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 Petitioner Advocate Shailendra  Tripathi recently argued in the Supreme court that the dress code of black robes or coats, or blazers  with long ceremonial gowns of advocates, was a colonial legacy and should be done away with considering that  the Indian climate  is  oppressive  in summer  in Northern and coastal parts of the country.    […]

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India, Shri. D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B.R. Gavai, vide Resolution dated September 17, 2024, recommended the appointment of the following Judges for the following High Courts: Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji – Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court Justice Tashi Rabstan – Chief Justice

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India, Shri. D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B.R. Gavai, vide Resolution dated September 17, 2024, recommended the appointment of the following Judges for the following High Courts: Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji – Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court Justice Tashi Rabstan – Chief Justice

The significance of obtaining a Completion Certificate and Fire Safety Clearance Certificate in the context of real estate transactions was clarified in a Supreme Court Judgement delivered by Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale on September 06, 2024. The appellant filed the present Appeals under Section 23 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986,

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma has dismissed the Appeal filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee, challenging the Enforcement Directorate's summons in relation to a scam case. The couple has raised objections against the summons of ED where attendance is required in the national

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma has dismissed the Appeal filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee, challenging the Enforcement Directorate's summons in relation to a scam case. The couple has raised objections against the summons of ED where attendance is required in the national

The Supreme Court of India dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Choudappa & Anr. challenging a Karnataka High Court judgement, which upheld the continuation of an inquiry into mesne profits initiated decades after the original decree. The case revolved around whether the application for mesne profits filed in 2014, following a decree passed

In the criminal appeal of Shabna Abdullah vs. UOI & Ors., the three-judge bench of Justice B.R. Gavai, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, and Justice K.V. Viswanathan observed that when a Coordinate Bench of the same High Court relied on the same grounds of detention and material as the detaining authority, and thereby reached a considered conclusion

The Hon’ble Supreme Court on 09/11/2023 directed – 1] Expeditious Disposal of Criminal Cases registered against elected MPs and MLAs; 2] to Exercise power under Art.227 and register a suo-motu case with title, “In Re: Designated Courts for MPs and MLAs” to monitor early disposal of subject cases and be heard by the Special Bench