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Union Cabinet approves creation of the National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT)(23.01.2019)
The creation of National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) for resolving disputes gets green signal in a Union Cabinet’s .....
Tags : National Bench, Creation, GSTAT
Amendment in Notary Rules; Experience required as legal practitioner by persons with benchmark disabilities reduced(29.05.2021)
The Central Government has notified Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to amend the Notaries Rules, 1956. Through the specified amendment Rules, after c.....
Tags : Notary Rules, Persons with benchmark disabilities, Appointment
Notifications & Circulars
Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates the Chennai Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(25.01.2021)
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Chennai Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCL.....
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Kerala HC Constitutes Special Bench to Hear Bail Applications Through Video Conferencing(07.04.2020)
Kerala High Court has constituted a Special Bench to hear Bail Applications. The Court has started hearing bail applications from 6th April, 2020 thro.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Special Bench to Hear Bail Applications
Delhi HC Decides to Increase Strength of Benches Hearing Urgent Matters(20.04.2020)
Delhi High Court has increased the number of Benches from one Division Bench to two Division Benches and from two Single Benches to four Single Benche.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Increase in Benches
Allahabad HC Defers Re-Opening of Lucknow Bench for Physical Appearance(07.05.2020)
Allahabad High Court has deferred the re-opening of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court for physical appearance, until further orders.
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Re-Opening of Lucknow Bench
Supreme Court to Resume Single-Judge Benches to Hear Bail Pleas(12.05.2020)
Supreme Court has resumed the practice of constituting single-judge benches to hear pleas for bail and anticipatory bail in cases which carry jail ter.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Single-Judge Benches
Supreme Court Refers Plea for National Court of Appeals to Constitution Bench(13.07.2016)
SC has referred to the Constitution Bench a plea seeking setting up of National Court of Appeal with regional benches in major cities for deciding cas.....
Tags : SC , Constitution Bench , National Court of Appeal
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea to Establish Permanent Bench of Allahabad High Court for Western UP(16.11.2018)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking establishment of a permanent Bench of Allahabad High Court for Western Uttar Pradesh.
Tags : Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court Bench, Western UP
President Issues Order to Set up Circuit Bench of Calcutta HC at Jalpaiguri(08.02.2019)
President Ram Nath Kovind has issued order to establish a circuit bench of Calcutta High Court in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Circuit Bench of Calcutta HC at Jalpaiguri
Supreme Court Refers Case Seeking Redefinition of 'Industry' to Nine Judge Bench(03.01.2017)
Supreme Court has referred a case seeking to redefine the term ‘industry’ under Industrial Disputes Act (IDA), 1947 to a nine-judge bench.
Tags : Supreme Court, nine-judge bench, Industrial Disputes Act
SC: Uddhav Thackeray-Eknath Shinde Dispute Maybe Referred to Larger Bench(21.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the issues arising in the petitions filed in relation to the Shiv Sena rift may have to be referred to a larger bench as s.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Shiv Sena, Larger Bench
SC: Larger Bench Judgment Will Prevail Regardless of Number of Judges in Majority(19.09.2022)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that a judgment delivered by a larger bench will prevail irrespective of the number of judges constituting t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Larger Bench
COMPANY - Government Approves Establishment of NCLT Benches in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh(11.03.2019)
Government has approved establishment of two new benches of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), one at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and the other at .....
Tags : NCLT, New Benches, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
SC Upholds Direction to Apply Subject-Wise Reservation in Teaching Posts in Universities(24.01.2019)
Supreme Court has rejected Centre's challenge against a 2017 judgment of Allahabad High Court which had held that reservations in teaching posts in un.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court Bench, Teaching Posts in Universities
Madras HC: Delay in Establishing NCLAT Bench May Amount to Contempt of SC’s Direction(15.12.2020)
Madras High Court has observed that the delay in establishing a Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal in Chennai may amount to contempt of .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Delay in Establishing NCLAT Bench
Delhi HC: Mutual Respect Between Bar And Bench Essential for Vibrant Legal System(12.10.2022)
Delhi High Court while observing that lawyers are expected to always address court with deference and adverse remark by a judge against counsel in a j.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Bar and Bench, Mutual Respect
Delhi HC Requests Division Bench to Decide Petitions Against Police Atrocities At Early Date(28.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has requested division bench to decide at an early date petitions concerning allegations of police atrocities in Jamia Millia Islamia.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Police Atrocities, Division Bench
SC Issues Notice in Amazon Plea Challeging Delhi HC Stay on Future-Reliance Retail Stake Sale(22.02.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in the plea by Amazon challenging Delhi High Court's stay on the implementation of its own order passed by the Single .....
