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'We Need Green Spaces For Our Children' : Supreme Court Rejects CIDCO Plea To Shift Sports Complex From Navi Mumbai
The Supreme Court today (November 4) dismissed the petition filed by CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra) against the Bombay High Court's order quashing the shifting of 20 acres of Sports Complex from Navi Mumbai to Raigad for commercial constructions.The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the challenge to the order of the Bombay High Court which quashed the decision of the State Government to shift the 20 acres sports...
Absolutely Nothing Wrong In Prime Minister Visiting My Home For Private Event : CJI DY Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday (November 4) said that there was absolutely nothing wrong in the Prime Minister visiting his home for a private religious ceremony.The outgoing Chief Justice of India, due to retire on November 10, was speaking at a discussion hosted by The Indian Express. Vandita Mishra, the Opinion Editor of The Indian Express, sought the CJI's views on two recent controversies - one, the participation of PM Narendra Modi at a Ganesh puja festival at CJI's...
ED Moves Supreme Court Against Madras HC Order Restraining Probe Under PMLA Into Alleged Illegal Sand Mining
The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court judgment which restrained it from carrying out investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining.The matter was listed today before a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar which, without issuing notice at this stage, asked the parties to file their notes on the aspect of provisional attachment under PMLA in absence...
Couldn't Appoint Women Judges To Supreme Court As There Was No One Senior Enough For Elevation : CJI DY Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday (November 4) revealed that the Collegium under him could not appoint a woman judge to the Supreme Court as there was no one holding a seniority position among the High Court judges for elevation.The outgoing CJI, in his last working week, was talking at a discussion hosted by the Indian Express. Vandita Mishra, the Opinion Editor of the Indian Express, pointed out that during CJI Chandrachud's tenure, though 18 appointments were made to the Supreme...
Can Private Property Be Redistributed As 'Material Resources Of Community' As Per Article 39(b)?Supreme Court To Deliver Verdict Tomorrow
The Supreme Court Constitution Bench will tomorrow (November 5) deliver its judgment on the issue of whether private resources form part of the 'material resource of the community' under Article 39(b) of the Constitution.The 9-judge bench which considered the issue comprises Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Hrishikesh Roy, B.V. Nagarathna, Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, Rajesh Bindal, Satish Chandra Sharma and Augustine George Masih. The batch of petitions...
Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow On Validity Of UP Madarsa Education Act
The Supreme Court will tomorrow pronounce its decision on the challenge to Allahabad High Court's judgement which held the 'Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004' to be constitutionally invalid. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandracuhd, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard the challenge to Allahabad High Court's March 22 judgment striking down the 'Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004' as unconstitutional. The petitions were filed by Anjum...
'Public Service Commission Must Not Resort To Falsehoods' : Supreme Court Slams KPSC's Inconsistency On LDC Post Qualification
The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) for its inconsistent stances which led to prolonged litigation impacting the hopes and aspirations of nearly twelve hundred candidates who appeared for the recruitment exam for the Lower Division Clerk (LDC) post in the Kerala Water Authority. The bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Sanjay Kumar expressed displeasure with the varying stand of the KPSC in ascertaining the essential qualification for...
“Even Basic Amenities Are Lacking” : Supreme Court Directs Assam Government To Provide All Facilities In Transit Camp Within One Month
The Supreme Court today (November 4) criticized the Assam government over the poor conditions at the Matia Transit Camp, which houses foreign nationals in Goalpara, Assam, and directed it to provide all facilities within one month.“To say the least, the condition of the transit camp is far from being satisfactory. Even basic amenities are lacking, as can be seen from the detailed report submitted by the team constituted by the State Level Services Authority. We direct the secretary in charge of...
HC Judges Elevated From Service & Governed By NPS To Get Lesser Pension & PF Than Judges From Bar : Amicus Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (November 4) was informed that those High Court judges elevated from the district judiciary under the New Pension Scheme were to get less pension and provident fund benefits compared to their colleagues who are elevated from the bar. The bench comprising the Chief Justice, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the batch of matters relating to the pending release of salaries of Patna High Court Judges as well as the issue on the fixation...
Government Entity Can't Be Given Differential Treatment While Staying Operation Of Arbitral Award : Supreme Court
Recently, the Supreme Court disapproved of a High Court's decision to exempt a government entity from depositing other amounts in addition to the arbitral award amount as a condition precedent for seeking a stay on the enforcement of the award just because the government entity was not a flight risk.The bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud,Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...
How Will Investors Have Confidence If Courts Are Defunct Due To Lawyers Strikes? Supreme Court
Expressing dismay at the 'culture' of lawyers' abstention from work in Uttar Pradesh, Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court today underlined that judicial work should not suffer even for an hour and the practice of lawyers' strikes in UP should be tackled to prevent undue agony to litigants."We want some effective mechanism where their grievances are also timely addressed. At the same time, the judicial work is not to be affected even for an hour. We are an emerging economy...investments are...
