Jain & Co. Advocates

The Supreme Court Collegium today unanimously agreed, on principle, that the recommendation for appointment of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, Justice KM Joseph, as a Judge of the Supreme Court should be reiterated.

The Supreme Court today allowed an appeal filed against the proprietorship concern of Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

A Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi delivered the judgment today, sending the dispute for arbitration, thereby setting aside the decision of the Delhi High Court.

A Jodhpur Court has reportedly convicted self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and two other accused in a 2013 r**e case involving a minor victim. The verdict was delivered this morning by Judge Madhusudhan Sharma amidst tight security from inside Jodhpur Central jail.

The five charges levelled against Chief Justice :
1. The facts and circumstances relating to the Prasad Educational Trust case, show prima facie evidence suggesting that Chief Justice Dipak Misra may have been involved in the conspiracy of paying illegal gratification in the case, which at least warrants a thorough investigation.
2. That the Chief Justice Dipak Misra dealt on the administrative as well as judicial side, with a writ petition which sought investigation into a matter in which he too was likely to fall within the scope of investigation since he had presided over every bench which had dealt with the case and passed orders in the case of Prasad Educational Trust, and thus violated the first principle of the Code of Conduct for Judges.
3. That the Chief Justice Dipak Misra appears to have antedated an administrative order dated 6thNovember 2017 which amounts to a serious act of forgery/fabrication.
4. That Chief Justice Dipak Misra acquired land when he was an advocate, by giving an affidavit that was found to be false and despite the orders of the ADM cancelling the allotment in 1985, surrendered the said land only in 2012 after he was elevated to the Supreme Court.
5. That Chief Justice Dipak Misra has abused his administrative authority as master of roster to arbitrarily assign individual cases of particular advocates in politically sensitive cases, to select judges in order to achieve a predetermined outcome.

The Youth Bar Association of India has filed a petition before the Supreme Court praying for directions to be issued to the Supreme Court Collegium and Calcutta High Court Collegium to fill up vacancies in the Calcutta High Court.

Supreme Court website hacked? Site non-functional

Unregistered Partnership Deed can be Referred to Arbitration; SC*_ Ananthesh Bhakta Vs. Nayana S. Bhakta
[Supreme Court of India, 15-11-2016]

The Union Law Ministry has approved the proposal to re-appoint retired High Court judges to deal with mounting arrears.

High Court lifts ban on liquor sales in Bihar, In a setback to the Bihar government, the Patna High Court today quashed the government notification completely banning liquor in the state.

Supreme Court cancels bail granted to Shahabuddin

Justice Girish Chandra Gupta, Judge, Calcutta HC appointed as Chief Justice, Calcutta HC