Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-7 : Live Updates

A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the SupremeCourt will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter, wherein the Court held that the Governor did not act bona fide in reserving Bills to President. It held those...

Supreme Court Directs AIFF To Conduct ISL 2025-26; Appoints Justice Nageswara Rao To Oversee Selection Of Commercial Partner

The Supreme Court recently accepted a proposal offered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner for the football season 2025-26 and ordered the AIFF to take steps for timely commencement of the football competitions under its control."we direct AIFF to take such measures as may be necessary for timely commencement of football calendar and to maintain competitive continuity for the 2025-2026 season with respect to Super Cup and other competitions under its control",...

Couple Approaches Supreme Court Seeking FIR Against Pvt Hospital Over Alleged Baby Swapping

The Supreme Court is set to consider a plea by parents seeking criminal action against a hospita for allegedly swapping their boy child with a girl child soon after delivery. The bench of Justice Manoj Kumar and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing the challenge to the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court, which refused to direct registration of an FIR against the director of a private hospital in Raipur and his wife (who is the gynaecologist at the hospital) for the alleged offence of...

After Nigerian National Absconds, Supreme Court Says Govt May Frame Policy To Prevent Foreign Accused From Fleeing

Unable to secure presence of a foreign national who jumped bail in a cyber fraud case and fled to Nigeria, the Supreme Court recently disposed of a bail cancellation matter while leaving it open for the Union to formulate a policy to ensure that foreign nationals do not flee the process after committing crimes. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih closed the proceedings after it was highlighted that there is no bilateral treaty between India and Nigeria and therefore extradition...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Digital Verification Of Bail Sureties To Avoid Delay In Release Of Prisoners

The Supreme Court issued notice on a writ petition seeking directions to the police authorities for the use of digital technology to verify bail sureties to obviate delay in the release of prisoners who have secured bail.The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice in the matter. The bench also impleaded the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) through its member secretary.The petitioner is a senior citizen who has been settled in Italy for the last 23 years and...

S. 37(1)(a) Arbitration Act | Clause Restricting Interest On Delayed Payments By Itself Won't Bar Pendente Lite Interest : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Sep.2) observed that an Arbitral Tribunal can grant pendente lite interest unless expressly or impliedly barred in the contract. It added that a contractual clause barring interest on delayed payments does not prevent an arbitral tribunal from awarding pendente lite interest, i.e., the interest for the period during which the arbitration is...

Presidential Reference | Sibal Disagrees With Singhvi's Argument That Governor Has No Discretion While Acting On Bills [Day 6]

The Supreme Court yesterday(September 2) orally remarked that the arguments made by those opposing the Presidential Reference are self-contradictory in terms of the different approaches offered by them in reading Article 200.Justice Vikram Nath orally said this in the context of an argument made by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal(for the State of West Bengal) that the Governor is not a mere post office and there is inherent evidence in Article 200 to suggest that he acts independently in...

Arbitration | Delivery Of Award To Govt Official Not Connected With Case Doesn't Amount To Valid Service On State : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified that when the government or one of its departments is a party to arbitration, delivery of an arbitral award to an official who is not connected with or aware of the proceedings cannot be treated as valid service for commencing the limitation period to challenge the award. Citing its ruling of Union of India vs. Tecco Trichy Engineers & Contractors (2005),...

Company Law | NCLT Can Examine Allegations Of Fraud & Validity Of Documents In Oppression & Mismanagement Cases : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Sep.2) observed that the National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”) has jurisdiction to examine allegations of fraud and validity of documents in oppression and mismanagement cases. The Court said that when “a member who holds the majority of shares in a company is reduced to the position of minority shareholder in the company by an act of the company or by its Board of Directors in a mala fide manner, the said act must ordinarily be considered to be an act of...

Collegium Recommends 26 New Judges To Allahabad HC Including SC Advs Garima Prashad, Abdhesh Chaudhary & Swarupama Chaturvedi

The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of 12 lawyers and 14 judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High CourtOut of the 26 persons recommended, three of them, Senior Advocates Garima Prashad, Swarupama Chaturvedi and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, practice at the Supreme Court.Garima Prashad is also the Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh.The lawyers recommended are:Vivek Saran;Adnan Ahmad;Vivek Kumar Singh; Garima Prashad; Sudhanshu Chauhan;Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary;...

Trial Against Umar Khalid & Others Will Progress In Natural Pace; Hurried Trial Will Affect Rights : Delhi High Court

The Court prima facie observed that offences were made out against the accused.

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against ₹3,500 Fee For All India Bar Examination

The Supreme Court on September 2 dismissed a petition challenging the Rs. 3,500 fee and other incidental charges levied by the Bar Council of India (BCI) for the All-India Bar Examination (AIBE).A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta agreed with BCI's contention that the judgment in Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India, which held that Bar Councils cannot charge more than the statutorily prescribed Rs. 750 for enrolment, does not apply to the AIBE fees. During the hearing, Justice...