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'Appearance Not Limited To Making Submissions': SCBA & SCAORA File Petition In Supreme Court On Marking Of Lawyers' Appearances
The Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) have jointly filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that all Advocates present and appearing in a case are entitled to get their appearances recorded in the orders as per the Supreme Court Rules.The writ petition has been filed in the wake of an observation made by...
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Now Judicial Aspirants, Lawyers And Law Students And Others Can Enrol For Individual And Combo Subjects From LiveLaw Academy's 'Judicial Service Examination Preparation Course'Introduction: In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya...
Bombay & Delhi High Courts Get New Chief Justices
The Central government on Tuesday notified the transfer of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, who is presently the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, to the Delhi High Court as its Chief Justice. The government has further notified the transfer of Justice Alok Aradhe, the present Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, to Bombay High Court as its Chief Justice.Notably, the Supreme...
S.113B Evidence Act | Dowry Death Can't Be Presumed Without Clear Evidence Of Incessant Harassment: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (on January 09), while acquitting an accused of cruelty and abetment of suicide, observed that to apply Section 113B (Presumption as to dowry death) of the Indian Evidence Act, clear evidence for incessant harassment is essential. The Court stressed that in the absence of such evidence, it cannot straightaway invoke this provision. For context, the concerned portion...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024: BSA & Evidence Act
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023, (BSA) and THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872, (IEA) - SUPREME COURT ANNUAL DIGEST 2024CORRESPONDING SECTIONS and COMPARISON SUMMARYAppreciation of EvidenceThe High Court fails to appreciate evidence in a thorough manner and merely relied on a limited set of facts to arrive at a finding. In an appeal, as much as in a trial, appreciation of evidence...
CLAT 2025 : Consortium Of NLUs Approaches Supreme Court For Transfer Of Petitions In High Courts
The Consortium of National Law Universities has filed a transfer petition in the Supreme Court with respect to the petitions filed in various High Courts challenging the results of the recently held Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for admissions to various National Law Universities.Petitions are at present pending in the High Courts of Delhi, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bombay,...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Include Rajasthani Language As Medium Of Instruction In Rajasthan Schools
The Supreme Court last week (January 10) issued notice on a petition seeking to include Rajasthani as a language to impart education to children in schools. The petitioners also sought directions to include Rajasthani Language in the examination syllabus of Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher.A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the State...
NDPS Act |'Taxi Driver Not Expected To Give Passenger Details' : Supreme Court Acquits Driver Of Taxi From Which Contraband Was Seized
The Supreme Court recently acquitted a taxi driver who was implicated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), solely for failing to provide details of passengers who had carried contraband in his taxi. The Court held that a taxi driver's inability to provide details of passengers carrying contraband could not justify implicating or convicting him under the...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice K Vinod Chandran As Supreme Court Judge
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice K Vinod Chandran, the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as a Judge of the Supreme Court.It was last week that the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of Justice Vinod Chandran."In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is...
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Now Judicial Aspirants, Lawyers And Law Students And Others Can Enrol For Individual And Combo Subjects From LiveLaw Academy's 'Judicial Service Examination Preparation Course'Introduction:In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. On 11th August 2023, three bills titled Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya...
Supreme Court Says Its Judgments Must Clarify Their Binding Nature So That HCs & Trial Courts Don't Get Confused
The Supreme Court recently highlighted the need to clearly state the intent behind a judgment within the judgment itself. The Court clarified that not every judgment is meant to be a binding precedent under Article 141 of the Constitution. Therefore, the judgment needs to specify whether the decision is intended to resolve a specific dispute between the parties or to establish a precedent...