A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and AS Bopanna dismissed the review petitions in chamber while noting that there was no apparent error in the verdict delivered by it on December 11 last year
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In a letter to the next President of the SCBA, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, Dr Aggarwala has said it would be prudent if, as President of the SCBA, Kapil Sibal ensured that the Bar remains completely apolitical and remains non-partisan
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A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notices to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ministry of Agriculture and FSSAI
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A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said Kejriwal would be at liberty to apply for bail in the meantime as per the law
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A bench Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra granted ECI one week to file its response and posted the matter for hearing on May 24
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The SC established the concept of ‘Curative Petition’ in 2002 under its inherent powers under Article 129 & Article 142 the Constitution of India (“CoI”), through a series of judgments in the case Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra. It is the ultimate legal resort available to litigants’ seeking relief. A curative petition is filed when a review petition is dismissed by circulation, i.e., without an open hearing in the SC. However, a curative petition is allowed only in very exceptional cases where a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred.
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Sibal threw his hat in the ring after more than two decades of him serving as the President of the SCBA in the year 2001. He served as the President of SCBA in 1996, 1997 and 2001
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A bench of Justices BR Gavai, SVN Bhatti and Sandeep Mehta said that it was at pains to say that the State's approach in controlling. forest fires was lackadaisical
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Bench comprising Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal explained that an advocate’s relationship with a client included unique aspects such as fiduciary duties, adherence to the client's instructions, and representation responsibilities
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A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta allowed the legislators to withdraw the plea
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