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
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the constitutionality of Section 33(7) of the Representation of Peoples Act 1951, which allows a candidate to contest from two seats in elections. Observing that it is a matter of legislative policy, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Read more
The Supreme Court has issued the following guidelines on the issue of undertrial prisoners who continue to be in custody despite having been granted the benefit of bail on account of their inability to fulfill the conditions stipulated in the bail order or otherwise. “1)The Court which grants bail to Read more
The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna delivered a split verdict in a civil appeal arising out of a suit seeking specific performance of an agreement of sale. Brief Facts leading to the Civil Appeal with its Judicial History The brief facts leading to the Civil Read more
The Kerala High Court recently directed the Principal of the Sree Narayana Law College, Poothotta to consider the claim of a candidate who had been denied admission to the 5 year LL.B. Course on the ground that her qualification of three year diploma/polytechnic was not equivalent to the one prescribed Read more
Vishnu Shankar joins the UK Information Commissioner’s Office as Head of Legal – Regulatory Enforcement in London Vishnu Shankar is now a part of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office as Head of Legal – Regulatory Enforcement in London. “I am Head of Legal – Regulatory Enforcement in the UK Information Read more
