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Order XX of CPC which lays down time limit for pronouncing judgment does not apply to High Courts: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court clarified Order XX of Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) which provides a time limit for the courts to deliver judgments, will not apply to High Courts. In…

Supreme Court: Requirement for executor or a legatee under a Will to seek probate or letters of administration

Shri Badri Nath Agarwal, r/o Bithoriya, Tehsil Haldwani District Nainital, Uttrakhand, died on 07.05.2011 eaving 5 sons and 1 daughter. Major Ravinder Nath Agarwal claimed that his father Late Badri…

Uttarakhand HC rejects pleas filed by hydropower companies

The Uttarakhand High Court has rejected all the petitions filed by various hydro-power project companies against the Uttarakhand government, upholding the water tax on hydropower generation in the state. A…

Supreme Court confirms: No contempt case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai

The Supreme Court's public relations department issued a statement that the court has not initiated any criminal contempt proceedings against senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. The information published on the Supreme…

Disha Ravi can get access to lawyer, warm clothes, books as court allows

Delhi court on Tuesday allowed climate activist Disha Ravi's application seeking access to her lawyer, talktime with family during the police custody, warm clothes, books and home-cooked food. This 21…

Plea Seeking Polling by Secret Ballot in Physical Form for SCBA Election

In terms of Bye-Law no. 17 of the Supreme Court Bar Association, a plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to conduct upcoming Supreme Court Bar Association…

Former SC judge passed away

Former Supreme Court judge P.B. Sawant passed away at his residence at Pune on Monday. He was 90 years old. He was dedicated to social causes also. He was in…

Siddique Kappan Case: SC gives 5-day interim bail to Kerala journalist to meet sick mother

The Apex Court of India on Monday granted bail of 5 days to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan on an application filed by the Kerala Union Working Journalists seeking his release…

AIMPLB moves Supreme Court against plea for uniform divorce laws; claims matter of personal law cannot be tested on the anvil of Articles 14, 21

The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has appealed to the Supreme Court and opposed the petition seeking uniform grounds for divorce in the country regardless of belief, personal laws,…

Second FIR filed against Yuvraj Singh for passing a comment on a FB live in June 2020.

*Background* on a FB Live with Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj made some remarks about Team India spinner which didn't go down well with the Dalit community. Back then a Dalit Lawyer…