Justice Hima Kohli Shares Insights on Minimizing Judicial Intervention in Arbitration at Dubai Arbitration Week 2024
Arbitration with States and State-Owned Entities in Asia and MENA: Tips, Traps & Tacts
Justice Hima Kohli
Inside SC’s verdict on mortgage by deposit of title deeds & imposition of Rs. 1.2 Lakhs costs for legal misadventure
For such a legal misadventure resulting in the wastage of precious judicial time of the High Court, which could have been better spent answering the call of justice raised by the teeming millions, the Court imposed costs of Rs.1,20,000/- on the appellant.
‘Success and wider acceptability of emergency arbitration depends on consistent enforcement of emergency awards’: Justice Hima Kohli at India ADR Week 2024
MCIA organised the fourth edition of India Alternative Disputes Resolution Week 2024 in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi.
August 2024 Judicial Appointment Tracker | 20 Collegium Recommendations; 14 HC Appointments; 9 Term Extensions
This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments, retirements in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.
Upholding a Legacy of Empowerment, Progress and Tradition, Justice Hima Kohli, bids farewell to the Supreme Court
Justice Hima Kohli, who bids farewell to the Supreme Court, became the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court for the State of Telangana and became the ninth woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India.
‘Civil dispute painted with the brush of criminality’: SC quashes charges against KECML vis-a-vis misappropriation of coal rejects worth Rs 52.37 crore
The Court reproached the CBI for embarking on a roving and fishing inquiry on the strength of the CAG Audit Report and then working backwards to sniff out criminal intent against the appellants.
Can Bail be cancelled by the same Court which granted it in the first place? SC answers
“Bail once granted, ought not to be cancelled in a mechanical manner, however, an unreasoned or perverse order of bail is open to interference by the superior Court.”
Supreme Court issues show cause notice to two NCDRC members for issuing non-bailable warrants despite SC’s interim protection
By the interim order, the Supreme Court had restrained the NCDRC from taking any coercive steps against Ireo Grace Realtech
“Practice of mentioning caste or religion of litigants should be shunned and ceased”: Supreme Court
“The caste or religion of parties should not be mentioned in the memo of parties of a petition/proceeding filed before the Court, irrespective of whether any such details have been furnished before the Courts below.”
Know how the Question of abortion versus preterm delivery for unplanned pregnancy led to Supreme Court split verdict
A letter was received by ASG seeking clarification from the Court regarding whether foeticide can be done before termination process since the baby was viable, and that if that was not done, it would be a preterm delivery and not a foeticide.
Know Thy Judge | Justice Hima Kohli — An Advocate for Women’s Rights and Empowerment
Justice Hima Kohli was the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court for the State of Telangana and is currently serving as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. She was the ninth woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India.
Sexual Harassment at workplace: “Assure women safe & secure workplace or they will fear stepping out”; SC issues directions for PoSH Act implementation
The Supreme Court attributed the reluctance on the part of victims of Sexual Harassment at workplace to report the misconduct to, (i) uncertainty about who to approach under the Act for redressal of their grievance; and (ii) lack of confidence in the process and its outcome.
‘Denying security clearance to a Media Channel for critical views has ‘chilling effect’ on Press Freedom’: Breakdown of Supreme Court’s Media One Verdict
The Supreme Court held that the critical views of the Media One News Channel on Government policies cannot be termed ‘anti-establishment’ as the use of such a terminology in itself, represents an expectation that the press must support the establishment.
‘Sealed Covers violate natural and open justice’: The Why-What-How of ‘Public Interest Immunity proceedings’, the ‘fairer’ alternative suggested by Supreme Court
Observing that the sealed cover procedure violates both principles of natural justice and open justice, the Supreme Court has held that the public interest immunity proceeding is a less restrictive means to deal with non-disclosure on the grounds of public interest and confidentiality.
Banks must hear borrowers before classifying their accounts as fraud as it may lead to its ‘civil death’: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that principles of natural justice should be necessarily read into the provisions of the Master Directions on Frauds, to save it from the vice of arbitrariness.
Casting Couch: Model alleges rape; Supreme Court sets aside Bombay High Court’s order granting anticipatory bail to Businessman
The Supreme Court observed that the Bombay High Court disregarded the nature and gravity of the alleged offence as well as the the financial stature, position and standing of the accused vis-à-vis the prosecutrix.
Explained| Res judicata: Question of fact or law or mixed question of law and fact? Can it be decided as a preliminary issue?
Supreme Court: In an important ruling on Res Judicata, the 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli, JJ