Year-Round Ban On Firecrackers Required Not Just To Curb Air Pollution But Also To Curb Noise Pollution: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) directed Delhi government and NCR states to decide on a complete year-round ban on firecrackers, including manufacture, storage, sale, distribution, and use.A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih emphasized that the ban was necessary to curb both air and noise pollution. It ordered states to place their decisions on record and kept the matter for issuing directions on next Thursday at 2:00 p.m.“The issue regarding ban on use...

Muzaffarnagar School Slapping | No Quality Education If Students Aren't Taught Values Of Equality, Secularism & Fraternity: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) underscored the significance of inculcating constitutional values such as equality, secularism, and fraternity in students while dealing with a PIL filed by activist Tushar Gandhi concerning the 2023 Muzaffarnagar student slapping incident.“The state cannot ignore the fact that ultimate object of rendering quality education is to ensure that the children become good citizens in true sense, who are aware about ethos and values of Constitution of India....

Hema Committee Report : How Can Witnesses Say They Won't Cooperate With Investigation? Supreme Court Asks

The Supreme Court today (December 12) heard in brief petitions challenging the Kerala High Court's October 14 direction to the police to register FIRs on statements made by women actors to the Justice Hema Committee regarding the abuses they faced in the Malayalam cinema industry.During the hearing, the Court orally asked how can the victims/witnesses say that they would not cooperate with the investigation after the State has registered cases.The matter was before a bench of Justices Vikram...

MBBS : Supreme Court Allows Disabled-OBC Student's Admission To Medical College In Rajasthan

After having summoned the Director General of Health Services's presence after the Respondents failed to appear in a case relating to the admission of an OBC student with a benchmark disability in medical college, the Supreme Court today allowed the petitioner to be admitted to Government Medical College, Sirohi, Rajasthan.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan had recorded yesterday in its order that following the "casual approach" of the Respondents, they sought the presence of the...

Civil Courts Can't Run A Race With Supreme Court, There Is A Judgment Upholding Places Of Worship Act : SC

While passing a significant order halting fresh suits and survey orders against religious places, the Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) orally said that the civil courts "were running a race" by passing orders ignoring the Supreme Court's 5-judge judgment in the Ayodhya case which upheld the Places of Worship(Special Provisions) Act, 1991.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan was hearing a batch of petitions...

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, held the Supreme Court while discharging a husband in a case related to the suicide of his wife."Mere allegations of harassment are not enough unless the accused's actions were so compelling that the victim perceived no alternative but to take their own life.Such actions must also be proximate to the time of the suicide," held a bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and...

Ex-Haryana Minister Moves Supreme Court For Verification And Checking Of EVMs Used In Haryana Polls

Former Haryana Cabinet Minister and 5-time MLA Karan Singh Dalal has approached the Supreme Court seeking verification and checking of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recent Haryana Assembly Elections. The petition filed by Dalal, alongwith Lakhan Kumar Singla (a candidate in the Haryana polls), seeks directions to the Election Commission of India to lay down a policy/memorandum for the checking and verification of the original burnt memory/microcontroller of the four components...

Judges Should Not Go To Facebook At All, Can't Comment On Judgments : Justice BV Nagarathna

"There is no place for flamboyance amongst judges," Justice Nagarathna said.

Preventive Detention A Harsh Measure, Permissible Only When 'Public Order' Disturbed : Supreme Court

In the judgment, the Court explained the difference between "public order" and "law and order".

WB Teacher Recruitment Scam | Will See If Entire Selection Be Cancelled Or Identify Wrong Appointments, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (December 12) adjourned to next Thursday the batch of petitions challenging the Calcutta High Court's order which set aside the appointments in over 24,000 teaching and non-teaching posts in government schools.The bench of CJI Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was scheduled to hear the matter concerning the appointments made by the West Bengal School Selection Commission in 2016.However, due to paucity of time, the CJI informed the counsels that the matter would be relisted...

Delhi Air Pollution | Supreme Court Directs GRAP Stage-II With Certain GRAP-III Measures In Delhi

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 12) directed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to continue the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-II restrictions in Delhi along with certain measures from GRAP III such as water sprinkling, mechanized road sweeping, enhancing public transport and restricting entry of interstate buses.A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih allowed the CAQM's proposal to implement GRAP Stage-III measures within Stage-II to...

[LIVE NOW] Justice V. Ramkumar To Deliver Lecture On 'Charge, Discharge, And Framing Of Charges' For Judicial Aspirants

LiveLaw Academy is organisinga a Lecture For Judicial Aspirants on 'Charge, Discharge And Framing of Charges'The lecture will be delievered By Justice V Ramkumar (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala; Patron And Chief Mentor, LiveLaw Academy)Date: Decemebr 12th, 2024Live on Youtube at 5 PMClick the link to join: https://youtube.com/live/rUjOO_brdn4?feature=share