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Supreme Court Frames Issues In Tamil Nadu's Suit Against Kerala Over Alleged Encroachment In Mullaperiyar Catchment Area
In the suit filed by State of Tamil Nadu alleging that Kerala's construction of a mega car project in the Mullaperiyar catchment area encroached upon the area leased to it, the Supreme Court recently framed issues arising for consideration.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih passed the order, stipulating the issues thus:i. Whether the Suit is not maintainable under Article 131 of...
West Bengal VC Appointments| Supreme Court Clarifies That Regular And Not Pro Tem VCs Be Appointed In All State Universities
The Supreme Court, through its order dated July 29, in an ongoing dispute between the West Bengal government and Governor CV Anand Bose (Chancellor of Universities) regarding the appointment of Vice-Chancellors (VC) of Universities, has clarified that there shall be an appointment of regular VCs (instead of pro tem VCs) in all the 36 State-aided Universities."To be more specific, it...
2018 Firing At Anti-Sterlite Protests | Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order For Probe Into Assets Of Police & Govt Officials
The Supreme Court on August 2 stayed the Madras High Court order which directed a fresh investigation by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti–Corruption (DVAC) into the assets of the police and government officials accused in the 2018 Thoothukudi Police Firing at the anti-Sterlite protests. The High Court had passed the direction in a plea challenging the National Human...
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Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas For SIT Investigation Into Electoral Bonds 'Quid Pro Quo', Says Ordinary Remedies Not Invoked
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 2) dismissed petitions seeking to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the alleged instances of quid pro quo arrangements between corporate and political parties through Electoral Bonds donations.The Court said that it would be "premature" and "inappropriate" to order an investigation under the monitoring of a retired judge when the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Renaming Of Aurangabad & Osmanabad As Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar & Dharashiv
The Supreme Court today (on July 2) dismissed an SLP filed against the Bombay High Court order upholding the Maharashtra government's notifications changing the name of Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv, respectively. The Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S.V.N Bhatti refused to interfere with the impugned order. Several petitions were...
Delhi LG Wasn't Told About Need For Court's Permission To Cut Trees : Chief Secretary Tells Supreme Court
Chief Secretary of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Naresh Kumar, informed the Supreme Court that Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena was not made aware of the necessity to obtain the court's permission for felling trees in the southern Ridge.The Chief Secretary stated this in an affidavit filed in a contempt petition against the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)...
NTA Should Avoid Flip-Flops Which Happened In NEET-UG Case : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 2) criticised the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the "flip flops" it made in relation to the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 exam.The Court was pronouncing the detailed judgment giving the reasons for its July 23 order which refused to cancel the NEET-UG exam held on May 5 over paper leak and malpractices.While holding that there was no material to show that...
Scheduled Castes Not A Homogeneous Class, Sub-classification One Of The Means To Achieve Substantive Equality: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court bench of seven judges headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M. Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma today, by 6:1 majority, held that sub-division of Scheduled Caste to provide reservation to the weakest out of the weak is permissible.Justice Bela Trivedi dissented....
Slum Rehabilitation Scheme Not To Be Seen As Real Estate Development Project, It's Linked To Right To Life: Supreme Court
A Supreme Court bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Aravind Kumar has held slum rehabilitation scheme cannot be viewed as a real estate development project because “there is a public purpose involved, and that is inextricably connected to the right to life of some of our brothers and sister citizens who are living in pathetic conditions”.In this case, the appellant was appointed as a...
Supreme Court Criticises Delhi HC's Directions To Judicial Officers Against Censuring Police Officers
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 1) criticized the Delhi High Court's Rules for “Practice in the Trial of Criminal Cases”, which state that it is “undesirable for courts to censure police officers unless strictly relevant to the case”. The Court asserted that the HC cannot pass directions dictating the judicial officers on how to write judgments.Section 6 of Chapter 1, Part H of...