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Electoral Bonds Put A Premium On Opacity, Have Serious Deficiencies; Do It In A Proportional Manner: Supreme Court Tells Union [Day 3]
On the final day of arguments in the case pertaining to the Electoral Bonds Scheme case, the Supreme Court asked the Union Government if it was planning to amend the Companies Act to reintroduce a profit percentage-based limit on donations by Companies. The court also remarked that while it was not asking the government to go back to a cash-based system, it was asking the scheme to be made in...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of New Chief Justices In 3 High Courts
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended names to the Union Government for the appointment as Chief Justices of three High Courts. They are :Justice Ritu Bahri as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High CourtJustice Chakradhari Saran Singh as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and Justice S Vaidyanathan as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.'The resolutions, signed...
42 Candidates Clear Supreme Court's Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates Exam 2023
The Supreme Court has published the results of the Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates Examination 2023.42 candidates qualified the Interview and are offered engagement as Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates. 28 candidates have been placed in the wait list. The list can be seen...
Supreme Court Affirms Penalty On 'Zarda' Manufacturers For Misclassifying Product As 'Chewing Tobacco' For Central Excise Duty
The Supreme Court while adjudicating a matter wherein the Assesssee deliberately misclassified the ‘Zarda’ produced by it as ‘Chewing Tobacco’ for evading payment of a high duty as applicable to ‘Zarda’, has affirmed the imposition of penalty and demand for payment of differential duty raised by the Central Excise Department from the Assessee.The Bench comprising Justice S....
Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up [October 2023]
Nominal Index [Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 844-944]Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India, Basant Bansal v. Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 844Aditya Khaitan & Ors. V. IL and FS Financial Services Limited 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 845Union Bank of India V. Rajat Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 846Adarsh CB v. CB Awasthy Sidharthan 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 847Sanjana Kumari v. Vijay Kumar 2023...
Competent Court Can Examine Valuation Of IPR Suit Below ₹3 Lakhs, Transfer To Commercial Courts Not Necessary: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that it would be open for the competent court to examine the “declared specified value” and the value ascribed to the reliefs claimed in an IPR suit if it is pegged below Rs. 3 lakhs, adding that its undervaluation would have to be evaluated based on the facts of each case. A division bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Dharmesh Sharma said...
Bombay High Court Grants Compensation To BATA Salesmen Fired For Opposing Showrooms Opening 7 Days A Week With Extended Hours
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday awarded compensation ranging from 19.5 lakhs to 33 lakhs to seven former salesmen of shoe company Bata who were terminated in 2007 after refusing to adhere to modified roster for operating showrooms seven days a week with extended hours.Justice Sandeep V Marne observed that they were terminated without any enquiry but refused to reinstate them observing that...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Approval For Liver Donation By Man To His 3-Year-Old Cousin Who Is Overseas Citizen Of India
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking permission to allow liver donation by a person to his cousin, a 3 year old child who is suffering from a chronic liver disease.The authorisation committee under the the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 denied approval for the liver donation citing the bar provided in Section 9.As per Section 9, only a "near relative"...
Voters' Right To Know v. Donors' Confidentiality : Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Electoral Bonds Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 2) reserved judgment in a batch of petitions challenging the electoral bonds scheme. A Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard the matter for three days.The petitioners - Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Communist Party of India (Marxist), Dr...
Supreme Court Asks Election Commission To Submit Data Of Electoral Bonds Funding Received By Political Parties Till Sep 30
The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 2) directed Election Commission of India to get the details of the funds received by all the political parties through Electoral Bonds till September 30 and submit the data to the Court. The data has to be submitted to the Registry of the Court in a sealed cover.A Constitution Bench, which is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the electoral...
Can Trans Woman Invoke Domestic Violence Act? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court is set to examine whether a transgender woman who has undergone sex re-assignment surgery can be an “aggrieved person” under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and has the right to seek interim maintenance in a domestic violence case. The matter has been listed for hearing in 2025. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Rajesh Bindal granted leave in an appeal filed...
'Not Protecting Queer Couples Despite Acknowledging Discrimination Is Abdication' : Review Petition Against Supreme Court Verdict
A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against its judgment in Supriyo v. Union of India which refused to legalise same-sex marriages.The review petition, filed by four petitioners (Udit Sood, Saatvic, Lakshmi Manoharan and Gagandeep Paul), faults the judgment for not affording any legal protection to queer couples despite acknowledging the discrimination faced by them. This,...