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Supreme Court Adjourns To Tomorrow NCLT Bar Association's Plea Challenging 3 Year Tenure Of NCLT Members
Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to tomorrow a petition filed by the NCLT Bar Association challenging the notification of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs fixing the tenure of the members of National Company Law Tribunal as 3 years.A vacation bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Hima Kohli granted one day time to the Solicitor General to place on record two sets of...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (June 6 - June 14, 2022)
Child Custody - Income and/or the age and/or the bigger family cannot be the sole criteria to tilt the balance in custody matters - One should not doubt the capacity and/or ability of the paternal grandparents to take care of their grandson - Grand Parents are more attached emotionally with grandchildren. (Para 7.2) Swaminathan Kunchu Acharya v. State of Gujarat, 2022 LiveLaw...
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Dear Readers, Livelaw has completed 9 years.We started our journey on 13th June 2013. We are proud to inform you that With your support and encouragement, Livelaw has grown to become No. 1 Legal News Portal in India, in terms of traffic. Livelaw is not a media supported by big media or business houses, it is fully run by legal professionals. A team of legal professionals, technologists,...
Calcutta High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations 1-101]
Nominal Index [Citations 1-101]Dr. Avinandan Mondal v. State of West Bengal & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 1Bimal Bhattacharya v. State of West Bengal & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 2Pratik Maitra v. State of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 3Shri Aloke Singh & Ors v. Indian Statistical Institute & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 4Amit Kumar Das and Ors v. State of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw...
Prophet Remark Row: Lawyer Moves Supreme Court Seeking Former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma's Arrest
In the backdrop of the ongoing Prophet Remark row, a lawyer has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the authorities to act and arrest former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her alleged hate statement against the revered Prophet Mohammad and hurting sentiments of the Muslim community.Arguing that vulgar remarks were made by Sharma against the revered Prophet Mohammad and...
Question Of Limitation Pertains To Substantial Justice: Supreme Court Condones 67 Days' Delay In Filing Revision Before NCDRC
Setting aside an NCDRC order by which a revision petition filed after 67 days' delay was dismissed, the Supreme Court has observed that "the question of limitation is not to be examined with a view to decline the condonation, but to do substantial justice".Remarking that "delay in filing the revision was not huge, that should not have been condoned under the Consumer Protection Act", the...
Prophet Row: Former Judges & Advocates Write To Supreme Court For Suo Moto Action Against Bulldozing Of Residences, Alleged Illegal Detentions In UP
Former Judges and various Advocates have written to the Supreme Court urging it to take suo moto cognizance of various incidents in the State of Uttar Pradesh of illegal detention, bulldozing of residences and alleged police violence on protestors and those in police custody, following protests against remarks made by BJP spokespersons on the Prophet Mohammed. The letter petition, addressed...
Jharkhand Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC's Order On Maintainability Of PIL Seeking CBI/ED Probe Against CM Hemant Soren
The State of Jharkhand has approached the Supreme Court assailing the High Court's order accepting the maintainability of a PIL seeking independent probe against CM Hemant Soren for alleged money laundering through shell companies. On being mentioned by the counsel for the State of Jharkhand, the vacation bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Vikram Nath on Tuesday asked the counsel to...
High Court's Powers Under Letters Patent Are Subject To Legislative Enactments: ASG Opposes Concurrent Jurisdiction In Child Custody Cases
On day two of the hearing pertaining to the original jurisdiction of the High Court to hear child custody and guardianship matters owing to the advent of the Family Courts Act 1984, the Additional Solicitor General for Madras High Court R. Sankaranarayanan made his submissions favouring the ouster of High Court's jurisdiction. The reference is being heard by a full bench of...
Order 41 Rule 31 CPC | First Appellate Court Ought To Consider Evidence On Record, In Particular Those Relied Upon By Trial Court: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Monday, held that, non-consideration of the evidence on record, in particular those relied upon by the Trial Court and not stating the points for determination, by the First Appellant Court would lead to infirmity in its judgment. The Apex Court reiterated that it is the duty of the First Appellate Court to decide the appeal keeping in view the scope and...