constitutional law

The Centre has approved the appointment of J Surya Kant, J BR Gavai, Aniruddha Bose & AS Bopanna within 2 weeks of the recommendation by Supreme Court Collegium.  It was on the 8th of May that the Supreme Court collegium recommended the elevation of J Gavai from Bombay HC and J Surya Kant, the Chief Justice of Himachal..

Constitutional Principle-Doctrine of 'Rule of Law' Comparative Analysis 'Rule of law'is the basic rule of governance of any civilized policy. The scheme of the Constitution of India is based upon the concept of Rule of law. Everyone, whether indi..

Seven persons who had been convicted by the trial court and the Delhi High Court for their alleged involvement in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots have been acquitted by the Supreme Court of India  89 persons including the seven appellants were convicted under Section 147, 188, and 436 of the IPC by the Trial Court by its judgment..

It has to be said right at the outset that in a significant and latest decision delivered on April 16, 2019, the Supreme Court in Bikash Ranjan Rout v. State through the Secretary (Home), Government of NCT of Delhi, New Delhi in Criminal Appeal No. 687 of 2019 (Arising out of SLP (Cri.) No. 297 of 2015) has laid down clearly, categorically and convincingly that a Ma..

INTRODUCTION: JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED, JUSTICE WITHELD IS JUSTICE WITHDRAWN, and JUSTICE SHOULD NOT ONLY BE DONE BUT SHOULD ALSO APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DONE. The right to speedy trial is not a fact or literature but a "Constitutional reality" an..

In the matter of sexual harassment allegations against the Chief Justice of India, the apex court will pass orders today on the inquiry into the bench-fixing allegations raised by the Advocate. Advocate Bains filed an affidavit in suomoto proceeding by the Court. The affidavit alleged that the sexual harassment allegations are ..

A panel of Justices SA Bobde, NV Ramana and Indira Banerjee will inquire into the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Justice Bobde, who is next in line to be the Chief Justice of India was assigned by the CJI to look into the allegations levelled by former Supreme Court staffer. ..

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging the provisions of Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 (RP Act). Section 62(5) prohibits a person confined in the prison from casting his/her vote at any elections. The petitioner highlighted that the word “confinem..

The essence of law should be neither guarantee any privileges to any individual or a group of individual nor discriminate them. Article 14 of the Indian Constitution provides us equality before law which means everyone shall be treated equally regardless of gender, race, caste, religion, place of birth. For establishing the true equality various governments have tried..

A magistrate cannot order the police to file charge sheet after receiving a closure or refer report, emphasized the Supreme Court of India. A criminal case filed against the accused charged under Section 326, 294 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, thereafter, under Section ..

The Supreme Court of India rejected to stay the Election Bonds (EB) Scheme after 2019 General Elections. The court ordered all parties to provide all the details regarding the donations received by of EBs and the identity of the donors, total amount of donation received, details of payments, bank account details, etc. to the Election Commission of India in a sealed ..

The Bombay High Court recently made clear that if cases were settled by LokAdalats, the parties should be refunded the full court fee paid by them. The Bench cited Section 21 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and Section 16 of the Central Court Fees Act, 1870 and held that if a civil suit is referred to LokAdalat, the pla..

In the Review Petitions, the petitioners have relied upon the documents, some of which could not have been placed in public domain. The Central Government raised an objection that while considering Review Petitions, the said documents may not be considered as they are classified. In the Order passed by the Supreme Court today, ..

The Supreme Court of India noticed that in a cheque bounce case the complainant is bound to unfold the details of his/her financial capacity, while a question is raised by the accused through leading evidence to that effect. The accused questioned the financial capacity of the complainant in the case (Basalingappa vs. MUudibasa..

Candidates planning to contest the elections for Legislative Assembly of the states or Lok Sabha have to fulfill certain criteria. They also have to submit a list of documents without which their nomination will be rejected. The government has recently amended the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, on the insistence of the Election ..