Indian Judiciary
Justice Thakker’s Code of Civil Procedure: The Landmark Commentary Returns in a Fully Updated Edition
Written by: Nilufer Bhateja*
Top Legal Developments [22-28 June]: Concerns on Lack of proper Ladies’ Bar Rooms, Rejection of Nomination Papers, POSH, Drugs Controller’s Licensing Condition, MACT compensation Other Key Verdicts & Policy Updates
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
Bail not an acquittal: Supreme Court sets aside Allahabad HC order that absolved four in 19-year-old’s kidnapping and murder case
The Court set aside the Allahabad High Court’s order granting bail to four accused in the kidnapping and murder of nineteen-year-old, the Court has reaffirmed that the exercise of judicial discretion must remain anchored to principle and process.
Summoning Advocates: Supreme Court Fortifies Advocate-Client Privilege
by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
“In this book we meet a judge who believed that judiciary must be open, inclusive, and unafraid of reform”: Justice Vikram Nath at the release of Justice N.V. Ramana’s book
“This is not a memoir in the usual sense, it is something rarer, a public record of judicial reflections formed in the framework of constitutional responsibility and offered in the spirit of service to public life” – Justice Vikram Nath
Interim Reliefs in Arbitration: Emerging Judicial Trends in India
by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
Cite as: 2024 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 24
Supreme Court on Judicial Officers’ pension: Recommendations, Compliance Timeline and Key Observations
“To be truly unified both in form and in substance, there must be integration in terms of pay, pension and other service conditions between the District Judiciary, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Hence, any increase in the salary of the judges of the High Court must reflect in the same proportion to the judges in the District Judiciary.”
Issue of Rising Arrears and Pendency in Indian Judiciary: A Consequence of Non-Adherence to Policy Recommendation and Uninformed Policymaking
by Shubham Pandey† and Uday Shankar††
Justice UU Lalit takes oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India: His Journey, Judgments and Focus Areas as the New Chief
Justice Lalit , who took oath as a Supreme Court judge in 2014, has delivered over 270 judgments so far.
Explorer of the Legal Multiverse – Justice A.M. Khanwilkar retires
†by Sucheta Sarkar
Know Thy Judge | Justice Ajay Rastogi
by Ritu Singh†
Know Thy Judge| Justice K.M. Joseph
by Kamini Sharma†
Virtual Hearings in Arbitration: A Mirage or a Reality?
by Aafreen Choudhary† and Dhruv Srivastava††