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Tamil Nadu Govt Files Criminal Defamation Case Against BJP State President K Annamalai For Statements Against CM MK Stalin
Tamil Nadu government has moved the Principle District and Sessions Court Chennai seeking action against the State President of Bharatiya Janata Party K Annamalai for making defamatory statements against the Chief Minister MK Stalin. The complaint has been moved through City Public Prosecutor. On May 14th, Annamalai had released 'DMK Files', claiming that many members of the ruling DMK party...
BREAKING| Supreme Court Dismisses Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea To Adduce Additional Evidence In Appeal Against Conviction In Custodial Death Case
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, dismissed the petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking to produce additional evidence in the criminal appeal pending in the Gujarat High Court against his conviction and sentence in a 1990 custodial death case.Bhatt filed the Special Leave Petition challenging the order passed by the High Court on August 24, 2022, which denied permission to him...
TN Highways Act Can't Be Invalidated Due To Variance From RFCTLARR Act As It Has Received President's Assent : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the Tamil Nadu Highways Act 2001 cannot be invalidated on the ground that is provisions are at variance from the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition; Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Since the Tamil Nadu Act has received the assent of the President under Article 254(2) of the Constitution of India, there is no basis...
Supreme Court Judge Justice MR Shah Refuses To Recuse From Hearing Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, dismissed the plea moved by former IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking the recusal of Justice MR Shah from hearing his case.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar was hearing Bhatt's special leave petition seeking to adduce additional evidence in the criminal appeal filed by him in the Gujarat High Court challenging his conviction in a 1990...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Service Law [Jan - Mar, 2023]
One Rank One Pension (OROP) - Supreme Court extends the time for Centre to disburse pension arrears for ex-servicemen under the OROP scheme. Indian Ex Service Movement v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 264It is trite law that courts would not prescribe the qualification and/or declare the equivalency of a course. Until and unless rule itself prescribes the equivalency, namely,...
'The Kerala Story' Movie : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Producer's Plea Against West Bengal Ban On May 12
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on May 12 the petition filed by the makers of the controversial film 'The Kerala Story' challenging the decision of the West Bengal Govt to ban the movie. Senior Advocate Harish Salve mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha seeking urgent listing.Initially, CJI said that he...
Why Deprive School Children Of Chicken & Meat In Mid-Day Meals?Supreme Court Asks Lakshadweep Administration
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the stand of the Lakshadweep administration on a plea which challenged the removal of meat and chicken from Mid-day meal scheme in island Union Territory.A bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing a Special Leave Petition filed against the September 2021 judgment of the Kerala High Court which dismissed a PIL challenging...
Future Coupons Case: Supreme Court Stays CCI’s Notice To Amazon On Rs 200 Crore Penalty
In relief to the e-commerce giant, Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC, the Supreme Court on Monday(May 8) stayed the Rs. 200 crore penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of India on the former in the Future coupons case. A Bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjay Kumar directed that no coercive steps shall be taken in relation to the notice issued by the CCI on April 25...
Adolescent Love Can’t Be Controlled By Courts, Judges Have To Be Careful In Granting Or Denying Bail In POCSO Cases: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that “adolescent love” cannot be controlled by courts and judges have to be careful while rejecting or granting bail in such cases depending on facts and circumstances of each case. Observing that teenagers who “try to imitate romantic culture of films and novels” remain unaware about the laws and age of consent, Justice Sawarana Kanta Sharma...
Company's Bank Account Can't Be Frozen For Criminal Investigation Against Unrelated Party : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, set aside freeze order and subsequent bank guarantee imposed on a Foreign Institutional Investor company as those actions were found to be taken on the basis of a criminal case pending against a person, who had no connection with the company.A Bench comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Sanjay Kumar noted that the freeze order and the bank guarantee...