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Supreme Court Dismisses Telangana Govt's Plea Against Quashing Of 2015 Cash-for-Vote Scam Case Against One Accused
The Supreme Court on Friday (September 26) upheld the quashing of charges against Jerusalem Mathai, one of the accused in the 2015 Telangana cash-for-votes scam.The bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Telangana in 2016 against the High Court's judgment, which quashed the case under the Prevention...
Committee Of Creditors Continues To Exist Till Resolution Plan Is Implemented Or Liquidation Order Is Passed : Supreme Court
In the JSW Steel matter, the Supreme Court held that the Committee of Creditors (CoC) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) does not become functus officio merely upon the approval of a resolution plan by the Adjudicating Authority. The Court held that the CoC continues to have a role until the resolution plan is fully implemented or an order of liquidation is passed.A...
Supreme Court Poses 12 Queries To Rajasthan Govt Over Lack Of Functioning CCTVs In Police Stations & Non-Preservation Of Footage
In a suo motu case concerning lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations, the Supreme Court today called for the Rajasthan government's response on 12 questions including whether regular audits are carried out to ensure the functioning of CCTVs.The Court further asked the government to state the period for which CCTV footage of police stations is preserved. It also questioned...
Supreme Court Relaxes UP MLA Abbas Ansari's Bail Conditions In Gangsters Act Case; Allows Him To Travel Outside UP
Relaxing his bail conditions in the Gangsters Act case, the Supreme Court today allowed UP MLA Abbas Ansari to travel outside the State of Uttar Pradesh without prior permission from the Trial Court.The Court said that when Ansari wishes to travel outside the state, he must furnish particulars about the place of visit, alongwith contact details, to the Investigating Officer. On the bail...
Supreme Court Restores CCI's 2015 Penalty Order Against Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation For Anti-Competitive Practices
The Supreme Court today(September 26) restored the September 8, 2015 order of the Competition Commission of India ("CCI"), which imposed penalties on the Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation (KFEF) and two of its office bearers (P.V. Basheer Ahmed and M.C. Bobby) for indulging in anti-competitive practices by denying the screening of Tamil and Malayalam films in the theatres of the informant...
Supreme Court Sets Oct 7 Deadline For CBI To Arrest Absconding MP Police Officers In Custodial Death Case
The Supreme Court on Friday warned that it would frame contempt charges against officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the State of Madhya Pradesh over their failure to arrest two police officers allegedly responsible for the custodial death of 26-year-old Deva Pardhi and gave them time till October 7 to arrest the accused."Comply with the direction of the Apex Court of the...
'You Didn't Deserve To Be In Judiciary': Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of Judicial Officer For Filing Criminal Case Against HC Judges
The Supreme Court today rejected a plea filed by a former judicial officer who was dismissed from service over filing of criminal cases against an ex-Chief Justice and Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prashant Kumar Mishra heard the matter and remarked that the petitioner did not deserve to be in any government service, much less the judicial...
Supreme Court Allows Manufacture Of Greencrackers In Delhi-NCR, Bars Their Sale In NCR
The Supreme Court on Friday (September 26) asked the Centre to take a decision on revising the absolute ban on manufacture of firecrackers in Delhi-National Capital Region after holding consultations with all the stakeholders.In the meantime, the Court allowed certified manufacturers of green crackers, who have the permits from the NEERI and the PESO, to manufacture green crackers in...
Supreme Court Directs Preservation Of Body Of Alleged Maoist Killed In Chhattisgarh Encounter Till HC Decides Son's Plea For Probe
The Supreme Court today(September 26) directed that the dead body of Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh as an alleged Maoist commander, must be preserved in a mortuary till the Chhattisgarh High Court decides the writ petition filed by his son against the encounter.The son, Raja Chandra, alleges that it was a fake encounter. He approached the Supreme...
Hit-And-Run Case Against Judicial Magistrate: Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Transfer Trial From Punjab To Delhi
The Supreme Court today issued notice on the plea to transfer a hit-and-run case involving a sitting Judicial Magistrate as an accused from Punjab to Delhi.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order, upon hearing Advocate Raja Choudhary on behalf of the petitioner (deceased's wife). The Court stayed further proceedings in the trial pending before a Phagwara Court...
