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Supreme Court Grants Relief To Judiciary Aspirant, Sets Aside UPPSC's Rejection Of Candidature For One Day's Delay In Receiving Form
The Supreme Court on Friday (January 19) set aside a decision of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) to reject the application of a candidate for the Judicial Service (Junior Division) Examination and directed the UPPSC to declare the results of the petitioner. “An order that the rejection of an application of a petitioner at the hands of the state commission shall not...
Supreme Court Asks CEC To Examine Issues Related To Mining In Aravali Hills
The Supreme Court (on January 10), prima facie, opined that if the State of Rajasthan believes that the mining activities in the Aravali Range pose a threat to the environment, the State can also prevent mining activities in the Aravalli Range. “We, prima facie, feel that if the State is of the view that the mining activities in the Aravali Range is also detrimental to the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Validity Of Section 3G Of National Highways Act
The Supreme Court Bench of Justices B.V. Nagrathna and Ujjal Bhuyan has issued notice on a writ petition challenging the Constitutional Validity of Section 3G of the National Highways Act, 1956. The writ petition questions the legality of Section 3G(5) of the Act. This section mandates arbitration to resolve disputes over the compensation amount payable to landowners when their land...
'Harvest Season, Son's Marriage, Health Issues, Aged Parents' : Reasons Cited By Bilkis Bano Case Convicts For Extension Of Time To Surrender
The Supreme Court will hear today multiple applications filed by the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case seeking an extension of time to surrender before jail authorities. Last week, in a significant development, the Supreme Court set aside the remission orders passed by the Gujarat government allowing the premature release of the 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Eviction Order Asking TMC Leader Mahua Moitra To Vacate Government Accommodation Immediately
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the eviction order issued to Trinamool Congress leader Mohua Moitra asking her to vacate the government bungalow immediately, following her expulsion from the Lok Sabha in December last year.Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed Moitra's application seeking stay of the eviction order in view of the pendency of the issue of her expulsion from Lok...
Supreme Court Seeks Report From APTEL On Complaint About Exorbitant Costs & Refusal To Allow E-Filing
The Supreme Court (on January 18) has issued a notice in a matter raising concerns with respect to the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity imposing costs from Rs.20,000/- to Rs.25,000/-, even if there is a delay of one day or more than that. Apart from this, the petitioner has voiced his concern that despite a direction from the Top Court to permit e-filling, the same is not permitted....
'Question Of What's Good For Country' : Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Plea Against Release Of GM Mustard
The Supreme Court today (January 18) reserved its verdict in the batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging Union government's decision to commercially cultivate/release Genetically-Modified (GM) Mustard, christened 'HT Mustard DMH-11', into the environment.The Bench, comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Sanjay Karol, had begun hearing the matter on January 9, following...
Are SFIO Officers Police Officers Under Code Of Criminal Procedure? Supreme Court Leaves Question Of Law Open
The Supreme Court, while dismissing a petitiion for quashing a complaint filed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), has left a crucial question of law open i.e., whether SFIO are police officer(s) under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The matter was placed before Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. The High Court, in its impugned order, had concluded...
Gujarat Encounters | Police Officers Identified In Justice HS Bedi's Enquiry Report Must Be Prosecuted: Petitioners To Supreme Court
In pleas relating to fake encounter killings allegedly carried out by the Gujarat Police during 2002-2007, the Supreme Court today (January 18) was informed by petitioners that the Report of Justice HS Bedi-led Monitoring Committee has found foul play in 3 cases out of a total of 17, and as such, the police officers identified in the Report must be prosecuted.After a brief hearing of...
Supreme Court Directs High Courts To Set Up Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centres By April 30
In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court directed all the High Courts to take necessary steps to set up Vulnerable Witnesses Deposition Centres (VWDCs) in all districts. The Court said this exercise must be completed on or before 30 April 2024. The bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a...
Supreme Court Dismisses State Of Punjab's Plea Against Bail Granted To Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira In Drug Trade Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 18) dismissed the petition filed by the State of Punjab against the bail granted to Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act.A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and KV Viswanathan was hearing a special leave petition filed by the State of...