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NGT Not Supposed To Apply Strict Rigours Of CPC When Citizen Approaches With Grievance : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (on January 04) expressed dissatisfaction with the NGT's approach while dismissing an application. The application alleged that a waterbody/pond was being filled up. However, the NGT summarily dismissed the same without holding any inquiry. The Tribunal's findings were based only on certain photographs. Discontent with the same, the Apex Court observed that when...
'Exercised De Facto Control Of Companies Receiving Laundered Money': Enforcement Directorate Opposes AAP Leader Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea In Supreme Court
On the third day of Aam Aadmi Party leader and PMLA-accused Satyendar Jain's bail hearing, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) objected to the release of the former minister on bail by arguing that he exercised de facto control over the companies allegedly at the centre of a purported money-laundering racket.Additional Solicitor-General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, told the bench of...
Article 30 Not Intended To Ghettoise Minorities, Minority Institution Can Include Others In Administration: Supreme Court In AMU Case Hearing [Day 3]
While hearing the reference related to the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University, the Supreme Court on Thursday (January 11) orally remarked that the protection of a minority educational institution under Article 30(1) is not lost merely because the minority community involves others in the administration."The object of Article 30 is not to ghettoise the minorities. So if you let...
2023 Annual Digest Of GST Cases
Supreme CourtState Amendments Made To VAT Acts After GST Came Into Effect Are Invalid : Supreme Court Case Title: The State of Telangana & Ors. V. M/S Tirumala Constructions., Civil Appeal No(S). 1628 Of 2023 Citation : 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 927 A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while deciding the appeals arising from judgments of Telangana, Gujarat and Bombay High Court...
Supreme Court Seeks West Bengal's Response On Union Minister Nisith Pramanik's Anticipatory Bail Plea In Attempt-To-Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 11) sought the response of the State of West Bengal to an anticipatory bail plea of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nisith Pramanik in an attempt-to-murder case.The BJP Member of Parliament (MP), representing the Dinhata Lok Sabha constituency, approached the top court after a division bench of...
'Being Junior At Bar No Immunity': Supreme Court Asks Lawyer To Apologise To High Court To Seek Relaxation Of Costs Imposed
The Supreme Court on (January 08), in a case where the Gauhati High Court imposed costs of Rs 20,000 on an advocate for his attempt to mislead the court, requested the High Court to reconsider the same after the advocate tenders an unconditional apology. Additionally, the Top Court considered that the advocate was a junior at the Bar. Conditional on the lawyer tendering an...
Annual Digest of Consumer Cases 2023: Part-II
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION NCDRC & Department Of Consumer Affairs Claims A Disposal Rate Of 188% In The Month Of August, 2023 In an official government notification issued on September 19th, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has announced an outstanding achievement in resolving consumer cases by the...
Supreme Court Extends Former Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik's Interim Bail By Six Months, ED Doesn't Object
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 11) extended the interim bail granted last year to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik by another six months. Malik was arrested on February 23, 2022 by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case, but was released on interim bail in August last year. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was hearing a special...
Aligarh Muslim University Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 3]
A 7-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing today the case relating to the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant, JB Pardiwala, Dipankar Datta, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma will hear the issue.The bench, among other things, will consider whether minority status can be...
Buyer Not Complying With Timeline For Payment Can't Seek Specific Performance Of Agreement To Sell : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in a recent decision held that when a contract stipulates a specific time frame within which the consideration needs to be paid by the 'buyer' to execute the 'agreement to sale' by the 'seller', then the buyer must strictly adhere to such condition, otherwise, the 'buyer' can not avail a remedy of specific performance of the sale deed. Reversing the concurrent judgments...