Witness Who Was Shown In Prosecution List But Not Examined By Prosecution Can Be Summoned As Defence Witness: Supreme Court

In a dowry death case, the Supreme Court recently allowed a witness cited by prosecution to be examined by the defence, considering that he was discharged by the former without being called to depose."...the prosecution has consequentially chosen to discharge the said witness and, therefore, he has not been put in the witness box to depose on behalf of the prosecution. In such view of the...

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Law Ministry Accepts Parliamentary Standing Committee's Recommendation To Establish Regional Benches Of Supreme Court

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on Wednesday presented the 144th Report outlining the response of the Union Law Ministry to the recommendations made for judicial reforms in the 133rd Report of the Committee. The 133rd report was presented before the Rajya Sabha on August 7, 2023, and tabled before the Lok Sabha on the same day.The Union...

Degree Of Backwardness Within Scheduled Castes May Vary, Says Supreme Court; Centre Supports Subclassification Within SCs/STs [Day 2]

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench on Tuesday (February 7) while hearing on the validity of subclassifications within SC/STs deliberated upon the notion of homogeneity of class and what Article 341 of the Constitution meant in light of communities designated as a “Scheduled Caste” Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing from the petitioner's side, argued that there were two key mistakes...

Criminal Justice Machinery Being Misused By Certain Persons For Vested Interests; Courts Have To Be Vigilant : Supreme Court

Expressing concerns about the misuse of the criminal justice machinery by certain persons to achieve their oblique motives, the Supreme Court recently urged that the Courts have to be vigilant against such tendencies.The Supreme Court said that that the High Courts must exercise their inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash criminal proceedings in such...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Madras HC Direction To Conduct Murder Trial Inside Jail, Keeps Question Of Law Open

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 7) declined to entertain a plea challenging a directive issued by the Madras High Court to conduct trial proceedings within prison premises.This case originated from an appeal filed by one Sutherson against the rejection of his bail plea by a Thoothukudi special court. He was arrested for the murder of an advocate over suspected business rivalry...

BREAKING | Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Passes Bill On 'Uniform Civil Code', Becomes First State To Do So

The Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 Bill. With this, Uttarakhand became the first State in the country to pass a law on Uniform Civil Code. The bill was tabled before the Assembly today two days after the Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the final draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Earlier, in 2022, a committee was formed by...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Justice NV Anjaria As Chief Justice Of Karnataka High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Gujarat High Court judge Justice NV Anjaria as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.The appointment, if cleared by the Central government, will take place following the retirement of the current Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Justice PS Dinesh Kumar on February 24th.Justice Anjaria was appointed as a Judge of...

Delhi Court Summons CM Arvind Kejriwal In Money Laundering Case, Asks Him To Appear On February 17

A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on ED's plea for not complying with the summons issued to him in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra of Rouse Avenue Courts has directed Kejriwal to appear before the court on February 17. The court took cognizance of the...

NLUs Not Properly Implementing Reservations For SC/ST/OBCs In Student Admissions To UG, PG Courses: Parliamentary Standing Committee

"National Law Universities situated across the country are not properly implementing reservations for SC/ST/OBC's while admitting the Students in UG and PG courses especially with regard to All India Seats," the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice said in its 142nd Report published today.The report, presented to both Houses...

Supreme Court Affirms HC Direction To Grant Two Higher Scales To Govt Official In Post Without Promotional Avenues

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 6) dismisses the plea of the Himachal Pradesh Government challenging the grant of two promotions to an employee in the next higher scale of pay upon his completing 12 years and 24 years in service. The Bench Comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra, affirmed the decision of the High Court directing the State to provide two promotions...

Punjab Pre-Emption Act | Supreme Court Explains Difference Between 'Land' & 'Immoveable Property'

The Supreme Court held that a tenant can claim the right to pre-emption in the 'urban immovable property' under the Punjab Pre-Emption Act, 1913, and the claim of the tenant cannot be discarded by the subsequent purchaser of the urban immovable property on the ground that the notification issued by the state government bars the tenants right to file a suit for pre-emption for the land situated...