Tags : Supreme Court has issued notice in the plea by Amazon challenging Delhi High Court's stay on the implementation of its own order passed by the Single Judge bench of Justice Midha, which had directed status quo order on the Future - Reliance retail stake sale deal of nearly Rs. 25000 crore.
Cal. HC: Govt. Has Discretion to Decide Mode & Manner of Giving Reservation to PwD(01.12.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that Section 32 of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 confers discretion upon Government to decide the mode an.....
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SC: Armed Forces Personnel Liable to Face Disciplinary Action for Adultery(01.02.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that striking down of Section 497 of IPC which criminalized adultery will not impact court martial proceedin.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Adultery, Armed Forces, Disciplinary Action
SC to WhatsApp: Widely Publicise That Users Aren't Bound to Accept 2021 Privacy Policy(02.02.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its stand that WhatsApp users in India don’t have to accept its 2021 privac.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, WhatsApp, Data Protection Bill, Privacy Policy
SC Refers Petitions to Modify 1 Km ESZ Mandate to a Larger Bench(17.01.2023)
Supreme Court has referred the petitions seeking relaxation of the directive to declare one kilometer around protected forests as ecologically sensiti.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ecologically Sensitive Zones, Larger Bench
SC Refers Petitions to Modify 1 Km ESZ Mandate to a Larger Bench(17.01.2023)
Supreme Court has referred the petitions seeking relaxation of the directive to declare one kilometer around protected forests as ecologically sensiti.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ecologically Sensitive Zones, Larger Bench
SC: Benchmark Disability not a Precondition to Obtain Scribe(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has held that facility of scribe can be provided for persons with disabilities other than those having benchmark disabilities.
Tags : SC, Benchmark Disability
Allahabad HC Issues Notice on Plea for Establishment of Regional NCLAT Bench in Prayagraj(15.02.2021)
Allahabad High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation filed by Company Law Tribunal Bar Association, Allahabad, seeking establishment.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Establishment of Regional NCLAT Bench
SC: Power U/S 319 CrPC Has to be Exercised Before Pronouncement of Sentence in Case of Conviction(06.12.2022)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that power under Section 319 of CrPC is to be invoked and exercised before pronouncement of order of sentenc.....
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SC: Direct Evidence of Bribe Demand Not Necessary for Conviction Under POCA(15.12.2022)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that direct evidence of demand of bribe is not necessary to convict a public servant under the Prevention of.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Prevention of Corruption Act, Bribe Demand
SC: Testimony of Hostile Witness Can be Considered to Convict Accused(16.12.2022)
Supreme Court Constitution bench while observing that witness turning hostile does not result in automatic rejection of evidence has held that there i.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution bench, Hostile Witness, Reliable Evidence
SC: Restrictions Not Found in Article 19(2) Can’t be Imposed on Right to Free Speech(03.01.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench while observing that the grounds mentioned in Article 19(2) are exhaustive, has by 4:1 majority held that additional .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Free Speech
Cal. HC: Shouldn’t Interfere With Single Judge Order Merely Because it Has Different Opinion(13.01.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that division benches should not interfere with well-considered single-judge orders under challenge in intra-court appeal.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Division Bench, Interfere, Intra-Court Appeal
SC Bench: Only CJI Can Assign Cases(14.03.2023)
Supreme Court bench comprising Justices BR Gavai & Vikram Nath while expressing disapproval of another bench assigning case to it has stated that if p.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bench, CJI, Disapproval
Section 50C can’t be Applied When Property Sold Under Pressure: ITAT(05.04.2019)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Chennai bench has held that the provisions of Section 50C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be applied when the.....
