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BREAKING : Justice Kausik Chanda Of Calcutta HC Recuses From Hearing Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition; But Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Costs
Justice Kausik Chanda of the Calcutta High Court has recused from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's challenge to Nandigram election results, where she was defeated by BJP's Suvendu Adhikary in the 2021 Assembly Polls.But he has imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakhs on Mamata Banerjee for the manner in which the application seeking recusal was moved.In the order pronounced...
Civil Services Exams : COVID No Ground To Relax Condition To Submit Degree Certificate On Specified Date, UPSC Tells Supreme Court
"Conditions of eligibility cannot be relaxed for certain individuals on different grounds", said the Union Public Service Commission in the Supreme Court responding to pleas filed by civil services aspirants whose candidatures were cancelled due to non-submission of educational qualification proof on the specified date . The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has submitted in...
Justice RF Nariman Led SC Bench To Hear Petition Challenging Provisions Of Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Tomorrow
The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali will hear the petition challenging the provisions dealing with restitution of conjugal rights.The Public Interest Litigation filed by Ojaswa Pathak challenges Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, section 22 of the Special Marriage Act and Rules 32 and 33 of Order XXI of the Code of Civil Procedure. The petitioner, in its plea, contends...
Post Poll Violence: WB Govt Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Recall Of Contempt Notice To DCP Over NHRC Obstruction
The West Bengal government on Tuesday filed an application before the Calcutta High Court seeking a recall of its order dated July 2 pertaining to the post-poll violence in the State, whereby contempt notice was issued to Southa Kolkata DCP, for allegedly failing to prevent obstruction to NHRC team probing the incident.The Court vide its July 2 order had issued a host of directions to the...
Recovery Of Weapon Used In Commission Of Offence Is Not A Sine Qua Non For Conviction: Supreme Court
For convicting an accused recovery of the weapon used in commission of offence is not a sine qua non, the Supreme Court observed while upholding a conviction of a murder accused.The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed that minor contradictions which do not go to the root of the matter and/or such contradictions are not material contradictions, the evidence of...
Sudha Bharadwaj's Bail Plea : Bombay High Court To Verify If Pune Sessions Judge Was Competent To Take Cognizance Of Chargesheet
The Bombay High Court said it would verify with the Registry if Additional Sessions Judge Kishor Vadane was a Special Judge under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act in 2018/2019 and if he was authorised to take cognisance of the Pune police's charge sheet against the accused in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar - Parishad Case. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ...
Getting Slot For Hearing Is Very Valuable, Advocates Must Make Use Of It: Supreme Court On Adjournments
Supreme Court on Tuesday urged that since procuring a slot for hearing is hard in the present times, on account of shortage of judges and other factors, lawyers must make use of the opportunity when their matters are listed and come up for hearing and not seek adjournments if they can help it.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was scheduled to hear a 2019 SLP arising out of a...
'No Basic Affirmation Of Facts By UP Police' : Karnataka High Court On Notice To Twitter India MD In Ghaziabad FIR
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday posed several questions to the UP Police for insisting on appearance of Twitter India's Managing Director Manish Maheshwari for investigation in the FIR related to Ghaziabad video, without ascertaining the basic facts about his and Twitter India's culpability in the matter. Justice G Narender noted that crux of the matter is that a doctored video...
Don't Shift Mentally Ill Patients From Hospitals To Beggar Homes Or Old Age Homes : Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra Govt
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed State of Maharashtra to discontinue the practice of shifting mentally ill patients from medical establishments to beggar homes or old age homes as it was contrary to the letter and spirit of the Mental Healthcare Act. A Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and MR Shah issued the direction while hearing a plea pertaining to rehabilitation...
Vaccinate Mentally Ill People Institutionalized In Hospitals & Asylums : Supreme Court Directs Centre, States
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued directions to the Union Government to ensure vaccination takes place for mentally ill patients who have been institutionalized in hospitals and mental asylums. "Persons who have been institutionalized must be vaccinated to protect them from the onset of infection. ASG Madhavi Divan has stated that they will take it up with utmost priority and...