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Supreme Court Stays Karnataka HC Order Refusing To Quash Corruption FIR Against Former CM BS Yediyurappa
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in plea by former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa against Karnataka High Court's order of refusing to quash FIR registered under Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly denotifying parcels of land and allotting it to entrepreneurs during his tenure as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state, between February 2006 and October...
Pay Hike For High Court Staff : Supreme Court Requests Tripura HC To Defer Contempt Proceedings Against State
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by the State of Tripura challenging an interim order passed by the Tripura High Court which directed the state government to enhance the salary of the staff of the High Court as per the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission with effect from January 1, 2006.In the order passed in December 2021, the High...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Retailers' Plea Challenging Maharashtra Govt Mandate For Marathi Signboards
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in plea assailing Maharashtra Government's decision of making it mandatory for all shops and establishments in the state to display signboards in Marathi written in the Devanagri script. The SLP preferred by Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association against Bombay High Court's order of upholding State Government's decision was listed...
Benefit Of Tofan Singh Judgment May Be Taken During Regular Bail Hearing ; SC Sets Aside Anticipatory Bail Granted To NDPS Accused
The Supreme Court observed that an accused under NDPS Act may be able to take advantage of the Tofan Singh judgment at the time of arguing the regular bail application or at the time of final hearing after conclusion of the trial.To grant anticipatory bail in a case of this nature is not really warranted, the bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian observed while...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging GST On Disability Equipments
A writ petition filed challenging the levy of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on disability equipments was mentioned before the Supreme Court on Friday.The writ petition Nipun Malhotra versus Union of India was filed in 2017. Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai mentioned before a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud that in 2020, the Court had granted the petitioner liberty to move a...
Can Life Sentence Be Reduced By Giving Benefit Of Right To Private Defence While Maintaining Murder Conviction ? : SC Issues Notice
Can a High Court, while maintaining murder conviction, reduce the life sentence to that already undergone, by giving the benefit of right to private defence?The Supreme Court might examine this issue in a special leave petition filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment.In this case, the trial Court (in the year 1995) convicted Nandu @ Nandua and...
Section 11(6A) Arbitration Act Does Not Prevent Courts From Considering Issue Of Arbitrability : Supreme Court
Despite the insertion of Section 11(6A) in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, the Courts are not denuded of the power to examine the issue of non-arbitrability and jurisdiction at the stage of considering application of appointment of arbitrators under Section 11, held the Supreme Court recently.In this case Indian Oil Corporation Limited v. NCC Limited, the Supreme Court...
Migrant Workers Crisis - Issuing Ration Cards On The Basis Of 2011 Census Might Be Injustice : Supreme Court To Union Govt
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, in an application seeking compliance with its judgment regarding problems and miseries of migrant labourers indicated that modalities have to be worked out by the Central and State Governments to ensure that migrant workers are provided ration at any cost. A Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna asked the Union Government to come out...
Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Direction For EOW Probe Against Trustees Of Khasgi Trust; Directs Inquiry Under MP Public Trusts Act Into All Property Alienations
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the direction issued by Madhya Pradesh High Court for an investigation by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) against the trustees of the Khasgi (Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Charities) Trust of Indore over alleged misappropriation of government properties.However, the Court held that the Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act 1951 will apply to the Khasgi trust...