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Both these petitions are listed before the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta.Soren has approached the Supreme Court citing the delay by the Jharkhand High Court...
Arrest A Classic Case Of Ruling Party Misusing ED To Crush Political Opponent, No Money Traced To AAP : Arvind Kejriwal To Supreme Court
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has told the Supreme Court that his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor policy case is illegal and constitutes an “unprecedented assault” on the tenets of democracy based on “free and fair elections and federalism.”Kejriwal, who is presently in judicial custody, has told the Apex Court that the money laundering case is a...
Supreme Court Stays Construction Of 4 Dams In Haryana's Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary
The Supreme Court has stayed the construction of four dams in the Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary in Haryanain view of the report of the Wildlife Institute of India that their construction will adversely impact the wildlife population and the ecosystem.The WII found that the construction of four dams—Chikan Dam, Kansli Dam, Ambawali Dam, and Khillanwalla—in Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary,...