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In August 2021, Justice J.K. Maheshwari was elevated to the Supreme Court and priorly served as Chief Justice of two High Courts- Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim.
The development comes in the wake of a recent controversy over the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to Senior Advocates Arvind Datar and Pratap Venugopal, which has raised serious concerns within the legal fraternity about the sanctity of client-counsel confidentiality and the independence of the legal profession.
“The Constitution is a living document. We can’t bind the future generations to stick up to the Constitution that we are adopting today, and the future generations should have an opportunity to amend the Constitution, so as to adapt to the societal economic changes that the future generations would come across.”
“We are at pains to observe that authorities, entrusted with the solemn duty of safeguarding life and liberty treat it with such casual indifference, truly a case of the fox guarding the henhouse.”
Being explanatory in nature, the Circular in question cannot be construed as an adoption of a fresh fiscal regime for rebate of customs duty, intended to affect vested rights or impose new burdens upon the Department. It was passed to resolve the ambiguity qua the meaning & threshold of the previous Notifications.
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The modified schedule will take effect from 14-07-2025.
Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Pankaj Mithal began his career in law in the 1980s and subsequently went on to become Chief Justice of High Courts of J&K and Ladakh and Rajasthan.
The 2019 Howrah District Court assault case revolved around a violent confrontation on 24-04-2019, between lawyers and police personnel at the Howrah District Court complex in West Bengal.
It was submitted that the mandatory three-year practice rule should be implemented only from 2027 onwards to avoid unjust exclusion of recent graduates (2023—2025) who prepared under the previous eligibility criteria.
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“Considering that the accused did not make any defamatory statement himself, and in recognition of his role as a journalist hosting a live TV show, the Court emphasised the importance of protecting journalistic freedom to safeguard the right to free speech”
“The expression “hearing the submissions of the accused” cannot mean opportunity to file material to be granted to the accused and thereby changing the settled law. At the stage of framing of charge hearing the submissions of the accused has to be confined to the material produced by the police.”
“The State cannot have any objection to the accused and his wife residing together inasmuch as they have been married as per the wishes to their respective parents and families.”
The lawyer was convicted by the Trial Court and sentenced to 18 months of simple imprisonment under Section 509 of the Penal Code, 1860 for outraging the modesty of a woman.
The High Court in direct contravention of the Selvi v. State of Karnataka, (2010) 7 SCC 263 accepted the submission of the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Mahua, that she would conduct narco-analysis test of all the accused persons and other witnesses, during the investigation.
“Even the Police are under an obligation to carry out a fair investigation. This is a crucial aspect of fairness. The objective of the investigation is to ensure that the real culprits are brought to justice. The legal system must ensure that an innocent person is not punished.”
Pursuant to the order of the Supreme Court on 30-5-2025, the NBE had filed an application seeking time extension saying that it needs to increase the number of centres by two-fold.