Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On September 14th, the Supreme Court imposed ₹ 2,000 as costs on an Advocate-on-Record for sending an “unprepared” junior to court in his place to seek an adjournment. The junior lawyer went before a three-judge bench headed by Chief Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On September 12, the Supreme Court refused to wait for the Parliament’s words on the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, a draft law proposed to replace the British-made Indian Penal Code of 1860. Instead, it referred petitions challenging Section 124A, the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 12th September 2023, the Supreme Court issued a notice to a Bar Association in Odisha for abstaining from a day of court work due to the death of one of its members. The Raigarh Bar Association’s decision Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court cautioned Judges to guard in matters and examine the evidence meticulously before coming to any conclusions, holding that an undue delay in lodging an FIR can be grounds for suspicion regarding the prosecution’s story of Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that persons who disobey orders and undertakings given to courts deserve no mercy. The ruling directed courts to be slow to accept apologies offered by such unscrupulous litigants who use it as Read more
Vidushi Vats The Supreme Court bench, consisting of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices S K Kaul, Sanjeev Khanna, B R Gavai, and Surya Kant, has been examining petitions challenging the alterations made to Article 370 in Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On August 29th, the Supreme Court held that children from invalid marriages are entitled to a share in the property of their parents under Hindu laws. The case before the Court was based on the legal issue Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner against an order passed by a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which stated that since the term “basic wage” has already Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On August 22, 2023, a ceremony was held by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to honor Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SV Bhatti as newly appointed Supreme Court judges. Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 17th August 2023, the Supreme Court declared that a woman alone has the right to her body and is ultimately responsible for deciding whether or not to have an abortion. The rights to reproductive autonomy, dignity, and Read more