Customs Act | Provisional Release Of Seized Object Won't Extend Timelimit For Issuing Show Cause Notice In Pre-2018 Cases : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently upheld a Delhi High Court order directing release of an imported Maserati car seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), upholding the HC's view that failure to issue a show-cause notice within time prescribed under the Customs Act, 1962 entitles the person to release of the seized goods.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta...

SEBI Gives Clean Chit To Gautam Adani & Adani Group Companies In Hindenburg Case

In a significant development, the Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) has given a clean chit to Adani Group and its Chairman Gautam Adani in respect of allegations made by US-based short seller-Hindenburg Research.It may be recalled that in January 2023, Hindenburg Research had published a scathing report accusing the Adani Group of widespread manipulations and malpractices aimed at...

Bio Diesel Makers Approach Supreme Court To Direct Oil Marketing Companies To Accept Their Supplies

They also seek challenge the continuation of the Excise Duty exemption for unblended High Speed Diesel.

Supreme Court Designates 6 Former High Court Judges, 1 Chief Justice As Senior Advocates

After a Full Court held meeting on September 17, the Supreme Court has designated 7 former Chief Justice/Judges of High Courts as Senior Advocates. These include -(1) Sh. Attau Rahman Masoodi (former Judge, Allahabad High Court),(2) Sh. Avinash Gharote (former Judge, Bombay High Court),(3) Sh. D Krishna Kumar (former Chief Justice, Manipur High Court),(4) Sh. G Ilangovan (former Judge,...

Supreme Court Judgment That There's No Right To Convert Must Be Corrected : Justice RF Nariman

Right to propagate religion certainly includes the right to persuade another to join one's religion, Justice Nariman said.

Delhi Court Quashes Ex-Parte Gag Order Restricting Four Journalists From Reporting On Adani Group

A Delhi Court today quashed the ex-parte order gag passed by the lower court on September 06, restraining 'defamatory' publications about the Adani Group.District Judge Ashish Aggarwal of the Rohini Courts passed the order on an appeal preferred by four journalists Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta, Ayaskant Das and Ayush Joshi.The judge observed that the articles had been in public domain for long...

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Cost On Delhi PWD For Manual Sewer Cleaning Outside SC's Gate

The Supreme Court today(September 18) imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakhs on the officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi Government for engaging manual sewer cleaners for drainage cleaning at the very gate (Gate F) outside the Supreme Court itself, in violation of the Court's judgment prohibiting manual sewer cleaning.The Court noted that the PWD had not only engaged...

"I Respect All Religions" : CJI Gavai Reacts To Social Media Row Over His Comments In Vishnu Idol Case

The Solicitor General of India also affirmed that the CJI held all religions in reverence.

NEET-PG | Transgender Persons Seek Direction To Keep Some Seats Empty For Them Before Counselling; Supreme Court To Hear Next Week

The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider next week the issue of allotting two seats in the transperson category in the All India and one each in the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh State Quota of NEET-PG Admissions.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinodchandran was hearing a plea seeking horizontal reservation for transgender persons in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-PG...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against 25% Domicile Reservation At National Law University Jodhpur

The Supreme Court recently dismissed an SLP challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding 25% domicile-based reservation at National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ).A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar said, “We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order in exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution...

Delhi Court Reserves Order On Journalist's Appeal Against Gag Order Restricting Reports On Adani Group

A Delhi Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in the appeal preferred by Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta challenging an ex-parte order passed by the lower court on September 06, restraining him from publishing stories about the Adani Group.District Judge Sunil Chaudhary of Rohini Courts reserved the order after hearing both sides. During the hearing, the judge had orally inquired if Guha...

Supreme Court Makes Interim Anticipatory Bail Of TN MLA Jegan Moorthy In Abduction Case Absolute

The Court observed that the MLA attempting to make a settlement cannot be a ground to prosecute him.