Beef Ban: Bombay HC declares Sections 5D and 9B of Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act as unconstitutional [Read Judgment]

Consumption of food which is not injurious to health is a part of an individual’s autonomy or his right to be let alone. Hence, it is an infringement of his right to privacy. In our view, Section 5D violates the right of privacy being an integral part of the personal liberty under Article 21, said the CourtA Division Bench of Bombay High Court on Friday struck down two amendments to...

Exclusive; Chief Justices resolve to address issues of vacancies, pendency of cases and infrastructural needs of judiciary [Read the Full Text]

The Chief Justices Conference was held on April 23-24 and the resolutions adopted during the conference has been published today in the Supreme Court web portal. The following are important resolutions adopted.INFRASTRUCTURAL NEEDS OF STATE JUDICIARYidentify the infrastructural needs of the State Judiciary by developing suitable five year and annual action plans for the future;ensure...

Chief Justice Thakur rejects the ‘Security Clause’ in the new MoP for Appointment of Judges

“Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur is understood to have rejected the Centre’s proposal in the Memorandum of Procedure on appointment of judges, reserving its right to reject candidate recommended for appointment as judge on grounds of ‘national security’, reports Deccan ChronicleEarlier it is reported that the draft Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), prepared by the Government, in...

Stop the Colonial Practice of Long Vacations for Courts ; CJAR

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms has issued a statement suggesting various steps to be taken to improve the efficiency of the Court. The statement issued by its convenor Prashant Bhushan suggested that the Courts to increase the judicial time to litigants, especially to those who have been languishing in jails without recourse to a speedy trial.Here is the Full text of...

Mixed reactions on Uttarakhand Chief Justice KM Joseph's Transfer

Whether Justice K M Joseph’s transfer to Andhra Pradesh High court from Uttarakhand High court, two weeks after his judgment highly critical of the Central Government, is a coincidence or is there more to it ? Speculations are on, with Indira Jaising, Senior Advocate alleging that it is politically motivated, on one side and Justice Markandey Katju saying that it is not, on the other.When...

NEET Returns in not so Neat a Manner

A constitutional bench of the apex court has not only upheld the 2007 Madhya Pradesh law providing for the State’s common entrance test but has also set up an oversight committee to supervise the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI), which the court observed, has ‘demonstrated neither professional excellence nor ethos’. Another five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, led...

Justices Khanwilkar, Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Sr. Adv. Nageswara Rao to Supreme Court

In a significant development, Justice Ajay Manik Rao Khanwilkar, Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud,Justice Ashok Bhushan, and Senior Advocate Mr. L. Nageswara Rao are likely to be elevated as Judges of Supreme Court of India.Justice Ajay Manik Rao Khanwilkar is currently the Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh started his career as an Advocate in 1982.He was appointed as...

BCCI Constitution is incapable of achieving transparency, objectivity and accountability; SC

Continuing to slam the BCCI, the Supreme Court today said the constitution of BCCI is highly incapable of achieving the values of transparency, objectivity and accountability.A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur which has embarked on a mission to bring about sweeping reforms in the structure, functioning and composition of the board backed by the Lodha panel report said “the objective...

SC relief to Freedom fighter’s daughter who was denied pension for having a son born out of extra marital relationship [Read Judgment]

Daughter of a freedom fighter from Kerala, who was denied pension citing that she, though unmarried and had no income, but had a son of age twenty five, born of an extra-marital relationship, got relief from Supreme Court of India as the Court held that she is eligible to get the pension under the Kerala Freedom Fighters' Pension Rules, 1971.Allowing the Appeal filed by the Miss X, daughter...

The occupation of education cannot be treated at par with other economic activities; State cannot be a mute spectator permitting exploitation ; Constitution Bench

SC upholds Madhya Pradesh Law regulating Admission and Fixation of Fee in Pvt Professional Colleges.A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India Today upheld the constitutional Validity of M.P. Niji Vyavasayik Shikshan Sanstha (Pravesh Ka Viniyaman Avam Shulk Ka Nirdharan) Adhiniyam, 2007 (M.P. Act No.21 of 2007) and various Rules enacted by the Madhya Pradesh Government primarily...

Medical Education Reforms; SC appoints Justice Lodha Committee to oversee the functions of Medical Council of India [Read Judgment]

In a landmark Judgment the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India has appointed a Three Member Committee headed by Former Chief Justice of India RM. Lodha to oversee the statutory functions of Medical Council of India.  Prof. (Dr.) Shiv Sareen (Director, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences) and Vinod Rai (former Comptroller & Auditor General of India) are the other members...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

On NEETSupreme Court of India has ordered to conduct the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2016 in Two Phases. The first phase will be conducted on 1st May and Second phase will be on 24th July. The entire results will be declared on 17th August. The admission Procedure will be completed on 30th September.Supreme Court of India also rejected the Central Government’s Plea to...