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Declaration Of Law By Court Will Have Retrospective Effect If Not Otherwise Stated Specifically : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that the declaration of law made by court will have retrospective effect, if not otherwise stated to be so specifically.The bench comprising Justices Surya Kant observed thus while it upheld the order of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court that inter-se seniority for Munsiffs appointed by way of direct recruitment on the recommendation of the State...
CJI NV Ramana : Judiciary Is Answerable To Constitution Alone
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana was addressing the Indian diaspora at an event organised by Association of Indo-Americans at San Francisco, USA.The CJI said :"As we celebrate 75th year of Independence this year and as our Republic turned 72, with some sense of regret I must add here that we still haven't learnt to appreciate wholly the roles and responsibilities assigned by the Constitution...
EPS vs OPS : Supreme Court To Hear On July 6 Plea On AIADMK Leadership Row
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list on July 6(subject to the CJI's approval) the plea moved by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami(EPS) challenging the Madras High Court division bench's order staying the passing of resolutions in AIADMK General Council Meeting.Senior Advocate CS Vaidyanathan mentioned the plea before a vacation bench comprising Justices Indira...
Agnipath Scheme : Supreme Court To Hear Next Week Plea By Candidates Shorlisted For Airmen Recruitment In Air Force
A vacation bench of the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list next week, subject to the approval of the Chief Justice of India, a plea challenging the Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme for armed forces.Advocate Kumud Lata Das mentioned a petition filed by air force aspirants before a vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari for urgent mentioning(Yogesh and...
BREAKING| Uddhav Group Moves Supreme Court Challenging Speaker's Approval For Whip Nominated By Eknath Shinde Group
The Uddhav Thackeray group of the Shiv Sena has approached the Supreme Court challenging the action of the newly elected Maharashtra Assembly Speaker recognizing the whip nominated by the Eknath Shinde group as the Chief Whip of Shiv Sena.The writ petition challenging the Speaker's action has been filed by Sunil Prabhu, the whip appointed by Uddhav Thackeray-led group.Senior Advocate Dr...
500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 Part 4 (Citations 301 to 400)
See Also 500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 [Citations 1 to 100]500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 101 - 200)500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 201 - 300) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; Section 23 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 155(2) - Whether Section 155(2) Cr.P.C. will apply to the investigation of an offence...
Personal Attacks Against Judges Harm Rule Of Law : Justice Pardiwala Calls For Regulation Of Social & Digital Media
Supreme Court judge Justice Pardiwala, while speaking at a public event, expressed concerns at personal attacks against judges in social and digital media and said that it will lead to a dangerous scenario. The judge also said that media trials were not healthy for rule of law."In India, which cannot be classified as a completely mature or informed democracy, social digital media is...
Nabam Rebia Decision Should Be Reviewed As It Has Great Mischief Potential : PDT Achary
The law laid down by the Supreme Court in the 2016 case Nabam Rebia versus Deputy Speaker that a Speaker cannot initiate disqualification proceedings when a resolution seeking his removal is pending should be reviewed, said PDT Achary, former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. Achary was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the anti-defection law...
Personal Attacks On Judges Harm Rule Of Law; Social & Digital Media Employed Frequently To Politicise Legal Issues : Justice JB Pardiwala
Supreme Court judge Justice JB Pardiwala on Sunday expressed concerns at the personal attacks on judges and said that it can lead to a "dangerous scenario"."Personal attacks on judges for their judgements lead to a dangerous scenario where the judges have to think about what media thinks instead of what the law really thinks. This harms the rule of law", he said."Social and digital media...
Fundamental Rights Only One Of The Constitution's Pillars;Have To Be Read Along With Fundamental Duties : Justice Vikram Nath
Supreme Court Judge JJustice Vikram Nath delivered a keynote address on "Fundamental Duties vis-a-vis Fundamental Rights under Our Constitution" at the 2nd Justice HR Khanna Memorial National Symposium hosted by RMNLU Lucknow and NLU Odisha, partnering with the Confederation of Alumni for NLUs (CAN) Foundation. Justice Nath commenced his address by remembering Late Justice HR Khanna....
Cancellation Of Bail Cannot Be Limited To The Occurrence Of Supervening Circumstances : Supreme Court
Cancellation of bail cannot be limited to the occurrence of supervening circumstances, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment delivered on 20 May 2022.The bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli observed thus while it allowed appeal against a judgment of Allahabad High Court which granted bail to a murder accused.While setting aside the bail , the bench...
Can Retweeting, Sharing Or Forwarding Offensive Posts Attract Criminal Liability? Explainer
It is often seen that many Twitter users put a disclaimer 'retweets are not endorsement' in their bio. But can this disclaimer shield one from criminal liability?Recently, the Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police KPS Malhotra said that an individual has to take responsibility for retweets and that even endorsement of a view on social media becomes the view of the person sharing or...