"This Is A Policy Matter": Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea On Regulation Of Alcoholic Drinks

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Indira Banerjee refused to entertain plea filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to prohibit or regulate the production, distribution and consumption of intoxicating drinks in the State of NCT Delhi.At the outset, the bench noted that the matter pertained to policy making and was...

"Imagine The Load On Courts": Supreme Court Disapproves Filing Of Multiple Cases To Challenge National Commission For Minorities Act

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Indira Banerjee refused to entertain a plea seeking to declare the provisions of Places of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 being violative of Constitution, to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. While noting that parties were rushing to court after reading something in the newspaper,...

"Will Certainly List Article 370 Petitions" : Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Challenging J&K Special Status Abrogation After Dussehra

The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will list the petitions challenging the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 after Dussehra vacations."We will certainly list that", Chief Justice of India UU Lalit said, when an urgent mention was made by Senior Advocate Prashantho Chandra Sen for listing of the case(WP(C) 1070/2019 Radha Kumar and Ora vs UOI and...

'There Can't Be Two Investigating Agencies With Respect To Different Co-Accused In Same Crime' : Supreme Court Transfers FIRs Against Navika Kumar To Delhi

The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed that the FIRs registered Times Now anchor, Navika Kumar, over the remarks made by Nupur Sharma about Prophet Muhammed on a channel debate, be transferred to the IFSO unit of the Delhi Police.The FIR registered by the Delhi Police IFSO Unit shall be taken as the lead case. The direction will be applicable to future FIRs which may be registered with respect...

Supreme Court Asks State Govts To Submit Data On Those Who Have Jumped Bail, Parole

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday asked the state governments to inform the Court about the number of persons who have jumped bail or parole and whether proceedings have been initiated against them. A Division Bench comprising of Justices SK Kaul and Abhay Shreeniwas Oka also directed that a copy of the order dated February 17, 2020 be forwarded to all state governments. In...

EWS Quota Case - No Anthropological Study To Show Families Suffer From Poverty For Generations If They're Not Backward : Supreme During Hearing [Day 6]

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala, on Thursday, continued hearings on the cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections. The hearings were commenced with the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. A report on...

Economic Backwardness Can Be Temporary, Other Forms Of Backwardness Attached To Lineage : Supreme Court Says During EWS Case Hearing [Day 6]

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala, on Thursday, continued hearings on the cases challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections. The arguments were commenced by Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, who had provided a...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 22.9.22

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Contempt Of Court : Supreme Court Sentences Malvinder Singh & Shivinder Singh To 6 Months Imprisonment For Flouting Orders In Daiichi-Ranbaxy Case

The Supreme Court bench comprising of Chief Justice U. U. Lalit, Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice K. M. Joseph today sentenced Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh, former promoters of Ranbaxy, to 6 months imprisonment and ordered them to pay a fine of Rs 5000 each within a period of 4 weeks. The bench also stated that the contemnors shall undergo a further imprisonment in case they fail to...

Narmada Sardar Sarovar Project : Supreme Court Refuses To Modify Order Granting Rs 60 Lakh Compensation To Displaced Families

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed a miscellaneous application seeking clarification/modification of the order dated 08.02.2017 passed by the Apex Court, wherein it had directed the concerned authorities to disburse Rs. 60 lakh for each of about 700 families displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Project on river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh. A Bench comprising Justices D.Y....

Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Puducherry To Constitute Haj Committees In Six Weeks

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday granted an additional time of six weeks to four states to constitute Haj committees and file a compliance report in that regard. The respective states/union territories are Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Puducherry.A Division Bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and V Ramasubramanian also directed the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan...

Grant Of Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance Permissible In Exceptional Circumstances : Surpeme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that the grant of ex post facto environmental clearance in exceptional cases is not impermissible.Ex post facto clearances and/or approvals cannot be declined with pedantic rigidity, regardless of the consequences of stopping the operations, the bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari observed.In this case, the National Green Tribunal Act 2010 had...