Appoint Arun Goel's Replacement In Election Commission Only As Per SC Judgment & Not New Act : Plea In Supreme Court

In a pivotal development, Congress leader Jaya Thakur has filed an application before the Supreme Court to restrain the Union from appointing a new Election Commissioner (EC) as per the latest Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 (Act). This development occurred two days after Election...

Supreme Court Dismisses SBI's Plea For Extension Of Time For Furnishing Electoral Bonds Details; Directs Disclosure By March 12

In the latest development in the electoral bonds case, the Supreme Court on Monday (March 11) dismissed an application for extension of time filed by the State Bank of India (SBI) for complying with the court's earlier directions to furnish electoral bonds details. Concluding that the requisite information is sufficiently available with the bank, the court asked it to disclose the information...

Is The Legislative Measure Of Repeal And Substitution Of The Three Existing Major Penal Statutes, An Inevitable Desideratum?

On principle, I am against the proposed repeal of the existing major criminal laws namely, the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (which is a substantial reproduction of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898) and the replacement of the same by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (“BNS” for short), the Bharatiya Sakshya Abhiniyam, 2023 (“BSA” for short) and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS” for short) respectively. When...

Electoral Bonds Case Live Updates : Supreme Court Hearing Of SBI's Time Extension Plea, Contempt Petitions Against SBI Chairman

The Supreme Court will hear today the application filed by the State Bank of India seeking an extension of time till June 30 to furnish information relating to the Electoral Bonds.As per the judgment delivered on February 15, the Bank had to furnish the information to the Election Commission of India by March 6. The SBI was required to share information such as the purchaser of the bonds,...

Medical Council's Report Can't Be Determinative To Contradict Consumer Forum's Evidentiary Findings On Medical Negligence : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a report of the Medical Council cannot be determinative to contradict the factual findings entered by a Consumer Forum regarding medical negligence.The Court was hearing an appeal filed by a man, a BPL card holder, whose 13-year-old son lost complete vision in his right eye following a cataract surgery undertaken by the respondents (Dr.Sumit Banerjee and Megha...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (04 March-09 March, 2024)

With another week gone at the Supreme Court of India, Live Law is back with its Supreme Court Weekly Digest, dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of the most recent legal developments in the country's apex court. This digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the past week, providing...

A Comprehensive Evaluation Of Section 31 Cr.P.C Regarding The Sentence To Be Passed For Several Offences At One Trial [Q And A] [PART-II]

PART-I Of This Article Can be read hereTHE COMBINED OPERATION OF SECTIONS 31 AND 325 Cr.P.C.This can be better understood by discussing a concrete example in the form of a problem. PROBLEM As members of an unlawful assembly sharing the same common object, A1 to A5 committed rioting and attacked PWs 1 to 3 from a public road at 7 pm. A1 and A2 were each wielding...

Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

Q 1. When the Police Officer uses a case diary to refresh their memory, can the accused be permitted to rely on a case diary to cross-examine the police? State the correct position of law. a. The accused wouldn't be permitted to rely on a case diary to cross-examine the police. b. When the police officer uses a case diary to refresh his memory, the accused will get a right to access it...

Law Commission Recommends Whistleblower Protection, Says Amendments May Be Brought To Mandate Test Data Disclosure

In a recent development, the Law Commission of India has recommended in its 289th Report dated March 5, 2024 that there should be a special legislation for protection of Trade Secrets, with exceptions pertaining to whistleblower protection, compulsory licensing and government use, and public interest. In the same report, it has proposed a separate legislation for Economic Espionage as...

CJI DY Chandrachud Urges Judges To Write Judgments In Simple Language

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, today (March 09), while speaking at an event, said that if judges should write the judgments in a simple language if they should reach the common people. CJI went on to say that an attempt is being made to make Court decisions available to people in their regional languages. CJI was speaking at the inaugural event of the regional/state-level...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [February 25 to 29]

Abuse of Process of LawSpecial Leave Petitions - Several matters, wherein the special leave petitions are filed either against the order seeking adjournment or the order issuing notices or grant/refusal of interim protections. Filing of such petitions not only wastes the time of the Court but it also puts unnecessary burden on the Courts and adds up to the pendency of matters before the...

Madras High Court Removes Observation In Judgment That Origin Of Caste System Is Less Than A Century Old

The Madras High court has now removed the remarks made about the origin of caste system from its recent judgement in the pleas challenging the continuation of office of Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, Minister Sekar Babu and MP A Raja.In the judgment uploaded on March 6th, Justice Anita Sumanth had observed as under,"This Court agrees unequivocally that there are inequities based on caste present...