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'SLP Cannot Lie Against Only A Review Order': Supreme Court Raps Petitioner For Approaching Court With Over 56 Years Delay
Emphasizing the fact that an SLP could not lie against only a review order, the Supreme Court today rapped the petitioner for approaching the Court by way of a review application with a delay of 56 years and 6 days. The Division Bench of Justice SK Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy while hearing a plea against the order passed by the Patna High Court on March 29, 2019, remarked...
Payment Of Gratuity Act - No Retrospective Effect For 2010 Amendment Enhancing Gratuity Upper Limit As Rs 10 Lakhs : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that 2010 amendment of Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 is not retrospective.As per the 2010 amendment, the upper-limit of amount of gratuity payable as per Section 4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 was increased as Rupees 10 lakhs from Rupees 3.5 lakhs.The appellants before the Supreme Court were former employees of Coal India Limited, who were paid gratuity...
'Online Classes Not Feasible In Long Run': Class 12 Student Moves Supreme Court To Reopen Schools
A Class XII student from Delhi has moved Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and States to consider and take a time-bound decision with regard to the physical re-opening of schools and conduct of offline teaching.The petitioner Amar Prem Prakash is aggrieved by the indecision and vacillation on the part of the Union Government and several State Governments and Union Territories in...
Governor Has Duty To Decide On Recommendations Of Council Of Ministers For MLC Members Nomination Within Reasonable Time : Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Friday held that it is the Governor's duty to speak and let the Chief Minister know his reservations regarding recommendations made by the Council of Ministers to the Legislative Council within a reasonable time; otherwise, the statutory intent would stand defeated. The court disposed of a PIL against the Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari's " inaction "...
Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Services Rules 2017 Has No Retrospective Operation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Services (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2017, has no retrospective operation.The roster shall be prepared and maintained only after the commencement of operation of the Rules, the bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose observed. After the introduction of the 2017 Rules, seniority inter-se direct...
'Unless You Have Liberty Of Thought, How Can You Express Yourself?' : Bombay High Court Reserves Interim Order On IT Rules 2021
The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved order on pleas seeking interim relief from operation of the InformationTechnology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules,2021.The Court was hearing the writ petitions filed by AGIJ Promotion Of Nineteenonea Media Pvt. Ltd , the company that owns the legal news portal 'The Leaflet', and a PIL filed by journalist Nikhil Wagle...
Large Watermarks On Tribunal Orders Make Them Unreadable; Impact Access To Justice : Justice Chandrachud
Supreme Court judge Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Friday orally remarked that the E-Committee of the Supreme Court will contact the tribunals to request them to remove large watermarks from the pages of their judgments/orders.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was hearing a batch of appeals against a decision of the NGT on a perusal of the orders/judgments of which the...