The Supreme Court’s Judgment on why a Suit for Redemption must be Allowed

-Report by Jayseeka Virdi The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the judgment and decree passed by the First Appellate Court and that of the High Court and passed a decree in favor of the plaintiffs. A bench consisting of Justice Hemant Gupta, A.S. Bopanna said that the suit for redemption of the mortgaged propertyRead More

Criticism of the Tribunals Reforms Bill 2021 by the Apex Court

The Supreme Court on 16th August, 2021, criticized the Tribunals Reforms Bill 2021 introduced by the Finance Minister, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, on August 2, 2021, and passed by the Parliament last week. The Bill reenacts the same provisions struck down by the Court in the Madras Bar Association vs Union Of India on 14 JulyRead More

CNLU Students Open Front Against Administration Over Fee Tussle

The CNLU students open front against Administration over Fee Tussle as they are facing various problems due to arbitrary decisions taken by their administration. For this academic year (2021-22), their administration has increased their fees by Rs.12,000 as compared to the last online academic year. For the last 2 years, the students have been chargedRead More

Centre to Form Committee of Experts to Look into Pegasus Scandal

The Central Government through the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court, which said that they were looking forward to forming a Committee of Experts, to solve the Pegasus spyware scandal. Further, the affidavit goes on denying all the allegations that were previously made by the petitioners. ItRead More

Pre Deposit of Fine Cannot be Imposed as a Condition to hear Revision Petition filed by Convict

The Bench of justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari on 4 August 2021 observed that a condition of depositing a fine amount to hear a criminal revision under section 397 and 401 C.R.P.C cannot be imposed on a convict. The Bench was hearing an appeal against an order passed by the High Court of KarnatakaRead More

Supreme Court Issues Notice on the Issue whether Children from Second Marriages are Entitled to Inheritance

The bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrikesh Roy issued a notice on whether the children from second marriage would have a share in ancestral property? The Special leave petition was filed against the observation of the High Court of Bombay, Nagpur Bench that the children should not inherit a share in the propertyRead More

No Immunity from Taxation for Nuns and Priests as Government Employees: Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court on 6 August 2021, held that priests and nuns who work as teachers for educational institutions are liable to pay TDS (Tax Deduction at Source). This judgment was made scratching about 50 writ appeals. The history of this issue can be dated back to 1944 when it was observed that all theRead More