“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...

Bombay Lawyers Association Moves Supreme Court To Disqualify Vice President, Law Minister Over Remarks On Basic Structure Doctrine, Collegium

Bombay Lawyers Association has approached the Supreme Court challenging High Court's order dismissing its PIL against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for their remarks in public about the basic structure doctrine evolved by the Top Court and the Collegium system for appointment of Judges.The Special Leave Petition states that the two public functionaries...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Congress MLA's Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Sections 50 & 63 Of PMLA

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in a plea challenging Section 50 and Section 63 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2022.A bench led by Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aravind Kumar and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was considering a petition filed by Dr Govind Singh, who is a Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh (MP) Legislative Assembly and is an elected MLA from the...

Central Govt Extends Date For Aadhaar-PAN Linking To June 30

The last date for linking PAN and Aadhaar has been extended from 31st March to 30th June 2023 by the Central Government. Under the provision of the Income Tax Act, every person who has been allotted a PAN as on 1st July 2017 and is eligible to obtain Aadhaar Number, is required to intimate their Aadhaar to the prescribed authority on or before 31st March on payment of a prescribed fee. This...

MBBS : Supreme Court Allows Repatriated Foreign Medical Students In Penultimate Year To Clear Final Exams In Two Attempts

The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a batch of petitions by repatriated Indian medical students from Ukraine, China, the Philippines, etc after the central government informed the court that as a one-time extraordinary measure, penultimate year students would be allowed to take the MBBS examination without being enrolled in any Indian medical college.The Court allowed such students...

Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa Suspends Adovcate Gunratan Sadavarte's License For 2 Years, Holds Him Guilty Of Misconduct

The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa has found Advocate Gunratan Sadavarte guilty of misconduct and suspended his license to practice for a period of two years. Sadavarte is also accused of orchestrating the attack outside NCP leader Sharad Pawar's home. The bar council's 3-member disciplinary committee found Sadavarte guilty of misconduct under Section 35 of the Advocates Act 1961."The...

Madal Virupakshappa Bribery Case: Sri Ram Sene's Plea Seeking Transfer Of Probe To CBI/ SIT Withdrawn From Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday permitted Sri Ram Sene to withdraw its PIL seeking transfer of investigation in the alleged bribery cases involving Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Madal Virupakshappa and his son, to a Special Investigation team or Central Bureau of Investigation.A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal allowed their counsel's request...

Civil Service Rules | Failure To Produce Chargesheet Within 3 Months Does Not Automatically Vitiate Employee's Suspension: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Setting aside an order of Central Administrative Tribunal Srinagar, in terms of which it had quashed the suspension of an employee on the ground of his prolonged suspension, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently ruled that failure to produce a challan/charge sheet within a period of three months does not automatically vitiate the suspension.A bench comprising Justices...

Service Benefits Do Not Form Bequeathable Estate Of Any Government Servant: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that service benefits do not form the bequeathable estate of any government servant. A single judge bench of Justice C M Joshi sitting at Kalaburagi dismissed the appeal filed by Sujata and others challenging the judgment of the trial court which was confirmed by the Senior Civil Judge vide its order dated 04.03.2011. The trial court and appellate court...

Is Right To Represent A Constituency A Fundamental Right? Supreme Court Asks In Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal's Plea

Is the right to represent a constituency a fundamental right, the Supreme Court asked on Tuesday, while considering a petition filed by Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal's petition challenging the Lok Sabha Secretariat's refusal to revoke his disqualification despite the High Court staying his conviction in a criminal case.The petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices KM Joseph...