Chhawla Rape-Murder Case : Supreme Court Affirms Acquittal Of Death Row Convicts; Dismisses Review Petitions

The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petitions against the acquittal of the three persons who were sentenced to death for the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Delhi’s Chhawla area in 2012.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Bela Trivedi dismissed the review petitions filed by the Delhi Police and few...

Assistant Teachers Recruitment: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt To Revise Select List After Rectifying Irregularities In Fixing Quota

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the UP Government to prepare a revised select list of 69,000 Assistant Teachers selected through the Assistant Teachers Recruitment Examination (ATRE) 2019 rectifying the irregularities committed in fixing the quota for their appointment. The bench of Justice Om Prakash Shukla observed that the rules were not followed in fixing reservations in...

CCS (Pension) Rules - Service Rendered As Contractual Employee Won't Qualify For Pensionary Benefits : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that as per Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules 1972, period of services rendered as a contractual employee cannot be said to be service rendered on a substantive appointment. Hence, such service as contractual employee will not qualify as service for the purpose of pensionary benefits. Holding so, a bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar allowed...

Putting Vermillion, Garlanding Each Other Sufficient To Induce Belief Of Lawful Marriage: Delhi Court Directs Registration Of FIR In Alleged Rape Case

A Delhi court has directed the Delhi police to register an FIR against a man for allegedly raping a woman on the false pretext of marrying her observing that acts of putting vermillion on head and garlanding each other are sufficient to induce the belief of lawful marriage.Additional Sessions Judge Arul Varma of Saket Courts directed the police to register FIR within a week against Veer...

Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Attack On Union Minister Nisith Pramanik's Convoy In Cooch Behar

The Calcutta High Court today transferred the investigation to the CBI in two registered cases with regard to the incident of attack on the convoy of Union Minister Nisith Pramanik on February 25, 2023. While hearing a Writ Petition filed by Suvendhu Adhikari, an MLA and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly in relation to the incident, the division bench of Chief Chief Justice...

Telangana Govt Plea Over Bills Pending With Governor : Solicitor General To Inform Supreme Court About Updated Position On April 10

In the petition filed by the Telangana Government against the Telangana Governor over the delay in the giving assent to bills, the Supreme Court on March 27 granted adjournment to enable the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta to apprise the Court of the updated position. The matter will be next heard on 10 April 2023.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice...

Orissa High Court Invites Senior Citizens From Old Age Home To Visit Its Premises & Museum Of Justice

In a bid to increase access to justice and to make courts people friendly, senior citizens from an Old Age Home run by the Association for Social Reconstructive Activities (ASRA), Cuttack were last week invited to visit the Orissa High Court, the Museum of Justice and the Odisha State Legal Services Authority (OSLSA).The officials of the High Court guided them inside the institutions and...

Don’t You Think That To Maintain Communal Harmony, Abjuring Hate Speech Is Necessary? Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing of contempt petition in a batch of pleas seeking directions to regulate hate speech, till tomorrow (29.03.2023). A Bench comprising Justice KM Joseph and Justice BV Nagarathna was considering a batch of petitions in respect of various instances of alleged hate speeches across the country.Advocate, Mr. Nizam Pasha apprised the Bench that in...

Plea In Kerala High Court Against Changanassery Municipality's Decision To Sound Siren Alerting Muslims Of End Of Ramzan Fast

Two petitions have been moved in the Kerala High Court for quashing the order issued by the Changanassery Municipality directing its employees to sound siren at 6.30 pm to inform the Muslim Community that time for fasting is over in connection with Ramazan. The petitions have been filed by the Christian Association and Alliance for Social Action (CASA), a society registered under the...

“Paperless Courts Across All Districts Of Odisha Are Not Far-Off”: Chief Justice Muralidhar While Inaugurating Virtual High Courts

Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar on Monday inaugurated ‘Virtual High Courts’ in 10 more districts of the State of Odisha. On 3rd February this year, the High Court had established Virtual High Courts in 10 of the 30 Districts in the 1st phase, which were inaugurated by CJI DY Chandrachud virtually. While addressing on the occasion, the Chief...

No Place For Violent Action To Resist Govt Policy In Democracy: Delhi High Court Frames Charges Against Sharjeel Imam, Others In Jamia Violence Case

While framing charges of rioting and unlawful assembly against Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in 2019 Jamia violence case, the Delhi High Court has observed that protest by violent means can never be part of democracy.“Though, in a democracy, there can be no question of dissent being suppressed or fundamental right of freedom of expression by peaceful...

Supreme Court Stops Authorities From Demolishing Temporary Shelters For Homeless In Delhi Without First Approaching Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), Delhi Police, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and all other authorities operating in the National Capital Territory of Delhi from demolishing temporary shelters for the homeless without getting the prior permission of the Court.A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta passed...