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Adjudicatory Function Of National Green Tribunal Cannot Be Assigned To Expert Committees: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that adjudicatory function of the National Green Tribunal cannot be assigned to committees.The discharge of its functions cannot be obviated by tasking committees to carry out a function which vests in the tribunal, the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Hima Kohli observed.In this case, an appeal before the NGT challenged grant of environmental clearance...
Minor Girl Kidnapped From Gorakhpur: Supreme Court Transfers Investigation From UP Police To Delhi Police
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the transfer of investigation from the Uttar Pradesh police to the Delhi police on an immediate basis in the case pertaining to the kidnapping of a 13 year old girl from Gorakhpur who had been untraceable for 2 months.On September 1, the Court had directed the UP Police to hand over the case files to the Delhi Police, after expressing displeasure at...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Declare Hockey As India's National Game
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL which sought to declare hockey as the national game of India.The PIL was filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari, who submitted that hockey has not been officially declared as India's national game contrary to common perception."If we can have a national animal, why shouldn't we have a national game", the petitioner submitted before a...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Directions For Upliftment Of Sports And Proper Allocation Of Funds
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking directions, policies and regulations for the upliftment of the sports industry with correct funds allocation and systematic governance. The matter was heard by the bench of Justice UU Lalit, SR Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Expressing disinclination to entertain the petition, Justice UU Lalit,...
Pegasus Case : Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Till Sep 13 As Centre Seeks Time For Affidavit
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till September 13 the hearing in batch of cases seeking investigation into the Pegasus snooping row after the Central Government sought time.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Bopanna was hearing a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team or a judicial...
Pegasus- Supreme Court Hearing LIVE UPDATES
Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana is hearing the plea for SIT Probe in the Pegasus snoopgate case.On August 17, the Supreme Court had issued notice to the Centre in the #Pegasus petitions.The Central Government had told the Court that it does not want to file any additional affidavit in the #Pegasus issue, as national security aspects are involved. The Centre had added that...
Rule Or Law Cannot Be Construed As Retrospective Unless It Expresses A Clear Or Manifest Intention To The Contrary: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a rule or law cannot be construed as retrospective unless it expresses a clear or manifest intention to the contrary.In the absence of express statutory authorization, delegated legislation in the form of rules or regulations, cannot operate retrospectively, the bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat observed.In this case, the High Court of...
IT Rules 2021 : Supreme Court Lists Centre's Transfer Petitions, Connected Cases After 6 Weeks
The Supreme Court has listed after 6 weeks a group of petitions related to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021).The cases include the petitions filed by the Union Government seeking to transfer to the Supreme Court the cases filed in the High Courts challenging the IT Rules and also challenging the interim orders passed...
Six Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court Made Permanent [Read Notification]
The President has notified the appointment of six Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court as Permanent Judges.These six Additional Judges are:1. Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay Gowda,2. Jyoti Mulimani,3. Rangaswamy Nataraj,4. Hemant Chandangoudar,5. Pradeep Singh Yerur and6. Maheshan Nagaprasanna.The Notification of the Central Government in this regard reads,"In exercise of the...
Will Verify If Khori Gaon Demolitions Were Carried Out As Per Directions : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday orally observed that once the demolition of unauthorised structures that have been planned by the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad at Khori Gaon is done, the action taken by the Corporation will be verified by the Court through an independent source. A Division Bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari observed that if action is not taken...