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"All States Must Implement One Nation One Ration Card Scheme": Supreme Court Reserves Judgement In Suo Moto Migrant Workers Case
The Supreme Court on Friday observed that all States must implement the" One Nation One Ration Card" scheme, which allows migrant labourers to get ration benefits from any part of the country, irrespective of the place where their ration card is registered.This observation came after Counsels for Maharashtra and Punjab informed the Court that they had implemented the Scheme. When the...
Supreme Court Stays AIIMS INI CET Exams By One Month
UPDATE At 1 PM - Supreme Court Directs AIIMS To Postpone INI CET 2021 For One Month Due To COVID Updated story after 1 PM :The Supreme Court on Friday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) to postpone the INI CET 2021 exam - which was scheduled on June 16 - by at least a month in view of the COVID-19 situation."Considering that the candidates have been rendering...
'People In Glass House Should Not Throw Stones' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Param Bir Singh's Petition Against Maharashtra Govt Enquiries
"You are the part of a Maharashtra cadre. You served the State for 30 years. And now you don't trust the functioning of your own State ? This is a shocking allegation!", Justice Hemant Gupta observed.
Live-In-Relationship Between A Married & Unmarried Person Not Permissible: Rajasthan High Court
Dealing with a plea of the Petitioners (Woman-Man) who sought the protection of life and liberty, the Rajasthan High Court, after noting that Petitioner No. 2 (Man) was already married, ruled that: "A live-in-relationship between a married and unmarried person is not permissible." The Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhandari was hearing the plea of a Woman aged 29 and a Man aged 31, who sought...
Law Firm Cannot & Ought Not To Report On Ongoing Proceedings Being Prosecuted By It, In Its Blog Or Website : Delhi High Court
A division bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh has directed, while considering a petition filed by the Society for Tax Analysis and Research, has directed that, a law firm "cannot, and ought not, run the website/blog, in respect of the proceedings, which are being prosecuted by it, as there is every likelihood of losing objectivity in the reportage of...
The Incomparable Vivian Bose
It is given to very few to earn great laurels, leave an indelible imprint on men and matters and illumine the landscape with their effulgence. Justice Vivian Bose is one such legend- an all time great. Vivian Bose belonged to the distinguished Bose family which migrated from Bengal to what was then known as Central Provinces and Berar and made an indelible mark on different walks of life....
Kerala High Court Issues Guidelines To Be Followed By Courts Before Acting Upon The "Pleading of Guilty" By An Accused
A Single Bench of the Kerala High Court while reversing the conviction imposed upon the petitioner on Tuesday, issued a set of guidelines to be followed in cases of an accused pleading guilty for the offences charged against him. This criminal revision petition was filed by Raseen Babu KM, represented by Adv. D. Anil Kumar, against the order of the Judicial First Class Magistrate...
CJI Ramana Sends Heart-Warming Reply To Schoolgirl Who Lauded Supreme Court Interventions In COVID Situation
A 5-th standard school girl from Kerala wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India thanking the Supreme Court for its orders passed to address the COVID situation.Ten year old Lidwina Joseph, studying in 5th standard at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Thrissur, sent a hand-written letter in a beautiful scroll saying that she was "happy and proud" that the Supreme Court orders for oxygen supply have...
Stop Illegal Adoption Of Children Orphaned By COVID; Public Advertisements For Adoptions Unlawful : Supreme Court
Expressing concerns about the illegal adoption of children orphaned by COVID-19, the Supreme Court has directed State Governments and Union Territories to act against NGOs which are indulging in illegal adoption."No adoption of affected children should be permitted contrary to the provisions of the JJ Act, 2015.Invitation to persons for adoption of orphans...
Orissa High Court Upholds Centre's Notification Abolishing Odisha Administrative Tribunal
The Orissa High Court on Monday upheld the notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Training of the Central Government dated 2nd August 2019 which abolished the Odisha Administrative Tribunal (OAT). In an elaborative order, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice B.P. Routray observed that there was sufficient material to support the view of the...