Tags : ITAT, Chennai Bench, Section 50 C Income Tax Act
Karnataka HC Directs State to Evolve Scheme for Vaccination of Persons with Benchmark Disability(28.04.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to evolve a scheme or mechanism for giving priority to vaccination of covid-19, to persons with.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Vaccination of Persons with Benchmark Disability
SC: Arbitration Agreement in Unstamped Contract Which is Exigible to Stamp Duty Not Enforceable(25.04.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that instrument which is exigible to stamp duty may contain arbitration clause and which is not stamped can’.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Arbitration Agreement, Unstamped Contract
SC: Court Can Dissolve Marriage Using Article 142 in Case of Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage(01.05.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that it is possible for Supreme court to dissolve marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marri.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Marriage, Irretrievable Breakdown
Allahabad HC Issues 'Modalities & Arrangement' for Functioning of Lucknow Bench During COVID(07.04.2021)
Allahabad High Court has issued the Modalities & Arrangement related to the functioning of High Court during COVID-19 which would be effective from 7t.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, 'Modalities & Arrangement' for Functioning of Lucknow Bench
Ker. Lok Ayukta Refers Complaint Against Chief Minister & Ors. In CMDRF Misuse Case to Full Bench(31.03.2023)
Kerala Lokayukta has referred the complaint against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Ministers in misuse of amount in Chief Minister Disaste.....
Tags : Kerala Lokayukta, Chief Minister Disaster Relief Fund, Full Bench
SC Refers Issue of Validity of GST on Lease/Rent Payments to 9 Judge Constitution Bench(20.04.2023)
Supreme Court while referring the issue of constitutional validity of GST on lease/rent payments to 9 judges constitution bench, has clarified that th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench. GST, Lease/Rent
Karnataka HC Confirms Interim Order Passed by Coordinate Bench of Court on July 8(21.07.2021)
Karnataka High Court has confirmed the interim order passed by a coordinate bench of the court on July 8, 2020, by which it had stayed the government .....
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SC Refuses to Restore Uddhav Thackeray Government(11.05.2023)
Supreme Court constitution bench while observing that it can’t restore Uddhav Thackeray Government since he resigned without facing floor test, has he.....
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SC Upholds Practice of Jallikattu As Permitted by the 2017 Tamil Nadu Amendment(18.05.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench while upholding practice of Jallikattu as permitted by the 2017 Tamil Nadu Amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Jallikattu, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
SC to HC: Case Should be Assigned to Other Bench if Judgment Not Delivered Within 6 Months(19.05.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing bail plea filed by a convict on the ground that High Court has failed to pronounce judgment reserved since August 2022, ha.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Other Bench, Fresh Hearing, Pronounce Judgment
SC: Only Instructing Counsel Can Make Mentionings Before Vacation Bench(24.05.2023)
Supreme Court while refusing to permit Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi to mention a matter before it, has observed that as per vacation bench norms, onl.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Vacation Bench, Instructing Counsel, Senior Counsel
SC: Only Instructing Counsels Can Make Mentionings Before Vacation Bench(29.05.2023)
A vacation bench of Supreme Court while hearing a matter related to appointment of chairperson of DERC has stated that as per vacation bench norms, on.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Vacation Bench, Instructing Counsel, Mentionings
SC Refers to Larger Bench Issue of Maintainability of SLP Against HC Order(07.07.2023)
Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the issue ‘whether liberty granted by the Supreme Court to approach the High Court in review, automatical.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Larger Bench, SLP, Maintainability
SC Refers Delhi Government's Challenge Against Centre's Ordinance on Services to Constitution Bench(21.07.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that the extent of the powers of Parliament under Article 239AA(7) were not considered in either of the earlier Constitu.....
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Tel. HC: Adjudication of Title in Summary Proceedings U/A 226 Not Permissible(29.08.2023)
Telangana High Court Division bench has observed that adjudication of the question of title in summary proceedings under Article 226 of the Constituti.....
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Supreme Court Refers Arunachal Political Crisis Issue to Constitution Bench(14.01.2016)
SC has referred to Constitution bench petitions arising out of orders passed by Gauhati High Court over the ongoing political issue in Arunachal Prade.....
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Wife Not Personal Possession, Husband Cannot be Guardian, Supreme Court Tells Hadiya(29.11.2017)
Wife Not Personal Possession, Husband Cannot be Guardian, Supreme Court Tells Hadiya
Tags : When the bench asked Hadiya to name any relative or any near acquaintance to be named as her local guardian in college at Salem in Tamil Nadu, she said her husband could be her guardian and she does not want anyone else in that role.
