Prachi Bhardwaj, Author at SCC Times

Prashant Bhushan refuses to offer an ‘insincere’ apology; Says it would be a contempt of his conscience & of the Supreme Court

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, who has been held guilty of contempt of court for his contemptuous tweets has refused to retract his statements

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| SC allows 3 Jain temples to open in Mumbai for ‘Paryushan’; says the order cannot be used as a precedent

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has allowed the opening of three

Case Briefs Supreme Court

How to determine if an allegation of fraud falls under “Fraud Exception”to Arbitrability? SC elaborates

Supreme Court: The bench of RF Nariman and Navin Sinha, JJ has held that “serious allegations of fraud” as a ground for

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Prashant Bhushan Contempt sentence| SC gives time to Bhushan to reconsider his contemptuous statements

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, jj has asked advocate Prashant Bhushan to take 2-3

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Action instituted under section 31 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 not an action in rem: SC

Supreme Court: Refusing to hold an action instituted under section 31 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 as an action in rem,

Hot Off The Press News

Physical hearing in Supreme Court may resume soon; Here are the recommendations of the 7-judge Committee

Supreme Court Registry has written to the President of Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) informing about the decision made in

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Mere production of photocopy of an OPD card and statement of mother not enough to prove mental unsoundness

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, SA Nazeer and Surya Kant, JJ has held that in order to successfully claim

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Has the amendment to Section 4 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 affected the method of determination of value of excisable goods? SC explains

Supreme Court: Explaining the scheme of provisions under the Central Excise Act, 1944, the 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Vikas Dubey Encounter| SC refuses to scrap Justice B.S. Chauhan lead Judicial Committee; says allegations based merely on newspaper reports liable to be rejected outright

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ refused to scrap the Judicial Committee

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Sushant Singh Rajput| Here’s why SC ordered CBI probe into the actor’s death [DETAILED REPORT]

“When truth meets sunshine, justice will not prevail on the living alone but after Life’s fitful fever, now the departed will also

Hot Off The Press News

BAI shows dismay over Prashant Bhushan contempt verdict; says exercise of contempt jurisdiction in this manner by SC would do more self harm than good

“Trenchant criticisim, commentary, satire and homour help build institutions in a free society.” After a group of lawyers, released a Statement appealing

Hot Off The Press News

COVID-19| Will final year exams be held amidst COVID-19 crisis? SC reserves verdict

Supreme Court: The Court had finally reserved it’s verdict in a batch of petitions filed by Final Year students challenging UGC’s revised

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC refuses to direct transfer of money deposited to PM CARES to NDRF [DETAILED REPORT]

“When the Central Government is providing financial assistance to the States to contain COVID-19 it is not for any PIL petitioner to

Hot Off The Press News

COVID-19| Final Year Exams: Odisha in favour of ‘alternative evaluation system’ for graduating students; UGC says State has no power to take that call

State of Odisha has filed an affidavit in the plea challenging UGC’s revised guidelines dated 06.07.2020 regarding conduct of final year exams

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Prashant Bhushan – Tehelka Contempt| Can allegations of corruption against Judges be made publicly? SC frames larger questions

Supreme Court: After it refused to accept the explanation of advocate Prashant Bhushan in the 2009 contempt petition against Advocate Prashant Bhushan

Hot Off The Press News

A battery of lawyers appeal to SC to review the standards of criminal contempt; say verdict against Prashant Bhushan must not be given effect till then

“An independent judiciary consisting of independent judges and lawyers, is the basis of the rule of law in a Constitutional democracy. Mutual

Hot Off The Press News

COVID-19| SC dismisses plea seeking postponement of NEET & JEE; Says “We have to move ahead with all safeguards”

Supreme Court: In a major setback to the students appearing for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), a

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Monitoring Committee appointed vide 2006 order does not have the power to seal residential premises on the private land; SC

Supreme Court: Dealing with the authority of the “Monitoring Committee to seal the residential premises on the private land” particularly when they

Hot Off The Press News

COVID-19| Final Year Exams: A Farman has been issued with complete non application of mind to complete exams by September; Dr. AM Singhvi submits

Supreme Court: After the MHA and UGC submitted their affidavits and yet again defended it’s Revised guidelines dated 06.07.2020 on the ground

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Prashant Bhushan’s tweets not “fair criticism” of judiciary; SC finds him guilty of criminal contempt [DETAILED REPORT]

“The scurrilous allegations, which are malicious in nature and have the tendency to scandalize the Court are not expected from a person,