‘Criminal justice system itself can be a punishment’, SC discharges accused in abetment to suicide case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court has discharged three accused in an alleged 2008 abetment to suicide case in Punjab, saying "the criminal justice system of ours can itself be a punishment".A bench comprising justices S.K. Kaul and Abhay S. Oka said: "The criminal justice system of ours can itself be a punishment!...

Sebi forms a high-level panel to review corporate takeover rules, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

India's capital markets regulator has formed a high-level panel to review corporate takeover rules, the first such anticipated overhaul in more than a decade, as Asia's third-biggest economy seeks to establish a contemporary M&A regime that bakes in momentous changes spawned by the Global Financial Crisis and the emergence of...

SC Collegium recommends transfer of 7 HCs judges, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday recommended transfer of seven high court judges to different high courts in the country. The list of high court judges, who have been recommended for transfer, does not include Justice Nikhil S Kariel of the Gujarat High...

Court Stays Proceedings Against Amaravati Leaders, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

VIJAYAWADA: AP high court on Friday stayed all further proceedings in the case registered against Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi leaders.They have been booked for obstructing the duties of public servant by Rayavaram police in Konaseema district after a stand-off with police while going on padayatra from Amaravati to Arasavelli.Jammula Annapurna, A...

CJI, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday said when lawyers strike, the consumer of justice suffers, the person for whom justice is meant, and not the judges or the lawyers.Recently, the lawyers of two high courts - Gujarat and Telangana- had protested against the proposal made by...

Delhi HC asks Centre to sanction special educators’ posts in KVs, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to sanction regular posts of special educators for special children in KVs within eight weeks.The order by the Chief Justice-led bench came on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by NGO Social Jurist seeking the appointment...

Madhya Pradesh HC interim relief to interfaith couples, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court, in an interim relief to petitioners seeking striking down of the MP Freedom of Religion Act 2021 as unconstitutional, has restrained the state government from taking coercive action against anyone who violates section 10 of the Act that makes it mandatory for someone wishing...

SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the election of office bearers of the Indian Olympic Association must go ahead as scheduled.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that it will hear the matter relating to IOA on December 7.One...