Articles tagged with: supreme court

SC to take yet another stab at fixing its earlier section 377 decision

The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a larger Bench a writ petition filed by five petitioners to quash Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality.

No 2G scam: As CBI court acquits all accused, Etisalat lawyer Vijay Sondhi predicts appeal is all but certain

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal declared to the media that he had been proven right by the CBI court that acquitted all of the accused in the 2G Spectrum case yesterday after six years since the case was filed, reported The Wire.

Clasis, Rohatgi, Datar win for Macquarie in SC vs AM Singhvi, Divan for ArcelorMittal

Clasis Law won in the Supreme Court for Australian lender Macquarie Bank whose money recovery suit against global steel giant ArcelorMittal’s loss-making unit Uttam Galva Steel, was dismissed in June by the National Company Law Tribunal as then reported by VC Circle . Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi ...

First jailed sitting HC judge CS Karnan completes 6-month prison sentence, released today

Former Calcutta high court justice CS Karnan, the first sitting high court judge to be jailed, finished his six month prison sentence today in Kolkata’s presidency prison and was released today, reported the Express.

Nuals’ CLAT 2018 scheduled for 13 May, no age limit notified

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 will be conducted on 13 May and will be open to candidates of all ages.

Clueless Trump judicial nominee flunks basic legal knowledge, withdraws: Could a similar judicial appointments process be a good idea in India?

A video of Donald Trump’s nominee for US federal court judgeship getting grilled by a Republican senator, who is an ex-law professor, and failing to answer basic question of law has gone viral, resulting in Matthew Peterson withdrawing his name from contention . See the rather amusing video below, v...

CJI meets legal hacks, hints that may allow journos to live tweet from SC courtrooms in future

Chief Justice of India (CJI) _Dipak Misra_ on Monday hinted at possibly allowing journalists to publish news straight from courtrooms on Twitter from their mobile phones, live during case proceedings in the Supreme Court.

A 1st, 2nd & 3rd in judgeships: Collegium tips Dua partner Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, NLS grads Chinnadorai Saravanan, Sunil Dutt Yadav for elevation [UPDATE-1]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Madras high court bench who would probably be the first of a modern Indian law firm’s partners, as well as the second-ever NLSIU Bangalore graduate.

Obituary: Young, big-hearted, respected JSA Delhi regulatory partner Vishal Anand RIP [UPDATE]

J Sagar Associates (JSA) Delhi partner Vishal Anand has died earlier this morning of cardiac arrest following multiple organ failures, after having been admitted to hospital several weeks ago.

Ex-Vaish indrect tax head Shilpa Sharma now heading impactful indirect tax matters for Inox Group

Former Vaish Associates indirect tax head Shilpa Sharma, who had left the firm in April, has joined the Inox Group as legal advisor.

Lawyer aggregator websites ban? Of fake news & the perennial confusion around whether lawyers can (and do) advertise

Indian lawyers listing their profiles on a number of websites, apps and aggregators are guilty of “surrogate advertising”, Bhasin & Co managing partner Lalit Bhasin told the Hindustan Times in an article headlined “Law firms’ body seeks ban on apps, websites offering legal services”, with a nutgraf of “The Bar Council says the practice is equivalent to surrogate advertising”.

‘No doubt that proceeds of crime’: SC rejects Rohit Tandon bail plea (without prejudice) [READ JUDGMENT]

T&T Law founder Rohit Tandon lost his appeal for bail in the Supreme Court on Friday, and continues to be in jail for almost a year now for alleged money laundering.

Delhi HC to (again) consider video recording in courts, as petitioner Deepak Khosla says he will not pay Rs 20,000 costs in previous order

The Delhi high court has agreed to hear advocate _Deepak Khosla_’s appeal for video recording of all court proceedings in the high court, after it had initially dismissed the plea in August 2011 and again in July 2017 with Rs 20,000 costs that Khosla said he would not be paying.

JGLS rape victim wins interim stay of sentence suspension of convicted fellow JGLS-ites, in SC

The three JGLS Sonepat students who were convicted for rape of a fellow student of the law school, will be sent back to custody as the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the suspension of their sentences that was granted to them by the Punjab & Haryana high court in September, as first reported by Live Law.

Tell your sexual harassment stories: How big are the elephants in the rooms and corridors of the law?

To borrow the words of one anonymous tipster, we’ve not been living under a rock for the past weeks.

Read ED submission in SC to keep lawyer Rohit Tandon jailed: Laundered up to Rs 128 cr demonetised notes, won’t explain origin of cash

T&T Law founding partner Rohit Tandon, now in jail for nearly a year in one of the most high-profile arrests carried out in the wake of the government’s demonetisation drive in 2015, is now awaiting a final order of the Supreme Court over his bail plea in the money laundering case against him.

‘I already had a powerful narrative’: The inspiring story of new Rhodes scholar Rahul Bajaj, islands of excellence, Trilegal, disability

Rahul Bajaj and Sameer Rashid Bhat, the only lawyers among India’s latest batch of five selected Rhodes Scholars we reported yesterday, have both crossed historical benchmarks to clinch the prestigious scholarships.

Delhi judges condemn strikes but vow to ‘suffer in silence’, as billboard ‘shames’ lawyers who did their duty to represent clients, defied strike

A WhatsApp forward has been going around of a billboard in Tiz Hazari court with pictures of more than 40 lawyers who had allegedly appeared in court on Thursday and Friday (11 and 12 October) in defiance of Delhi bar associations’ call for a lawyers’ strike in the national capital.

HSA wins back $168m for L&T from Punjab Power with Rohatgi & Vaidyanathan in SC [READ ORDER]

The Supreme Court directed the Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL) to pay Rs 1100 crores as refund to L&T subsidiary Nabha Power (NPL), relieving NPL from a potential loss of Rs 8000 crore over the next 22 years.

SC sets 20 November to hear 5+ year-old foreign law firms appeal after government pressure

The Bar Council of India (BCI) appeal against the AK Balaji judgment of the Madras high court against 31 foreign law firms has been tentatively scheduled to finally happen on 20 November 2017, with the Supreme Court registry giving the green light in a 3 October order (see below), noting that all defects in service had now been cured.