Supreme Court Issued Notice On Prashant Bhushan's Plea Seeking Intra Court Appeal Before Adjudication Of Review Petitions In Contempt Of Court Matters

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, issued notice in a plea for intra court appeal before adjudication of review petitions in Contempt of Court matters. The Apex Court issued the notice to the Attorney General, Mr. K.K. Venugopal as he had assisted it in the suo moto contempt case against Advocate, Mr. Prashant Bhushan over two of his tweets about the Apex Court and the then Chief...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Grants Bail To Indrani Mukerjea In Sheena Bora Murder Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Indrani Mukerjea in the case alleging the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, considering the fact that she has been under custody for 6.5 years, and that the trial is not likely to complete soon. Apart from the conditions to be imposed by the Trial Court, the Apex Court noted that the conditions imposed while granting bail to co-accused...

Medical College Managements Have Right To Fill Up Vacant Seats In Respective Courses De Hors Sponsorship By Selection Committee: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently upheld the right of the college management to fill up the vacant seats in the respective courses. Justice GR Swaminathan made the observation in a plea challenging the impugned orders of Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University against admissions made by the management of the colleges. The writ petitioners are colleges imparting education in Indian Medicine and...

National Green Tribunal Does Not Oust Jurisdiction Of High Courts; Direct Appeals From NGT To SC Do Not Undermine HCs : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of Section 3 of the National Green Tribunal Act 2010, which provides for the establishment of the NGT by the Central Government.The court also held that the National Green Tribunal under Section 14 & 22 of the NGT Act does not oust the High Court's jurisdiction under Article 226 & 227 as the same is a part of the basic...

Inclusion/ Exclusion Of Name In Voters' List Not An Extraordinary Circumstance Warranting Interference U/Art 226 Constitution: Gujarat HC Reiterates

The Gujarat High court has reiterated that removal of a person's name from the voters' list is not an "extraordinary circumstance" warranting invocation of High Court's extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. It held that a person aggrieved must avail statutory remedy by filing election petition under Rule 28.A Bench comprising Justice Biren Vaishnav and Justice...

"Arrested At 19, In Jail For 32 Years" : Supreme Court Orders Release Of AG Perarivalan, Convict In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered release of AG Perarivalan, convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, invoking powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. The Apex Court was of the view that the inordinate delay in deciding Perarivalan's early release plea by the Governor under Article 161 warranted his release. Perarivalan, who had served over 30 years in prison, approached...

Madras High Court Constitutes Full Bench To Decide Upon High Court's Jurisdiction To Hear Child Custody Matters On Original Side

The Chief Justice of Madras High Court Munishwar Nath Bhandari has constituted a full bench comprising five judges of the Madras High Court to hear the question pertaining to the High Court's jurisdiction on the original side to make decisions on child custody and guardianship cases, owing to the advent of the Family Courts Act, 1984.The five judges who are part of the full bench are Justice...

Appointment On 'Humanitarian Ground' In Absence Of Any Law To That Effect Can't Be Justified By Any Document: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has recently held that to justify a 'humanitarian appointment,' one only needs to show the provision of law which allows such an appointment; and no other document of law can justify the same in the absence of the power to do so. Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary placed no merit in the petitioner's argument that he could not place his best defence as he was not given...

Nine New Judges Take Oath In Delhi High Court, Working Strength Rises To 44

Nine new judges took oath as Delhi High Court judges on Wednesday, May 18th, taking it's working strength to 44.Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi administered the oath to the newly appointed Judges. The new Judges (in the order of seniority) are:- Ms. Tara Vitasta Ganju- Smt. Mini Pushkarna- Mr. Vikas Mahajan- Mr. Tushar Rao Gedela- Smt. Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora- Mr. Sachin Datta- Mr....

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Telangana High Court Over The Decision To Not Hear Quashing Petitions During Vacation

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, was appalled by a notice issued by the Telangana High Court, stating that its Vacation Benches would not entertain writ petitions and criminal petitions for quashing FIR/ Chargesheet, etc.Clause 3 of the Notice titled 'Instructions as to filling of cases to be beard in the Summer Vacation Court on 05.05.2022', inter alia, stated as under - "No Writ Petitions...

Kerala High Court Permits Party To Be Assisted By Engineer Of Her Choice During Technical Expert Committee's Inspection Of Damage To Her Property

The Kerala High Court in an unusual move permitted an appellant to be assisted by an engineer of her choice while the statutorily appointed Municipal Level Technical Expert Committee inspects the damage caused to her property by the ongoing construction of the party respondents. A Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar however made it clear that...

Order IX Rule 13 CPC - Trial Court Can Decide Prayer Of Defendants To Permit Filing Of Written Statement After Setting Aside Ex Parte Decree: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed when an ex ­parte decree is set aside and the suit is restored to file, the defendants cannot be relegated to the position prior to the date of hearing of the suit when he was placed ex ­parte.The bench comprising Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna, in this case, observed that a Trial Court can consider whether on setting aside the ex­parte decree,...