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ICAI cannot issue standards on quality management: SG Tushar Mehta to NFRA

In October, the ICAI moved to introduce SQM1 and SQM2, along with 16 related changes to auditing norms

SC issues notice to Yasin Malik, others to transfer trial in two cases

This comes after the Supreme Court suggested on November 21 to explore setting up a makeshift courtroom in jail for conducting a trial against terror convict Yasin Malik

Sonam Wangchuk released, prohibitory orders withdrawn: SG Mehta tells HC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his associates have been released from detention. The senior law officer also said that the Delhi Police order prohibiting assembly and protests in various parts of Delhi has also been withdrawn. Mehta made the statement before a bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The bench was hearing petitions seeking the release of Wangchuk and his associates as well challenging the prohibitory order. Around 120 people from Ladakh, including Wangchuk, were allegedly detained at the Delhi border by police on Monday night while marching to the capital to demand the inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. The Sixth Schedule pertains to the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram as "autonomous districts and autonomous regions". Wangchuk was leading the march, 'Delhi Chalo Padyatra', which b

Handover the land for Bombay High Court building by September, says SC

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Maharashtra government to strive to handover by the end of September the first tranche of land for construction of a new Bombay High Court building. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud asserted that the state authorities need not wait till the end of the year to handover the entire land and smaller areas can be given as they become available. "We direct the Maharashtra government to make all endeavour to hand over the first tranche of land of 9.64 acre by the end of September 2024. The government of Maharashtra need not wait till December to handover the entire 9.64 acre and smaller areas could be handed over. All endeavour be made for 9.64 acre to be handed over by September 30, 2024," the court said. The top court was hearing a case under its suo motu (on its own) jurisdiction, initiated after taking note of an April 29 letter petition of Bombay Bar Association president Nitin Thakker and other bar leaders with respect to

Unfounded fears of adverse impact of GM seeds affecting farmers: Centre

The apex court reserved its order on a plea seeking moratorium on release of genetically modified organisms into the environment

'Bharat' is present & future of world, says Solicitor General Tushar Mehta

'Bharat' is the present and future of the world, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asserted Saturday, as he extolled India's growing economic power which is attracting foreign investment like never before. Bharat, he said, is leading the world in terms of digital payment, and justice is being delivered to the litigants at their doorstep because of the government's initiative for digitisation. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Bar Council of India's (BCI) two-day 'International Lawyers Conference 2023' here, Mehta said there are 21,000 district courts, 25 high courts and the Supreme Court in the country, and now every document of every court is available in digitised format that anybody can access. "Bharat is the present and the future of the world. Even during the COVID period between 2019 and 2022, our country got the maximum foreign direct investment, and people are trusting our country even for legal adjudication," Mehta said. He described the two-day event, the first in Ind

Article 370 case: Ready for election but cannot give timeframe, says Centre

Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta said that the exact timeframe for the conduct of elections cannot be provided as there are repeated law and order disturbances in the Valley

Manipur video case: Why did police take 14 days to register FIR, asks SC

Supreme Court also asked the Centre as well as the state government to inform what kind of legal aid is being provided to them

Centre re-appoints Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General for three years

Senior advocate Tushar Mehta was re-appointed as the Solicitor General of India on Friday for a term of three years. Mehta was appointed as Solicitor General on October 10, 2018 and since then he had been granted extension twice. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, besides Mehta, six Additional Solicitors General for the Supreme Court were also re-appointed for a period of three years. Six ASGs who were re-appointed for the top court are Vikramjit Banerjee, K M Nataraj, Balbir Singh, S V Raju, N Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati. The names of Additional Solicitors General Madhavi Goradia Divan and Sanjay Jain, whose tenure came to end on Friday, did not feature in the list of re-appointed law officers. Additional Solicitor General Jayant K Sud, whose tenure came to end on Thursday, also did not feature in the list. Additional Solicitors General Chetan Sharma for Delhi High Court, Satya Pal Jain for Punjab and Haryana High Court, Devang Girish

You can't dictate on proceedings: SC to SG on same sex marriage case

The bench said it will first hear petitioners' and the nature and tenability of the preliminary objection will depend upon the canvas which the petitioners would open up

SG Tushar Mehta questions locus of individual shareholder in IBC

Citing several judgments, the SG said only the company can speak for the shareholder

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta tests positive for Covid with mild symptoms

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta has tested positive for Covid-19 and has mild symptoms

Ashoke Kumar Chakraborty named additional solicitor general for Calcutta HC

Veteran counsel Ashoke Kumar Chakraborty has been appointed as the Additional Solicitor General for the Calcutta High Court, it was announced on Saturday, to expedite pending cases

SG Tushar Mehta to lead Centre's legal team to defend ban on IRF under UAPA

The Centre has constituted a seven-member lawyers' team led by solicitor general Tushar Mehta to defend its decision to declare the IRF as an unlawful association under UAPA

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh visits solicitor general's residence; denied entry

TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday dropped unannounced at Mehta's residence, but was denied entry.

TMC demands removal of Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General, MPs to meet Prez

A delegation of TMC MPs will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday afternoon to seek the removal of Tushar Mehtra as the Solicitor General of India

Solicitor General lauds PM's 'responsive' leadership during Covid-19 crisis

The law officer also hailed Indian judiciary for functioning on a daily basis to provide access to justice to everyone in the country

How to expedite trials against foreign Jamaat attendees: SC to Tushar Mehta

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta what can be done to expedite the trials against the foreign nationals

SC reserves verdict on Chidambaram's bail plea in INX Media case

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED, told the court that Chidambaram continues to wield 'substantial influence' on crucial witnesses even from custody

No need to hospitalise Chidambaram as per AIIMS report: SG Mehta tells HC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta read out the report of AIIMS Medical Board, set up on the court's order to examine Chidambaram's health condition