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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay CBI Probe In WB Teacher Recruitment Scam, But Stays Removal Of Board President & Cancellation Of 269 Appointments
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the order passed by the Calcutta High Court for CBI investigation into the scam relating to the appointment of primary school teachers in the State of West Bengal.A bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Vikram Nath observed that the High Court direction for CBI probe at an early stage "may fall short of the standards" laid down in the...
Delhi Govt vs Centre : Supreme Court Constitution Bench Defers Hearing To 24th Nov, 2022
At the request of the Solicitor General of India, Mr. Tushar Mehta, the Supreme Court, on Wednesday deferred the hearing of the dispute between the Delhi Government and the Union Government regarding control of administrative services in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Mentioning the matter before a Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kolhi, Mr. Mehta...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Bail Granted To J&K PDP Leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir challenging the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order granting bail to PDP leader Waheed Ur Rehman Parra in a UAPA case over alleged terrorist activities.A Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay Shreeniwas Oka however clarified that it was not giving imprimatur to the...
Guidelines On Seizure Of Digital Devices : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Foundation For Media Professionals' Petition
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday issued notice in a petition filed by a group of journalists on framing of detailed guidelines on search and seizure of digital devices. While issuing notice, a Bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy asked the Union to respond and tagged the matter with a pending petition which sought from similar prayers with the present plea....
Convict in Bilkis Bano Case Was Booked For Outraging Woman's Modesty in 2020 While On Parole
One of the convicts, who was released by the Gujarat government on remission in the Bilkis Bano case, stands chargesheeted for outraging the modesty of a woman on June 19 in 2020, according to the State's counter-affidavit before the Supreme Court.The information was provided to the District Magistrate Dahod by the district superintendent of police when the government was considering the...
Part IXB Of Constitution Not Applicable To Local Co-operative Societies, Applies Only To Multi-State Societies & Societies In UTs : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that Part IX B inserted by the Constitution (97th Amendment) Act, 2011 would not be applicable to the local co-operative societies and the same would be applicable to the multi-State co-operative societies and the societies within the Union territories.The 97th Amendment granted a Constitutional status to cooperative societies and inserted Part IXB in...
"How Careless The Government Has Been": Supreme Court Questions Maharashtra Govt. On The Constitution Of Waqf Board
The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing on the issue as to whether every charitable trust established by someone professing Islam is necessarily a waqf, on the contours of the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 and Waqf Act, 1995.Last week, the bench of Justices K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy had orally suggested to the counsel in the matter an alternative route for resolving the dispute-...
There Are Whispers That Collegium Will Recommend Only Names Acceptable To Centre : Senior Adv CS Vaidyanathan
Senior Advocate C S Vaidyanathan on Tuesday said that there are "whispers" that the Supreme Court collegium will send recommendations only if they are acceptable to the Central Government."What has been sacred to all of us is the independence of the judiciary. There are whispers in the air and I hope they are not true, of the collegium thinking that they will send recommendations only if they...
Section 376DA IPC Unconstitutional For Prescribing Mandatory Life Sentence For Remainder Of One's Life : P39A NLU-D Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Project 39A of National Law University Delhi to implead in a petition challenging the validity of Section 376DA of the Indian Penal Code for prescribing a mandatory life sentence without remission.Advocate Mahfooz Hasan Nazki, appearing for Project 39A, bought to the notice of the court that another matter challenging Section 376DB of IPC was also...
Senior Adv Kapil Sibal Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Plea In Supreme Court Against Hate Speech
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal sought urgent listing of the Dharam Sansad Hate Speech matter by the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi. The bench enquired if there had been any specific petitions filed in the matter and requested submission of details regarding the same. At the outset, Senior Advocate Sibal stated–"Some immediate orders may be passed to...
Supreme Court Reserves Order on TMC Leader Manik Bhattacharya's Plea Challenging ED Arrest In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved orders in the plea filed by Manik Bhattacharya, former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Trinamool Congress leader, assailing his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in money laundering matter regarding the teacher's appointment scam.The bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Vikram Nath heard the matter. It was argued by...
