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Extension Of ED Director's Tenure A Mockery Of Supreme Court Directions, Argues Dushyant Dave For Common Cause
Challenging the order dated November 13, 2020, which retrospectively amended the tenure of the present Director of Enforcement Directorate, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave in a plea filed by Common Cause told Supreme Court that power had to be construed in a reasonable and not in an unreasonable manner and that the extension was a mockery of the Top Court's judgement...
Pegasus- "We Don't Want A Single Word Relating To National Security, But There Are Civilians, Person Of Eminence Complaining Of Hacking": Supreme Court To SG
"Here, the issue is very different. There are citizens, who are civilians, some of them are persons of eminence, who are complaining of hacking or interception of their phones. Even though the Rules permit an interception even for civilians, that can be done only by the permission of the competent authority. There is nothing wrong with that. What is the problem if that competent authority filed an affidavit before us? "
Banks' Petitions Challenging RBI's RTI Notices : Cases Referred To Bench Led By Justice Nageswara Rao
A division bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday referred a batch of writ petitions filed by different banks challenging the RTI notices issued by the Reserve Bank of India to a bench led by Justice L Nageswara Rao.A division bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari referred the matters to Justice Rao's bench as that bench had earlier dealt with the previous litigations in...
Pegasus Snooping Issue : Supreme Court Issues Notice Before Admission To Centre On Pleas For Probe
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice before admission to the Central Government in a batch of petitions seeking probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose posted after 10 days the petitions seeking court-monitored inquiry by a Special Investigation Team or a judicial probe into reports of...
Pegasus: Supreme Court Hearing On Plea Seeking SIT Probe-LIVE UPDATES
Supreme Court to continue its hearing today of a batch of petitions seeking SIT/judicial probe into the reports of snooping using #Pegasus spyware.A bench led by Chief Justice of India to hear the pleaClick here to read the full account of Yesterday's hearing...
National Level Special Force To Protect Judges Not Feasible; Security Of Courts Better Left To States : Centre Tells Supreme Court
It is not feasible or advisable to have a dedicated national level security force in the lines of the Central Industrial Security Force or the Railway Protection Force for the protection of judges and courts , the Central Government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The Centre made this submission in the suo motu case taken by the Supreme Court in the wake of the killing of an Additional...
PMLA- No Stay In Trial Or Investigation Where No Coercive Simpliciter Has Been Ordered: Supreme Court
While hearing a batch of pleas where an interim order staying arrest was granted in Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases, the Supreme Court today observed that there would be no stay in trial or investigation in cases where order of no coercive simpliciter has been passed. While directing the petitioners to cooperate with the investigation and granting them liberty to take recourse...
Counsel's Failure To Argue Written Submissions Not A Ground For Review: Bombay High Court
In an important order, the Bombay High Court has observed that written submissions in a dispute become immaterial if the litigant's counsel doesn't rely on them before the court of the first instance.The Bench went on to add that those submissions cannot subsequently be used to challenge any order. "Counsel's failure to argue written submissions is not a ground of review or, I dare...
Motor Accident Claim Petition Does Not Abate On Death Of Injured Claimant: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a motor accident claim petition does not abate even after the death of the injured claimant.The right to sue survive to his heirs and legal representatives in so far as loss to the estate is concerned, the bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy.The court added that the loss of estate would include expenditure on medicines,...
Pegasus : Supreme Court Refuses To Restore Former RSS Leader Govindacharya's 2019 Petition; Allows Him To File Fresh Plea
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to restore the petition filed by former RSS leader K N Govindacharya's in 2019 seeking a probe by National Investigation Agency into the allegations of snooping of WhatsApp chats of Indian activists using Pegasus spyware developed by Israeli firm NSO. The Court heard his restoration application while hearing a batch of PILs seeking probe into...
Pegasus : How Can Expert Committee Examine Issues On Procurement, Sanctions Etc?SC - Read Full Courtroom Exchange
The Supreme Court on Monday resumed hearing on the batch of petitions in connection with the Pegasus controversy.At the outset, Chief Justice N. V. Ramana inquired from all senior advocates appearing in the matter if they have perused the counter-affidavit filed by the UOI- "You must have seen the affidavit of the State, the government of India? They have denied in the first two pages, and in...