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IBC | Application Under Section 12A For Withdrawal Of CIRP Is Maintainable Prior To Constitution Of CoC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that Regulation 30A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2018, is binding upon the National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”). The Bench comprising of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice Vikram Nath, while adjudicating an appeal filed in Abhishek Singh v Huhtamaki Ppl Ltd. & Anr., has held...
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Day After Female Cheetah ‘Sasha’ Dies, Supreme Court Seeks Qualifications Of Experts On Environment Ministry’s Task Force
One day after the death of Sasha, a female Cheetah brought from Namibia and released in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno, the absence of experts in the Cheetah Task Force was flagged before the Supreme Court of India. The four-and-a-half-year-old feline died on March 27 due to renal failure less than a year after she was translocated to the Kuno National Park, along with seven...
'Out Of Box Thinking Needed To Declog Prisons' : Supreme Court Tells Centre, States
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reiterated its out of the box suggestions to unclog jails in commemoration of the 75th year of independence. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Aravind Kumar was hearing a suo moto plea instituted for the purpose of issuing a comprehensive policy strategy for the grant of bail. Noting that previously the Apex Court...
Chhawla Rape-Murder Case : Supreme Court Affirms Acquittal Of Death Row Convicts; Dismisses Review Petitions
The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petitions against the acquittal of the three persons who were sentenced to death for the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Delhi’s Chhawla area in 2012.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Bela Trivedi dismissed the review petitions filed by the Delhi Police and few...
CCS (Pension) Rules - Service Rendered As Contractual Employee Won't Qualify For Pensionary Benefits : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that as per Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules 1972, period of services rendered as a contractual employee cannot be said to be service rendered on a substantive appointment. Hence, such service as contractual employee will not qualify as service for the purpose of pensionary benefits. Holding so, a bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar allowed...
Telangana Govt Plea Over Bills Pending With Governor : Solicitor General To Inform Supreme Court About Updated Position On April 10
In the petition filed by the Telangana Government against the Telangana Governor over the delay in the giving assent to bills, the Supreme Court on March 27 granted adjournment to enable the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta to apprise the Court of the updated position. The matter will be next heard on 10 April 2023.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice...
Don’t You Think That To Maintain Communal Harmony, Abjuring Hate Speech Is Necessary? Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing of contempt petition in a batch of pleas seeking directions to regulate hate speech, till tomorrow (29.03.2023). A Bench comprising Justice KM Joseph and Justice BV Nagarathna was considering a batch of petitions in respect of various instances of alleged hate speeches across the country.Advocate, Mr. Nizam Pasha apprised the Bench that in...
Supreme Court Stops Authorities From Demolishing Temporary Shelters For Homeless In Delhi Without First Approaching Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), Delhi Police, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and all other authorities operating in the National Capital Territory of Delhi from demolishing temporary shelters for the homeless without getting the prior permission of the Court.A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta passed...
Bombay Lawyers Association Moves Supreme Court To Disqualify Vice President, Law Minister Over Remarks On Basic Structure Doctrine, Collegium
Bombay Lawyers Association has approached the Supreme Court challenging High Court's order dismissing its PIL against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for their remarks in public about the basic structure doctrine evolved by the Top Court and the Collegium system for appointment of Judges.The Special Leave Petition states that the two public functionaries...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Congress MLA's Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Sections 50 & 63 Of PMLA
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in a plea challenging Section 50 and Section 63 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2022.A bench led by Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aravind Kumar and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was considering a petition filed by Dr Govind Singh, who is a Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh (MP) Legislative Assembly and is an elected MLA from the...
MBBS : Supreme Court Allows Repatriated Foreign Medical Students In Penultimate Year To Clear Final Exams In Two Attempts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a batch of petitions by repatriated Indian medical students from Ukraine, China, the Philippines, etc after the central government informed the court that as a one-time extraordinary measure, penultimate year students would be allowed to take the MBBS examination without being enrolled in any Indian medical college.The Court allowed such students...