Senior Advocate S Muralidhar suggested to the Supreme Court on Friday that amendments should be made to the Supreme Court Rules to delineate the responsibilities of different categories of lawyers involved in a case to verify the pleadings made in a petition. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Augustine George Masih was hearing a case concerning false statements …
An Amicus Curiae appointed by the Orissa High Court has found evidence of wear and tear in the structures of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, an Archaeological Survey of India–protected monument. Mohanty, the Amicus Curiae, expressed concern over cracks appearing on a beam in the Nata Mandap of the Shree Jagannath Temple complex. According to the Amicus Curiae’s report, …
The Amicus Curie has informed the Supreme Court that the number of cases pending against MPs/MLAs has increased from 4122 to 4984 in two years, which shows that more and more persons with criminal antecedents are occupying the seats in the Parliament and the State Legislative Assemblies.Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, who has been appointed as the Amicus Curie to assist …
