The Desirability Of A Permanent Constitution Bench In The Supreme Court23 Oct 2019 4:07 PM GMTIn 1950, the maximum number of judges in the Supreme Court was seven plus the Chief Justice of India. This number was increased to 11 in 1956, to 14 in 1960, to 18 in 1978, 26 in 1986, 31 in...
The Significance Of Bombay HC Ruling On Phone Tapping23 Oct 2019 12:27 PM GMTIn a judgment handed down on October 22, a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court found that the Central Bureau of Investigation's ['CBI'] surveillance of a businessman accused of paying bribes was...
In a previous post, we discussed one of the peculiar features of the ongoing litigation regarding the communications shut-down and other restrictions in Kashmir. One of these features is the absence...
No matter how so mighty one be, law is always above her. Or so we are taught in law school. Is this true? Does law ultimately prevail in the constant tussle between law and power? But who makes the...
Exactly four years ago on this day, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court struck down the ninety ninth Constitution amendment which introduced the National Judicial Appointments Commission to...
It goes without saying that the district judiciary in India receives relatively less attention compared to the higher judiciary despite being burdened with the largest share of litigation. Often ...
Article 141 of Indian Constitution says: The law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts. It is called precedent, which is one of the important sources of law for any ...
Abstract Arbitration, as an alternative model of dispute resolution, was founded upon the plinth of effective, fastidious, and straightforward conflict settlement in the arena of commercial horn...
The Indian judicial system has recently seen a surge in the number of cases demanding elimination of online anonymity by prescribing mandatory linkage of email IDs and social media accounts with...
The Supreme Court last month called for a report from the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir high court in respect to complaints that a number of children – described as juveniles in...
Swamy Chinmayanand, spiritual leader, and former Member of Parliament from the BJP has been accused on charges of rape against a student at Shahjahanpur. With murkier details of the case emerging,...
Arbitration has been the toast of the legal community for a long time. It has been long expected that arbitration will replace business litigation to a great extent one day. Lawyers have been...
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ('NCLAT') reversed the order of NCLT while adjudicating upon the matter concerning insolvency of Sterling Biotech. The NCLAT allowed the creditors to...
It is the time of Navaratri, a celebration which depicts the victory of good over evil. Considering this post as a deviance from the usual stuff, allow me to take the privilege to try out some fun...
Over the last couple of years, there have been a slew of judgments rendered by the Supreme Court in the field of constitutional law. For a student of constitutional law, these have been exciting...
In the Sabarimala case(Indian Young Lawyers' Association v. State of Kerala), Supreme Court had rendered a path breaking judgment which led to a huge furore in the State of Kerala. A batch of ...
National Commission for Review of Working of Constitution (NCRWC) has strongly recommended for protection of already adjudicated rights of states over the rivers flowing through their states and...
