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"It Is Troublesome That The Dispute Between The Bar And The Bench Reached This Stage": Supreme Court In Yatin Oza Case-Read Full Courtroom Exchange
"It is not unusual for the Court to invoke its powers under Article 142 but we don't want to create bad precedents. Whether Yatin Oza's case is one where we can rely upon 142 or if this path should not be traversed is something which we have not discussed between ourselves yet."
Supreme Court Lists 40 Death Penalty Cases For Hearing From 7th September 2021
The Supreme Court notified that 40 'Death Cases' will be listed before three judge benches from 7th September 2021 onwards.The list includes four review petitions of convicts whose appeals were dismissed by the Court upholding the death penalty.Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary and Jitendra @ Jitu Nayansingh GehlotNarayan Chetanram Chaudhary and Jitendra @ Jitu Nayansingh Gehlot were sentenced to...
Can NGT Take Suo Motu Cognizance Based On A Letter Or News Report? Supreme Court Starts Hearing
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced the hearing of a batch of cases on the issue whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has jurisdiction under the provisions of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 to take suo motu proceedings based on a letter or newspaper report. The matter was heard by the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar. Senior Advocate...
EVMs Used In Many States Stuck: ECI Prays To Supreme Court To Fix Timeline For Filing Election Petitions So That It Can Utilize The EVMs In Upcoming Elections
The Election Commission of India has approached the Supreme Court praying before it to fix a timeline for filing Election Petitions while the Orders passed by it extending the normal statutory period of limitation on account of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be in force.An IA has been filed by ECI for fixing a timeline for filing Election Petitions in the States/Union Territories of...
Cow Should Be Declared National Animal; Cow Protection Be Made Fundamental Right Of Hindus : Allahabad High Court
Observing that cow should be declared as national animal and cow protection should be kept as a fundamental right of Hindus the Allahabad High Court denied bail to one Javed who has been accused of slaughtering a cow."We know that when a country's culture and its faith gets hurt, the country becomes weak," noted the Court. Denying him bail, the Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav...
Vaccinate Inmates Of Mental Health Institutions In A Time-bound Manner : Supreme Court Issues Directions
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a slew of directions pertaining to the rehabilitation and vaccination of mentally ill persons currently lodged in various hospitals and mental healthcare institutions. The Apex Court directed all States and Union Territories to lay down a time bound schedule for carrying out vaccination of such mentally ill patients as well as the healthcare...
Kidnapped Minor Girl Untraced For 2 Months : Supreme Court Asks UP Police To Hand Over Investigation Records To Delhi Police
In a case related to the kidnapping of a 13-year old girl from Gorakhpur, who remains untraced for last two months, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to hand over the investigation records to the Delhi police by tomorrow.The Court also directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to oversee the investigation. A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and...
Principle Of Equal Pay For Equal Work Cannot Be Applied Merely On Basis Of Designation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the principle of equal pay for equal work cannot be applied merely on basis of designation.In this case, the court had to examine the claims made by Private Secretaries (Grade-II) ("PS-II") employed in the Eastern Central Railways (Field Office/Zonal Railways),for parity in pay with their counterparts working in the Central Secretariat Stenographers...
Applicability Of Res Judicata Between Co-Defendants: Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court, in a judgment passed last week, examined the applicability of res judicata between co-defendants.The court observed that the requisite conditions to apply the principle of res judicata as between co-defendants are that :(a) there must be conflict of interest between the defendants concerned; (b) it must be necessary to decide this conflict in order to give the plaintiff...
IT Rules 2021 Deter Fake News; No Chilling Effect On Free Speech : Centre Tells Delhi High Court
In an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court, the Central Government has stated that the IT Rules 2021, notified earlier this year for regulation of online news and social media platforms, do not muffle the right to free speech in the country. It claims that the legislative intent behind the Rules is to deter fake news, bring about self-regulation clubbed with a...