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Former MP DGP Rishi Kumar Shukla Appointed As New CBI Director
Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch officer, has been appointed the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has, based on the panel recommended by the Committee constituted as per Section 4A(1) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, approved the appointment of Rishi...
Robert Vadra Gets Interim Bail
A Delhi court Saturday granted interim bail till February 16 to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special judge Arvind Kumar also directed Vadra to appear before the ED on February 6 and cooperate in the investigation. "I am granting him interim bail. Let him come and join the probe," the judge said. The case relates to...
Delhi HC Upholds Right To Undertake Examination Of Candidate Who Availed Of Maternity Leave
The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed a medical student to undertake her Doctor of Medicine (DM) examination, ruling that she cannot be denied of her right to undertake the examination just because she availed of maternity leave. Justice C. Hari Shankar began by acknowledging that the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 would apply to students such as the petitioner. Notably,...
Bhima Koregaon : Anand Teltumbde Arrested By Pune Police, Despite Protection Given By SC
The Pune Police arrested scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde from Mumbai airport around 3.30 AM today, despite a Supreme Court order which granted him interim protection from arrest for four weeks from January 14.He is facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act(UAPA). The Pune police allege that the enquiry into Bhima-Koregaon violence which took place in January...
New TRAI Regime: Calcutta HC Vacates Stay, Kerala & Madras HCs Dismisses Challenge, Bombay & Telangana HCs Yet To Decide
The Calcutta High Court has vacated its stay on implementation of new tariff order and regulatory regime introduced by TRAI. Last week, it had directed the Additional Solicitor General to explain whether a clause of negotiation between MSOs and LCOs in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) notification for revenue sharing is illusory or not. On the hearing that took place...
Accused Can't Be Kept In Custody For A Long Time Citing 'Possible Sentence Of Imprisonment': SC [Read Order]
"We are of the view that the learned Single Judge of the High Court has furnished no reason whatsoever for issuing a direction for deferment of bail by a period of nine months. Such a direction was unsustainable."
Pune Court Dismisses Aannd Teltumbde's Plea For Anticipatory Bail
A court here rejected Friday anticipatory bail application filed by Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Additional sessions judge Kishor Vadane observed that an investigating officer has collected sufficient material against Teltumbde. "In my view, there is sufficient material collected by the investigating officer to show the involvement of...
Legality Of Main Order Cannot Be Challenged In An Appeal Filed Only Against Review Order: SC [Read Judgment]
“This appeal does not arise out of the main order but arises out of review order only and, therefore, we cannot examine the legality and correctness of the main order in this appeal like an Appellate Court."
CAT Chairman Cannot Stay Pending Proceedings Before A Larger Bench: SC [Read Judgment]
"In any case, judicial decorum and propriety demands that a judicial order, ad interim, interim or final be vacated, varied, modified, recalled or reviewed by a Bench of coordinate strength or larger strength or a higher forum, but not a smaller Bench of lesser strength, except in cases where such authority to a lower forum and/or smaller Bench is expressly conferred or implicit in the order sought to be vacated, varied, modified, recalled or reviewed."
Take Immediate Steps Under Prevalent Laws To Curb Ostracism/ Social Boycott: Odisha HC To State Govt
The Odisha High Court on Monday directed the State government to take immediate steps to curb the practice of social boycott or ostracism prevalent in the State of Odisha. While acknowledging that it cannot direct the State government to legislate on any subject, the bench comprising Chief Justice KS Jhaveri and Justice KR Mohapatra ordered that the State should act more sternly under...
Economic Reservation : Centre Issues Instructions For Implementing EWS Quota In Services [Read Circular]
The Department of Personnel and Training yesterday issued a set of instructions for implementing quota for Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) in services and posts under Central Government.This is in continuation of an earlier Office Memorandum issued by DoPT on January 19, which held that EWS quota will be effective for will be effective for all direct recruitment vacancies in central...