Article 311 Bar Not Attracted If Officer Removing Employee Is Equal In Status To Appointing Authority : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (24 September) has held that the constitutional protection under Article 311(1) of the Constitution is attracted only when the removing authority is subordinate in rank to the authority that made the appointment. It was also held that mere delegation of disciplinary powers to a subordinate officer under statutory rules does not trigger the constitutional bar. For...

Supreme Court Seeks Data On Insurance Policies Issued To Persons With Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Disabilities

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to place on record data on the number of insurance policies issued by public and private sector insurers to persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability and Multiple Disabilities.A bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan passed the order in a PIL...

NEET-UG Paper Leak: Delhi Court Rejects Plea To Defer Arguments On Charge

A Delhi Court has recently rejected a plea seeking to defer arguments on charge in a case related to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) paper leak being probed by CBI.Special Judge Ajay Gupta of Rouse Avenue Courts rejected the application of one of the accused seeking deferment of arguments on charge until the filing of a supplementary chargesheet. The...

Centre Notifies Reappointment Of Senior Advocates Arvind Kamath, B Narsimha Sharma As ASGs For High Courts At Karnataka & Telangana

The Central Government on Thursday (September 24) notified the re-appointment of senior advocates Kuloor Arvind Kamath and B. Narsimha Sharma as Additional Solicitors General for India for Karnataka and Telangana High Courts respectively. A notification issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice states: "The President is pleased to re-appoint following Additional Solicitor General for...

Gandhinagar Court Grants Regular Bail To Journalist Ravi Nair In Adani Defamation Case

A Sessions Court in Gandhinagar on Thursday (September 24) granted regular bail to journalist Ravi Nair who was arrested after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by a sessions court earlier for non-appearance in a defamation case filed by Adani EnterpriseThe matter was listed before Principal District and Sessions Judge Ashish JS Malhotra. As per the court website, the status of...

S 156(3) CrPC Order Is Pre-Cognizance Step, Sanction Under S 197 CrPC Not Required At That Stage: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently held that a Magistrate's direction under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC, now Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) directing registration of an FIR and investigation is a pre-cognizance step, and the requirement of prior sanction under Section 197 CrPC (now Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha...

Include Rules For Execution Of Commercial Suits In Commercial Courts Act Schedule : Supreme Court Suggests

The Supreme Court today(September 24) suggested that the government can bring an amendment to the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, to state the execution in commercial suits will be as per the Commercial Court Rules, which have remained unnotified since 2021. The Court proposed that the Rules can be made part of the Act by inserting a Schedule.The draft Commercial Court Rules were not...

Supreme Court Lays Down Safeguards To Prevent Misuse Of POCSO Act In Child Custody Cases, Quashes False FIR Against Father

The Court cautioned against automatic arrest in such cases, and directed the invovlement of a child psychiatrist in the investigation.

Journalist Ravi Nair Moves Supreme Court For Release From Custody In Adani Defamation Case

Journalist Ravi Nair has approached the Supreme Court seeking release in the Adani defamation case, after he was taken into custody in furtherance of a Gujarat Court's non-bailable warrant. He has filed a Special Leave Petition challenging the Gujarat High Court order, which denied him interim relief. Advocate Abhik Chimni mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India at 2 PM...

Supreme Court Revises Order In Noida DM Medha Roopam's Case; Specifies Stay Is Only On HC's Strictures & Compensation Direction

The High Court's quashing of the NSA detention has not been stayed.

Advocate Muraleedharan G. Nominated As Kerala Bar Council Chairperson; Santhosh Kumar P. As BCI Representative

Advocate Muraleedharan G. has been nominated as the Chairman of the 13th Bar Council of Kerala (BCK).Advocate Santhosh Kumar P. has been nominated from among BCK members as representative to the Bar Council of India (BCI).Advocate Muraleedharan secured 14 votes and defeated Advocate Nasseer K.K. by 3 votes. Advocate K.P. Jayachandran (12 votes) was defeated by Advocate Santhosh Kumar by 2...

2010 Attack Case: Bengaluru Court Acquits Congress MLA Sangamesha, Others; Orders Action Against Officials For 'Defective' Probe

A Special Court in Bengaluru on Tuesday (September 22) acquitted Congress MLA B.K. Sangamesha and four others in a 2010 case involving charges of criminal conspiracy, rioting, attempt to murder and voluntarily causing grievous hurt.While acquitting the accused, the court found several defects in the investigation and directed the State to place the case before the Acquittal Review Committee...