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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Appoint Advocates To Vacant Judicial Member Posts In Armed Forces Tribunals
The Supreme Court on January 2, rejected a plea for the appointment of experienced advocates to fill the vacant judicial member positions in the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT). The petition filed under Article 32 prayed for the appointment of experienced advocates with at least 10 years of practice as judicial members for all the empty positions throughout the Armed Forces Tribunals....
Justice BR Gavai Nominated As Chairperson Of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
Supreme Court judge, Justice BR Gavai has been nominated by the National Legal Services Authority as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.The Department of Justice issued a notification to this effect on December 29, 2023.The post was earlier held by the Supreme Court's senior-most puisne judge, Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Justice Khanna was recently appointed...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Guidelines For Aftercare For Children With Special Needs Under Juvenile Justice Act
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on Tuesday (January 2, 2024) issued a notice in a Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution which sought guidelines for children with special needs on the attainment of the legal age of majority (18 years) under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To IT Department On NewsClick's Plea To Stay Tax Demand
Aggrieved by the High Court of Delhi's rejection of its challenge to demand raised by tax authorities, news portal “NewsClick” has filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court seeking ad-interim ex-parte stay of the High Court order and the tax demand.On the same, a Division Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih issued notice and sought response of the...
Bihar Caste Survey : 'To What Extent Can Govt Withhold Survey Data Break-Up?' Supreme Court Asks During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2), while hearing a clutch of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions challenging the constitutionality of the caste-based survey conducted by the State of Bihar, questioned the extent to which the government could withhold the break-up of the survey data. A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta is currently hearing special...
Congress Leader Moves Supreme Court Challenging New Law Dropping CJI From Panel Appointing Election Commissioners
Congress leader Jaya Thakur has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of Sections 7 and 8 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which was signed into law last week by President Droupadi Murmu following the parliament's winter session. Through this legislative move, the...
Allocation Of Cases Can't Be Lawyer-Driven; Complete Trust Must Be Reposed On Decision Makers : CJI DY Chandrachud
Recently in an interview, while replying to a question about the recent controversy surrounding the listing of some of the politically sensitive cases to a particular Bench, the Chief Justice of India responded that “the Supreme Court follows a well-structured process for the allocation of cases to the Judges of the Supreme Court”. Refuting all such allegations, CJI told the Press Trust...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea Against DMK's Anti-NEET Campaign; Says Students Are Well Informed & Won't Be Affected
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) today, which was filed assailing the signature campaign statedly being organized by Tamil Nadu State ruling party Dravida Munnetra Khazagam (DMK) against National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exams. “We have heard the petitioner in person at a considerable length. We are of...
Transgender Teacher Approaches Supreme Court Alleging Termination Of Services In Schools Due To Gender Identity
The Supreme Court on January 2, 2024, issued notice in a Writ Petition filed by a transgender teacher whose appointment was allegedly terminated in two different schools in both Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh upon revelation of her gender identity. The bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra directed the notice to be served to the...
Supreme Court To Hear IPS Officer's Challenge To HC Order Removing Him As Himachal Pradesh DGP
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2) agreed to urgently hear a petition filed by IPS officer Sanjay Kundu challenging an order passed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court to remove him from the post of Himachal Pradesh's Director General of Police.Senior Advocate Mukul Rohathi mentioned the petition before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing. The senior counsel said...
Train Accidents: Supreme Court Asks Centre To Inform Steps Taken On 'Kavach' & Anti-Collision Systems
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising the issue of train accidents in India, the Supreme Court today directed the Attorney General for India to apprise the court of protective systems in place to avoid train collisions, or those that are sought to be implemented, including the Union government's 'Kavach' scheme. Hearing the plea was a Division Bench of Justices Surya Kant and...
Supreme Court Rejects Delhi Police Plea To Construct Temporary Quarters Over Yamuna River Bank
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 2) dismissed an appeal filed by the Delhi Police against the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that denied them permission to construct the temporary quarters for personnel over the banks of the Yamuna river.A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan didn't accept the arguments of the appellant that the NGT had erred in denying...