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ED Files PMLA Complaints Against Anil Ambani Group Firms In ₹40,185 Crore Case

The ED filed prosecution complaints against Anil Ambani Group firms RInfra and RCom and ex-executives in two PMLA cases, pegging proceeds of crime in the RCom case at ₹40,185 crore. New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed prosecution complaints in two separate money-laundering cases involving the Anil Ambani Group companies Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) […]

No Recovery Of Excess Pay From Retired Employee Absent Misrepresentation: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court held that excess pay wrongly fixed cannot be recovered from a retired Class III employee where there is no misrepresentation, relying on Rafiq Masih, while denying his ACP claim. Patna: The Patna High Court has held that the State cannot recover an excess amount paid to a retired Class III employee […]

Courts Can’t Convict On Surmises: Supreme Court Faults HC Reasoning In Feud Killing

The Supreme Court declined to restore a murder conviction in an Andhra Pradesh feud killing but faulted the High Court for altering it to culpable homicide on “surmises and conjectures.” New Delhi: The Supreme Court has declined to restore a murder conviction in a decades-old Andhra Pradesh feud killing, but in doing so faulted the […]

Voluntary Deductions Like PF, ESPP Can’t Cut Income For Maintenance: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that voluntary deductions such as provident fund and ESPP contributions cannot reduce income while fixing child maintenance, enhancing it to ₹1.5 lakh per month. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has enhanced the maintenance payable for two minor children in a matrimonial dispute to ₹1,50,000 per month, holding that voluntary deductions from […]

NALSAR Students Oppose CJI Surya Kant As Convocation Chief Guest

Around 450 NALSAR students wrote to the administration opposing CJI Surya Kant as convocation chief guest, citing his remarks on the student protests and police action. Hyderabad: A section of the graduating students at the NALSAR University of Law has written to the university administration opposing any proposal to invite Chief Justice of India Surya […]

Abhishek Banerjee Moves Supreme Court Again For Foreign Travel Over Eye Treatment

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court a second time seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment, challenging the Calcutta High Court’s August 5 refusal. New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court for a second time seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment, challenging the Calcutta […]

“Having Entered Politics, You Fear Eggs?”: Supreme Court Refuses Mahua Moitra’s Virtual Appearance Plea

The Supreme Court declined Mahua Moitra’s plea to appear virtually before the IO in a Facebook post FIR, with Justice Datta remarking, “Having taken the plunge into politics, you are afraid of eggs? The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra seeking permission to appear virtually before […]

Who Pays DY Chandrachud? Supreme Court Directs Sunjay Kapur’s Family Trust To Fund Ex-CJI Fee

The Supreme Court extended the mediation in the Sunjay Kapur family estate dispute to November 2, with ex-CJI Chandrachud mediating and the RK Family Trust directed to pay his fee. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday recorded that the mediation in the dispute within the family of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur over the […]

“Collegium Opaque” Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Flags Return Of Opacity In Collegium, No Reasons In Last Three Resolutions

Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who flagged a return of opacity in the collegium system while speaking at the launch of a judicial transparency report

It Was About Backdoor Lawyers: CJI Clarifies Cockroach Remarks Were For Fake Law Degree Holders, Not For All Youth

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant clarified that his “cockroach” remarks were aimed only at lawyers who entered the profession using fake degrees, not the country’s youth. “It was about the lawyers who have entered profession through backdoor,” he reiterated.