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Source: hindustantimes.com A day after the government appointed justice R S Jha as acting chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court overlooking the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to appoint justice A A Kureshi as chief justice of the high court, the law ministry defended its decision saying “there is nothing unusual about the appointment”. A

Source:- You need to be scared now if you are a tax evader, as Supreme Court brings in news which is proving out to be a great relief for the Government. The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea against relief provided to GST evaders that was put up against a verdict passed on by the Telangana High

Source:- indialegallive.com The Delhi High Court has stayed the operation of Rule 7 of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018 which pre-requisites a joint proposal by three senior advocates for a lawyer to apply for a senior designation. As per the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018,

Source:- hindustantimes.com The government had argued that the plea for review of the Rafale verdict was not maintainable as it was based on documents, which were covered under the Official Secrets Act. The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, in a unanimous decision, has held that it would consider the papers

Source- ndtv.com Adultery is no longer a crime in India even though, “without a shadow of doubt”, it can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today, scrapping a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as property. “The husband is not the master of the wife,” said

Source: news18 The relationship between man and God is “very personal” and should be “nobody else’s business”, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur said on Sunday as he stressed on tolerance for peace in society. More lives have been lost in religious wars than due to political ideologies, Justice Thakur said during the release

Source:- thehindu.com Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court Altamas Kabir passed away here on Sunday. He was 68. Suffering from kidney-related ailments, Justice Kabir was admitted to a private hospital in the city last week. “Mr Altamas Kabir, Hon’ble Former Chief Justice of India, passed away at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, 2:52 p.m. on Sunday,”

Source:- huffingtonpost.in MUMBAI– The Bombay High Court today voiced displeasure over journalists covering court proceedings attired in jeans and T-shirts, asking if it was “Bombay culture”. The observation was made by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni when they were hearing a petition challenging doctors abstaining from work. The bench, on seeing

Source:- thehindu.com Justice Indira Banerjee, presently a judge of the Delhi High Court has been appointed by the President as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Ms. Justice Banerjee would be the second woman next to Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (June – November, 1992) to head the charted court. Born on September 24, 1957

Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India J S Khehar’s promise a month and a half ago to make filing of appeals in the Supreme Court “paperless“ from July 3, when the court reopens after the summer break, will remain a promise. On May 10, the CJI, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra