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Supreme Court Permits 5 Civil Service Aspirants Who Cleared Mains But Were Disqualified For Submitting Degree Certificate Late To Attend UPSC Interview
The Court passed this direction as a "special case" considering the fact that the candidates missed the last date as their universities declared their results late due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
'State Of UP Can't Go Ahead With Kanwar Yatra. 100%' : Supreme Court Asks UP To Reconsider Decision To Allow Physical Yatra
The Supreme Court on Friday said in categorical terms that the State of Uttar Pradesh cannot go ahead with its decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra in the State amid the COVID-19 pandemic.A bench headed by Justice RF Nariman asked the State of Uttar Pradesh to reconsider its decision to allow physical yatras and get back to the Court on Monday."Either we will pass orders directly, or will give...
Prisoners Already Released By HPCs Should Not Be Asked To Surrender Until Further Orders : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that all prisoners who have been released by the High Powered Committees of states in the wake of COVID pandemic pursuant to the May 7 order in the suo motu case should not be asked to surrender until further orders.The top court also directed all state governments to submit a report before it by next Friday detailing how the May 7 order was implemented and...
"Will Not Revisit The Merits" : Supreme Court Expresses Unwillingness To Grant More Time To Trio Convicted For 'Scurrilous& Scandalous' Remarks Against Judges
Supreme Court has on Thursday expressed its unwillingness to extend the time for surrender, to Vijay Kurle,Nilesh Ojha and Rashid Pathan, the trio convicted for contempt for 'scurrilous& scandalous' allegations against Justices Nariman & Vineet Saran over their order sentencing Adv Mathews Nedumpara guilty of contempt.The Court will hear the matter today , along with the three...
'If Supreme Court Clarifies Election Commission's Power To De-Recognise Political Parties, It Will Be Salutary Step: EC Tells SC
'If Supreme Court clarifies Election Commission's power to de-recognise political parties, it will be a salutary thing. If we do it for even one political party, it will have huge ramifications',Election Commission has submitted before the Supreme Court."Dr. B. R. Ambedkar expressed 2 regrets regarding the Constitution – one, that it could not be drafted in vernacular. And two, that there...
Right To Summon Document Has To Be Exercised When Trial Is In Progress And Not When Trial Is Completed: Supreme Court
The right to summon document(s) has to be exercised when the trial is in progress and not when the trial is completed, the Supreme Court observed.The court observed thus while allowing an appeal filed against a judgment of the Telengana High Court. The High Court allowed the revisional application and reversed the decision of the Trial Court in rejecting the application for summoning of...
Shifting Principal Benches Of Certain Tribunals Outside Delhi May Help Bar To Grow At Different Places: Justice Hemant Gupta
In his dissenting opinion in Madras Bar Association case, Justice Hemant Gupta highlighted the concern of lawyers and litigants about concentration of Tribunals in Delhi.The judge observed that shifting the principal benches of the certain Tribunals outside Delhi will help the Bar to grow at different places and would also resolve the challenge of scarcity of housing in the Capital. He added...
'Enhancement Of Superannuation Age A Policy Matter' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad HC Direction On Retirement Age In NOIDA
"Whether the age of superannuation should be increased and if so, the date from which this should be effected is a matter of policy into which the High Court ought not to have entered"
UAPA Offences Will Go Before Special Court Only When NIA Investigates : Maharashtra Govt To Bombay High Court In Sudha Bharadwaj's Plea For Default Bail
Opposing the default bail plea of Bhima Koregaon- Elgar Parishad accused Sudha Bharadwaj, on Thursday, the Maharashtra Government said that orders passed by the Pune Judge Kishore Vadane were not without jurisdiction even though he was a sessions judge and not a Special Judge under the NIA Act. During the last hearing Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar had said that the Court's records...
Judicial Independence Can Be Sustained Only When Incumbents Are Assured Fair Service Conditions, Security Of Tenure : Supreme Court
If "impartiality" is the soul of the judiciary, "independence" is the lifeblood of the judiciary, remarked the Supreme Court in its judgment in Tribunals case.The bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao observed that security of tenure and of service are core components of independence of the judiciary. The court added that any incursion into the judicial domain by the other two wings of...
Presumption Of Constitutionality Doesn't Apply To Pre-Constitutional Laws: Former Union Minister Arun Shourie Moves Supreme Court Against Sedition Law
"Sedition is a colonial law which was used expressly to suppress dissent by the British in India," says another plea filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124-A of IPC as being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(a), & 21 of the Constitution. Filed through Advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of former IT Minister Arun Shourie and NGO...