Pegasus Case- Supreme Court Hearing- Live Updates

Supreme Court to hear the #Pegasus case today.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India will consider the report submitted by the Court-appointed Committee.Supreme Court constituted a committee, led by former Supreme Court Justice R.V. Raveendran for an independent investigation in the...

Industrial Disputes Act | "Last Come First Go" Principle Can Be Departed By Employer Only After Recording Reasons In Writing: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that the principle of "last come first go" cannot ordinarily be departed from by employers while retrenching labourers under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (ID Act). While departing from the principle, it is a pre-condition that the employer has to record 'reasons in writing'. While dismissing writ petition by the employer (State), a Division Bench...

Advocates' Welfare Fund Scam: Accused Seek Pre-Arrest Bail, Kerala High Court Denies Interim Relief

Seven accused in the scam involving misappropriation of over ₹7.5 crores from the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund have moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case When the matter was taken up today, Justice K. Babu refused to grant interim protection to the accused and posted the matter on Monday for disposal. By this time, the parties have been directed to produce...

Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: High Court Issues Notice On Meeran Haider's Plea Challenging Trial Court Order Refusing Bail

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on the appeal filed by Meeran Haider challenging the Trial Court order denying him bail in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.A division bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Mini Pushkarna granted four weeks' time to the prosecution for...

Situation In Alappuzha District Still "Volatile": Plea To Prohibit Upcoming PFI, Bajrangdal Marches, Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response

The Kerala High Court on Thursday sought a response from the State government on a plea that prayed for a prohibition on public conferences, marches, mass drills and motorcycle rallies as part of 'Jana Maha Sammelanam' proposed to be conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI) this Saturday in the Alappuzha district. Justice N. Nagaresh asked the Government Pleader to get instructions on...

Right To Lead Evidence May Be Closed If Party Acts In 'Recalcitrant Fashion', Unjustifiably Refuses To Produce Witnesses For Examination: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that where a party is acting in a recalcitrant fashion, and refusing to make the witness available for examination or cross- examination on repeated occasions without due justification, the court may close the party's right to lead evidence.Justice C Hari Shankar added that while it is a matter of Court's discretion which takes a call on the request of the...

Orissa High Court Orders Probe Into Death Of Woman & Her Baby Due To Alleged Medical Negligence In 2015

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday ordered a probe into the alleged death of a woman and her baby in 2015, who died allegedly due to 'medical negligence'. A petition was filed by the father-in-law of the woman, who not only lost her baby due to an intra-uterine death but herself died while receiving treatment on 25th March, 2015. The petitioner submitted that the death of the baby as...

Preventive Detention Cannot Be Made By Stating Vague Grounds: Jammu And Kashmir High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently quashed an order for detention while observing that detention in preventive custody on the basis of such vague and ambiguous grounds of detention cannot be justified. Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul observed: "Perusal thereof reveals that same are vague and ambiguous, and do not refer to any date, month or year of the activities, which have...

Madras High Court Comes To Aid Of Kidney Patient, Directs Authorisation Committee To Take Immediate Decision On Transplant

The Madras High Court on Thursday granted relief to a 27 years old kidney patient, who claimed that he is in great pain and the Authorization Committee (Transplantation) has been sitting on his request to permit surgical transplant.Justice SM Subramaniam directed the Authorisation Committee (Transplantation) to scrutinise the documents of the petitioner and take appropropriate decisions...

Clarificatory Circular Operates Retrospectively And Does Not Bring Anything New: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has reiterated that a circular issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs [CBEC] which only clarifies the CBEC's original instructions and does not bring anything new is clarificatory in nature and operates retrospectively. The Single Bench of Justice Devashis Baruah held that the exceptions enumerated in the clarificatory circular issued by CBEC,...

"No Infirmity": High Court Upholds Delhi Police's Standing Order Mandating Inclusion Of Advocate's Details In Criminal Dossier Of Accused

The Delhi High Court has upheld a standing order issued by the city police mandating inclusion of Advocates' details in Criminal Dossier of an accused, observing that there was no infirmity in the same.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla was of the view that merely because particulars of the advocate may be entered into the...

Contestation Between Centre & States Furthers Democracy : Supreme Court On "Uncooperative Federalism"

The concept of "cooperative federalism" is quite familiar to us, which envisages that the Centre and the States should iron out their differences through negotiation and coordination, as explained by the Supreme Court in the 2018 judgment in State (NCT of Delhi) v. Union of India.However, an interesting concept of "uncooperative federalism" has been introduced by the Supreme Court in the...