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Increase In Salary Of High Court Judges Must Reflect In Same Proportion To District Judges : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in its judgement accepting various recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) on pay, pension, gratuity, age of retirement etc. of judicial officers, remarked that the functions of District judges were essentially the same as High Court judges. Hence, the increase in the salary of the High Court judges should reflect in the pay scale of...
SCAORA Writes To CJI Against Listing Of Fresh Matters Which Were Neither Mentioned Nor Requested For Listing
The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India Dr DY Chandrachud complaining about the sudden listing of fresh miscellaneous matters which were neither mentioned nor requested for listing before the vacation benches of the Supreme Court. The SCAORA members were ensured that in case counsels do not appear, the matters listed would...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Environmental Law [Jan - March, 2023]
Environmental LawAppeal maintainable before NGT against corrigendum imposing additional conditions to environmental clearance. IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd. v. T. Muruganandam, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 192Chandigarh Master Plan - Supreme Court prohibits conversion of independent residential units as apartments in Chandigarh Phase 1 to preserve the heritage status of 'Corbusier'...
Only Instructing Counsel Can Make Mentionings Before Vacation Bench, Not Senior Counsel: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today refused to permit Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi to mention a matter before it. A vacation bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Sanjay Karol said that as per vacation bench norms, only instructing counsel should make mentionings, not senior counsel.Rohatgi sought to mention the matter concerning the issue of electricity in Delhi. Reportedly, the peak...
BREAKING - Delhi High Court Rejects Former IPS Officer Satish Chandra Verma's Plea Against Dismissal Order
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the order of the Union Government dismissing Gujarat IPS Officer Satish Chandra Verma, who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case, one month before his retirement. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva dismissed the pleas moved by Verma against his termination."In view of the above, we find no merit in...
CLAT 2024 To Be Conducted On December 3, 2023
The Executive Committee and Governing Body of the Consortium of National Law Universities met on May 20, 2023 at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal and decided that the Common Law Admission Test 2024 shall be conducted on Sunday, December 3, 2023. The exam is for admission to UG and PG law courses in 22 National Law Universities.The Consortium in the press release has said that...
Avulapalli Reservoir: Supreme Court Stays NGT’s 100 Crore Penalty On Andhra Pradesh,Orders To Deposit 25 Crore
The Supreme Court has stayed the Rs.100 Crore penalty imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the water resource department of Andhra Pradesh for obtaining Environmental Clearance for the construction of Avulapalli reservoir in Chittoor district in violation of environmental norms.The stay is granted subject to the state depositing an amount of Rs. 25 Crore with the authorities within...
Supreme Court "Unhappy" With Telangana HC For Not Deciding MP Avinash Reddy's Anticipatory Bail Plea In Murder Case, Directs Vacation Bench To Decide
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Telangana High Court to place the plea for anticipatory bail filed by Lok Sabha member YS Avinash Reddy, accused in murder case of YS Vivekananda Reddy a member of the Indian National Congress and brother of the late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, before the vacation bench of the High Court on 25.05.2023.“We are inclined to...
BREAKING: Varanasi District Judge Consolidates All Pending Suits Concerning Gyanvapi Dispute, To Hear Them Together
A Varanasi Court today allowed an application moved before it seeking to consolidate eight Gyanvapi-related suits pending before various courts. Now, all these matters will be heard together by the district judge's court.District Judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha passed this order today observing that all the matters should be tried together and consolidated together."I am of the opinion that it...
“Law Of Wills”- Questions & Answers By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-VI]
Q.26 What are the points to be borne in mind before proceeding to make an unprivileged Will ? Ans. Before proceeding to make a Will, the following points have to be borne in mind:-a) Every person whether male or female and who is of age of majority and capable of making a Will as per Section 59 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, can make a Will.b) A Will...
Supreme Court Quarterly Tax Digest 2023
Building Tax Act 1975 (Kerala); Explanation to Section 3(1) - 'Charitable purpose' not limited to 'free medical relief'- The Explanation goes to indicate that ‘charitable purposes’ includes and is, therefore, not confined to the relief of the poor and free medical relief. Consequently, the decision in SH Medical Centre Hospital vs State Of Kerala & Ors (2014) 11 SCC 381 to the extent...
Supreme Court To Hear On May 26 Bail Plea Of AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court will hear on May 26 the plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader and former cabinet minister in Delhi government Satyendar Jain seeking bail in a money laundering case. The matter has been listed before a vacation bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Sanjay Karol. A bench comprising Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli, while considering Jain’s plea...