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Transfer Of Govt Employee Not Vitiated Merely Because It Was Issued At Instance Of MLA : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 13) observed that the interference by the court in an order of transfer at the instance of a state employee holding a transferrable position without any violation of statutory provision is impermissible. Reversing the findings of the High Court's Division Bench, the Bench Comprising Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Sanjay Karol, while restoring the findings...
Whether MMDR Act Excludes State's Power To Tax Mineral Rights? Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Hears Arguments [Day 7]
On the 7th day of its hearing, the Supreme Court 9 Judge Constitution Bench dwelled into the interplay between the nature of limitations imposed under Entry 50 List II (State's Powers on taxes on mineral rights); Powers of the Union over regulation and development of mines and minerals and the residuary powers given to the Union under Entry 97 List I. Senior Advocate Dr AM Singhvi urged the...
Farmers Protest | Haryana Govt Approaches Supreme Court Against High Court Directing Judicial Inquiry Into Death Of Protesting Farmer
The Haryana government has filed a Special Leave Petition challenging the High Court's order of a judicial inquiry into the death of a protesting farmer, Shubhkaran Singh, who lost his life on February 21 on the Punjab-Haryana border. According to the case details available on the Supreme Court's website, the instant appeal was filed on March 11. However, it is still on the defect list....
Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Receives President's Approval
In a crucial development, the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2024 has been granted assent by President of India Droupadi Murmu.It may be recalled that in 2022, a committee was formed by Pushkar Singh Dhami-led Uttarakhand Government to prepare a draft of the UCC. This committee consisted of a five-member panel headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai and...
Man Facing Contempt Case For Not Paying Cost Makes Further Contemptous Comments In Reply; Supreme Court Extends His Custody
The Supreme Court today directed Upendra Nath Dalai, the man against whom contempt proceedings are going on for non-payment of cost imposed by the Court as well as for making contemptuous remarks, to be taken back into custody till Monday.The genesis of the case before the Bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal lies in Dalai filing a "public interest litigation" (PIL) to declare...
By 2:1 Majority Bombay High Court Allows Centre To Notify 'Fact Check Unit' Which Can Declare Social Media Content About Its Business As Fake
By a 2:1 majority and in a setback for the petitioners in the 2023 IT Rules Amendment Case, the Bombay High Court -in an interim order – has refused to restrain the Union government from notifying its Fact Check Unit.Rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the IT Rules amendment 2023 empowers the government to establish a Fact check Unit and unilaterally declare online content related to the government's...
SCBA Members, Who Were Eligible To Vote In 2023 Elections, Can Participate In Special General Meeting Of April 16: Supreme Court
Ahead of the Supreme Court Bar Association's Special General Meeting, the Court has modified the eligibility of the members who can participate in this meeting. The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan clarified (on March 12) that Supreme Court Bar Association members who, per Rule 23 of the SCBA rules, were eligible to vote in the previous elections could participate...
Irreversible Situation Likely If Conviction Not Stayed: Supreme Court Reasons In Former TN Minister Ponmudi's DA Case
While staying former Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudi's conviction and sentence in a disproportionate assets case, the Supreme Court recently observed that in view of Section 8(3) of the Representation of People Act, 1951, the MLA, who was sentenced to over 2 years of imprisonment, would have incurred disqualification as a result of conviction, yet prima facie the High Court did not consider...
CJI Felicitates Daughter Of Supreme Court's Cook For Securing US Scholarship To Study Masters In Law
In a generous gesture, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and other Supreme Court Judges today (March 13) felicitated Pragya, the daughter of a cook in the Supreme Court, for scoring a scholarship. Pragya has recently received a scholarship to study for a masters in law at two different universities in the US. In a 40-second video released by the Press Trust of India, the CJI and all...
Existing Ships Need Modification Before Female Officers Can Be Sent On Sea Borne Missions: Coast Guard Tells Supreme Court
Responding to a woman officer's petition seeking permanent commission, the Indian Coast Guard has told the Supreme Court that various infrastructural changes are to be made to send female officers on sea-borne missions.The affidavit affirmed by the Principal Director, Coast Guard Head Quarters, stated that ICG, primarily a sea-going service, allocates 66% of its billets for manning afloat...
Workers Employed To Perform Perennial/Permanent Nature Of Work Can't Be Treated As Contractual Workers : Supreme Court Allows Regularisation
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 12) observed that the workers employed to perform perennial/permanent nature of work couldn't be treated as contract workers under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 to deny them the benefit of regularization of a job.The Bench Comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Sandeep Mehta opined that the permanent or perennial nature of...
New Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini's Appointment Challenged In High Court
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed today in the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the appointment of Haryana's new Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who is also a BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Kurukshetra.After former CM ML Khattar resigned and the entire cabinet stepped down yesterday, Saini was appointed as the new CM of Haryana.The plea stated that Saini is a sitting MP...