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Supreme Court Criticises Bombay High Court For Not Uploading Reasoned Order Despite One Month's Passage After Pronouncement
UPDATE on Sep 11 - Bombay High Court Informs That Order Was Uploaded; Supreme Court Expresses Disappointment At Counsel's Misleading StatementThe Supreme Court again criticized late uploading of reasoned orders by the High Courts.It is not completely alien to the system where reasoned orders are sometimes to be delivered later on, but that does not mean that such period of later-on can...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Arrest & Summoning Powers Of GST Officials
The Supreme Court on August 25 issued notice in two similar writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) including Section 69 (i.e., power to arrest), 70(1) (i.e., power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents). The Court has...
Appointment Can't Be Denied Citing Suppression Of Material Facts When Employer's Query Was Vague : Supreme Court
In a case related to “suppression of material information” about a pending criminal case by a candidate, the Supreme Court highlighted the crucial aspect of specificity when seeking information from candidates during the verification process. It reiterated the principle laid down in Avtar Singh v. Union of India (2016) 8 SCC 471 held that- “For determining suppression or false...
Pressure Of Narrative Changes Course In Which Cases Can Go, Judges And Investigating Agencies Not Immune To Media Pressure: Justice Anup J. Bhambhani
Delhi High Court judge, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani, on Saturday said that investigating agencies and judges are not immune to media pressure and that the pressure of the narrative built around a case digresses and changes the course in which cases can go.“We must always, as counsel as people otherwise engaged in the criminal justice system, we are all influenced subliminally by what we...
Execution Petition Can't Be Dismissed As Inexecutable Merely Because Property's Possession Is Lost To Third Party : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Executing Court cannot dismiss an execution petition by treating the decree for possession as inexecutable, merely on the basis that the property has been lost to a third party/encroacher.“If this is allowed to happen, every judgment-debtor who is in possession of the immoveable property till the decree is passed, shall hand over possession to a third...
Personal Liberty Is Paramount Essential For Dignity And Human Happiness, Presumption Of Innocence Is A Fundamental Right: Justice Siddharth Mridul
Delhi High Court judge, Justice Siddharth Mridul, yesterday said that personal liberty is the paramount essential and sine qua non for human dignity and human happiness and that the principle or presumption of innocence is recognised as a fundamental right in India. “The presumption of innocence is the very elixir of the criminal justice system. It is evidently today recognized legal right....
'Best Of Times, Worst Of Times': Justice Deepak Gupta Discusses Supreme Court Judgments Which Expanded & Restricted Fundamental Rights In Last Decade
Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Deepak Gupta delivered a lecture on the topic "Development of Fundamental Rights Jurisprudence in Last 10 years" as part of LiveLaw's 10th anniversary lecture series. This was the 2nd lecture of the series, which was inaugurated by former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on July 3. Justice Gupta, delivered a comprehensive lecture shedding light on...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Rely On ChatGPT Responses In IPR Suit, Says AI Can’t Substitute Human Intelligence In Adjudicatory Process
Refusing to rely on ChatGPT responses in a suit filed by french luxury company Christian Louboutin over its unique “red sole” shoes design, the Delhi High Court has said that artificial intelligence cannot substitute either human intelligence or humane element in the adjudicatory process.“Accuracy and reliability of AI generated data is still in the grey area. There is no doubt in the...
CJI DY Chandrachud Talks Of Law Firm Turning Away An Intern Due To His Caste, Calls For Inclusivity In Legal Profession
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday called for inclusivity in the legal profession while recalling an incident where a young student who began his internship at a law office was asked by his supervisor which caste he belonged to. When he revealed his caste he was asked not to return. “I was filled with despair when I heard of this” the CJI said while addressing students at...
Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Catholic Priest Under Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law For Baptising Child
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 25) issued a temporary stay on the criminal proceedings against a Catholic parish priest in Gujarat for baptising a child at the request of the child's Christian mother, who is estranged from her Hindu husband. The priest has been accused of forceful religious conversion under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act of 2003. This stay will operate till the...
Retired Employees Can't Claim Benefit Of Subsequent Govt Decision To Increase Retirement Age : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by a group of teachers in Homeopathic Medical Colleges in Kerala seeking increase of their retirement age from 55 years to 60 years at par with the teachers of other Medical Colleges.The appellants approached the Supreme Court in 2010 challenging the refusal of the Kerala High Court to grant them relief. While the appeal was pending in the...