Opposing the view expressed by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar that the Parliament has supremacy over other organs of the State, former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur said that it is the Constitution which is supreme. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/constitution-of-india-is-supreme-not-the-parliament-ex-judge-justice-mb-lokur-opposes-vice-presidents-comments-219697
On access to knowledge platforms, the CJI advocated live-streaming of court proceedings, pointing out it would help those students of law who do not have good professors. Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Saturday said there are many barriers to access legal education and enter legal profession and cracking the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)…
The Court ruled that putting chargesheets filed by investigating agencies in public domain would be contrary to the scheme envisaged by the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea to publish chargesheets filed by the police, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in…
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, continued with the hearing of the Miscellaneous Application seeking modification of the guidelines for Living Will/Advance Medical Directive that was issued by way of its judgment recognising ‘passive euthanasia’ in Common Cause v. Union of India And Anr. Living Will/Advance Medical Directive is a written document…
The Court asked for a note on setting up a web portal where all information can be uploaded by the High Courts and States on judicial appointments and infrastructure, on a real-time basis. The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the submission of a concept note with respect to the proposed setting up of an online…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a five member Supervisory Committee for the protection and renovation of several heritage sites in the State of Rajasthan. The top court also appointed Former Chief Justice of the Bombay and Rajasthan High Courts Pradeep Nandrajog as head of the Committee. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/shocking-that-rajasthan-has-permitted-its-heritage-to-be-destroyed-supreme-court-forms-panel-to-protect-heritage-sites-after-states-negligence-219341
The Supreme Court reiterated that excessive conditions cannot be imposed while granting bail/suspension of sentence. The conditions of bail cannot be so onerous that their existence itself tantamounts to refusal of bail, the bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Ramasubramanian observed while setting aside conditions imposed by Rajasthan High Court for suspension of sentence in…
The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravi Kumar have held that academic qualifications are a valid criteria to differentiate pay scale for different employees even when the nature of the work undertaken by them is more or less the same. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/difference-in-pay-scale-based-on-academic-qualifications-valid-even-if-nature-of-work-is-the-same-supreme-court-219118
