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Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment On Pleas For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment tomorrow on a batch of petitions seeking 100% verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slipsA bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had reserved judgment on the petitions on April 18 after two days of hearing. The Court listed the petitions again on April 24 to seek certain technical clarifications from the ECI.During the hearing, the bench...
PIL Before Delhi High Court To Allow Arrested Politicians To Campaign Through VC For Lok Sabha Polls 2024
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking a direction upon the Election Commission of India (ECI) to develop a mechanism to ensure that arrested political leaders are allowed to campaign through VC for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024. The plea has been filed by Amarjeet Gupta, a final year law student and has been moved through Advocate Md. Imran Ahmad. A direction is also sought on the Central Government to provide information about the arrest of a political leader or a...
[Lok Sabha Elections] Model Code Of Conduct Doesn't Stand In Way Of Executing Judicial Order: P&H High Court Pulls Up Govts For Making "Excuses"
Observing that "no further excuse of the prevalence of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) shall be entertained", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that no code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of India can be permitted to stand in way of execution of High Court's order. While noting that there are number of cases where the States of Haryana and Punjab, as well as, the Union Territory Chandigarh have been taking a stand that the orders of the High Court could not be...
Supreme Court Registry Refuses To Receive Petition To Abolish Collegium System & Revive NJAC
In the latest development, the Supreme Court's Registry (on April 24) refused to receive a writ petition seeking the abolition of the collegium system and to render the 2015 NJAC verdict as void ab initio.The petition was filed by Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara and few others. The Registrar, in his order, noted that the matter has already been decided by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Supreme Court Advocates-on- Record Association and Anr. vs. Union of India., Writ Petition ...
'Stridhan' Is Wife's Absolute Property, Husband Holds No Title Over It: Supreme Court Reiterates
The Supreme Court (on April 24) reiterated that stridhan is an “absolute property” of a woman, and while the husband has no control over the same, he can use it in times of distress. Nevertheless, he has a “moral obligation” to restore the same or its value to his wife. The Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred to a three-judge Bench decision in Rashmi Kumar v. Mahesh Kumar Bhada (1997) 2 SCC 397. Therein, apart from the aforesaid observations, the Court had added...
The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-X]
Environment Environment and Wildlife Protection - Supreme Court extends the jurisdiction of a committee constituted by the Tripura High Court to oversee transfer of wild animals pan-India- Court directs that all State and Central Authorities shall forthwith report seizure of wild animals or abandonment of captive wild animals to the Committee and the Committee shall be at liberty...
Arvind Kejriwal Connected With Proceeds Of Crime By Actively Assisting Making Of Delhi Liquor Policy : ED Tells Supreme Court
By assisting the formulation of the Delhi liquor policy which allegedly enabled liquor companies to recoup the bribes paid as profits, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is "directly and indirectly" involved in the process connected with the "proceeds of crime", said the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court.The affidavit is filed in response to the petition filed by Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the ED in the money laundering case connected with the...
3000 Tonnes Of Solid Waste Not Processed Daily In Delhi : Supreme Court Expresses Concerns
The Supreme Court recently observed that 3000 tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste is not being processed in Delhi on a daily basis and flagged concerns inter-alia about non-compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.The Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan was considering a report filed by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) with respect to the national capital and other adjoining areas, in pursuance of its earlier directions. Based on the report primarily, an...
Supreme Court To Start Sending WhatsApp Updates About Cases, CJI Says 'Potential To Have A Big Bang Impact'
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud today announced the new initiative of integrating the WhatsApp messaging services with the IT services, launched by the Supreme Court. As per the new initiative, all the Advocates on Record and Parties in Person will receive important updates relating to the filed cases directly to their WhatsApp numbers. The CJI opined this to have the potential of bringing a 'big bang impact'"In the 75th year of its existence, the Supreme Court of India launches a small...
SARFAESI | Supreme Court Allows Borrower's Tenants, Who Bid For Property, To Remain In Possession After Auction Sale Was Set Aside
The Supreme Court observed that after setting aside of the auction sale of the property the banks cannot automatically claim physical possession over the property held in the possession of the tenant who was the successful bidder in the auction sale. The Bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma set aside that direction of the Debts Recovery Tribunal( DRT) whereby while setting aside the auction sale proceedings, the DRT directed the return of the auction sale proceeds...
Supreme Court Doubts Argument That Private Property Isn't Included In 'Material Resources Of Community' As Per Article 39(b) [Day 2]
A 9-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 24) continued the hearing of the issue whether 'material resources of the community' includes privately owned resources in its ambit under Article 39(b) of the Constitution. Carrying forward from the previous day's discussion on Justice Krishna Iyer's minority decision in State of Karnataka v. Ranganatha Reddy & Anr., wherein Justice Krishna Iyer held privately owned property to be a part of 'Material resources of the...
Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakhs Cost On Union Govt, Cautions Against Filing Frivolous Petitions In Future
The Supreme Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 5,00,000/ on the Union of India challenging an order passed by the Meghalaya High Court based on the Union's own concession that a previous decision covered the matter. Deprecating the Union's move to challenge the High Court's order, the Supreme Court recorded that this was a “sheer abuse of the process of law” and cautioned the Union against filing frivolous petitions. “Accordingly, the Special Leave Petitions are dismissed with costs for...