Supreme Court Judge Raises Concerns About Inconsistency In Views Of Benches, Indiscipline Of AoRs

Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai on Wednesday expressed concerns about the inconsistency in the views made by different benches of the Supreme Court. He noted that there are seventeen benches in the Supreme Court and that benches often take inconsistent views on the same subject.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Bela Trivedi also made critical remarks regarding "indiscipline"...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Strict View Of State's Delay In Filing Appeal Against Compensation Award, Directs Recovery From Erring Officers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur recently pulled up the State Authorities for the delay of over 8 years in filing an Appeal against a compensation award passed by Labour court. The Court has directed the Chief Secretary of the State to conduct an enquiry to determine who was responsible for not filing the appeal within the limitation period and recover the amount involved from the...

Madhu Lynching | 'Moral Policing Can Never Be Encouraged, Let This Be The Last Mob Lynching Case' : Kerala Court [Read Judgment]

The Special Court for SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Mannarkkad convicted 14 of the 16 persons accused in the Madhu Lynching Case. The case pertains to death of a mentally challenged tribal youth, Madhu, who was lynched in February 2018, on suspicion of theft of rice, spices from shops in the Mukkali area in Palakkad, Kerala. The Court sentenced 13 of the 14 convicted persons to...

'No Equality In Matter Of Illegality' : Supreme Court Denies Relief To School Teacher Dismissed For Degree Through Distance Education

Denying relief to a school teacher who was dismissed from service as his Bachelor degree was secured through distance education, the Supreme Court has once again stated that there can’t be equality in a matter of illegality.A Bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal opined that the Apex Court had already settled the issue of eligibility of persons holding a Bachelor degree...

2022 Contai Municipal Elections | Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing In Plea Against HC Direction For Forensic Audit Of CCTV Cameras To July

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to July 11, the hearing in a challenge against the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the state election commission to send CCTV footage of the 2022 Contai municipal elections for a forensic audit to Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in New Delhi. The matter was being heard by a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice...

IBC | Section 9 Petition Not To Be Dismissed If Few Invoices Are Time Barred But Remaining Invoices Are Not ; Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice C.T. Ravikumar while adjudicating an appeal filed in M/S Next Education India Pvt. Ltd. v M/S K12 Techno Services Pvt. Ltd., has held that when a petition under Section 9 of IBC is filed based on several invoices and some of the invoices are time barred, then NCLT must consider the remaining invoices which are...

Kerala High Court Orders Capture, Radio-Collaring & Relocation Of Rogue Elephant 'Arikomban' To Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered that the rogue elephant, 'Arikomban', which had been wreaking havoc in human settlements in Chinnakkanal and Santhanpara Panchayaths in the Idukki District, ought to be captured, radio-collared and relocated to the Muthuvarachal/Orukomban within the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and...

Calcutta High Court Allows Accused In 2019 Jaguar Crash Case To Travel To Saudi Arabia For Umrah

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday set aside the order of a trial court which had rejected the application of an accused for visiting Mecca to perform Umrah during the month of Ramzan. Justice Bibek Chaudhuri said a person cannot be refused permission to offer prayers at a holy place of their religion just because he once performed "Umra Haj" in the year 2018. "If this ground is accepted, as...

Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Take Up Abdullah Azam Khan’s Plea To Stay Conviction On "Highest Priority"

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Allahabad High Court to hear the application moved by the recently disqualified MLA Abdullah Azam Khan seeking a stay on conviction in a 15-year-old case. The Court said that Khan's application be "accorded with the highest priority and be disposed of".Khan had been disqualified from Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly two days after he was convicted...

‘Sorry State Of Affairs’: High Court Pulls Up Delhi Govt For 'Avoiding' Responsibility To Pay For Construction Work Of Sardar Patel COVID Facility

Calling it a "very sorry state of affairs", the Delhi High Court has pulled up the national capital government for “trying to avoid its responsibility” of making payments for the construction work of the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre.Justice Gaurang Kanth observed that even after two years of successful completion of the construction work, the entity’s case for issuance of...

Krishna Janmabhoomi Case: On Idgah Committee's Plea, Mathura Court Stays Its Order Directing Amin To Survey Disputed Site

A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district today stayed its March 29 order directing the Civil Court Amin (also known as court officers) to visit and survey the Sri Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Idgah dispute case and submit an aakhya report (along with maps) before the Court on April 17. The order was passed by Civil Judge (Senior Div.) Mathura. Neeraj Gond on the application on a plea filed...

National Security Concerns Won't Absolutely Abrogate Principles Of Natural Justice; No Blanket Immunity For IB Reports : Supreme Court

In a significant judgment boosting the interests of transparency, the Supreme Court held that the State cannot claim absolute immunity from disclosure of materials by merely claiming that they are related to national security.Quashing the decision of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to refuse renewal of telecast license for the Malayalam news channel MediaOne, a bench comprising...