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Supreme Court August 2022 Roundup| Justice UU Lalit’s plan as 49th CJI; Benami Property Law; ‘Unconventional’ Families; Release of Bilkis Bano Rapists; Hate Speeches; GST; and more

This roundup contains reports on Justice NV Ramana’s retirement as the 48th CJI; Justice UU Lalit’s plan as new CJI; Rulings on Benami Property law; Unconventional families and their rights; UP CM Yogi Adityanath Hate Speech; Orders on Release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists, PM Security lapse, Pegasus Spyware; PMLA cases; Explainers; Important references to larger/Constitution Benches and ‘Know Thy Judge’ reports on Supreme Court Judges and more.

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Supreme Court Judges (Amendment) Rules, 2022: Lifetime domestic help, chauffeur & secretarial assistant for Retired CJI and SC Judges

On 27-08-2022, the Central Government Supreme Court Judges (Amendment) Rules, 2022 to further amend the Supreme Court Judges Rules, 1959. Key points:

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Manipulated laboratory report, broken links of evidence; Supreme Court reverses concurrent findings of Courts below to acquit a murder accused

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath*, JJ., reversed the impugned judgments of the Punjab and Haryana High

Case Briefs Supreme Court

One cannot seek transfer of execution proceeding under Section 125(3) CrPC to another Court once the order fixing maintenance attains finality: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a complex case where both the parties claimed to be disabled to get the matrimonial case transferred to the

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Retired CJI & Retired Judges of the Supreme Court entitled to a security cover vide Supreme Court Judges (Amendment) Rules, 2022

The Central Government has notified Supreme Court Judges (Amendment) Rules, 2022 further to amend the Supreme Court Judges Rules, 1959.

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge| Justice J B Pardiwala

by Arunima Bose†

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge | Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia

by Ritu Singh†

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether a petition can be entertain applying principle of Forum Conveniens? Jharkhand High Court answers

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar, J., while dismissing the present writ petition primarily for want of territorial jurisdiction held that even if

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether a petition can be entertained applying principle of Forum Conveniens? Jharkhand High Court answers

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar, J., while dismissing the present writ petition primarily for want of territorial jurisdiction held that even if

Know thy Judge

Explorer of the Legal Multiverse – Justice A.M. Khanwilkar retires

†by Sucheta Sarkar

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge| Justice Krishna Murari

by Suchita Shukla†

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court cannot entertain territorial jurisdiction related pleas under Section 25 of CPC

Supreme Court: In a case where the single bench of JK Maheshwari, J was posed with the question as to whether the

Interviews

In conversation with Sanchit Garga, Advocate On Record, Supreme Court of India on life as an Independent Counsel

Interviewed by Vranda Agarwal

Op Eds OP. ED.

Shanti Fragrances v. Union of India and the Unwarranted Reference

by Dormaan Jamshid Dalal†

Legal RoundUp Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court June 2022 Roundup| Clean chit to PM Modi; Maharashtra Political Crisis; Psychological Evaluation of Death Row Convicts; and more

Top Stories of the Month Clean Chit to PM Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots case “SIT Officials have come out with flying

SCC Times Newsflash WATCH NOW

SCC Online Weekly Rewind Ep. 67: Abortion Right in USA, Clean Chit to PM Modi, Unmarried Daughter’s Right to Maintenance and more

In this Episode, Prachi Bhardwaj breaks down some important legal updates from around the World, covering SCOTUS’s decision on American women’s right to abortion, Supreme Court of India’s dismissal of plea challenging clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and more.