Category: Current Legal Update

Current Legal Update

Management Committee of Thakur Shree Bankey Bihari Ji Maharaj Temple v. State of Uttar Pradesh

The Supreme Court suspended the operations of the management committee of the Thakur Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple and instituted a High-Powered Committee to oversee its operations. The SC took this step due to disputes faced by the previous management and its lack of efficiency. The Supreme Court also rerouted certain writ applications regarding the constitutionality of the Temple Trust Ordinance, which allows the State to handle its affairs towards the Allahabad High Court.

bySia Shah
Current Legal Update

NO MORE ‘OPTIONAL’ FEES: SUPREME COURT CAPS ADVOCATE ENROLMENT CHARGES

The case of K. L. J. A. Kiran Babu v. The Supreme Court has firmly closed the matter of advocate enrolment fees by settling that the State Bar Councils are bound with very clear restrictions of receiving only the fee as prescribed by the Advocates Act. In throwing out the custom of imposing additional so-called optional fees, the Court has not only given some relief to money-strapped law-school graduates, but has also reflected a vital constitutional truth that the path to any profession must not be cluttered with extraneous financial requirements that are arbitrary and unlawful.

byVanshika Bansal
Current Legal Update

PROTECTING THE HONEST v. PROSECUTING THE CORRUPT: SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN

The Constitutional validity of the Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been left pending by the Supreme Court, which asks that investigation on public servants must first be sanctioned by the government. The petition filed by the Centre of Public Interest Litigation heads contends that the clause is used to protect the corrupt. It is justified by the government because it acts as a protection to clean-handed administrators securing fearless governance. The ruling made by the court will play a critical role in determining the effort of anti-corruption versus the administrative protection.

byVanshika Bansal