Advocates Day
Op EdsOP. ED.

Advocates Day is celebrated on 3rd of December every year to honour the legal profession and its contributions to justice and the rule of law. Read what legal luminaries have to say about the significance of this day.

18 months D.El.Ed. diploma NIOS
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Uttarakhand High Court erred in its findings that 18 months Diploma in Elementary Education conducted through ODL mode in elementary education by the NIOS is a valid Diploma”.

oil companies
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Single judge directed IOCL to deliver peaceful vacant possession of the premises to the appellants upon removal of the structures therein. Further, directed it to pay arrears of market rent to the appellants in respect of the plot from 1-07-1995 till the date of delivery of possession in favour of the appellants”

Bail in murder case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court directed the petitioner to cooperate in the early conclusion of the trial and not to interact with any of the witnesses in the instant case.

patna hc cj impersonation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“This Court will certainly not shut its eyes to the materials unearthed, since it relates not only to maintaining purity in judicial proceedings but upholding public faith in the system at large.”

Chandrababu Naidu Anticipatory Bail
Hot Off The PressNews

Supreme Court also mentioned that the decision for quashing FIR in Rs 371 Crore Skill Development Case was likely to be delivered soon.

Criminal Conspiracy as scheduled offence under PMLA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Court also held that it is not necessary that a person against whom the offence under Section 3 of the PMLA is alleged, must be shown as the accused in the scheduled offence.”

karnataka high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is pertinent to note that the law relating to disclosure of criminal antecedents of the candidates in the Electoral fray has further marched from April to May and now to the June of life”.

GNCTD Chief Secretary
Hot Off The PressNews

Supreme Court clarified that the analysis in the present case is confined to a prima facie evaluation, without entering into issues pending adjudication before the Constitution Bench

SLP in Supreme Court
Experts CornerMurali Neelakantan

by Murali Neelakantan* and Gautam Narayan**
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 81

limitedabsolute interest in property
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on limited/absolute interest in property.

vacancies advertised
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court reiterated the timeline fixed in Malik Mazhar for vacancies to be declared on 15th January each year, and the process has to be completed by October of the same year.

adoption under JJ Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Generally, prospective adoptive parents have to wait for 3-4 years for getting ‘a healthy and young child’ due to the huge mismatch in the number of registered PAPs and children available for adoption.”

RSS route march
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Tamil Nadu Government had agreed before Supreme Court that it would allow RSS to hold marches in various districts across the state. Accordingly, the Court asked RSS to submit the proposed routes to the State within 3 days and the State to take a decision on the routes by 15-11-2023

Patanjali Ayurved Ads
Hot Off The PressNews

Supreme Court commented that it did not aim at making the instant matter a debate on ‘Allopathy v. Ayurved’ but finding a realistic solution for the problem of misleading medical advertisements.

transit anticipatory bail-1
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Since anticipatory bail as well as transit anticipatory bail are intrinsically linked to personal liberty under Article 21 of Constitution, it would be necessary to give a constitutional imprimatur to the evolving provision of transit anticipatory bail.

parity in pay scales
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court regarded the High Court’s conclusion to be ‘unexceptionable’ since it did not equate two sets of employees in different organisations.

Transit anticipatory bail
Hot Off The PressNews

Supreme Court warned against forum shopping and clarified that accused cannot travel to any other State, solely for filing bail pleas without clear reasons.

commercial contracts
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that a deviation from the plain terms of the contract is warranted only when it serves business efficacy better

conviction contradictory statements eyewitness
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on credibility of the witness.