The administrative side of the Supreme Court has asked a Special Bench to review the Indira Jaising judgment of 2017, governing the designation of lawyers as Senior Advocates. Representing the Apex Court, Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta made arguments on Wednesday before the Special Bench of Justice AS Oka, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SVN…
The Delhi High Court has granted app-based transport aggregator Rapido four months to improve accessibility for disabled persons and in case of failure, they should pack up from India. The High Court further pulled the Central government for allowing the app to function without complying with the existing laws. It summoned the Joint Secretary of…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), directing it to come up with a roadmap within two weeks on how it planned to carry out investigation into the alleged builder-banks nexus in Delhi/NCR, which duped thousands of homebuyers in the region. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has registered 193 cases against current and former MPs, MLAs, MLCs, political leaders, and individuals affiliated with political parties in the past 10 years. This information was given by the Ministry of Finance and Revenue to the Parliament, during its ongoing Budget Session. Replying to a query by Member of…
The Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to enroll within two days, a Korean national as lawyer. The Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta noted on Tuesday that since there was no stay on the single-judge order allowing the plea of Daeyoung Jung for enrolment…
The Supreme Court has directed the States across the country to formulate guidelines and policies, ensuring that patients and their families were not exploited by hospitals, especially private hospitals. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotishwar Singh observed that since it would not be advisable for the Supreme Court to issue mandatory…
The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Act, 2023 on April 16. The petitions raised objections to the removal of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the selection panel responsible for…
Expressing its strong displeasure over the mistranslation of certain documents in a case, the Supreme Court recently asked the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) to address the situation, since the Advocates-on-Record (AoRs) were expected to certify the case documents. These observations were made by the Bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Aravind Kumar, while…
Six Supreme Court judges have decided to pay a special visit to Manipur on March 22, on the occasion of the Duodecennial Celebration of the Manipur High Court. The Apex Court judges, including Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice MM Sundresh, Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice N Kotiswar Singh, would visit…
A special court in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday awarded death sentence to three persons for their alleged involvement in the cold-blooded murder of 24 Dalits, committed 44 years ago. Earlier last week, Special Judge Indira Singh of the Mainpuri court had convicted Kaptaan Singh, Ramsevak, and Rampal Singh, all in their early 70s, for their…