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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the premature release of all six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts. The Court ordered the release of convicts Nalini Srihar, Robert Pais, Ravichandran, Suthenthira Raja @ Santhan, Shriharan @ Murugan and Jaikumar. ‘The  appellants  are directed to be set at liberty if not required in any […]

The Supreme Court, in an order passed last month, issued the following guidelines for disposal of criminal cases by resorting to the triple method of plea bargaining, compounding of offences and under the Probation of offenders Act, 1958. The above are part of the detailed and comprehensive suggestions submitted to court by by the three

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior bench recently held an advocate guilty of contempt for forging signatures of the petitioner on an affidavit. Nevertheless, noting that he had tendered his unconstitutional apology, the court decided not to impose any punishment. The court, however, directed an enquiry against the oath commissioner for executing the document-  Thus,

\”The Central Government has notified that Sections 50 to 57 and 93 of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment Act) 2019 will come into force with effect from April 1, 2022. A notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on February 25 stated : \”In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of

\”Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi of the Karnataka High Court, who was recommended to be appointed as a judge of the High Court has withdrawn his consent for elevation.Confirming his withdrawal to Live Law, Sondhi said, \”I have written to the collegium on February 4 in the light of the fact that it has been a

A Mumbai judge has filed a complaint stating that his debit card was cloned and that money totalling 1.2 lakh was taken from his Salary account on several dates over the course of a year. On February 4, a first information report was filed at the Kurla police station in Mumbai, based on a complaint

\”Hearing a plea against conviction for murder and sentence of life imprisonment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday explained court-craft and the art of argumentation to a young lawyer appearing for the petitioners- providing guidance as regards the portions of the court record to rely on and the submissions to formulate- and finally, passing an order

While hearing the Bar Council of India\’s (\”BCI\”) challenge to the judgment of the Gujarat High Court, which allowed persons with other employment, whether full time or part-time, to enrol as Advocates without resigning from their jobs, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, observed that it is high time the BCI introspects on the mechanism it

The Chief Justice of India on Monday expressed unhappiness regarding lawyers attending virtual hearing through their mobile phones, making it difficult for the Bench to hear or see them during the hearing. These counsels appear through their mobile phones and they\’re not visible. I think we have to ban this mobile business\”, CJI NV Ramana

The Central Government has made it clear before the Supreme Court that there is no COVID-19 vaccination mandate and that vaccination is not mandatory. Responding to a plea seeking ease of access to vaccination to persons with disabilities, the Central Government has submitted before the Supreme Court of India that its guidelines do not envisage