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'Avoid Bulky Synopsis' : Supreme Court Expresses Disappointment At 60 Page Synopsis Filed Against 6 Page HC Order
The Supreme Court recently cautioned against filing of bulky synopses in matters before it. The Apex Court made the observation while considering a Special Leave Petition against an order of the Karnataka High Court. The Top Court expressed its disappointment that the order of the High Court that was being challenged only consisted of 6 pages, while the synopsis of the SLP was more than 60...
Chargesheet Filed In A Language Which The Accused Does Not Understand Is Not Illegal; Translation Can Be Given : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a charge sheet filed in a language other than the language of the Court or the language which the accused does not understand is not illegal.The bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal observed that if both the accused and his advocate are not conversant with the language in which the charge sheet has been filed, the Courts...
MBBS Admissions : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging NRI Quota In Assam Medical Colleges
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 25) issued notice in a petition filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution challenging the State of Assam’s rules allowing 7% seats quota in medical Colleges to be reserved for NRIs. Pertinently, the Bench comprising Justices Ravindra Bhatt and Aravind Kumar, also stayed further allocation of seats under NRI quota in the ongoing counselling...
'What Public Interest?' : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Challenging Law Allowing Abortion Of Unwanted Pregnancies Due To Contraceptive Failures
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by an anti-abortion NGO seeking deletion of a provision under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act which allows women to undergo an abortion if any form of contraception device used either by her or her partner fails. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra was hearing a PIL filed by...
'Age-Old Principle "Where Women Are Respected, Gods Live There" Would Recede To Background' : Supreme Court Cancels Bail To Gang-Rape Accused
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while allowing an appeal challenging the grant of bail to accused in a gang rape case, observed:“The offence alleged in the instant case is heinous and would be onslaught on the dignity of the womanhood and the age old principle of यत ननायर्यस्तत पपूज्यन्तत रमन्तत तत...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To PFI Leader Abdul Razak Peediyakkal In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to alleged Popular Front of India (PFI) leader Abdul Razak Peediyakkal in a PMLA Case where he has been accused of collecting and laundering funds of over Rs. 20 crores for the PFI. The Apex Court directed the trial court to impose bail conditions including to appear before the investigating officer of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) once a week,...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre & States On Plea Seeking Reservation For Transgender Persons In Public Employment
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government, all States and Union Territories on a PIL seeking reservation for transgender persons in public employment.The PIL, which was listed before a three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice of IndiaDY Chandrachud, Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Mr. Justice Manoj Misra, sought was filed by a transgender person (TGP) named Subi...
Supreme Court Dismisses Kerala IAS Officer Sreeram Venkittaraman’s Plea Against Culpable Homicide Charge In Drunken Driving Case
The Supreme Court on Friday(August 25) dismissed Kerala IAS officer Sreeram Venkittaraman’s petition challenging the Kerala High Court’s order which resorted culpable homicide charge against him in the 2019 drunken driving case which led to the killing of a journalist named KM Basheer.A bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar refused to interfere with the High Court’s...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Appointment Of Prof Venkateshwarlu As VC Of Central University of Kerala
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed against the order of the Kerala High Court that had upheld the appointment of Prof Venkateshwarlu as Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Kerala. The petition was filed contending that the appointment of the VC is in violation of UGC Regulations, Central Universities Act, 2009, and it’s statutes and is marred...
Supreme Court To Hear CBI's Plea To Cancel Lalu Prasad Yadav's Bail In October
The Supreme Court on Friday posted the appeal of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case to October 17.The Court turned down the request made on behalf of the CBI for an earlier date in September.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) contended that...
'Need Effective Practical Steps Against Hate Speech': Supreme Court Seeks Responses From States On Appointment Of Nodal Officers
The Supreme Court on Friday advocated for 'practical and effective' steps to deal with the problem of hate speech so that its earlier decisions are followed both in letter and in spirit. Accordingly, it sought responses from the state government on the status of their compliance with the Tehseen Poonawalla guideline requiring the establishment of district-level nodal officers.A bench of...
BREAKING | Gyanvapi-Kashi Title Dispute: Days After Reserving Verdict, A Different Bench Of Allahabad HC To Hear Matter On August 28
In a significant development, a different bench of Allahabad High Court will hear the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Mosque land title dispute cases. This comes exactly a month after a different bench (comprising Justice Prakash Padia), which had been hearing the matter since August 2021, concluded the hearing and reserved the orders in the matter on July 25.As per the HC's Casuelist of August 28,...