Supreme Court today has laid down criteria for Senior Designations which will be applicable to all High Courts and the Supreme Court. There would be a Permanent Committee for each court, to be known as Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates. The Committee will have a permanent Secretariat. All applications to the committee will be sent to secretariat for reviewing the candidate. The Permanent Committee
The Uttarakhand High Court has held that without any ‘foreign element’ between parties, a dispute cannot be referred to an international arbitration and will be treated as a domestic dispute. The Court observed that “the fact that both the companies are Indian companies and the contract was executed in India, the work was also executed in India. Therefore, the dispute
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court today read down exception 2 to Section 375 (which defines rape) of the IPC (as amended by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013) which allowed minor wife to sexual act. The age of consent has been made 18 from 15 in these cases. Supreme Court held that sexual intercourse with minor wife is
The Gujarat High Court, commuted the death sentence awarded to 11 convicts, into life imprisonment, in the case of the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which had triggered massive communal riots across the State of Gujarat. The Bench also ordered payment of compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to the victims’ kin. The amount is to be shared
The Allahabad High Court has held that a declaration of land acquisition under Section 3(D) of the National Highways Act, 1956 must be made within one year of the date of publication of a notification in the Official Gazette, and not the date of publication of the same in the newspapers. A declaration of acquisition under Section 3D is required to
Supreme Court has directed its Registry to install three sanitary napkin vending machines within the Court premises. The directive was issued after Advocate Nandini Gore, who is the Secretary of the Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association (SCAORA), informed the Court that there are around 1,000 woman lawyers and interns as well as around 250 woman staff with the Court Registry. The Court, thereafter,
Invoking its inherent power to do ‘complete justice’, the Supreme Court has granted divorce to a district judge in West Bengal, whose wife, also a district judge, has been living separately for the past 17 years. Court reiterated that Article 142 of the Constitution for dissolution of a marriage can be invoked where the court finds that the marriage
The Supreme Court, directed States to implement the safety guidelines for schools, as circulated by the Center, and ensure that the students feel safe in schools. Supreme Court bench has directed states, in the Petition filed by the father of a seven year old boy who was found murdered on the premises of Gurugram’s Ryan International School last month. Tahir SiddiquiLegal
Gujarat High Court has held that a Hindu daughter can inherit from her father after getting married to a Muslim and Converted to Islam. Interpreting Section 2 of Hindu Succession Act, Justice Pardiwala held that if the parents are Hindus, then the child is also governed by the Hindu Law or is a Hindu. “Perhaps the Legislature might have thought fit
The Supreme Court has made it clear that Justice R M Lodha committee, which had recommended a slew of structural reforms in the BCCI, should not entertain any representation unless it is referred to by the top court. Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said that “keeping in view the order dated January 2, Justice Lodha Committee may
