Supreme Court urges High Courts, Tribunals to consider uniform format for judgments/ orders, number all paragraphs
A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah issued directions in this regard to the registrars of all the High Courts.
Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Surat Sessions Court reserves verdict on plea to stay conviction; order on April 20
During the arguments today, Gandhi questioned the complainant’s logic in claiming that 13 crore people with Modi surname were defamed when the total population of…
Jindal Gang Rape: Two accused move Supreme Court challenging conviction; apex court denies interim bail
Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Sidharth Luthra, appearing for the two convicts Hardik Sikri and Karan Chhabra respectively, argued that the offence of gang rape…
Judgment barring police custody beyond 15 days after arrest needs review: Supreme Court
The Court opined that at present, the 15-day period can get over by the time a higher court sets aside a decision denying custody.
Right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani sent to judicial custody by Gujarat court in hate speech case
Hindustani had on April 1 allegedly delivered a hate speech targeting a particular community, during the Ram Navami celebrations in Una after which there were…
Mumbai consumer forum junks complaint by client against lawyer for refund of fees
The forum noted that the complainant was under the impression that the lawyer he engaged would continue representing him till a favourable order was obtained.
Supreme Court constitutes committee headed by retired Justice Deepak Gupta to verify degree/ law certificates of lawyers; weed out fake ones
Besides Justice Gupta, the committee will comprise retired High Court judges, Justices Arun Tandon and Rajendra Menon, Senior Advocates Rakesh Dwivedi and Maninder Singh and…
Caste deep rooted even 75 years after independence; parents still oppose inter-caste marriage of their children: Allahabad High Court
“This social menace is so deep rooted that even after 75 years of independence, we are fighting the cases with his opponents on this score…
Twitter is a great source of misery: Delhi High Court in contempt case against Vivek Agnihotri, Anand Ranganathan
While the Court discharged Agnihotri after he appeared in court and tendered an unconditional apology for his tweets, it called for Ranganathan to do the…
“Important issue”: Supreme Court issues notice on plea against non-uniform and exorbitant enrolment fees collected by State Bar Councils
“This is a significant issue. It says enrollment fees is a violation of Section 24 of Advocates Act and that BCI should ensure exorbitant enrollment…