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Supreme Court Questions Practice Of Some Trial Courts To Remand Accused The Moment They Appear In Response To Summons
The Supreme Court has noted that in some parts of the country, trial courts follow the practise of remanding the accused when they appear in response of a summoning order. Therefore, accused persons apprehend arrest even in cases when the investigating agencies are not seeking their custody.A bench comprising Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal therefore observed that the...
Supreme Court Warns Magistrates Who Don't Follow Judgments On Bail; Says They Might Be Taken Off From Judicial Work & Sent For Training
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, was irked to note that even after 10 months of the judgment being passed, the District judiciary is not complying with directions issued in Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau Of Investigation 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 577, wherein it had laid down elaborate guidelines regarding arrest and bail. It observed that the non-compliance would have a dual ramification -...
Supreme Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Proceedings Against TN Police Officer For Concealing Material Facts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against an Inspector of Police in the State of Tamil Nadu for suppressing material facts in an affidavit filed before the Court.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Hima Kohli was considering a review petition filed by a death row convicting against the death penalty...
Supreme Court Praises Orissa High Court For Creatively Using Technology; Says Other HCs Should Replicate It
The Supreme Court has recorded its appreciation for the Orissa High Court for using technology to improve the access to justice for people from far flung areas of the State.A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was deciding petitions challenging the Centre's decision to abolish the Odisha Administrative Tribunal. One of the arguments raised by the petitioners was that the...
Challenge To ED Chief's Tenure Extension | Not Concerned With Politics Of Petitioners, Says Supreme Court
Supreme Court orally said on Tuesday that it was not concerned with the political affiliations of the petitioners who have filed petitions challenging the third extension given to the term of ED Director SK Mishra and also the CVC Amendment Act 2021. Earlier, in February, the Solicitor-General for India, Tushar Mehta had made a preliminary objection to the petitions on the ground of the...
Time Limit Under Rule 4(2) Of Declaration Of Wild Life Stock Rules Cannot Be Relaxed : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the time for making a declaration of the possession of any wild animal or animal article as per the Wild Life Stock Rules 2003 cannot be relaxed.According to Section 40 of the Wildlife(Protection) Act 1972, every person having at the commencement of this Act the control, custody or possession of any captive animal specified in Schedule I or Part...
Executing Death Penalty By Hanging Barbaric? Supreme Court To Examine Less Painful Alternatives
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its inclination towards constituting an expert committee to determine if the execution of death penalty through hanging was proportionate. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha was hearing a PIL seeking to abolish the present practice of executing a death row convict by hanging which involves “prolonged pain...
Employees Of A State Board Can't Be Treated As State Govt Employees : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the employees of a body corporate established by a State Government cannot be treated at par with the employees of the State Government.A bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and PV Sanjay Kumar made this observation while holding that the employees of Orissa Khadi and Village Industries Board are not entitled to pension on a par with Government...
Supreme Court Stays NGT's Order Imposing Rs. 120 Crore Compensation On UP For Untreated Sewage Discharge
On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed the National Green Tribunal's order imposing an environmental compensation of 120 crores rupees on the State of Uttar Pradesh for discharging untreated sewage into the rivers of Gorakhpur District and improper solid waste management.While issuing notice in the appeal challenging NGT's order dated September 13, 2022, the bench comprising Chief Justice...
2016 Demonetisation | Supreme Court Refuses To Consider Individual Grievances, Allows Petitioners To Make Representations Before Centre
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to issue directions in individual applications emanating from alleged hardships faced due to the decision of the Union Government to demonetise high-value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000. A division bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath, while declining relief to the aggrieved petitioners, clarified that they would be at liberty to submit...
Supreme Court To Consider If Electoral Bonds Case Should Be Referred To Constitution Bench
The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed the batch of petitions challenging the Electoral Bonds scheme on April 11 2023 to decide if the matter should be referred to Constitution Bench. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha heard the matter today. In today's proceedings, a letter was circulated on behalf of the Union of India seeking time to file a counter affidavit. At...
Home Guards Entitled To Duty Allowance As Per Minimum Pay Of Police Personnel : Supreme Court To Odisha Govt
The Supreme Court has held that Home Guards working in the State of Odisha are entitled to Duty Allowance as per the minimum amount of pay to which the police personnel in the State is entitled to. It further clarified that the Home Guards shall be entitled to the periodical rise which may be available to the police personnel of the State and the Duty Allowance to be paid to the Home...