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Supreme Court Disapproves Practice Of Delayed Filing Of Review Petition After Judges Retire
The Supreme Court has disapproved the practise of delayed filing of review petitions after waiting for judges to retire."Such practice must be firmly disapproved to preserve the institutional sanctity of the decision making of this Court", the bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah remarked while dismissing the review petitions filed against the judgment in Goa Foundation vs...
'To Give In To Pressure Groups A Sorry State Of Affairs' : Supreme Court Slams Kerala's Lockdown Relaxations Ahead Of Bakrid
The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly slammed the decision taken by the State of Kerala to give relaxations in the COVID19 lockdown norms for three days on account of Bakrid.The Court took a highly critical view of the State's decision to allow the opening of all shops in areas marked as Category D- where the COVID infection rates are critical with Test Positivity Rate above 15% - to...
Breaking: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Postponement Of CLAT, Direct Authorities To Not Insist On COVID VaccinationÂ
Supreme Court has on Tuesday refused to postpone the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2021 scheduled to be held on July 23. A Division Bench of Justice Nageswara Rao and Justice Aniruddha Bose has directed that all safety measures have to be strictly followed and Authorities should not insist on Students taking vaccination"Its been submitted that it will be difficult for students residing...
Supreme Court Strikes Down 97th Constitutional Amendment To The Extent It Relates To Co-operative Societies [Updated With Judgment]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 2013 judgment of the Gujarat High Court which struck down the provisions of the Constitution(97th Amendment) Act 2011 to the extent it introduced Part IX B in the Constitution to deal with co-operative societies.A 3-judge bench comprising Justices Rohinton Nariman, KM Joseph and BR Gavai dismissed the appeals filed by the Union of India against the...
Breaking- Classification Between Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Persons For Issuance Of Temporary Permits For Developmental Works Violates Art. 14, 19 & 21: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court, Itanagar Bench on Monday held that the classification between vaccinated and unvaccinated persons for issuance of temporary permits for developmental works in both public and private sector in the State of Arunachal Pradesh violates Art. 14, 19 (1) (d) & 21. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Nani Tagia stayed the operation of an order issued by the...
Indefinite Lockdown Has Repercussions On Livelihood Of People, Relaxation For Bakrid To Give Some Respite To Traders: Kerala Govt. Tells SC
The Kerala government has, in a late-night reply filed before the Supreme Court, justified the relaxation given in the COVID lockdown restrictions by stating that the same was done to provide succor to the traders who were expecting that Bakrid sales will alleviate their misery to a certain extent.The reply has been filed pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court wherein the Court...
"Hospitals Have Become A Large Industry, Survive On Human Distress, Cant Be Protected At Cost Of Citizens" : Supreme Court
While stressing on the need for States to provide better hospitals and covid care centres with proper clearances, Supreme Court on Monday observed that Hospitals have now become a large industry, survive on human distress and cannot be protected at the cost of citizens they are meant to subserve."What has now happened is, let us face it, Hospitals have become a large industry. Just as...
Breaking: Supreme Court Dismisses Andhra Govt.'s Plea Against Quashing Of Criminal Cases Related To Alleged "Amaravati Land Scam"
In a blow to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the state's SLPs against the quashing of criminal cases filed in connection with the alleged 'insider trading' in land transactions at Amaravati.The bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing the SLPs at the instance of the AP state government against the January...
Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of UP & Haryana In Noida Resident's Plea That Travel To Delhi Takes 2 Hours Due To Road Blockades
Supreme Court on Monday directed States of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to file a response in the plea filed by a resident of Noida who alleged that her commute from Noida to Delhi was taking her two hours instead of the usual 20 minutes due to road blockades as a result of farmers' protests.A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul directed the States to file a response by August 23rd....
Fire Safety in COVID Hospitals- Executive Notification Cannot Nullify A Direction of Supreme Court: SC Pulls Up Gujarat Govt.
While confronting the State of Gujarat on its decision to issue notification extending the timeline for hospitals to rectify compliances, Supreme Court has on Monday decided to consider if the notification was in breach of its order dated December 18 issued regarding maintenance and audit of fire safety measures in hospitals."Once there is a mandamus of the Court, it is very well settled...
Staffer Who Accused Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi Of Sexual Harassment Also Figures In The List of Potential Snoop Targets
Phone numbers of Supreme Court staffer who accused former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment in April 2019 were selected as potential targets for surveillance by an unidentified Indian agency that is a customer of the Israel-based-NSO Group, reports the Wire. It is reported that three phone numbers belonging to the woman and eight phone numbers belonging to her...
CB Judgment In Indore Development Authority Case Doesn't Affect Haryana Govt's Power U/s 101A RFCTLARR To Denotify Acquired Lands: Supreme Court
The Constitution Bench judgment in Indore Development Authority case will not affect the power of the Government of Haryana under Section 101A of the RFCTLARR Act, to denotify the land acquired under the old Land Acqusition Act for stated reasons in public interest, the Supreme Court observed.The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna observed that denotification can be...