Inmates Of Old Age Home Are Licensees ; Have No Legal Right To Protect Their Possession Without Complying With Corresponding Obligations: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the inmates of a old age home are licensees and have a legal right to stay in the room of the old age home only so long as they comply with the terms and conditions of such license."The inmates in the old age home are licensees and are expected to maintain a minimum level of discipline and good behaviour and not to cause disturbance to the fellow inmates who...

Allahabad High Court To Hear Plea Seeking Constitution Of Committee To Inquire Into History Of Taj Mahal On May 12

A petition seeking a direction to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open the sealed doors of over 20 rooms inside the Taj Mahal premises so that the alleged controversy pertaining to the "history of Taj Mahal" can be put to rest would be heard by the Allahabad High Court on May 12.The plea was listed before the bench of Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi today,...

Why Not Ask States To Not Register Sedition FIRs Till Re-Examination Of Section 124A IPC Is Over? Supreme Court Asks Centre

In a major development in the cases challenging the constitutional validity of sedition offence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government why it cannot issue a direction to the State Governments to not register FIRs under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code till the re-examination process(which the Centre said it is undertaking with respect to this colonial provision) is...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Complainant Granted 2 Weeks' Time To File Counter Affidavit In Ashish Mishra's Bail Plea Before Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted two weeks' time to the informant/complainant in the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case to file his counter-affidavit in bail plea moved by Prime Accused and Union Ministers's Son, Ashish Mishra/Monu.Mishra's bail plea was remanded back to the High Court for fresh consideration by the Supreme Court last month while allowing the appeal filed by the...

BREAKING| SEDITION- Supreme Court Agrees To Centre's Proposal To Defer Hearing Till It Reconsiders Section 124A, Seeks Response On Pending And Future Cases

The Supreme Court on Tuesday has agreed with the Centre's suggestion to defer the hearing of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code till it reconsiders the provision. The Court has sought the response of the Centre on the status of pending and future cases till the Govt. takes a decision.A special bench...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Postponement Of NEET-PG 2022 Exam On May 13

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition preferred by doctors seeking to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2022 exam scheduled on May 21 citing clash with ongoing counselling for NEET PG 2021 on May 13, 2022 ie Friday.The petition filed by Dr R Dinesh Kumar Reddy and few other doctors was mentioned by Senior Advocate Rakesh Khanna...

Stamp Duty Refund Also Applicable To All Development Agreements Signed Between Sep, 2020- March 2021 - Bombay High Court

All Development Agreements signed between September 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 would qualify for 1.5-2% refund of stamp duty as per the scheme announced by the Maharashtra Government during the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020, the Bombay High Court ruled. In a landmark judgement last week, the HC held that the stamp duty payable on a Development Agreement is as per the duty payable...

Bombay High Court Imposes 2 Lakh Cost On Adani Electricity For Workers Union, Says Law So Unambiguous Even Reliance Or BSES Didn't Raise Dispute

The Bombay High Court has imposed costs of Rs. 2 lakh on Adani Electricity Limited payable to Mumbai Electric Workers' Union while dismissing a petition in which the company claimed it was no covered under Maharashtra Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (MIR Act). A division bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik observed that it was so "unambiguously clear" that the...

Sedition- Supreme Court Hearing On Constitutional Validity Of Section 124A IPC- Live Updates

A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli to continue hearing TODAY on the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code which deals with the law of Sedition in India.The bench will consider today the preliminary issue of whether a reference to a larger bench is required, as a 5-judge bench in...

'Completely Motivated': WB Gov Objects To Maintainability Of PIL Before HC Seeking Joint Probe By CBI & ED Into Alleged Irregularities In TET 2014

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to raise its preliminary objection in writing to the maintainability of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a joint probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the alleged irregularities in the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in West Bengal.TET 2014 was conducted...

Minority Status For Hindus In Some States : Supreme Court Disapproves Centre Changing Its Stand; Seeks Report Of Consultation Process In 3 Months

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed disappointment at the Central Government changing its stances in a plea seeking minority status for Hindus in states where they are numerically less.While the first affidavit filed by the Ministry of Minority Affairs on March 28 stated that it is for the concerned States to take a call on the matter, the latest affidavit filed yesterday, in supersession...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Stays BJP Leader Tajinder Bagga's Arrest Till July 6; No Stay On Investigation

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the arrest of BJP Leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga till July 6. This development comes three days after the High Court had, in a midnight hearing, directed the police not to take any coercive action again him till May 10.The Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara was hearing Bagga's plea againt an order of the Local Court in Punjab (SAS Nagar) issuing...