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[Adv Viivek kumar Pandey @vivekkumar84]

वकील बदलने से पहले क्लाइंटको वकील से NOC
अब किसी भी मामले में वकील बदलने से पहले पुराने वकीलसे NOC (No objection certificate )लेना अनिवार्य कर दिया गया है यह नियम बार काउंसिल आफ इंडिया और संबंधित राज्य बार काउंसिल के निर्देशों के तहत लागू किया गया है

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

Supreme Court hears a plea concerning service grievances raised by Rajasthan Principal District Judge Dinesh Kumar Gupta, who is just days away from retirement

Senior Advocate Vikas Singh: He is the senior-most District Judge, just four days away from retirement. No stenographer, nothing. He is writing judgments till midnight.

CJI Surya Kant: A new Chief Justice has come now. Submit a fresh representation was submitted to the Chief Justice so that the grievances can be looked at.

Singh: He is the Principal District Judge. It is, after all, a matter of honour. Give me liberty to approach with all my grievances.

CJI Surya Kant: All grievances.

Senior Advocate Vikas Singh: And for expeditious consideration.

CJI Surya Kant: Yes.

[W @sone_do_mujhe]

SC:

While hearing a criminal matter, J Pardiwala expressed his STRONG DISPLEASURE

He added:Ever since he is sitting in this combination, he has found HCs have no idea what is 302/304 part I/II of IPC. And thats so UNFORTUNATE

Added:It is expected judges of HCs to know these!

[Adv. Aman Yadav @advamanyadav22]

Absolutely cinema.🫡

Land grabbers fabricated DHC order to grab a plot.

They took genuine order & illegally typed "Interim stay granted" at bottom.

Court caught fraud dead to rights & ordered Registrar & Police Commissioner for strict criminal investigation within 2 months..!

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

#SupremeCourt urged to urgently list advocate Puneet Batra's SLP against Delhi High Court judgment upholding GST search of his office and seizure of his computer.

Senior Advocate Vikas Singh says the computer contains privileged material concerning several other clients and raises apprehension that the data may now be accessed after dismissal of Batra's writ petition.

The Delhi High Court had held that advocate-client privilege cannot be an absolute bar to investigating a lawyer's own conduct, while directing that unrelated client data cannot be accessed.

[Adv Rajesh pal @Rajesh_pal03]

DAY 2/36

THE ART OF CROSS-EXAMINATION

Chapter 1: Introductory

A trial lawyer’s real skill is tested in the courtroom—not merely in the library.

Wellman observes that modern jurors generally give careful attention to testimony and seek the truth. This makes the lawyer’s ability to conduct a trial effectively especially important.

But there is another important lesson:
Knowing the law and knowing how to conduct a trial are not the same thing.

Trial advocacy is a distinct skill—one that develops through actual courtroom experience, preparation and practice.

For an advocate, learning the law is the foundation.

Learning how to try a case is another art altogether.

Inspired by Chapter 1 of The Art of Cross-Examination
— Francis L. Wellman

[W @sone_do_mujhe]

SC:

Bail appl in a cybercrime case came up.

Court was dismissing it. Counsel for 26 yr old accused kept pressing it

Pardiwala,J: See, cybercrime is an addiction. It's easy money. If u r tech savy, u just have to fool around with your mobile & commit these crimes. Go for trial

[Dr. Alakh Alok Srivastava @advocate_alakh]

Landmark judgment by Supreme Court to curb police misuse:

If police arrest an accused without informing grounds of arrest-

1. Release the accused.

2. Take Disciplinary action against such police official.

3. Assign investigation to another IO.

4. Police shall not re-arrest the accused in such case without written court order.

[Haresh A. Raichura 🇮🇳 @Hareshraichura]

Younger Lama had a strange dream about a 35 years old chief justice of India. He rushed to Elder Lama and narrated his dream, “In my dream I saw myself talking to a 25 years old Supreme Court lawyer. He said many of his equal age are practising lawyers in Supreme Court and they can easily assail judgements of 62 year old high court chief justices.

“I asked him how did he got so much knowledge and experience in such a short time.

“He replied that Artificial Intelligence first stole knowledge of judges and senior lawyers and swallowed lakhs of reported judgements. Then it gave him a bottle of capsules of knowledge and analysis. He said that he takes one capsule a day and thereby he had become more knowledgeable than all judges of Supreme Court put together. He said that he aspires to be the chief justice of India at age 35.

“I asked him to lend me one of his capsules. He took out a bottle from his pocket, and gave me one small 256gb capsule. I swallowed it and soon I saw that the Sun, the planets and all the stars were circling me.

“And just then I woke up as I had fallen from my bed.. When I stood up I felt sweat on my palms and on my forehead. “

On hearing about this strange dream from Younger Lama, the Elder Lama spoke thus.

“Early morning dreams can often come true. So be prepared for anything.”

[Mathews J. Nedumpara @NedumparaJ]

Part-2
(in continuation of the previous X Message)

.....and a just, fair, and meaningful investigation conducted to uncover the truth of the entire incident.
Even assuming Justice Varma's defense—that someone else planted the money at his residence—is true, he ought to welcome a proper investigation, as an impartial probe would establish his innocence.
The registration of an FIR and a proper investigation—whether by the Delhi Police or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)—is mandatory.

