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Supreme Court revived insolvency proceedings against edtech company Byju's on Wednesday following a lawsuit from US lenders. The Indian cricket board last year asked a tribunal to initiate insolvency proceedings against Byju's for defaulting on $19 million of dues. Supreme Court stayed the tribunal's order and will re-start insolvency proceedings against Byju's. In February, a group of shareholders, including tech …

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Thiruvananthapuram: In a major setback to the LDF government in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the reappointment of Prof Gopinath Ravindran as the vice chancellor of Kannur University. The apex court bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra termed the reappointment of the vice chancellor unwarranted interference by the Kerala government. …

The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed re-appointment of Dr Gopinath Raveendran as Vice- Chancellor of Kannur University saying that the appointment process was vitiated by “unwarranted interference” of the Kerala government. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra set aside the decision passed by the Kerala High Court in February 2022 which held that Dr Raveendran’s re-appointment “was …

Rajesh and Another v. The State of MP : A Patently Erroneous Interpretation Of Section 27 Of Evidence Act By Supreme Court

On April 16, 2023, The International Arbitration & Mediation Centre, Hyderabad hosted the 1st Indian Mediation Day, which was graced by the presence Justice NV Ramana, Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India, Justice Hima Kohli, Judge, Supreme Court of India, Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, Justice RV Raveendran, Former Judge, Supreme Court. On April …

The story so far: The Supreme Court will be hearing the case pertaining to the alleged use of the Pegasus spyware software later this month. Back then, the court constituted a committee, overseen by former Supreme Court judge Justice R.V Raveendran, to look into the charges and accordingly submit a report “expeditiously”. The article had alleged that Pegasus was part …

Meet members of Supreme Court-appointed panel to probe Pegasus snooping allegations

The three-member committee will be overseen by former Suprene Court Justice R V Raveendran and they have been given eight weeks to present their report The Supreme Court on Wednesday formed an independent committee of technical experts to probe the Pegasus surveillance issue, saying that the Centre did not even attempt to justify its stand on the matter. The court …

Panel should uncover Pegasus trail to 2019: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wants the Justice R.V. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana asked the former apex court judge and his panel to dig up the steps taken by the government “after reports were published in the year 2019 about hacking of WhatsApp accounts of Indian citizens, using the Pegasus suite of spyware”. In …

"It's a bright sunshine in the dark days," remarked former SCBA President Dushyant Dave, while speaking about the Supreme Court's order in the Pegasus snooping row. Calling it a "a historic decision" and "a watershed in the history of the court", Dave expressed that the Supreme Court stood with the citizens to protect their fundamental right to privacy. "It completely …

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Stressing that the power of the state to snoop in the name of national security into the “sacred private space” of individuals could not be absolute, the Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed an expert technical committee overseen by a former Supreme Court judge, Justice R.V. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana explained that it decided …

Former Chief Justice of India Justice MN Venkatachaliah suggested that while 60% of the judicial work should be online, the remaining 40%, which is recognised as the morality of the process, should be physical.He was speaking at an interesting panel discussion featuring 4 former Supreme Court judges- Justices B. N. Srikrishna, M. N. Venkatachaliah, R. C. Lahoti and R. V. …