Supreme Court Requests Chattisgarh HC To Decide Suspended IPS Officer's Bail Plea In Corruption Case Expeditiously

The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Chattisgarh High Court to expeditiously dispose of suspended Additional Director General of Police Gurjinder Pal Singh's bail plea in case filed against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegations of disproportionate assets.Recording the same, a bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli disposed of...

Notify Overdue Elections Of Maharashtra Local Bodies Within 2 Weeks Based On Delimitation Existing Before March 11 : Supreme Court Directs SEC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra State Election Commission to announce the schedule for elections for around 2486 local bodies, whose term expired long ago, election within two weeks.The Court had earlier stayed the state government's attempt to introduce OBC quota in the elections on the ground that the state had not carried out the modalities that must precede...

What Are The Basic Principles Relating To Bank Guarantees, Their Invocation & Interdiction? Delhi High Court Answers

The Delhi High Court has settled down the basic principles relating to bank guarantees, their invocation and the interdiction of such invocation. While observing that commercial contracts often contain clauses requiring the contractor to furnish bank guarantees, Justice C Hari Shankar said that such bank guarantees are either bank guarantees provided towards security for having been awarded...

Legitimate Expectation: Chhattisgarh High Court Restrains University From Replacing Guest Lecturer Except By Way Of Regular/ Contractual Appointment

The Chhattisgarh high Court has reiterated that merely because a person is appointed as a "Guest Lecturer" at a college or a University, does not mean that he/she does not have any right. Drawing analogy from the case of Manju Gupta & others v. State of Chhattisgarh & others, it held that such persons have a "legitimate expectation" of not being replaced, in the absence of any...

Dying Declaration Made To Doctor Can't Be Discarded Only Because Certificate Of Fit Mental State Not Appended: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that 'dying declaration' made to a doctor can neither be called to question nor should be doubted only because a certificate with regard to mental state of the deceased at the time of recording the declaration was not appended to it. While holding doctor to be 'the best person' to assess mental state of a victim, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr....

Registering Authority Bound To Verify If Power Of Attorney Gives Power To Sell; Sale Deed Registration Not A Mechanical Process : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a Registering Authority under the Registration Act 1908, while registering a sale deed executed by a Power of Attorney holder, is bound to verify if the Power of Attorney empowers the agent to sell the property.The Court noted that the provisions of the Registration Act, particularly Section 34(3)(c), imposes an obligation on the Registering Officer to...

Postpone NEET-PG 2022 : Medical Students Association Moves Supreme Court

The All India Medical Students Association has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to postpone the 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 behalf of All India Medical Students Association (AIMSA) we have moved Supreme Court of India against scheduled examination of NEET...

Life Sentence Means Imprisonment Till Last Breath; Court Can't Fix A Period Of Incarceration Of Life Convict: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that the sentence of imprisonment of life is till the natural life of the accused which cannot be fixed in years by the High Court. The Bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma observed thus while upholding the life sentence awarded to Five murder convicts by the Trial Court in a case that dates back to the year...

" Innocent Toddler Also Had A Future": Mother Of 4-Year-Old Girl Moves Supreme Court Seeking Review Of Order Commuting Death Sentence On Man Convicted For Her Daughter's Rape & Murder

The mother of a 4year old girl child has approached the Supreme Court seeking review of its recent Judgment commuting the death sentence awarded to Mohd Firoz, convicted for the rape and murder of her four-year-old daughter.A review petition has been filed by the original complainant through Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava challenging the order dated 19th April 2022 passed by the Apex...

Performance of Haj is A Sacred Religious Ceremony, Not Appropriate To Term It As A Commercial Activity: Sr. Adv. Arvind Datar Argues Before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on a string of petitions filed by various tour operators and state Haj organisers on differential GST levied on Haj pilgrims.The tour operators are challenging the levy of GST on Hajis who avail themselves of services offered by registered private tour operators on the grounds that no tax law can be applicable on extra territorial activities...

Merely Residing Together For Few Months & Having A Child Does Not Raise Presumption Of Marriage, Conduct Of Parties Relevant: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently while dealing with a challenge to an order in a declaratory suit observed that presumption of marriage is to be established by way of conduct; mode of life; and predilections of other persons. A division bench of Justice Goutam Bhaduri and Justice Sanjay S. Agrawal observed: "The law presumes in favour of marriage and against concubinage, when a...

Comply With Direction To Raise Judicial Officers' Pension : Supreme Court Gives Final Opportunity To States

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed all State Governments that are yet to comply with its direction dated 05.04.2022 to enhance the pension of retired judicial officers as per the scheme elucidated in the order passed by the Apex Court, almost 10 years back, on 08.10.2012, to do so within a period of 4 weeks. "Such of those State Government who have not complied with the order...