Supreme Court Appoints Former Judge Nageswara Rao To Oversee Election Of Hyderabad Cricket Association

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, appointed retired Supreme Court judge, Justice L. Nageswara Rao as a single-member committee to oversee the process of election of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. Sr. Advocate Jayant Bhushan pointed out that the election has not been conducted and in the meantime the 3-year term of the supervisory committee is over. He submitted that at present, the...

Bank Wrongfully Keeps Lawyer's Name In Loan Defaulters List; Supreme Court Affirms Rs 5 Lakhs Compensation

The Supreme Court, on Monday, upheld the order of National Consumers Disputes Redressal Commission Directing Canara Bank to pay Rs. 5 lakhs to a lawyer, who was kept in the loan defaulter’s list as per CIBIL, for about 7.5 years after discharging his loan obligations. A Bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia recorded it its order - “We do not find any reason...

No Listing Of 'After Notice Miscellaneous Matters' On Wednesdays & Thursdays In Supreme Court

Only regular hearing matters, apart from ten each transfer petitions and bail applications, will be heard on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the Supreme Court from now onwards. The practice of listing "after notice miscellaneous matters" on Wednesdays and Thursdays will be stopped. They would be accommodated only on miscellaneous days (Mondays and Fridays) subject to the availability of slot.“It...

Supreme Court Closes Petition Seeking To Ban 'Zoom' Software

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court closed proceedings in a petition filed in 2020 seeking to ban the usage of the software application "Zoom" over security and privacy concerns.During the hearing, a Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh was told by Senior Advocate Arvind Datar that an inter-ministerial meeting was held to assess the safety features of zoom. "Nothing really survives in...

Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest Part-3

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Appeal against High Court order setting aside criminal proceedings on the ground that taking cognizance by magistrate was barred by limitation - Allowed - The High Court made a fundamental error in assuming that the date of taking cognizance i.e., 04.12.2012 is decisive of the matter, while ignoring the fact that the...

Valentine’s Day : Right to Love & Indian Supreme Court

Valentine’s Day is upon us again. It is a holiday of mysterious provenance but has come to widely represent a festival of love and devotion (not to mention, consumerism) that is celebrated and dreaded in equal measure. Whether you have a significant other, are (un)happily unattached, think Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a grotesque capitalistic spectacle, or rail against...

Supreme Court Upholds Rule Requiring Builders To Reserve Open Spaces In Developed Plots

The Supreme Court has upheld a rule which mandated that builders should reserve open spaces in the plots developed by them. The rule in question was Rule 19 of the Development Control Rules for the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The Rule mandated that 10% of the area of any developmental plan having area 10,000 sq. meter or more should be reserved as open space for communal and recreational use...

Company Secretary's Liability : Supreme Court Says Compliance Officer Should Ensure Compliance With SEBI's Buyback Regulations

The Supreme Court has held that a Company Secretary, while acting as a compliance officer in terms with the SEBI (Buyback of Securities) Regulations 1998, has to ensure that there is compliance of the company with the regulations relating to buyback of shares.The Court held as "patently erroneous" the interpretation given by the Securities Appellate Tribunal that the compliance officer is...

Congress Leader Moves Supreme Court For Investigation Against Adani Group Based On Hindenburg Report; Seeks Probe Into SBI, LIC Investments

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court today seeking investigation against theAdani Group in the light of the report published by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research which alleged that the ports-to-power conglomerate has inflated share prices of its companies through manipulations and malpractices.The petition also seeks probe into the role of the Life Insurance Corporation...

Motor Vehicles Act | Aggregators License -States May Keep In Mind Centre's Guidelines While Framing Rules : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India has held that when the State Government formulates rules in pursuance of its power under Section 96 of the Motor Vehicles Act, it may also bear in mind the Guidelines which have been framed by the Union Government in 2020 (Motor Vehicle Aggregators Guidelines, 2020). The observation by the court came in the order passed by Apex Court in Rapido's plea against...

Parliament Can Convert Existing State Into A Union Territory : Supreme Court In J&K Delimitation Case

While upholding the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court observed that the Parliament has the power to convert an existing state into a Union Territory.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka noted that Article 3 provides that Parliament may by law form new States and alter the areas, boundaries or names of the existing States. As per, explanation...

Husband-and-Wife Life Convict Duo Applies for Parole to Undergo IVF, Supreme Court Directs Authorities to Consider Request ‘Sympathetically’

The Supreme Court of India on Friday allowed two life convicts, a husband-and-two duo, to be shifted from an open jail in Jaipur to a similar facility in Udaipur, in order to allow the 45-year-old woman to undergo medical treatment to conceive a child, besides urging the concerned authorities to consider their request for parole ‘sympathetically’. The petitioners approached the...