Know Thy Judge| Justice R. Subhash Reddy
by Ritu Singh*
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Know Thy Judge | Justice S. Abdul Nazeer
by Ritu Singh*
Supreme Court Yearly Roundup – 2020 in review
JANUARY 2020 Story of the month 5-judge bench holds no time limit could be fixed while granting anticipatory bail Supreme Court Monthly
Know Thy Judge| Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
by Ritu Singh*
Remembering Justice Hidayatullah
by Upendra Baxi
‘Physically impossible for me to commit rape’, claims a one-handed man convicted for rape of a 6-year-old. SC says “there is no such impossibility”
Supreme Court: In a 20-year-old case relating to rape of a 6-year-old, the 3-judge bench of RF Nariman*, Navin Sinha and KM
Supreme Court | Can candidates left out of merit list claim equity with those selected on basis of erroneous concession given by State? Read SC discussion on Negative Equality
Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi, JJ. held that the candidates left out of
All HC | Does Article 12 of Constitution of India cover ‘Private Financial Institutions’ under its ambit? HC reiterates law laid down by SC
Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Naheed Ara Moonis and Vivek Varma, JJ., reiterated the law laid down by the Supreme Court
Appointment of arbitrators under Section 11 by the Supreme Court: A time intensive phenomenon
by Payal Chandra* & Rhythm Buaria**
2015 Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege| ‘No threat to the lives of accused or to fair trial’; SC refuses to transfer the trial outside Punjab
“The transfer of trial from one state to another would inevitably reflect on the credibility of the State’s judiciary. Except for compelling factors and clear situation of deprivation of fair justice, the transfer power should not be invoked.”
Know Thy Judge| Justice B.R. Gavai
by Nilufer Bhateja*
Can NSE realise withheld securities prior to expulsion or declaration of defaulter? SC discusses in detail
Supreme Court: In an elaborate judgment running into over 90 pages, the bench of AM Khanwilkar* and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has discussed
Despite many witnesses turning hostile, SC finds man guilty of killing his wife in 1999; Says it’s not an unusual event in long drawn out trials in India
Supreme Court: In a case dating back to 1999 where a married woman was found dead in her matrimonial home, the bench
Mysterious discrepancy in case details and judgement files on Supreme Court’s website creates confusion
While going through the judgments uploaded on the Supreme Court’s official website, an anomaly has caught our attention. In two of the
Interlocutory Orders, Stay of Trial Proceedings and Inherent Powers: A discussion on ‘Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency (P) Ltd. v. CBI’
by Abhinav Sharma & Prajwal Shukla*
Know Thy Judge| Justice Dr. DY Chandrachud
by Sucheta Sarkar*
Know Thy Judge| Justice S. Ravindra Bhat
“Free speech of the citizens of this country cannot be stifled by implicating them in criminal cases, unless such speech has the tendency to affect public order.”
Supreme Court Collegium approves proposal for appointment of Justice Manish Choudhury as Permanent Judge of Gauhati HC
Collegium Resolution The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of Justice Manish Choudhury, Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court