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Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2023 -Criminal Trial
Section 197 Cr.P.C. - Sanction required even for acts done in excess of official duty. A. Srinivasulu v. State of Rep. by the Inspector of Police, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 485Section 319 Cr.P.C. - Person not named in the FIR can be added as accused if there's sufficient evidence of his involvement. Jitendra Nath Mishra v. State of U.P., 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 480 : AIR 2023 SC 2757 : 2023 INSC...
Accused Can't Be Given Opportunity To Explain Before Filing Final Report : Supreme Court Sets Aside 'Strange' HC Order
The Supreme Court recently expressed surprise at a direction passed by a High Court that the police will give opportunity to an accused to explain the materials collected against him before the filing of chargesheet.The Madhya Pradesh High Court passed the direction while refusing to quash an FIR under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Disapproving of the High Court's order, a...
IBC | Tax & Customs Dues To Be Paid As Per Waterfall Mechanism Under Section 53 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice S.V.N. Bhatti, has clarified that the dues of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, Department of Revenue, will be paid as per the waterfall mechanism given under Section 53 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”).Section 53 of IBC provides the order of priority in which proceeds from sale...
CLAT 2024 Last Date For Applications Extended Till November 10
The last date for applications for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2024 has been extended till 11.59 PM, November 10, 2023.This was informed by the Consortium of the National Law Universities in a press release. The initial deadline was to expire at 11.59 PM, November 3, 2023....
Centre Nominates Justice S Muralidhar & 8 Others As Members To NALSA
The Central Government, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, has nominated former Dr.Justice S Muralidhar, former Orissa High Court Chief Justice, as a Member to the National Legal Services Authority.The Centre has also nominated the following persons as NALSA Members :1. Senior Advocate Siddharth Agarwal.2. Justice Arun Palli, judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court3. ...
Liberty Is Dead In India, Anybody Can Be Arrested Anytime & Courts Won't Grant Bail; PMLA Is An Instrument Of Oppression: Kapil Sibal
In an interview with veteran journalist Nidhi Razdan, Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal recently said the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is being used as an instrument of oppression by the government. “The PMLA is an instrument of oppression. It's as simple as that. It's an instrument by which you terrorize people,” he said. When Razdan pointed out that...
Army's Approach To Promotion Of Women Officers Arbitrary, Contrary To Judgment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (November 3) criticized the Indian Army for its "arbitrary" attitude towards the promotion of women officers who have been granted permanent commission as per the earlier judgments of the Court.The Court observed that the norms adopted by the Army have done "disservice to the need to provide justice to women officers who had fought a long and hard battle to...
Disclosure Would Endanger Life Of Judges: Bombay High Court Denies RTI Information On Structural Audit Report Of Its Building
The Bombay High Court has refused to provide a report of its structural audit sought under the Right to Information Act citing danger to its judges.“…the disclosure of the same would endanger the life or physical safety of Hon'ble Judges and Officials of the Hon'ble Bombay High Court,” the reply stated.Environmentalist Zoru Bhathena said he had sought a copy of the Structural Audit...
Supreme Court Says Enhancing EVM-VVPAT Tally Would Increase Election Commission's Work Without Any Big Advantage
Ahead of the 2024 general elections, the Supreme Court on Friday (November 3) orally observed that enhancing scale of electronic voting machine (EVM) data cross-checking against voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) records would increase the election commission's work without any 'big advantage'.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti was hearing a public interest litigation...
Kuki Revolutionary Army Chief, UKLF Leader Move Supreme Court Seeking Transfer Of Trial From Manipur To Assam
The Supreme Court today(3rd November) stayed the trial in a missing arms case against Kuki Revolutionary Army Chief David Hangshing and United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) leader Lhunkhoson Haokip while issuing notice on their plea to transfer the case from Manipur to Assam.A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal issued notice to the National Investigation Agency...
Kerala High Court Bans Bursting Of Firecrackers In Religious Places At Odd Hours, Says No Holy Book Prescribes It Pleases God
The Kerala High Court on Friday came down heavily upon bursting of firecrackers at odd hours in religious places. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Amit Rawal called upon all District Collectors in the State to conduct raids in all religious places and take into possession crackers illegally stored in all religious place, with the assistance of the Commissioners of Police. "I...direct the...
Stop Using 'My Lord' & 'Your Lordship', Use 'Sir' Instead : Justice PS Narasimha To Lawyer
Justice PS Narasimha, judge of the Supreme Court, recently expressed displeasure at being repeatedly addressed as "Your Lordship" and "My Lord".“How many times you will say 'My Lords'? If you stop saying this, then I will give you half of my salary,” Justice PS Narasimha told a lawyer during a hearing, reported the PTI. “Why don't you use 'Sir' instead?,” the judge asked the...