Delhi, Uttarakhand HCs get new judges, Legal News, ET LegalWorld
Two advocates and a judicial officer were on Monday appointed as judges — two in the Delhi High Court and one in the Uttarakhand High Court. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced their appointments on X. While advocates Ajay Digpaul and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar were appointed as judges of the Delhi HC, Ashish Naithani, a […]
SC overturns HC’s intervention in IBC case, Cites delay and laches, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court has held that the High Court committed an error in entertaining the writ petition, which set aside the resolution plan after the proceedings were initiated under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The court highlighted that the notice was not given before the 19th Committee of Creditors meeting, which occurred way back […]
SC to consider modifying orders that barred HCs from hearing coal block allocation cases, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would consider pleas seeking modification of its earlier orders that barred high courts from hearing appeals against trial court orders passed in cases related to alleged illegal coal block allocations. The apex court passed two orders between 2014 and 2017 restricting the accused from approaching the high court and […]
2 in SC, 364 in HCs, 5245 in district courts, ET LegalWorld
In response to a query in Parliament, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal provided an update on judicial vacancies, stating that there are currently 2 vacancies in the Supreme Court, 364 in high courts, and 5,245 in district courts. The Minister explained that the appointment of High Court judges is governed by Articles 217 and 224 […]
SC dismisses UP govt’s appeal against Allahabad HC’s Flipkart tax order, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the Uttar Pradesh government’s appeal against a Allahabad High Court’s December order that quashed tax reassessment proceedings initiated after the limitation period against Flipkart India for Assessment Year 2012-13. A Bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan said that that reassessments for 2012-13 which were concluded exparte […]
Parliamentary panel had recommended ‘staggered vacations’ for SC, HCs, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court’s move to rechristen its traditional summer vacations as “partial court working days” comes months after the government forwarded recommendations of a parliamentary committee on staggered vacation for judges to the secretary general of the apex court and registrars general of 25 high courts for “appropriate consideration”. The change made by the Supreme […]
HC’s special bench to hear next week plea against LG’s power to nominate 5 MLAs in J-K assembly, ET LegalWorld
A special division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court will hear next week a plea challenging the power vested in the J&K lieutenant governor to nominate five members to the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory. Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan agreed to constitute a special division bench on Monday to hear […]
FM Sitharaman asks taxman to analyse cases lost at HCs, SC to draw lessons, ET LegalWorld
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked the Income Tax Department to “analyse” court cases the taxman lost over the last decade in order to draw lessons and ensure litigation disputes are eliminated, official sources said Monday. The minister has also asked the department to prepare a list of “expert” tax law advocates so that […]
SC stays MP HC’s order which restrained civil judge recruitment, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which restrained recruitment for the post of civil judge carried out without mandatory requirement of three years of practice. The Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994 were amended on June 23, 2023, to make three years […]