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Gujarat High Court Grants Interim Bail To RB Sreekumar Who Was Arrested Along With Teesta Setalvad
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to former Gujarat Director General of Police RB Sreekumar, who was arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence to implicate high functionaries in Gujarat riots larger conspiracy case.A single bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora granted interim bail till November 15. The order stated as follows :"Having heard learned counsel for the...
Breaking: 'State Gov Transgressed Limit Of Delegation': Calcutta High Court Holds WB Govt's 'Duare Ration Scheme' To Be Illegal
In a significant judgment delivered on Wednesday, a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has held that the West Bengal 'Duare Ration Scheme' under which the State government delivers foodgrains through the public distribution system at the doorsteps of beneficiaries is illegal and ultra vires the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFS Act).The meal scheme was part of Chief Minister...
Has Challenge To Demonetisation Become Academic? Does Issue Survive? Supreme Court Asks
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will first examine whether the petitions challenging demonetisation have become academic and posted the matter to October 12.A Constitution Bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer, BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and BV Nagarathna was considering 58 petitions which challenge the decision taken by the Central Government to demonetise...
Payment Of Stipend To Junior Lawyers A Real Issue, Observes Supreme Court During AIBE Hearing
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the All-India Bar Examination, considered the issue of fairly remunerating junior advocates. The five-judge Bench comprised Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, A.S. Oka, Vikram Nath, and J.K. Maheshwari. The Court is being assisted by the Attorney-General of India and...
Supreme Court Rejects Uddhav Group's Plea To Stop Election Commission From Deciding Eknath Shinde's Claim As Real Shiv Sena
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop the Election Commission of India from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group as the real Shiv Sena. A Constitution Bench of the Court dismissed the application for stay filed by the Uddhav Thackeray group after a day long hearing."We direct that there would be no stay of the proceedings before the Election Commission of India. Accordingly,...
KSRTC Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Over Rs 5 Crores From PFI For Hartal Losses
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation moves Kerala High Court seeking directive to Popular Front of India to pay Rs. 5.06 Crores as compensation for the damages caused to the corporation during the flash hartal called the party in the state following the arrest of its leaders by the NIA.In the petition moved through the Standing Counsel for KSRTC, Advocate Deepu Thankan sought direction...
EWS Quota : Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging 103rd Constitutional Amendment
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment.The 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala...
Historic Move By Supreme Court : Constitution Bench Hearings To Be Live-Streamed From Tomorrow
In a historic move, the Constitution Bench hearings in the Supreme Court will be live-streamed from tomorrow.The proceedings can be watched in the Supreme Court's own platform webcast.gov.in/scindia/ There are three constitution benches sitting tomorrow, presided by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul respectively.The CJI-led Constitution...
Temple Administration - Supreme Court Raises Concerns About Appointments Made On Basis Of Political Affiliation
Raising concerns about political interference in the administration of temples and shrines across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed the need for laying down guidelines for transparent norms and parameters in the appointment of trustees or members of administrative committees. A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar was hearing a Special Leave...
Justice Indira Banerjee's Code (IBC) : Development Of IBC Jurisprudence
Justice Indira Banerjee has retired from the office of the Judge of the Supreme Court last week. She became the first lady judge to preside over a constitution bench. In her journey as a judge of the apex court of the country, she gave many landmark & important rulings. Apart from other subject matters, her contribution to the jurisprudence surrounding IBC shall be long remembered. Though...
POCSO vs MTP Act : Concerns Raised About Mandatory Police Reporting Requirement In Teenage Pregnancies
The Delhi High Court on September 20 directed the Centre to ensure that a minor's pregnancy of nearly 20 weeks is terminated at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Though the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act [MTP] permits doctors to abort a pregnancy of less than 24 weeks without requiring a court order - if the conditions under the law and rules are met, the medicos in the case of...