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Question Of Constitutional Validity Cannot Be Dealt In A Casual/Cryptic Manner: Supreme Court Sets Aside Karnataka HC Judgment
The Supreme Court set aside a Karnataka High Court judgment which held the Section 20 of the Karnataka Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1973 as unconstitutional.The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna observed that the High Court dealt with this issue in a cryptic manner without analyzing all relevant aspects needed to be considered by a Constitutional...
BBMP Elections : Supreme Court Asks Karnataka Government To Publish Ward Wise Reservation List Within One Week
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, directed the Karnataka Government to publish the ward-wise reservation list for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP- Greater Bengaluru Municipal Corporation) within a period of one week from today, so that the Karnataka State Election Commission can take steps towards constitution of local bodies within a reasonable period of time, in accordance...
Supreme Court Stays Arbitration Proceedings Initiated By Former Indian Cricket Team Captain MS Dhoni Against Amrapali Group
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court put on hold the arbitration proceedings initiated by the former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni against the Amrapali group of companies.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi, handling the issues related to the real estate properties of Amrapali group which was put under a Court receiver in 2019, passed the order take note...
"Petitioner Complained To CJI" : Bombay HC Chief Justice Recuses From Hearing Plea Challenging CBI Director's Appointment
Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta on Thursday recused from hearing the PIL challenging the appointment of IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.The CJ recused himself from the matter citing a complaint letter filed against him to the Chief Justice of India by the petitioner Rajendrakumar Trivedi in March, 2022.However, Trivedi...
'Don't Renotify Election Procees For 367 Local Bodies To Implement OBC Quota' : Supreme Court Warns Maharashtra State Election Commission Of Contempt
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, came down heavily on the Maharashtra State Election Commission, as it was apprised that the State Election Commission has proposed to announce 'fresh election programme' for the 367 local bodies for which the election process had already been notified. A Bench comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, A.S. Oka and J.B. Pardiwala made it abundantly...
Supreme Court Directs UP Govt To Submit Status Report On Probe Into Missing Of 82 Year Old COVID Patient From Hospital In 2021
In a case of a 82 year old covid patient who went missing from a hospital, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the State of UP to conduct an investigation and submit the report within 2 months. The direction was issued by the bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli while considering SLP assailing Allahabad High Court's order to produce...
"Give Us A Break, There's A Limit To Targeting Judges": Justice DY Chandrachud
Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday slammed the trend of levelling personal attacks against judges.On Thursday, an Advocate mentioned a petition highlighting violence against the Christian community and therefore, sought urgent listing of the same. Hearing this, Justice Chandrachud observed that he had come across a certain news article indicating that the...
Paul Muthoot Murder : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Brother's Plea Challenging Acquittal Of Key Accused
The Supreme Court, on Monday, agreed to hear the challenge to the order of the Kerala High Court, which, inter alia, set aside conviction and sentence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for Jayachandran, alleged to be leader of the unlawful assembly involved in the Paul Muthoot George murder case. Hearing brief submission made by Advocate, Mr. Kuriakose Varghese a...
PMLA- Person Can't Be Prevented From Enjoying Property On Mere Confirmation Of Provisional Attachment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, held that in the period between the confirmation of provisional attachment under Section 8 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and the passing of the formal order of confiscation, the person interested in the such immovable property cannot be refrained from enjoying the attached property, in terms similar to that provided in Section...
Addl. CMM Not Subordinate To CMM In Exercise Of Judicial Powers: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate cannot be said to be subordinate to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in so far as exercise of judicial powers are concerned."Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in addition, may have administrative powers. However, for all other purposes and more particularly the powers to be exercised under the...
Section 436A CrPC Akin To Statutory Bail ; Can Be Invoked By Accused Arrested Under PMLA : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the beneficial provision of Section 436A of Criminal Procedure Code could be invoked by the accused arrested for offence punishable under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 Act.Section 436A CrPC needs to be construed as a statutory bail provision and akin to Section 167 CrPC, the bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT...
Uddhav Faction Moves Supreme Court Against Lok Sabha Speaker's Decision Approving Rahul Shewale As Shiv Sena's Floor Leader
The Uddhav Thackeray group of the Shiv Sena has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla in approving MP Rahul Shewale of the Eknath Shinde group as the party's floor leader.The petitioners are aggrieved with the Speakers' decision to illegally, arbitrarily and unilaterally remove them as the Shiv Sena's Leader as well as the Chief...