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Supreme Court Refuses SIT/CBI Probe In Adani-Hindenburg Case; Endorses SEBI Investigation, Regulations
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 3) refused to order a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) or the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) into the allegations levelled in the Hindenburg Research report regarding stock price manipulations by the Adani group of companies.A three-Judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...
Truck Drivers' Protest : Hit & Run Provision Of BNS Will Be Invoked Only After Consultations, Says Centre
In a significant development, the government of India (on January 02) issued a press release stating that “hit and run” provision of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which seeks to replace the Indian Penal Code, will be invoked only after consultations with the All India Motor Transport Congress.President Draupadi Murmu, on December 25, assented to the three new criminal code bills that...
'Candidature Can't Be Cancelled For Trivial Errors' : Supreme Court Gives Relief To Police Aspirant Who Gave Wrong Date Of Birth
The Supreme Court today allowed plea of a man, aspiring to become a Police Constable, whose candidature was cancelled by the respondent-authorities on account of an inadvertent error made by him while mentioning his date of birth in the application form. Directing the respondent-authorities to treat the appellant as a candidate who 'passed' the selection process, considering the...
Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow On Pleas To Probe Adani-Hindenburg Issue
The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment tomorrow (January 3) on a batch of petitions seeking independent probe into the Adani-Hindenburg issue.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had reserved the judgment on November 24 on the PILs which seek a court-monitored probe into the allegations levelled in the Hindenburg Research...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Appoint Advocates To Vacant Judicial Member Posts In Armed Forces Tribunals
The Supreme Court on January 2, rejected a plea for the appointment of experienced advocates to fill the vacant judicial member positions in the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT). The petition filed under Article 32 prayed for the appointment of experienced advocates with at least 10 years of practice as judicial members for all the empty positions throughout the Armed Forces Tribunals....
Justice BR Gavai Nominated As Chairperson Of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
Supreme Court judge, Justice BR Gavai has been nominated by the National Legal Services Authority as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.The Department of Justice issued a notification to this effect on December 29, 2023.The post was earlier held by the Supreme Court's senior-most puisne judge, Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Justice Khanna was recently appointed...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Guidelines For Aftercare For Children With Special Needs Under Juvenile Justice Act
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on Tuesday (January 2, 2024) issued a notice in a Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution which sought guidelines for children with special needs on the attainment of the legal age of majority (18 years) under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To IT Department On NewsClick's Plea To Stay Tax Demand
Aggrieved by the High Court of Delhi's rejection of its challenge to demand raised by tax authorities, news portal “NewsClick” has filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court seeking ad-interim ex-parte stay of the High Court order and the tax demand.On the same, a Division Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih issued notice and sought response of the...
Bihar Caste Survey : 'To What Extent Can Govt Withhold Survey Data Break-Up?' Supreme Court Asks During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2), while hearing a clutch of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions challenging the constitutionality of the caste-based survey conducted by the State of Bihar, questioned the extent to which the government could withhold the break-up of the survey data. A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta is currently hearing special...
Congress Leader Moves Supreme Court Challenging New Law Dropping CJI From Panel Appointing Election Commissioners
Congress leader Jaya Thakur has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of Sections 7 and 8 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which was signed into law last week by President Droupadi Murmu following the parliament's winter session. Through this legislative move, the...
Allocation Of Cases Can't Be Lawyer-Driven; Complete Trust Must Be Reposed On Decision Makers : CJI DY Chandrachud
Recently in an interview, while replying to a question about the recent controversy surrounding the listing of some of the politically sensitive cases to a particular Bench, the Chief Justice of India responded that “the Supreme Court follows a well-structured process for the allocation of cases to the Judges of the Supreme Court”. Refuting all such allegations, CJI told the Press Trust...