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Supreme Court Rejects Plea Against DMK's Anti-NEET Campaign; Says Students Are Well Informed & Won't Be Affected
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) today, which was filed assailing the signature campaign statedly being organized by Tamil Nadu State ruling party Dravida Munnetra Khazagam (DMK) against National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exams. “We have heard the petitioner in person at a considerable length. We are of...
Transgender Teacher Approaches Supreme Court Alleging Termination Of Services In Schools Due To Gender Identity
The Supreme Court on January 2, 2024, issued notice in a Writ Petition filed by a transgender teacher whose appointment was allegedly terminated in two different schools in both Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh upon revelation of her gender identity. The bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra directed the notice to be served to the...
Supreme Court To Hear IPS Officer's Challenge To HC Order Removing Him As Himachal Pradesh DGP
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2) agreed to urgently hear a petition filed by IPS officer Sanjay Kundu challenging an order passed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court to remove him from the post of Himachal Pradesh's Director General of Police.Senior Advocate Mukul Rohathi mentioned the petition before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing. The senior counsel said...
Train Accidents: Supreme Court Asks Centre To Inform Steps Taken On 'Kavach' & Anti-Collision Systems
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising the issue of train accidents in India, the Supreme Court today directed the Attorney General for India to apprise the court of protective systems in place to avoid train collisions, or those that are sought to be implemented, including the Union government's 'Kavach' scheme. Hearing the plea was a Division Bench of Justices Surya Kant and...
Supreme Court Rejects Delhi Police Plea To Construct Temporary Quarters Over Yamuna River Bank
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2) dismissed an appeal filed by the Delhi Police against the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that denied them permission to construct the temporary quarters for personnel over the banks of the Yamuna river.A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan didn't accept the arguments of the appellant that the NGT had erred in denying...
Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: December 2023
Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1026 To 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1071Dr. Premchandran Keezhoth v The Chancellor Kannur University 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1025Pavnesh Kumar v. Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1026Manoranjan Rout v. State of Odisha 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1028Madhavan Through Lrs. v. Kanakavally 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1030Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd v. ATM Constructions Pvt Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw...
Allahabad High Court Annual Digest 2023: Part I [Citations 1-256]
ORDERS/JUDGMENTS [NOMINAL INDEX PROVIDED AT THE BOTTOM] Benefit Of Doubt Regarding Correctness Of Answer Key Goes In Favour Of Exam Authority & Not Candidate: Allahabad High Court Case title - Gyan Prakash Singh vs. State of U.P. and others [WRIT - A No. - 8892 of 2022] Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 1 Noting that there is always a presumption about the correctness of...
PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Inclusion Of CJI In Election Commissioners' Selection Committee
A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Supreme Court today asking for the setting aside of a December 28 gazette notification for the appointment of chief election commissioner and other election commissioners in terms of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which was...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Annual Digest 2023: Part-I [Citations 1-150]
NOMINAL INDEX [Citation 01 – 150]M/s Simplex Infrastructure Ltd. & Anr. versus M/s J.P. Singla Engineers and Contractor 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 1Jagjit Singh @ Jaggi v. State of Punjab 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 2Sandeep Singh Sandhu vs. State of Punjab along with connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 3M/s. G.D. Goenka School v. Parveen Singh Shekhawat and Others and M/s. G.D. Goenka School v. Ajay...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: 4th Dec-10th December 2023
Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1033 To 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1048Nominal IndexEldeco Housing and Industries Ltd. v. Ashok Vidyarthi 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1033Additional Tahsildar v. Urmila G. 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1034Mohit Singhal v. State of Uttarakhand 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1035Shashi Kant Sharma v. State of UP 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 1037State of Jharkhand v. Dhananjay Gupta 2023 LiveLaw (SC)...
Registration Of FIR Under The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (New CrPC)
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which seeks to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, has, among other changes, introduced the provisions of Zero-FIR, E-FIR, and preliminary enquiry before the registration of FIR in certain cases. This article aims to discuss and help our readers to understand these three concepts and the provisions in detail. President...
Four Supreme Court Judges To Retire In 2024
In 2024, the Apex Court will bid farewell to four judges including the present Chief Justice of India, bringing down the total strength of the Supreme Court to 29 judges out of the total sanctioned strength of 34. Following is the list of retiring judges in the year 2024.Justice Aniruddha Bose: 10.4.2024 Due to retire on April 10, 2024, Justice Bose was elevated to the Supreme Court on May...