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SC Grants Protection From Coercive Steps To Person Adjudged "Foreigner" To File Review On Basis Of Centre's Notification Exempting Migrants Of Specified Communities From Foreigners Act
The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim protection from coercive steps to a person declared a "foreigner", to enable him to file a review, when he sought to place reliance on the 2015 central government notification exempting migrants of specified communities from the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946. On September 7, 2015, by notification being GSR 686(E), Paragraph 3A of the...
Supreme Court To Hear On July 22 Andhra Pradesh Govt's Appeal Against High Court Stay On Amaravati Land Scam Probe
The Supreme Court will hear on 22nd July the appeal filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh to lift the stay imposed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on the probe into the Amaravati Land Scam case.A Bench headed by Justice Vineet Saran, after hearing the submissions of Senior Advocates Rajeev Dhavan and Harish Salve, proceeded to adjourn the matter to 22nd July. COURTROOM...
Is Gold Smuggling By Itself A 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA? Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued limited notice on the question of law and tagged the petition filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging order of the Kerala High Court wherein bail was granted to the 12 accused in the Kerala Gold Smuggling case.A Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, presided over the matter and stated...
Supreme Court Sets Aside MP HC Order To Disburse 1.96 Crore Deposited By Defence Ministry To Land Owners As Compensation
The Supreme Court set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court order that directed the disbursal of the amount of about Rs. 1.96 crore deposited by Defence Ministry with Collector as compensation to land owners.Land owners of about 51.57 acres in Jabalpur had filed the writ petition before the Madhya Pradesh High court alleging that they were being obstructed by the Defence Ministry from carrying...
Can State Govt Interfere With CBI's Power To Investigate Central Govt. Officials When The Offence Committed In State's Territory? SC To Hear On Sept 7
The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for final hearing the issue of power of CBI to investigate Central Government officials when offences are committed within a State territory on September 7 at 2 PM.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and Hemant Gupta was hearing an SLP against the March, 2020 decision of the Calcutta High Court holding that the Central Government's power to investigate and...
'Prompt Payment of Tax Makes One A Real Hero': Madras High Court Dismisses Tamil Actor Vijay's Plea Against Entry Tax On Rolls Royce Car With 1 Lakh Cost
The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Tamil Actor Vijay in 2012, seeking forbearance against the Tamil Nadu Government from demanding entry tax on his imported Rolls Royce Ghost Motor car. Justice SM Subramaniam also imposed costs of Rs. 1,00,000 on the actor, saying that filing a writ petition for avoiding tax can never be appreciated."The common man are motivated...
Foundation Of Media Professionals Seeks Intervention In Plea Challenging Sedition Law Before Supreme Court
The Foundation of Media Professionals has moved an intervention application before the Supreme Court in the petition challenging constitutionality of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.The main petition was heard yesterday by a bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi and the matter has been adjourned to July 27 to enable the Central Government...
Criminal Law, Including Anti-Terror Legislation, Should Not Be Misused For Quelling Dissent : Justice Chandrachud
Supreme Court Justice Dr. DY Chandrachud, in an address to the India-US Joint Summer Conference on Indo-US legal ties, noted that criminal law, including anti-terror legislation, should not be misused for quelling dissent or harassment to citizens. While referring to his judgment in Arnab Goswami vs. the State, he observed that,"Our courts must ensure that they continue to remain the first...
Civil Services Exams: SC Defers Hearing In Plea By Aspirants Whose Candidatures Were Cancelled Due To Non-Submission Of Educational Qualification Proof
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing pertaining to the petitions by civil services aspirants whose candidatures had been cancelled due to non-submission of educational qualification proof on the specified dated.A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar posted the matter on July 15. At the previous hearing, the Counsel for UPSC had submitted that a Counter-Affidavit had been...
'Prima Facie Defamatory' : Delhi High Court Asks Saket Gokhale To Take Down Tweets Against Lakshmi Puri
The Delhi High Court found RTI activist Saket Gokhale's tweets against former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations, Lakshmi Puri, calling her a "black money hoarder" etc with respect to a disproportionate assets allegation to be prima facie defamatory. The single judge bench of Justice C Hari Shankar today ordered Gokhale to take down the tweets within 24 hours, failing...
Birla Group-Harsh Vardhan Lodha Dispute : Supreme Court Sets Deadline For Calcutta High Court To Decide Appeals
The Supreme Court on Monday set a deadline of March 31, 2022 for the Calcutta High Court to decide the appeals filed by Birla family members against Harsh Vardhan Lodha continuing as director and chairman in four MP Birla group companies.The Court gave the direction while refusing to interfere with the Calcutta High Court order dismissing contempt petitions filed against Harsh Vardhan Lodha...
Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Suraz India Trust Chairman Rajiv Daiya For 'Scandalizing' Letter
The Supreme Court issued contempt notice to Suraz India Trust Chairman Rajiv Daiya for scandalizing the Court.It is clearly an endeavour to browbeat the Court and this Court will not countenance the same, the bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta said.On May 1, 2017, the Supreme Court's three-Judge bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India, J.S.Khehar, had imposed...