Schedule Tribe Member Migrating To Another State/UT Can't Claim ST Status If Tribe Isn't Notified As ST In That State/UT : Supreme Court

In an important judgment, the Supreme Court held that a person with the status of a Scheduled Tribe (ST) in one State cannot claim the same benefit in another State or Union Territory where he/ she has eventually migrated, where the tribe is not notified as ST. Further, Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih also held that a public notification by the President, as given under...

NEET-MDS 2024 | Looking Into Issue Of Internship Cut-Off Date, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The union government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 21) that it is looking into the grievances of NEET-MDS candidates regarding the extension of internship deadline.Taking note of this, the Supreme Court did not pass any order on a plea to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Master in Dental Surgery Course (NEET MDS) 2024 and extend the internship...

Accused Cannot Invoke S.91 CrPC To Compel Prosecution To Produce Things At The Stage Of Framing Of Charge: Supreme Court

Recently, the Supreme Court observed that the courts cannot issue processes under Section 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C) to compel the production of things/documents based on the application made by the accused at the stage of framing of charges. The short question before the Supreme Court was whether the accused could file an application for the production of things/documents...

Ensure Advocates Representing State Aren't Forced To Approach Courts To Recover Fees : Supreme Court To Uttar Pradesh Govt

The Supreme Court has asked the State of Uttar Pradesh to ensure that the advocates representing the State Government are not forced to file petitions in Courts to recover the fees due to them.“We hope and trust that the State will not create a situation, where an Advocate representing the State is required to approach the Court for recovery of his fees. If this scenario of creating a...

Chandigarh Mayor Election | Supreme Court Initiates Criminal Proceedings Against Presiding Officer For False Statement That Ballots Were Invalid

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, came down heavily upon the Presiding Officer (PO) of the Chandigarh Mayoral Elections, Mr Anil Masih in light of his deliberate attempt to meddle with the election results during the vote counting process. Setting aside the election results and declaring Mr Kuldeep Kumar of the AAP-INC Alliance as the rightful mayor of Chandigarh, the Court also initiated...

Supreme Court Declares AAP Councillor As Chandigarh Mayor, Finds That Presiding Officer Deliberately Defaced Ballots

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 20) declared Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Kuldeep Kumar as the Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.The Court declared the results announced by the Presiding Officer Anil Masih on January 30, 2024, whereby the BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Sonkar was declared as the winner, to be illegal and set it aside. The Court found...

Apple Has No Duty To Trace Stolen iPhone Using Unique Identity Number : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court obliterated an observation made by the Odisha State Consumer Commission that Apple India has the duty to trace a stolen iPhone with the help of a unique identity number provided by it.The Supreme Court stated that the observation made by the Consumer Commission was "unwarranted".The Bench Comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing an appeal filed...

Medical Negligence | Supreme Court Awards Rs 10 Lakh Compensation To Patient Who Developed Hoarseness In Voice After Trainee Gave Anaesthesia

The Supreme Court recently awarded Rs. 10 lakhs compensation to a patient who developed hoarseness in his voice due to medical negligence committed by doctors while administering anaesthesia.The patient (now deceased) claimed compensation of Rs. 18,00,000/- (Rupees Eighteen Lakhs only), against the faulty operation done by the Manipal hospital which resultantly developed hoarseness in his...

Judge Can't Retain Case File After Demitting Office : Supreme Court Quashes Judgment Released By HC Judge After Retirement

The Supreme Court recently quashed a judgment of the Madras High Court on the sole ground that the judge released it after retirement.Observing that a judge retaining the case file after demitting office is a gross impropriety, a bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan remitted the appeal to the High Court for its fresh consideration.In this case, the single judge of the High...

Charge Under UP Gangsters Act Unsustainable When Accused Is Exonerated Of Predicate IPC Offences : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (February 19) observed that to prosecute the accused under Section 3(1) of the U.P. Gangsters Act (“Act”), the prosecution is required to prove that the accused being a member of the gang should be found indulging in anti-social activities which would be covered under the predicate offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code. “Needless to say that...

Terminating Women Officer On Ground Of Marriage Is Arbitrary : Supreme Court Asks Union To Pay Rs 60 Lakh Compensation To Ex-Military Nurse

In a case where a woman nursing officer was terminated from the Military Nursing Service on the grounds of marriage, the Supreme Court firmly termed the same to be a 'coarse case of gender discrimination and inequality'. The Division Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta also reiterated that rules, on the basis of which such women officers were terminated because of...

Police Must Exercise Heightened Caution When Drawn Into Dispute Involving Unethical Transactions : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (February 19) observed that police should exercise "heightened caution" while registering a criminal case over a dispute involving unethical transactions between parties in which civil remedies are barred. The police should ensure that the parties are not resorting to criminal law remedies to achieve unscrupulous results in cases where civil remedies are...