The Supreme Court has asked the Law Commission of India to study the framework for enforcing and executing arbitral awards, after a 2002 award was still being litigated 24 years later.
Can a court charge a party for letting it call a witness the court itself finds necessary? Not under Section 311 CrPC, the Supreme Court has held, undoing costs of Rs 1 lakh per case imposed on the Income Tax Department. New Delhi: Costs levied on the Income Tax Department for allowing its applications under […]
Rs 1,30,000 billed for a chemotherapy injection with a dealer price of Rs 11,000: the Supreme Court asked the Centre on Tuesday to explain that cancer drug mark-up, and reserved its verdict on a PIL seeking caps on essential drug prices. New Delhi: After observing that a cancer drug mark-up of up to 1,000% by […]
Supreme Court warns Rajasthan of CBI probe into the regularisation of illegal mining along the Jojari-Luni-Bandi river system, and tells the State to return with a funded plan for effluent treatment and a scientifically fixed river corridor. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has warned the State of Rajasthan that it may order a CBI investigation […]
The death sentence of Mohd. Tanvir, one of 38 convicts condemned in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, will not be carried out for now: the Supreme Court has admitted his appeal and asked for probation, prison conduct and psychological reports. New Delhi: Mohd. Tanvir alias Talha Mohd. Akhtar Pathan has challenged the Gujarat High […]
Para 13(A) of the Supreme Court’s April 27 order is gone: trial courts no longer have to call for mitigation reports in every death-eligible case, though the requirement for High Courts stays. New Delhi: Accepting a clarification application by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), the Supreme Court has deleted its direction that trial courts […]
