Supreme Court scraps point-based system for senior advocate designations, directs High Courts to revise rules
The Bench directed all the High Courts to amend the existing rules in accordance with the Judgment within four months.
Justice Abhay Oka
Supreme Court raises concerns with Senior Advocate designation process; Refers matter to CJI
The Bench was dealing with the issue of whether the law and the procedure laid down by the Court regarding the designation of Advocates as Senior Advocates under Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 required reconsideration.
Supreme Court upholds Jharkhand HC’s decision quashing FIR against MPs Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari in 2022 Deoghar airport case
They were accused of entering Air Traffic Control and forcing the personnel to give clearance for an unscheduled night flight.
‘Only a defrauded purchaser under sale deed can file cheating case’; SC quashes cheating case against Goa MLA Jit Vinayak Arolkar
“If a person sells a property knowing that it does not belong to him, and thereby defrauds the person who purchased the property, the person defrauded, that is, the purchaser, may complain that the vendor committed the fraudulent act of cheating. But a third party who is not the purchaser under the deed may not be able to make such complaint.”
Read why Supreme Court dismissed NOIDA Special Economic Zone Authority’s appeal for claim of Rs. 6 Crore against corporate debtor
The claims pertaining to the transfer fees, etc., cannot be dealt with by courts or tribunals as the same relates to the commercial wisdom of the Committee of Creditors for they are the best persons to determine their interests, and any such interference is non-justiciable except as provided by Section 30(2) of IBC 2016.
Supreme Court sets aside Calcutta HC verdict advising adolescent girls to control sexual urge
The High Court advised the female adolescent, to control sexual urge/urges as in the eyes of society she is the looser when she gives in to enjoying the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes.