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Supreme Court Monthly Digest March 2023
SUBJECT WISE INDEXAccess to JusticeFundamental right of Access to Justice - Abolition of OAT does not violate right of access to justice as cases will be heard by High Court - The fundamental right of access to justice is no doubt a crucial and indispensable right under the Constitution of India. However, it cannot be interpreted to mean that every village, town, or city must house every forum...
Shouldn't Seem That Government Is Preferring One Newspaper Over Other: Supreme Court In 'Eenadu' Plea Against AP Govt Order
While hearing a plea filed by the management of Telugu daily "Eanadu" against a scheme of the Andhra Pradesh Government which allegedly promotes the "Sakshi" daily controlled by the Chief Minister, the Supreme Court on Monday orally remarked, "it should not really appear that the government is making one newspaper a preferred newspaper".The Government Order in question sanctioned Rs.200/-...
Data Protection Bill Ready; Will Be Introduced In Parliament In Monsoon Session : AG Tells Supreme Court In WhatsApp Case
During the course of the hearing in pleas challenging the latest privacy policy of WhatsApp, on Tuesday, the Attorney General for India, Mr. R. Venkataramani, informed a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court that the new Data Protection Bill is ready and would be introduced in the Monsoon Session of the Parliament that is to commence in July, 2023. A 5-Judge Bench comprising Justices KM...
Supreme Court Expresses Disapproval Of NGT Principal Bench Hearing Cases From Western Zone; Warns Of Contempt Action
The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal should know its limitations, said the Supreme Court on Monday. While expressing disapproval over the principal bench of the tribunal allegedly continuing to hear cases arising from the western zone in which they had taken suo motu cognisance, despite the top court’s strictures, Justice BR Gavai said: “There is a specific mandamus...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On AAP MLA Somnath Bharti's Plea To Transfer Case Pending In UP To Delhi; Stays Trial
The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a petition filed by former Law Minister of Delhi, Somnath Bharti seeking transfer of case pending before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Special Court, Additional Session Judge, Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah stayed the...
Supreme Court Dismisses Tamil Nadu Govt's Plea Challenging HC Judgment Lifting Conditions For RSS Route March
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, dismissed the plea filed by the Tamil Nadu Government challenging the order of the Division Bench of the Madras High Court, which set aside conditions imposed by the Single Judge on the route march sought to be carried out by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the State. The Apex Court also dismissed a separate plea filed by the State Govt assailing the...
Safety Measures In Courts | Supreme Court Directs High Courts To Submit Responses On CCTV Footage Installation To Amicus Curiae
Amid rising concerns over the safety of judges, lawyers, and litigants in courts across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday directed all high courts to submit their responses on the progress with respect to the installation of CCTV cameras in court premises to senior advocate and amicus curiae Siddharth Luthra. A bench of Justices Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta was hearing a...
"Misconceived" : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Declare 2019 Congress Manifesto Unfair
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking to declare the Congress manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha polls as unfair. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala remarked that the petition was "misconceived" and "devoid of any merit". Accordingly, the petition was dismissed. The petition filed by Adarsh Kumar Agrawal and Dr Seema Jain...
Pronouncing Operative Portion Without Preparing Entire Judgment Is Unbecoming Of A Judicial Officer: Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of Civil Judge
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the penalty of dismissal from service for a Civil Judge on account of gross misconduct, setting aside the order of the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court.The Apex Court opined that the appeals were allowed by the High Court through “a very strange order," in which not only the order of penalty was set aside along with the findings of the...
Mere Delay In Remittance Of TDS Doesn’t Attract Penalty Under S 271C Income Tax Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that no penalty is leviable under Section 271C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on mere delay in remittance of the tax deducted at source (TDS) after the same has been deducted by the assessee.The bench of Justices M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar observed that the relevant words used in Section 271C(1)(a) are “fails to deduct”, and the same does not speak about...
Kaali Poster Row : Supreme Court Transfers To Delhi Police All FIRs Against Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai; Interim Protection To Continue
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 10) transferred to the Delhi Police all the FIRs against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai over the poster of her documentary titled "Kaali". The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala added that until a report was filed by the Investigating Officer under Section 173 of the CrPC, the ad–interim order...
Telangana Governor Gives Assent To 3 Bills; Refers 2 To President; 3 Under Active Consideration : Statement In Supreme Court
In the plea filed by Telangana Government seeking directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to clear ten bills passed by the legislative assembly, which were awaiting her assent, the Supreme Court on Monday was informed of the updated position of the bills, some of which had been assented to by the Governor. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice...