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Some High Courts Support Relaxing 3 Year Practice Mandate To Join Judicial Service For Specially Abled Candidates
Several High Courts have supported retaining the mandatory requirement of three years' practice at the Bar as a uniform eligibility condition for entry-level judicial service posts while responding to the Supreme Court's call for suggestions on whether the May 2025 judgment should be relaxed for specially abled candidates.Some High Courts, however, suggested limited relaxation for persons...
Collegium of CM, LoP & Minister To Select DGP Not Workable, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday orally observed that the suggestion to constitute a collegium comprising the Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition and a minister to select Directors General of Police (DGPs) would not be workable.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joylamya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi made the observation while hearing applications seeking...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Ban On Animal Sacrifices For Religious Rituals
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking a ban on killing of animals in the name of religion.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order on a petition filed by Advocate Shruti Bist.Briefly put, the PIL has been filed seeking a direction to the Ministry of Animal Husbandry to amend Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
Supreme Court Closes Contempt Proceedings Against Telengana Speaker As All Disqualification Petitions Decided
The Supreme Court was informed today(March 12) that the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly has taken a decision on all pending disqualification petitions in connection with the defection of ten MLAs from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi to the Indian National Congress. The Court has disposed of the matter, asking the Speaker to supply a copy of his decision to the petitioners by tomorrow....
Sidhu Moosewala Murder Case : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Pawan Kumar Bishnoi, Jagtar Singh
The Supreme Court today granted bail to two accused - Pawan Kumar Bishnoi and Jagtar Singh - in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's murder case of 2022.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, while dealing with the accused's challenge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court order which denied bail. The High Court had denied bail noting that it would be appropriate to...
Supreme Court Stays Bail Cancellation Of Accused In BSP Leader K Armstrong's Murder Case
The Supreme Court today stayed Madras High Court's cancellation of bail of 12 persons accused in BSP leader K Armstrong's murder case.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Atul S Chandurkar passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocates Gopal Sankaranarayanan and V Mohana. Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra appeared for respondent(s)."In the meantime, the extension of the order of stay...
UPSC Civil Service Exam : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Additional Attempt For Candidates Who Lost Last Chance Due To Covid
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking reconsideration of the age and attempt relaxation in respect of Civil Services Examination, 2026, for candidates whose last permissible attempt was affected due to Covid-19 pandemic (2020-2021).The petitioner, a civil aspirant and Covid warrior, was statedly denied leave to appear in the civil services exam in 2021. As such, he prayed for...
Major Relief For Rahul Gandhi As Nashik Court Quashes Savarkar Defamation Case
An Additional Chief Magistrate Court in Nashik on Wednesday quashed a defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making defamatory statements against right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar during his 2022 "Bharat Jodo Yatra."According to the complaint lodged by the Director of 'Nirbhaya Foundation', an NGO, Gandhi claimed that Savarkar had promised to work for...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Kashmiri Separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah In Terror Funding Case; Notes Delay In Trial
The Supreme Court today granted bail to Kashmiri Separatist Leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case, noting that the delay ordained in the trial could not be explained.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves for Shah and Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra for NIA.Shah was arrested in June 2019 and arrayed as...