Ankita Bhandari Murder Case : Supreme Court Seeks Status Report On Probe From Uttarakhand Govt

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttarakhand government to file a status report on the investigation carried out in the murder of Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old woman receptionist in a resort, owned by the son of a now sacked BJP leader.A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna passed the order while hearing a plea filed by a journalist and family members of Bhandari seeking...

Amend Consumer Protection Rules On Appointment Process Of Commission Members Within 3 Months : Supreme Court To Centre, States

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, observed that the direction in Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs v. Dr.Mahindra Bhaskar Limaye And Ors. that, the Central and State Governments are required to make certain amendments to the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020 pertaining to the appointment process at the Consumer Dispute fora is to be carried out on an urgent basis, preferably within 3...

Nagaland Local Body Polls With Women Reservation To Take Place On May 16 : State Election Commission Tells Supreme Court

On Tuesday, the Nagaland State Election Commission informed the Supreme Court that the local body elections in the State have been notified and are to take place on 16th May, 2023. The Apex Court directed that the election schedule notified by the Commission should not be disturbed at any cost.A Bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Aravind Kumar was...

Shiv Sena Case Hearing | Distinction Between 'Split' & Rebel Group Taking Control Of Party Very Thin, Says Supreme Court

The distinction between a split in Shiv Sena, as alleged by the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp, and the claim of a ‘rebel faction’, as used as a defence by Eknath Shinde and his followers, is very thin, the Supreme Court orally said on Tuesday during the hearing. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and Narasimha, was hearing...

Don't Mention Caste Of Parties In Cause Titles Of Judgements: Supreme Court To Trial Courts

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday clarified that the caste of parties shouldn’t be mentioned in the cause titles of judgements. A bench of Justices Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Rajesh Bindal advised Trial Courts to refrain from continuing the practise of adding one's caste next to the name in the cause titles. “We may note here that in the cause title of the judgement...

High Court Grants 8 Weeks To Delhi Govt For Construction Of Toilets For Transgender People

The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Delhi government to ensure that public toilets for transgender persons are constructed in the national capital within eight weeks, failing which it will direct personal appearance of top officials.Taking note of the status report filed by the Delhi government, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad...

Brahmapuram Site Fire Doused Completely, Kerala High Court Told; Court Appreciates Frontline Workers

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday recorded the submission of the District Collector, NSK Umesh and Secretary of the Cochin Municipal Corporation, Babu Abdul Khader, that 100% of the fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram waste dumping site had been contained and that there was no smouldering visible to the naked eye. The court appreciated the efforts of the frontline workers who worked day...

Juvenile Directed To Be Tried As Adult Can Seek Bail From Children's Court U/S 12 JJ Act, Need Not Resort To CrPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that once an order is passed under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, holding that a child in conflict with law is required to be tried for heinous offences as an adult, the JJ Board has no jurisdiction to consider the bail application pending before it.A single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty...

‘No Foreign Investment Today, Prayers Have Become Purely Academic’: Delhi High Court On Subramanian Swamy’s Plea Against 2013 Tata-AirAsia Deal

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted by Union of India in 2013 in favour of a Malaysian Company Air Asia Investment Limited.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad closed the proceedings in view of the fact...

Chances Of 26 Weeks Old Foetus Surviving Extremely Low: Gujarat High Court Allows Rape Victim To Terminate Pregnancy

The Gujarat High Court recently permitted a rape victim to medically terminate her pregnancy of 26 weeks, stating that chances of survival of the foetus are extremely low at this gestational period.Justice Samir J. Dave observed,"according to Indian Medical Association guidelines, age of viability has been deemed to be 28 weeks of gestation or 1000 grams, both of which are not sufficed in...

Hindenburg Report | No Separate Committee Constituted To Probe Allegations Against Adani Group, SEBI Investigation Ongoing: Centre

The Finance Ministry has disclosed that no separate Committee has been constituted by it to investigate the allegations made against the Adani Group of companies by short-seller Hindenburg Research of the US.However, market regulator SEBI is probing the matter and so far investigations pertaining to imports of Power Generation, Power Transmission and Infrastructure (Port & SEZ) Equipment...

"No Link Between BMC's Alleged Malpractices And Uddhav Thackeray": Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking ED Probe With Cost

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking CBI and ED investigation into the alleged "disproportionate" wealth of Maharashtra's ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray, his wife and two sons."We hold this petition is an abuse of the process of the law," a division bench of Justices Dhiraj Thakur and Valmiki Menezes said imposing Rs. 25,000 cost on Dadar residents Gouri Bhide (38) and Abhay...