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Delhi Chief Secretary Appointment: Let Delhi Govt Select Name From Panel Given By LG & Union Govt, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (24.11.2023) recommended a unique solution to solve the tug of war between the Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) and the Delhi Government over the appointment of the Delhi’s Chief Secretary. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra suggested that the Delhi LG and the Union Government could propose a panel of names for...
Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To IPS Officer Who Allegedly Got Conman To Pose As HC Chief Justice To Influence Corruption Probe
The Supreme Court recently denied anticipatory bail to IPS officer and former Superintendent of Police Aditya Kumar who had allegedly involved a conman to pose as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court in order to influence a corruption probe against him.A bench of Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Augustine George Masih denied him bail stating that the...
FIRs In Multiple States Can't Be Clubbed When Offences Under State Enactments Also Involved: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently declined to club multiple FIRs where the offenses against the petitioner involved not only provisions of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) but also invoked various state enactments designed to protect investors. Each state had designated special courts for these offenses, making clubbing of FIRs challenging, as it would undermine the jurisdiction of these...
'Yellow Journalism' : Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To HC's Contempt Sentence Against Newspaper For Publishing Anonymous Letter Against Judges
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by the editor and publisher of Patrika Daily Newspaper against a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court holding them guilty of contempt of court for a report published in 2012 levelling allegations against judges.After the bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshhu Dhulia expressed disinclination to...
'Unfair' : Supreme Court On Allegation Of Bias Against Somasekhar Sundaresan Over Appearance For Adani Group
During the hearing of the Adani-Hindenburg matter, the Supreme Court on Friday (November 24) expressed disapproval of the allegations made by a petitioner against the impartiality of the members of the Expert Committee constituted by the Court.Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, the presiding judge of the bench, went to the extent of terming the allegations "unfair" and told Advocate...
'Read Judgment In Punjab Governor's Case : Supreme Court To Kerala Governor On State's Plea Against Delay In Assenting Bills
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to refer to the recent judgment passed in the case related to Punjab Governor's inaction on bills and adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by the State of Kerala till next Tuesday (November 28).When the matter was taken, Senior Advocate and former Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, appearing for the State of...
Adani Hindenburg : No Material To Doubt SEBI Probe & Impartiality Of Expert Committee Members, Says Supreme Court; Reserves Judgment
The Supreme Court on Friday (November 24) reserved its judgment in a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) seeking a Court-monitored investigation into the allegations made by US-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research against the Adani group of companies regarding violations of stock market regulations.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala...
Reconvening A Sitting Of Vidhan Sabha Which Isn't Prorogued Permissible In Law & Within Exclusive Domain Of Speaker: Supreme Court
In its judgement pertaining to the Punjab Government's plea challenging the Governor's inaction on four bills passed by the state legislature, which was decided by the Supreme Court on November 10 but uploaded on November 23, the Apex Court stated that reconvening a sitting of the Vidhan Sabha which had not been prorogued was permissible in law and is within the exclusive domain of...
Does Payment Of Pension To Judicial Officers Based On Contributory Pension Affect Financial Dignity? Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court today (23.11.2023) noted that the issue of whether the payment of pensions to judicial officers purely on basis of contribution pension scheme would be consistent with norms of financial dignity did merit consideration. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra was passing an order in All India Judges Association v. Union of India,...
Title Of Immovable Property Can't Be Transferred Through Agreement To Sell Or General Power Of Attorney : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that no title could be transferred with respect to immovable properties on the basis of an Agreement to Sell or on the basis of a General Power of Attorney. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Rajesh Bindal observed as thus: “...no title could be transferred with respect to immovable properties on the basis of an unregistered Agreement to Sell or on...
Supreme Court Dissolves Bench On PMLA Judgment Reconsideration After Centre Seeks Time; 'Doing With Heavy Heart', Says Justice Kaul
The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 23) dissolved the bench constituted to consider a batch of applications seeking reconsideration of its Vijay Madanlal Choudhary ruling, which upheld the powers of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).After the union government sought for more time, the special bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, and Bela M Trivedi decided...
