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“The most invaluable gift that the people of India gave unto themselves through the Constitution was the vision of a casteless society founded upon the principle of substantive equality.”
With regard to the enforceability of the amended Chapter III to the elections to Bar Councils of different States, a decision will be taken on a case-to-case basis.
“The Registrar Generals of all the High Courts are hereby directed to communicate this order and submit a report along with the details of the Bar Associations that have failed to comply with the order or are reluctant to comply with these directions.”
“We have considered the proposal submitted by the CAQM and find the same to be reasonable, just, and fair.”
The matter revolves around the alleged forgery/genuineness of the agreements containing the arbitration clause.
“The question of law is kept open to be decided in an appropriate case.”
“Upon a prima facie consideration, it appears to us that some of the provisions of the Impugned Regulations suffer from certain ambiguities, and the possibility of their misuse cannot be ruled out.”
“Though the demand raised by the Bank is legally sustainable, we find that compliance thereof would lead to extreme hardship for the appellant.”
The Court in Meena A Jagtap v. Bar Council of India, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2749, directed that 30% posts of Executive Members along with that of ‘Treasurer’ of Gujarat High Court Bar Associations as well as all the District Bar Associations shall be exclusively earmarked/reserved for women advocates.
“It appears that approximately 1.40 crore individuals have been issued notices for the purpose of document verification.”
Justice Joymalya Bagchi formerly serving as Judge of Calcutta High Court was appointed to the Supreme Court on 10-3-2025 and is in line to become the CJI in 2031.
“Whether a reserved candidate, who has availed relaxation in fees/upper age limit, to participate in open competition with general candidates may be recruited against unreserved seats, would depend on the facts of each case”.
Vijaya Bank while issuing the appointment letter to the respondent, included a restrictive covenant carrying an indemnity clause, wherein the respondent had to pay the Bank if he leaves the service before completion of 3 years.
The Supreme Court was considering an appeal appeal against an order of the High Court dismissing the suit while considering an application for an injunction.
“Short-circuiting of procedure to reach hasty outcomes is an undesirable propensity of an overburdened judiciary. Such impulses rendering procedural safeguards and substantive rights subvert certainty and consistency in law and need to be discouraged”.
Justice Joymalya Bagchi formerly serving as Judge of Calcutta High Court was appointed to the Supreme Court on 10-3-2025 and is in line to become the CJI in 2031.
Justice Bagchi’s elevation to the Supreme Court was recommended by the Collegium on 06-03-2025 and his appointment was confirmed by the Centre on 10-03-2025.
The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI, in its meeting held on 06-3-2025, recommended the name of Justice Bagchi for the Supreme Court.
When appointed, Justice Joymalya will be in line to become Chief Justice of India after retirement of Justice KV Viswanathan.
Calcutta High Court held that the Trial Court erred in awarding death penalty with reference to gravity of the offence alone.