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Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Manmohan As Supreme Court Judge
The Central Governemnt has notified the appointment of Justice Manmohan, Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.Union Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointment in a post on 'X' :"In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint...
Kerala Church Feud : Supreme Court Says Jacobite Members Are In Contempt, Asks Them To Hand Over 6 Churches To Malankara Group
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 3) observed that the members of the Jacobite Syrian Church are in contempt for "wilfully disobeying" the judgments regarding the entrustment of Churches to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church as per the 1934 Constitution.The Court directed the members of the Jacobite church to hand over the administration of three churches each in Ernakulam and...
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Supreme Court Monthly Round-up: November 2024
IndexCitationsManish Kumar Rai v. Union of India & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 849Pintu Madanmohan Mondal v. State of West Bengal & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 850Union of India v. Ganpati Dealcom Pvt Ltd | R.P.(C) No. 359/2023 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 851International Seaport Dredging Pvt Ltd v. Kamarajar Port Limited, Civil Appeal No 12097 of 2024 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 852Anoop M. and others v....
Beyond Gyanvapi, Mathura & Sambhal : A Look At Cases Pending Against Masjids/Dargahs
Legal disputes over religious places of worship deepen communal polarization, as shown by the recent survey order against a 16th-century mosque in Sambhal, which triggered violence killing four persons.Even so, almost a dozen of such cases are pending before different courts in India, disputing the character of religious places, despite the protection offered by the Places of Worship...
Protest Peacefully, Don't Cause Inconvenience To Public: Supreme Court While Closing Habeas Petition Against Custody Of Farmers' Leader
The Supreme Court yesterday disposed of a habeas corpus petition alleging illegal custody of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal by Punjab police, noting that he has been released and joined the farmers' protest.As per allegations, Dallewal was to begin a fast-unto-death on November 26 in support of farmers' demands. But he was forcibly removed from the protest site on Khanuari border and...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 25, 2024 To December 01, 2024
IndexCitationsM/S Ajay Protech Pvt. Ltd. v. General Manager & Anr., SLP (C) No. 2272 of 2024 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 915K.S. Muralidhar v. R. Subbulakshmi & Anr, SLP (C) No. 18337/2021 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 916Dr Balram Singh v. Union of India, W.P.(C) No. 645/2020, Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, W.P.(C) No. 1467/2020 and Ashwini Upadhyaya v. Union of India, MA 835/2024 2024 LiveLaw...
Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Validity Of BNS & BNSS Provisions On December 18
The Supreme Court today (December 2) directed that the writ petitions challenging provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) will now be comprehensively heard on December 18. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing two writ petitions filed by the Mannargudi Bar Association and Azad Singh Kataria, a retired BSF Commandant.The first petition challenges...
'Legal Aid Must Be Effective; Prosecutors Must Ensure Fair Trial' : Supreme Court Issues Guidelines To Legal Aid Lawyers, Prosecutors
The Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions regarding the role of the Public Prosecutor and the appointment of Legal Aid Counsels in upholding procedural fairness and the fundamental rights of the accused in criminal trials. The Court said that the Public Prosecutor must assist the Trial Court in recording the accused's statement under Section 313 of the CrPC, ensuring all...
Supreme Court Directs States/UTs To File Report On Suggestions Given By Petitioner For Effective Implementation Of Domestic Violence Act
The Supreme Court today (November 2) directed the States and Union Territories to file a status report in response to the suggestions filed by the petitioner 'We The Women of India', a non-governmental organisation, for the effective implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA).A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and NK Singh passed the order after...
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ABOUT LIVELAW ACADEMYWith a vision to empower people by creating avenues for expanding their legal knowledge, the founders of LiveLaw, India's leading Legal News Portal, started LiveLaw Academy in 2021. The aim of LiveLaw Academy is to foster learning in both the core and niche areas of law. To make legal education accessible, we design specialised courses suitable for law students, lawyers and non-lawyers, which are taught by former Judges, Senior Advocates, subject experts and academicians....
Trial Court Has Duty To Inform Accused Of Right To Free Legal Aid When Accused Has No Means To Engage Advocate: Supreme Court
In a crucial decision, the Supreme Court today set aside the conviction of a man accused of committing a rape and murder of a nine-year-old minor who was not afforded proper legal aid during the trial. The Court was shocked to know that the prosecution witness examination-in-chief was conducted in absence of the legal aid to the accused, depriving the accused of objecting to the...