Former Supreme Court judge Justice Indira Banerjee offered some pieces of advice to law graduates who are planning to join litigation, while speaking at the convocation ceremony of National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi. Here are those : When you get a brief, be fully prepared. Read the brief Read more
The petition filed by journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued by a Special PMLA Court at Ghaziabad has been listed on January 25, after the bench which was supposed to hear the matter today cancelled the sitting. The petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices V Ramasubramanian and Read more
In a plea filed by a 20-year old unmarried woman seeking permission to terminate a 29-week pregnancy, the Supreme Court, on Monday, asked the Additional Solicitor General, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, to interact with the woman and provide guidance. On the last occasion a bench led by the Chief Justice of Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with a Kerala High Court order (Division Bench) staying the effect of a Single Bench order which held the Cochin International Airport Ltd. is a public authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005. A Bench of Justices of Dinesh Maheshwari and Read more
In a plea seeking weeding out of harmful chemicals and pesticides being used in India causing severe health hazards to farm workers, people living in the vicinity and the consumers, the Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the Centre to file an updated status report in respect of the regulatory measures Read more
While granting interim bail to Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri case, the Supreme Court suo motu granted interim bail to four persons who are accused in the cross-case related to the lynching of three persons. Although only the bail application of Mishra was before the Court, it decided to Read more
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud announced that the eSCR (Electronic Supreme Court Reports) will now be providing Supreme Court judgements in various regional languages of India. The said feature will be launched on the occasion of Republic Day. The e-SCR project was launched by the Supreme Court on 2nd Read more
The Supreme Court, recently, held that the effect of estoppel from laying a claim on property cannot be warded off by persons claiming through the person whose conduct has generated the estoppel. A Bench comprising Justices K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy observed that when a son relinquishes their right to Read more
In a major budget announcement helping the salaried middle class, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the proposal to raise the income tax rebate level to Rs 7 lakhs per annum from Rs 5 lakhs per annum. “Currently, those with income upto 5 lakhs do not pay any income tax Read more
In her Budget 2023-24 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that for enhancing ease of doing business in India, more than 39,000 compliances have been reduced and more than 3,400 legal provisions have been decriminalized. She has also proposed to decriminalise section 276A of the Income Tax Act. Section 276A Read more