Jishnu Pranoy Case: SC Entrusts Probe To CBI [Read Order]

In some of the areas, the high court has exceeded its jurisdiction and passed some observations which are going to touch the merits of the case pending before the trial court, the bench observed.The Supreme Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe into the mysterious death of engineering student Jishnu Pranoy of Kerala.BackgroundJishnu, a first-year engineering student...

Doctors Approach SC For Declaring Practice Of PG Admission On ‘Permitted Seats’ As Unconstitutional

A group of doctors have petitioned the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking to declare the classification of admission on ‘Recognized Seat’ and ‘MCI Permitted Seat’ in PG admissions as manifestly arbitrary and to declare the practice of admission on such a permitted seat as unconstitutional for being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution...

NGT Holds Sri Sri’s Art Of Living Guilty Of Damaging Yamuna, Floodplains; Told To Cough Up Restoration Cost [Read Order]

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living International Center was on Thursday held responsible by the National Green Tribunal for causing damage and environmental degradation of the flood plain of river Yamuna near the DND Flyway by holding the World Culture Festival Celebration in March 2016, which saw a footfall of 35 lakh, and it will now be responsible for restoration...

Bombay HC Declares Acquisition Of Land As Lapsed After State Failed To Pay Any Compensation In 42 Years [Read Judgment]

In a judgment that reflects lapses on part of the state and its impact on everyday lives of its citizens, the Bombay High Court has declared the acquisition of a piece of land in Sangli that took place 42 years ago for the purpose of building Walekhindi Irrigation Dam, as lapsed.What is surprising is that the said piece of land is already submerged under dam water and so the question...

Child Trafficking: U’khand HC Orders DNA Test Of Children Seen With Beggars, Passes Other Directions [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed DNA testing of all children found begging on the streets or in company of a beggar to check their parentage and trace trafficked or kidnapped children, while also directing the state to display photographs of missing children on bus stands and railway stations, besides passing a string of directions to check inter- and intra-country human...

Disability Quota In Promotions: SC Drops Contempt Charges Against MP Housing And Infrastructure Development Board [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, dropped contempt charges against the M.P. Housing and Development Board on a plea alleging that it was not providing reservation in promotions to the disabled.The Bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R. Banumathi was hearing a Petition filed by one Mr. Achintya Deb Dasgupta against the State of Madhya Pradesh, implicating the Housing and...

Delhi HC Sets Aside CIC Order Declaring Every Minister A Public Authority Under RTI Act [Read Orders]

The Delhi High Court has set aside ‘as not sustainable’ the order of the Central Information Commission declaring every minister a “public authority” under the Right to Information Act.Justice Vibhu Bakhru overturned the March 12, 2016, order of the CIC, by which it was declared that “the Ministers in the Union Government and all State Governments as ‘public authorities’...

Calcutta HC Issues Directions For Investigation And Trial In Cases Involving "Vulnerable Victims" [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has issued a slew of directions to be followed by the authorities during investigation or trial in cases involving murder or rape of minor children or other " vulnerable victims ".The Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed:"(a) In cases involving grave offences like murder and/or rape of minor children or other vulnerable...

Publications In Media Seeking Organ Donations Impermissible, Rules Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has held that publications in media seeking organ donations cannot be permitted as per law, even if no explicit offer of consideration was made in the publications. The ruling was rendered in a batch of writ petitions filed by patients suffering from chronic renal failure, who sought permission to make advertisements soliciting willing kidney doners strictly on...

Delhi HC Upholds The Vires Of Section 4(b) Of The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act,2003 [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, upheld the constitutional validity of Section 4(b) of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003.The provision, which came into operation with effect from 1 December, 2016, has the effect of abating all proceedings pending before the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) and the Appellate Authority for Industrial...

Delhi Govt Vs LG Power Tussle: With Appearance Of Council Of Ministers, King Hid Behind Curtains, Argues Sr Adv Gopal Subramanium

As the hearing on the appeals from the 2016 Delhi High Court judgment on the power tussle between the Lieutenant Governor (LG) and the Chief Minister of the government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi continues before a five-judge Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, senior counsel Gopal Subramanium, appearing on behalf of the Delhi government, sought to confirm and...

Anti-Sikh riots: SC To Examine Report Filed By Its Panel On 241 Closed Cases

Instead of a sealed cover, the report was filed in a leather bag with a number lock system Taking on record the final report submitted by an advisory board comprising of former SC judges Justices J M Panchal and K S P Radhakrishnan appointed by it to look into the closure of 241 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Supreme Court  today said it will examine it on December 11.A bench of...