The Supreme Court has suggested that all courts and judicial forums establish guidelines to guarantee that any funds deposited with the office or registry of the Courts or Tribunals are required to be deposited in a bank or financial institution. This directive was made in order to keep litigants from confronting any potential interest loss…
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Centre the appointment of eight person to five distinct high courts. Among those named was judicial officer Golmei Gaiphulshillu Kabui, who, if approved by the Centre, would be the first woman from the ST community to be appointed to the Manipur High Court. On Monday, the collegium of…
According to individuals familiar with the situation, the CBI is planning an appeal against the Bombay high court’s ruling declaring the detention of former ICICI bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar “illegal” and their subsequent release in a loan fraud case. According to insiders, the CBI is concerned that the Kochhars would…
Supreme Court -The Supreme Court on Monday said the Uttarakhand government was well within its constitutional jurisdiction to set up a committee to examine implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, which could bolster BJP-governed states’ efforts towards uniform civil laws for marriage, divorce, adoption, succession, and partition. The PIL filed by…
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Attorney General R Venkataramani for help in developing policies to prevent religious conversions through deception, fraud, force, or allurement, and warned states and interested parties not to politicise a serious legal issue. “We want the attorney general, who admits to being primarily an amicus curiae, to assist the court…