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Bhima Koregaon Case | Supreme Court Directs Tagging Of Jyoti Jagtap's Bail Plea With Shoma Sen's Appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) directed the bail plea of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap to be tagged with co-accused Shoma Kanti Sen's appeal and heard together.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar was hearing Jagtap's petition challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to reject her bail application. She has been lodged in jail since September...
Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On AAP Leader Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case
After four days of hearing, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) reserved its verdict on Aam Aadmi Party leader and PMLA-accused Satyendar Jain's bail plea.Jain was arrested by the central agency in May 2022 on charges of money laundering. He, along with others, were accused of laundering money through three companies during 2010-12 and 2015-16. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi...
Supreme Court Lawyers Write To CJI DY Chandrachud Seeking To Revive Practice Of Circulating Adjournment Letters
281 lawyers have written to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud objecting to the Supreme Court's decision to discontinue until further orders the practice of circulating adjournment letters or slips one day before a matter is listed.Last year, ahead of the annual winter break, the top court notified a change in the process of seeking adjournment "in the interest of litigants". The...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023 - Service Law
28 years after applying, a man got a job in the postal dept at 50 years of age due to the Supreme Court's Order. 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 882A person cannot be deemed to be in service when the first dismissal order is in force. 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 42Absorption - The appellant's claim for absorption as Assistant Teacher in the Higher Secondary Section is not tenable. It observed that the appellant...
Supreme Court Surprised At 4-Year Delay By Income Tax Department In Filing Appeals; Asks About Action Against Officials
Taking serious note of the gross delay of over four years on the part of the Income Tax Department in filing statutory appeals before the High Court, the Supreme Court has called for an affidavit from the concerned officer to explain the inquiry made and action taken regarding the delay."...we direct that the concerned authority to file an affidavit before this Court explaining as to what...
Chandrababu Naidu Case : Why Supreme Court Judges Differed On Retrospective Application Of Section 17A Prevention Of Corruption Act?
In the petition filed by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, the Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict on the retrospective application of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) to offences which existed before the 2018 amendment, which inserted Section 17A. Justice Aniruddha Bose held that the mandate for previous approval under S. 17A...
LMV Driving License Issue : Supreme Court Defers Hearing Of 'Mukund Dewangan' Reference After AG Says Consultations Are Going On With States
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) adjourned till April the Constitution Bench hearing of the reference on the issue whether a person holding a driving licence in respect of a “light motor vehicle”, could on the strength of that licence, be entitled to drive a “transport vehicle of light motor vehicle class” having unladen weight not exceeding 7500 kg, gave time to the Union...
Supreme Court Directs Authorities To Ensure No Hate Speech Takes Place In Rallies Of BJP MLA T Raja Singh, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) directed the district magistrates at Yavatmal, Maharashtra and Raipur, Chhattisgarh to take 'appropriate steps' after concerns were raised over potential hate speeches at rallies planned by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Bharatiya Janata Party legislator T Raja Singh later this week. While declining to stop the rallies, the Court directed the...
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear BJP Leader Sharad Kumar Awasthi's Challenge To HC Rejecting His Election Petition On 2022 UP Polls
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) issued notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party's(BJP) member Sharad Kumar Awasthi challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court which dismissed Awasthi's election petition in an application under Order 7 Rule 11 moved by Samajwadi Party's (SP) Fareed Mahfooz Kidwai.The bench comprising the Chief Justice of India,...
Supreme Court Refuses To Cancel Bail Of Augusta Westland Scam Accused-Turned-Approver Rajeev Saxena
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) refused to cancel the bail granted to the accused-turned-approver Rajeev Saxena in the VVIP Augusta Westland Chopper Scam. The CBI was granted the liberty to move an application before the Trial Court for the same.The bench comprising the Chief Justice, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was approached by the Central Bureau...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Preparation Of DNA Index To Identify Unclaimed Dead Bodies
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) issued notice in a Writ Petition seeking directions to the Union Government for preparing a DNA Index to help identify dead bodies. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, was apprised of the fact that each year 40,000 dead bodies are found which go unidentified and unclaimed....
Be Gentle In Dealing With Advocates, Don't Take Up Cudgels With Bar : Supreme Court To DRT Judge
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 16) dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the presiding officer of the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Chandigarh bench against the adverse remarks and directions passed against him by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on a writ petition filed by the Debts Recovery Tribunal Advocates Association.In the impugned order passed by the High Court on November...