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Race-Based Affirmative Action In College Admissions Unconstitutional : US Supreme Court
Holding that race cannot be considered while granting college admissions to students, the Supreme Court of the United States of America declared as unconstitutional the race-conscious admission policies at the Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, which were being followed as an affirmative action to ensure representation for marginalised and under-represented...
[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar- Anticipatory Bail [Part-IV]
Q.16 Is the fact that the accused is holding high position and wielding considerable influence which may place the investigating agency in a disadvantageous position in eliciting more useful information, a relevant fact to refuse anticipatory bail ? Ans. Yes. (Vide State of A.P. v. Bimal Krishna Kundu – (1997) 8 SCC 104 = AIR 1997 SC 3589 – M. K. Mukherjee, K. T. Thomas...
Supreme Court Collegium's Membership Changes; Justices Gavai & Surya Kant New Members
The 5-judge Supreme Court Collegium has undergone a change following the retirement of Justices KM Joseph and Ajay Rastogi during the summer vacation.Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant are the new members of the 5-member collegium, which recommends to Centre names for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice...
Advocates' Office Run From Residence Not Subject To Property Tax As Business Building : Delhi High Court
Holding that the "professional activity" of lawyers cannot be seen as "commercial activity", the Delhi High Court held that an advocate's office run from a residential building is not subject to property tax under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act as a "business building".The division bench of Justice Najmi Waziri and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain noted that the Master Plan for Delhi(MPD),...
Is Resolution Professional A 'Public Servant' Under Prevention Of Corruption Act? Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, issued notice in a plea challenging the ruling of the Jharkhand High Court that a Resolution Professional (RP) will be considered a ‘public servant’ under Section 2(c)(v) and Section 2(c)(viii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act). A vacation Bench comprising Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra issued notice to the...
CJI DY Chandrachud Lays Foundation Stone Of New High Court Complex In Jammu, Launches E-Initiatives
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr D Y Chandrachud on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a new high court complex in Jammu. The state-of-the-art complex, estimated to cost over Rs 800 crore, is located in the Raika forest belt on the outskirts of Jammu.Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brig B.D. Mishra (Retd.) and judges of the Supreme Court and...
Ensure No Illegal Animal Slaughtering In Housing Society On Bakri Eid, Bombay High Court Directs Mumbai Civic Body
In a late evening hearing the Bombay High Court directed the Mumbai civic body( BMC) to ensure there is no illegal goat sacrifice on the occasion of Bakri Eid tomorrow at Nathani Heights, a society at Mumbai Central.A division bench comprising Justices GS Kulkarni and Jitendra Jain said :“In the event the Municipal Corporation has not issued a license to undertake slaughtering of animals at...
Former SC Judge's Land Attempted To Be Grabbed : Jharkhand High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Rising Land Grabbing Cases
The Jharkhand High Court has taken cognisance of rising cases of land grabbing by organised gangs of land grabbers in the state by instituting a suo-motu writ petition and arraying the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Home), SSP (Ranchi) and Officer-in-Charge of Lower Bazar Police Station as Respondents in the case. The court took cognisance on the basis of a news report published in...
'When Minister Takes Rigid View, Consultation Is Wasted Effort': Calcutta High Court Upholds Appointments Of Interim-VCs By Governor
The Calcutta High Court today dismissed a petition filed by a retired Professor, seeking directions to annul the appointments of thirteen interim Vice-Chancellors in State Universities, which were made by the Governor of West Bengal acting as Chancellor of the said Universities. The petitioner had challenged these appointments on the ground that they were bad in law for being made...
BREAKING [Adipurush Row] 'Concerned About Sentiments Of All Religions Equally; Sacred Texts Shouldn't Be Touched Like This': Allahabad HC
While continuing to slam the makers of the film Adipurush for portraying religious characters of Ramayana including Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman in an objectionable manner, the Allahabad High Court today observed that the Court of Law is not about any one religion and that it is concerned with the sentiments of all religions equally. "You should not touch Quran, Bible and other sacred texts. We...
Breaking: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh & Supriya Shrinate For KGF Song Copyright Infringement
The Karnataka High Court today refused to quash the FIR registered by music company MRT Music against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and Supriya Shrinate over the alleged copyright infringement by the use of song from the Kannada movie "KGF Chapter 2" in the promotional video for the "Bharat Jodo Yatra".A single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed,"Petitioner appeared to...
New Roster Effective In Supreme Court From July 3; PILs Before First Three Benches
The Supreme Court has published a new roster of work which will be effective from July 3. The allocation of cases will be allocated to fifteen different benches as per this subject-wise roster.The first bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud covers the maximum subject of cases, ranging from indirect taxes, service matters, criminal appeals, election petitions, company law,...