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Judges Not Following Guidelines On Maintenance: Supreme Court Directs To Circulate 'Rajnesh v. Neha' Judgment To All Judicial Officers
The Supreme Court on Monday (06.11.2023) observed that the detailed guidelines issued by it in Rajnesh v. Neha and Another, (2021) 2 SCC 32 regarding the payment of maintenance in matrimonial matters is not being followed in many cases. Accordingly, the Apex Court has issued a direction for a copy of the judgment containing guidelines for expeditious disposal of cases involving grant...
Lawyers' Elevation As Judges Shouldn't Be Opposed Merely Because They Have Some Political Connections: Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 7), while hearing a plea seeking contempt action against the central government for 'sitting over' collegium recommendations in violation of the timeline prescribed by the court, orally said that the elevation of lawyers ought not to be resisted only on grounds of their political affiliation. Unless the candidate has a "deep-rooted political aspect...
Supreme Court Passes Slew Of Directions To High Courts Of Madhya Pradesh, Punjab And Haryana For Recruitment In District Judiciary
The Supreme Court (on Monday) passed a slew of directions with respect to the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, for laying down the time schedule regarding the recruitment of District Judges in these High Court. However, the matter pertaining to the High Court of Tamil Nadu is listed tomorrow along with other applications.The matter was placed before the Bench of Justices...
Examination Of Person Who Recorded Dying Declaration Essential: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently laid down all the questions to be asked, the considerations to be kept in mind while deciding the weightage to be awarded to a dying declaration. The Court recognized the inherent value of a dying declaration but found several glaring issues that cast doubt on the reliability of the declaration used as evidence in this particular case.It observed “In the case at...
NEET-PG : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea By Pvt Medical Colleges For Stray Round For Seats Unfilled In Counselling 2023-24
The Supreme Court on Monday (06.11.2023), issued notice in an application moved by the Tamil Nadu Self Financing Medical Colleges Association (TNSFMCA) seeking Stray Counselling Round for filling up vacancies of Post Graduate Medical Seats in Tamil Nadu.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra while issuing notice observed that the issue would...
Supreme Court Questions Effectiveness Of Delhi's 'Odd-Even' Scheme In Controlling Pollution
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 7) questioned the effectiveness of the Delhi Government's "odd-even" scheme in controlling air pollution, while terming it as “optics”. Under this scheme, vehicles with license plate numbers ending in an even digit are allowed to operate on even dates, while those ending in odd digits can ply on odd dates.The Court, while noting the submission of...
Centre Must Stop 'Pick & Choose' Approach To Collegium Proposals : Supreme Court Deprecates 'Selective' Appointments Of Judges
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 7) again expressed disapproval of the 'pick and choose' approach adopted by the central government in selectively accepting names from the collegium resolutions for judges' appointments. It also conveyed its concerns to the Attorney General for India R Venkataramani over the pendency of certain proposals made by the collegium for the transfer of high...
Karnataka High Court Orders Media Houses To Comply With Cable TV Act While Carrying Out 'Sting Operations', Approval Of Editorial Head Must
The Karnataka High Court has said that sting operations if conducted henceforth by media houses will have to be in strict consonance with provisions of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna upheld the validity of the sting operations carried out by Power TV on 8 Traffic Police Inspectors and 3 Assistant Commissioners of Police,...
Defects In Nomination Form Cannot Be Cured At The Time Of Scrutiny: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a candidate contesting elections to a public office is not permitted to rectify defects in the nomination form at the time of scrutiny, which is done post the last date for filing of nomination.A single judge bench of Justice Surag Govindaraj dismissed the petition filed by Manjula @ Manju, wherein her nomination for the post of Member of Tumbala...
Seizure Of Journalists' Digital Devices A Serious Matter, Better Guidelines Needed To Protect Media Professionals : Supreme Court To Centre
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 7) expressed concerns over the arbitrary seizure of media professionals' digital devices and stressed the need for better guidelines to protect their interests. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Foundation for Media Professionals through...
Section 498-A IPC Being Misused As A Weapon By Disgruntled Wives: Jharkhand High Court
Expressing its concern against misuse of Section 498A IPC, the Jharkhand High Court recently said that this provision of law is being misused as a weapon, rather than a shield, by 'disgruntled wives'. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi observed that such cases are being filed by the wife in the heat of the moment over trivial issues without proper deliberations. “With...
Directions Regulating Firecrackers Apply To All States In Country, Not Just Delhi : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (07.11.2023) clarified that its earlier directions against the use of barium and banned chemicals in firecrackers are applicable across the country, binding all states and not just the Delhi-National Capital Region.The Court made this clarification while hearing an application seeking directions to the State of Rajasthan to comply with the Apex Court's...