Supreme Court Directs Appointment Of Election Commissioners On Advise Of Committee Comprising Prime Minister, Leader Of Opposition And CJI

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has ordered that Election Commissioners will be appointed by the President of India on the advice of a Committee consisting of the Prime Minister, and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha (or leader of largest opposition party), and the Chief Justice of India.This practice will be enforced until a law in this regard is made by the Parliament, Justice...

EPF Pension : Kerala High Court Restrains EPFO From Reducing Higher Pension Received By Petitioners

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, while considering the plea moved by persons aggrieved by the abrupt discontinuance or reduction of the pension that was being received by them, directed that the same shall not be curtailed, limited or stopped without specific orders from the Court. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan passed the above directive in light of the fact that the matter was under the...

Shiv Sena Case Hearing | Immaterial For 10th Schedule Whether Rival Group Has Majority; ECI Decision Has Retroactive Effect : Supreme Court

For the application of anti-defection law (tenth schedule of the Constitution), it does not matter whether the rival group is the minority or majority within the political party if their acts amount to defection, observed the Supreme Court on Wednesday while hearing the arguments of the Eknath Shinde group in the Shiv Sena case.The Court also remarked that the tenth schedule will operate even...

Gauhati High Court Flays Assam Govt For Putting Child Marriage Accused In Foreigners 'Transit Camp'

The Gauhati High Court has expressed strong displeasure over Assam government's decision to convert Matia Transit Camp in Goalpara district, which houses 'foreigners', in to a prison. The move comes in light of State's crackdown on child marriages.Finding State's decision to be strange and prima facie unacceptable, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Sumitra...

Drama In Bombay High Court As 10-Yr-Old Resists Father’s Attempts To Take Custody, Grandfather Asked To Hand Over Custody At Police Station

Amid the cries of a 10-year-old child refusing to be taken away by his biological father, the Bombay High Court asked the maternal grandfather to handover the child’s custody to the father at the police station later in the day.A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and PD Naik denied to look at video footage of the child screaming for help and then physically fighting off the father while...

Highest Z+ Security Should Be Provided To Mukesh Ambani & Family Throughout India & Abroad; Cost To Be Borne By Ambanis : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has directed that the Highest Z+ Security Cover provided to billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani and his family is not restricted to Mumbai, but be made available across India and also when they are traveling abroad. The cost, as per the order of the Supreme Court, is to be borne by the Ambanis. A Bench comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah...

NBDSA Finds News18 India & Zee News Guilty For Communally Charged Programs; Slams TimesNow For Wrong 'Pro-Pak' Slogan Report

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on Monday found news channels News18India and Zee News guilty of airing communally charged programs.The body found Zee News liable for depicting the issue of over-population by targeting the Muslim community and selectively sharing statistics.The complainant had alleged that the channel broadcasted visuals of large Muslim crowds...

Shiv Sena Case Hearing | If Some MLAs In A Political Party Oppose Coalition After Forming Govt, They Will Attract Disqualification : Supreme Court

The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India, while hearing the pleas concerning the issues arising out of the rift within Shiv Sena party between Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray groups, asked whether holding a floor test during the pendency of disqualification proceedings would amount to legitimising defection.The Court verbally remarked that if the antecedent reason for a floor...

British National Jane Cox To Continue Law Practice In India After BCI Consents Before Bombay High Court, 17-Yr-Old Order Set Aside

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside a 17-year-old order passed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) and paved the way for Advocate Jane Cox, a British citizen, to continue her legal practice in India.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale, set aside the 2005 order with BCI's consent but kept the question regarding a foreigner's right to practice expressly open."Both...

'Union Govt Misusing CBI & ED To Attack Political Opponents' : Dushyant Dave Tells Supreme Court In Telangana MLA Poaching Case

A transfer, to the Central Bureau of Investigation, of a probe into the alleged conspiracy hatched by the Bharatiya Janata Party to poach Bharat Rashtra Samiti legislators would result in a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’, said Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, questioning a decision of the Telangana High Court ordering the transfer. He said: “We are a regional party that is fighting...

National Security At Heart Of Agnipath Scheme, Fitter Force Needed Against Border Skirmishes: Delhi High Court

Upholding the union government's Agnipath scheme for the armed forces, the Delhi High Court on Monday said it can conclusively state that the scheme was made in national interest to ensure that armed forces are better equipped. Referring to the skirmishes on the borders, the division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that such...

Delhi Court Sends Manish Sisodia To CBI Custody Till March 4, Says Interrogate Him At A Place With CCTV Coverage

A Delhi Court on Monday remanded Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was arrested yesterday by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged case of corruption relating to now-scrapped excise policy, to CBI's custody till March 4.Special CBI Judge MK Nagpal acceded to CBI's request for five days custody to question Sisodia.Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to be...