SC Collegium recommends appointment of Justice Manmohan as Judge of Supreme Court of India
Justice Manmohan was appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 21-9-2024 and took oath of office on 29-9-2024.
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In Memoriam: Late Justice Kuldip Singh, the Green Judge of India
Earning the moniker of “Green Judge”, Late Justice Kuldip Singh played a monumental role in building the foundations of Environmental Jurisprudence in India.
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Court must be mindful of the danger of attributing criminal intent to an otherwise disturbed civil relationship: SC
The Court further observed that there is a worrying trend that consensual relationships going on for prolonged period, upon turning sour, have been sought to be criminalised by invoking criminal jurisprudence.
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SC dismisses petitions challenging insertion of “socialist” and “secular” in the Preamble via 42nd Constitutional Amendment
The Court said that addition of ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ to the Preamble have not restricted or impeded legislations or policies pursued by elected governments and the constitutional position remains unambiguous, negating the need for a detailed academic pronouncement.
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice B.R. Gavai
Recapitulating the career trajectory of eminent Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice B.R Gavai, who is in line to become only the second Chief Justice of India belonging to Scheduled Caste category after Justice K.G. Balakrishnan.
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“Criticising Judicial Officer should be avoided”; SC directs expunging of adverse remarks made against an ASJ in a Delhi HC judgment
The Court strictly pointed out that the High Court could not have used a judgment on the judicial side to advise individual Judicial Officers. That can only be done on the administrative side in an appropriate case.
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Explained | SC decision on availability of CENVAT Credit to MSPs for erection of mobile towers and PFBs
The High Courts of Bombay and Delhi had rendered two opposing verdicts on the issue. One view favoured the Revenue while the other one was in favour of the Mobile Service Providers.
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7th Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, Justice Siddharth Mridul, retires after a tenure of 13 months
Justice Siddharth Mridul started his legal career in 1986 from Delhi High Court and for 37 years served his parent High Court in the capacity of an Advocate and then a Judge. In October 2023, Justice Mridul took charge as the 7th Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.
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Priority in admission to KV under Grandparents Sponsoring Quota can’t be construed to be a vested right: Karnataka HC
The Court pointed out that the guidelines 2024-25 expressly did not provide preference to the grandchildren of serving/retired employees. When such a preference was specifically not provided in the current guidelines governing the admission process, then such admission cannot be considered as per previous guidelines.
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“Wife entitled to maintain matrimonial home lifestyle during pendency of divorce petition”; SC directs husband to pay Rs.1,75,000 monthly interim maintenance
The wife claimed that she has a M.Sc. degree in Clothing and Textile but was forced to leave her job as her husband was against her working.
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SC grants anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique in rape case; questions delay in filing of the complaint
The complaint alleging that the actor committed a rape in 2016, came in the wake of revelations made in Justice K. Hema Report detailing several instances of sexual abuse in the Malayalam film industry.
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SC Collegium recommends appointment of Justice D. Krishnakumar as next Chief Justice of Manipur HC
Current Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, Justice Siddharth Mridul will retire on 21-11-2024, thereby giving rise to a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice.
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Computation of royalty a Policy matter, but Court can’t ignore prima-facie anomaly in the computation mechanism: SC
Even though the Court declined to declare Explanations to Rule 38 of MCR, 2016 and Rule 45(8)(a) of MCDR, 2017 as unconstitutional, it took strict note of the anomaly in the provisions vis-a-vis computation of royalty to be levied for the extraction or consumption of mined ores and gave the Respondents one last chance to resolve the issue.
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Appellate Authority can consider interim application seeking stay despite absence of any specific provision in POSH Act: Karnataka HC
Court explained that POSH Act does not expressly prohibit the Appellate Authority to pass an interim order and once the appellate authority has the power to set aside impugned proceedings, it can be construed that the appellate authority also has implied power to consider passing of interim order of stay as well.
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Justice Surya Kant nominated as Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
The Chief Justice of India nominated Justice Surya Kant in exercise of his powers under Section 3-A of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
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Under Section 11(6) A&C Act, Referral Court must limit its enquiry to the question of limitation period only: SC
Referral courts, at the stage of deciding an application for appointment of arbitrator, must not conduct an intricate evidentiary enquiry into the question whether the claims raised by the applicant are time barred.”
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Doctrine of lis pendens commences at the stage of “institution” of suit and not at the stage when notice is issued: SC
The Court recalled a previous judgment dated 25-8-2022 on the ground that the errors apparent on the face of the record in that decision went to the root of the reasoning on both the issues of limitation and specific performance.
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Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath of office as 51st Chief Justice of India
On 11-11-2024, President of India administered the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna who was elevated to the Supreme Court as Judge on 18-1-2019 and is due to retire on 13-5-2025, which means he will have a tenure of 6 months as Chief Justice of India.
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Express designation of place in an arbitration agreement is an appropriate criterion to determine Seat of Arbitration: SC
The Court clarified that the ‘Closest Connection Test’ for determining the seat of arbitration is no longer a viable criterion for determination. The seat of arbitration cannot be determined by formulaic and unpredictable application of choice of law rules based on abstract connecting factors to the underlying contract.
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50th Chief Justice of India Dr D.Y. Chandrachud Retires
Great expectations followed Dr Justice DY Chandrachud when he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice. As he retires, we take a look at his extensive tenure of 8 years in the Supreme Court, with 2 years being the 50th Chief Justice of India.
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