News Update Supreme Court Sets Framework for Upholding Fair Trial and Legal Aid Standards 3 Dec 20243 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment in Ashok v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Criminal Appeal No. 771 of 2024, issued detailed guidelines to strengthen procedural fairness in…
News Update Supreme Court to Hear Challenges Against BNSS Provisions on December 18 3 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court has scheduled a comprehensive hearing for December 18, 2024, to examine the constitutional challenges to several provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). The petitions,…
News Update Supreme Court to Examine ED’s Power to Attach Property Without FIR 2 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court has decided to examine whether the Enforcement Directorate (ED) can attach property in the absence of an FIR related to the scheduled offence that the property is…
News Update Supreme Court Questions ECI’s Decision to Increase Voters Per Polling Station 2 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court today sought an explanation from the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding its decision to increase the maximum number of voters per polling station from 1,200 to…
News Update Supreme Court Stays Contempt Proceedings Against Gujarat Judicial Officer 2 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court recently stayed contempt proceedings initiated in the Gujarat High Court against Additional Senior Civil Judge A.M. Bhukharee. These proceedings stemmed from allegations that the judicial officer abetted…
News Update SC Surprised Over Senthil Balaji’s Appointment as Minister Post-Bail in Cash-for-Jobs Scam 2 Dec 2024 On December 2, the Supreme Court expressed surprise that Senthil Balaji was appointed as a Cabinet Minister in Tamil Nadu shortly after being granted bail in a money laundering case…
News Update SC Agrees to Examine Guidelines for Criminal Proceedings on Counterfeit Drugs 1 Dec 2024 On November 29, the Supreme Court agreed to consider the lack of procedural guidelines for initiating criminal proceedings against individuals involved in manufacturing, storing, and selling counterfeit drugs. A bench…
News Update Supreme Court Disapproves NGT’s Penalty Methodology Based on Revenue 1 Dec 2024 The Supreme Court set aside an order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that imposed a penalty of ₹25 crores on Benzo Chem Industrial Private Limited for alleged environmental damages,…
News Update Supreme Court: Documents Beyond Charge Sheet Cannot Be Considered at Discharge Stage 30 Nov 2024 Order: Rajnish Kumar Biswakarma v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr. The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the principle that only the documents forming part of the charge sheet can…
News Update SCAORA Urges CJI to Publish Hearing Sequence a Day in Advance to Ease Challenges for Advocates 30 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) has written to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna requesting that the sequence of hearings for matters listed before benches be published in the…
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