While there has been undue delay and crucial evidence may have been compromised or destroyed, that is no justification for failing to register an FIR, even at this belated stage, conduct a thorough probe, and bring the culprits to book. Otherwise, we cannot claim to be a society governed by the rule of law.
It is under these circumstances that the petitioners seek the leave of this Honorable Court to be impleaded as co-petitioners or intervenors in the aforementioned writ petition, as allowing this application is imperative in the interest of justice.

P.S.
Those who are interested to seek intervention in the Writ Petition filed by me which is pending may kindly contact Mrs. Hemali Kurne or Mrs. Rohini Amin or me personally.
98205 35428/94471 65651/99204 77448/ 9167115198

[अंशुल @Ghair_Kanooni]

Too many judgments being written by Justice A.I. Claude and his brother judge Justice G.P.T. Chat nowadays. Great disposal rate.

[W @sone_do_mujhe]

Prohibition is no solution to alcoholism : Supreme Court of India.

The bench also observed that State of Gujarat has failed despite being a dry state.

It has witnessed death of over 600 people to hooch tragedies despite strict prohibition on alcohol since 1960!!

[W @sone_do_mujhe]

Guys, check out this website - https://t.co/gI20rwvNvP.

Someone has done good job of compiling all the info abt all SC/HCs here. Quite easy to track vacacny/ standing of judges in each court!

[Adv Rajesh pal @Rajesh_pal03]

JUDGMENT OF THE DAY
DAY 50

Can a doctor be criminally prosecuted for medical negligence when the alleged negligence was not directly attributable to her?

The Supreme Court held:
🔹 Criminal medical negligence requires a high degree of negligence—not merely an error or deficiency that may give rise to civil liability.

🔹 Under Section 304-A IPC, there must be a rash or negligent act having a direct and proximate nexus with the death.

🔹 The principles in Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab, (2005) 6 SCC 1 require a significantly higher threshold for criminal prosecution of medical professionals.

🔹 The Court found that the appellant, an anaesthetist whose duty hours had ended, could not be held criminally liable for the subsequent administration of the injection by the nurse.

🔹 The Consumer Forum had also exonerated the appellant on merits, finding that she had not instructed the nurse to administer the injection.

🔹 The Court further emphasized that criminal liability requires a direct, proximate nexus (causa causans) between the accused's negligent act and the death.

LEGAL TAKEAWAY:
Negligence in civil law is not automatically criminal negligence. For a medical professional to face criminal liability, the prosecution must establish the required high degree of negligence and a direct, proximate connection between the accused's conduct and the death.

TODAY’S JUDGMENT:
Supriya Kumari M.C. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
2026 INSC 537
Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 124 of 2025

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

Time has come for BCI to act against lawyers who give interviews regarding ongoing cases they are involved in: Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay Oka says.

[Bharat Chugh @advbharatchugh]

Examined some very troubling instances of death sentences being granted in huge numbers....

My take on this is as follows:

1. The death penalty cannot and should not become a judge’s signature move.

2. “Rarest of rare” means precisely that: rarest even among the very rare, and should imposed only after a serious inquiry into mitigation, reform and the inadequacy of life imprisonment.

3. A gruesome crime is not, by itself, a constitutional reason to hang someone.

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

#SupremeCourt | "If the High Court sneezes, there is an SLP. If the High Court adjourns, there is an SLP. If the High Court takes a material on record, there is an SLP. There is an SLP for everything that the High Court does," CJI Surya Kant remarks during an urgent mentioning in an arbitration matter.

Adv: The High Court may... because the High Court has not considered that the mandate of the arbitrator has expired.

CJI Surya Kant: If the High Court sneezes, there is an SLP. If the High Court adjourns, there is an SLP. If the High Court takes a material on record, there is an SLP. There is an SLP for everything that the High Court does.

[Tanatan @is_enticing]

Bro didn’t apply for the internship. Bro issued a joining notice.

[Adv. Aman Yadav @advamanyadav22]

Doston Lafda ho gaya tha Dwarka court me 1 sep ko.

Ab complaint ki copy mili judge k against kari h vakeel ne.
Mujhe bada maja aata judge or vakeel ka lafda dekh kr😂

I insist/Request to read this 🙏
Maja na aaye toh paise wapas

Order has also been attached of that date, Enjoy

[Adv Rajesh pal @Rajesh_pal03]

JUDGMENT OF THE DAY
DAY 47

Can a High Court issue sweeping directions while exercising its bail jurisdiction?

The Supreme Court examined the limits of the High Court’s statutory power under Section 483 BNSS and whether bail proceedings can be used to issue directions going beyond the scope of that provision.

The Supreme Court held:
🔹 Section 483 BNSS confers specific powers on the High Court and Court of Session regarding bail.

🔹 The jurisdiction under the bail provision is limited to adjudicating whether an accused should be released on bail or remain in custody.

🔹 A court exercising a statutory power must remain within the boundaries of the statute conferring that power.

🔹 Constitutional powers and statutory powers are distinct; constitutional status of a High Court does not automatically enlarge the scope of a statutory bail jurisdiction.

🔹 Therefore, the directions issued by the High Court under its bail jurisdiction concerning the execution of summons and coercive measures could not be sustained.

LEGAL TAKEAWAY:
A court’s statutory jurisdiction must remain within the four corners of the statute. Bail jurisdiction cannot become a gateway for exercising powers beyond what the law confers.

TODAY’S JUDGMENT:
Rambalak v. State of U.P.
2026 INSC 511 | Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 16332 of 2025