Internet Shutdown In Rajasthan | Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Petition, Directs Petitioner To Approach High Court

The Supreme Court of India on Friday, refused to entertain a petition seeking enforcement of the guidelines and directions laid down in Anuradha Bhasin v Union of India and Ors to prevent internet shut downs in the state of Rajasthan. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala opined that the petitioner had the remedy to approach the High Court...

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No Finality For Kerala HC's Observation That Church Assets Are Public Trusts & Not Governed By Canon Law : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday clarified that the observations made by the Kerala High Court in Cardinal George Alencherry's case regarding canon law and the power of the Bishops to alienate church assets are prima facie in nature and no finality can be attached to them.While dismissing the petition filed by Alencherry, the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church, to quash the criminal cases...

Disability Rights & CLAT | Supreme Court Passes Further Guidelines To Ensure Access To CLAT For Candidates With Disabilities

The Supreme Court of India on Friday passed guidelines to ensure better accessibility for candidates with disability to appear in CLAT examination. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala was hearing a plea challenging the stringent conditions imposed by CLAT consortium on persons with disabilities intending to avail scribes.Earlier, the court...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 17.3.23

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Jharkhand High Court Organises Programme On Gender Sensitization, Workplace Sexual Harassment

A Programme on Gender Sensitization with focus on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace was organized at the Jharkhand High Court on Friday.The programme was organised by the High Court of Jharkhand Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee.The programme was presided by the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Sanjaya...

Article 30 - Minority Educational Institution Cannot Claim Exemption From Admission & Fee Regulatory Committee : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a minority educational institution cannot claim complete immunity from the exercise undertaken by the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee by claiming protection under Article 30(1) of the Constitution of India.The Court was deciding the issue whether a minority educational institution in the State of Madhya Pradesh is required to get the fees charged by it...

Delhi Govt Has Made Efforts To Rehabilitate Jhuggi Dwellers On Paper, Ground Reality Far From Desirable: High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that though the Delhi Government has sought to make efforts to rehabilitate jhuggi dwellers “on paper” in terms of the Delhi Slum and JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015, the ground reality is “far from desirable.”A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea moved by a trust namely...

Law Intern Arrested In Indore Seeks Supreme Court Intervention; Says Local Bar Refused Legal Aid Amid 'Communally Hostile Environment'

The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice in a plea filed by a lawyer and a young law intern alleging that they have fallen victim to communal frenzy. Both the women belonging to a minority community have approached the Apex Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India asserting their right to life and liberty. The writ petition alleges that the petitioners - lawyer Noorjahan and...

Supreme Court Informed About Agreement In Defamation Suit Over Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Ex-Judge

While hearing a petition moved by a woman in 2014 seeking transfer of a defamation suit filed by a former judge of the Supreme Court from Delhi High Court pertaining to sexual harassment allegations, the Supreme Court was informed that both the parties have reached an agreement.The former judge had filed the defamation suit against the woman in the Delhi High Court after she alleged that she...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest March 2023 With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise [March 1 – 5, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXCompany LawAdani-Hindenburg Issue: Supreme Court directs SEBI to conclude investigation in 2 months, constitutes expert committee to review regulatory framework. Vishal Tiwari v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 160Adani-Hindenburg : Know the members of the expert committee constituted by the Supreme Court to review regulatory mechanism. Vishal Tiwari v. Union of India,...

'Advocates Not Above Law': Tripura High Court Refuses Action Against Police For Raiding Lawyer-Couple's House To Search For Accused-Client

The Tripura High Court recently refused action against Police for raiding the house of a lawyer-couple in search of an accused being represented by one of them.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T. Amarnath Goud & Justice T Arindam Lodh observed that search has been conducted following the mandatory provisions of section 47, 165 and 166(1) of CrPC.While Section 47 of the Act empowers a...