Terming the citation of such fabricated precedents without verification as professional misconduct on the part of an advocate, a Bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, said that judicial reliance on such material would amount to an equally serious lapse.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government on a petition filed by self-styled godman Asaram alias Ashumal challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding his conviction in the 2013 sexual assault case involving a minor devotee, while declining to grant him interim bail at this stage, observing that such a request could not be considered without first hearing the state.
The establishment and operationalisation of the Mediation Council of India - a cornerstone of the Mediation Act, 2023 - remains one of the most anticipated shifts in our legal landscape.
The Supreme Court's recent observation that forcing a couple, separated for 15 years, to continue in a legal relationship would amount to "cruelty to both parties" draws attention to one of the most glaring gaps in India's matrimonial laws.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi High Court order directing the premature release of Md. Rashid Khan, one of the convicts in the 1993 Bowbazar, Kolkata, blast case, after he had undergone more than 33 years of incarceration.
The Supreme Court’s recent affirmation that larger companies may legitimately face heavier penalties for environmental violations has triggered familiar constitutional unease.
The American action in Venezuela constituted a breach of international law, asserts Sarah Heathcote.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of 2016 (IBC) was established with the goal of conducting the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) of a debt-ridden company.
Very recently, the Madras High Court, on 25 October, declared cryptocurrency a ‘property’ of the user. The question for declaring it as a property arose from a recent incident in which an investor, Rhuti Kumar, among other investors, lost savings in WazirX due to a cyberattack on the platform.
The move to impeach a judge of the Madras High Court for a judgment that he had pronounced is patently wrong, because according to the Constitution, a judge of the High Court may be removed by impeachment only on the ground of proven misbehaviour or incapacity, which can hardly be inferred from a single judgement – even if demonstrably wrong.