Supreme Court Allows Centre to Withdraw Force from Darjeeling Hills(29.11.2017)
Supreme Court Allows Centre to Withdraw Force from Darjeeling Hills
Tags : A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to the Centre's plea to relocate half of the remaining paramilitary forces from the state's strife-torn districts to the poll-bound state.
Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter(29.11.2017)
Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter
Tags : The Centre, meanwhile, informed the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that it was willing to extend up to March 31 next year the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various schemes.
Supreme Court Grants Time to Gujarat For Action Report Against Cops in Bilkis Bano Case(29.11.2017)
Supreme Court Grants Time to Gujarat For Action Report Against Cops in Bilkis Bano Case
Tags : The Supreme Court bench, however, made it clear that the separate plea, seeking enhancement of compensation to be awarded to Bilkis Bano, would be taken up next week for hearing.
Delhi High Court Acquits Man of Murdering Wife, Says He Was of Unsound Mind(29.11.2017)
Delhi High Court Acquits Man of Murdering Wife, Says He Was of Unsound Mind
Tags : The bench said that certain circumstances of the case, like the "ghastly manner" in which the woman was killed, which was evident from 24 injuries on the woman's body caused by several household articles, were perhaps "reflective of his chronic mental state".
SC Refers Petitions Challenging Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code to a Larger Bench(12.09.2023)
Supreme Court has referred the petitions challenging sedition law i.e. Section 124A of Indian Penal Code to a bench of at least 5-judges since the pro.....
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SC Refers the NN Global Judgment to 7 Judge Bench to adjudicate on Correctness of the Judgment(26.09.2023)
Supreme Court has while considering the larger ramification and the view of the majority in N.N. Global Mercantile Pvt. Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flame Ltd......
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Rajasthan High Court Issues Notice on Plea Against Denial of Physical Hearing by NCLT Jaipur Bench(13.12.2021)
Rajasthan High Court has issued notice to the Jaipur Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) while adjudicating upon an appeal against an or.....
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SC Rules in Favor of Central Government in batch of pleas challenging the Abrogation of Article 370(11.12.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has unanimously held that Jammu and Kashmir does not hold any internal sovereignty after accession to Union of India .....
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SC: Passing Reference Made by Bench of Equal Strength Could Not be a Ground for Review(01.11.2023)
Supreme Court while summarizing principles to prevent review petitions from becoming "appeals in disguise”, has observed that comments of a co-ordinat.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Reference, Co-Ordinate Bench, Review
Ker. HC: Appeal u/s 5 of Kerala High Court Act Not Maintainable Before Division Bench(01.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that an appeal before division bench under Section 5 of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958 is not maintainable against a singl.....
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Gujarat HC Issues Notice on PIL Plea Seeking Establishment of NCLAT Bench at Ahmedabad(21.01.2022)
Gujarat High Court has issued a notice to the Central Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed seeking the establishment of a circu.....
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Standing Committee's Recom. to Establish Regional Benches of SC Gets Accepted by Law Ministry(09.02.2024)
The Central Law Ministry has accepted the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice’s recommendation to establ.....
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Delhi High Court, Vacation Benches to Hear Only Extremely Urgent Cases(27.12.2021)
Delhi High Court, Vacation Bench will hear only extremely urgent cases on 27th, 29th and 31st of December, 2021. The public notice issued in this rega.....
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SC: Decision of Co-Ordinate Bench of Same HC to be Binding on HC Bench(05.01.2024)
Supreme Court while observing that rule of Judicial Discipline has a merit of promoting certainty and consistency in judicial decisions, has held that.....
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CESTAT: Demand of Excise Duty Not Payable on Waste and Scrap Packing Material if Travels Beyond SCN(22.03.2024)
Mumbai Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that no excise duty is supposed to be paid on waste and scrap pa.....
Tags : Mumbai Bench, CESTAT, Excise Duty, Show-Cause Notice
State of Kerala’s Suit Challenging Limits on State’s Borrowing Capacity Referred to Consti. Bench(01.04.2024)
Supreme Court while refusing to pass orders of interim relief in favor of the State of Kerala, has referred the suit challenging the limits on the Sta.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Borrowing Capacity, State of Kerala, Constitution Bench
Madras High Court Modifies Order & Restores Power of Madurai Bench to Hear Pan-State Matters(05.04.2024)
Madras High Court recently modified an earlier order of the Court and restored the power of the Madurai Bench to hear pan-state matters which were ear.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Madurai Bench, Pan-State Matters