Lakhimpur Kheri: "See That Witnesses Are Protected", Supreme Court Tells UP Govt; Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Ashish Mishra's Bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a special leave petition filed by the family members of the farmers who got killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri crime challenging the bail granted to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, by the Allahabad High Court.In response to the petitioner's contention that a prime witness in the matter has been attacked, a Bench comprising CJI...

'We Will See': Supreme Court On Plea For Urgent Hearing Of Appeal Against Karnataka High Court's Hijab Verdict

Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will list after the Holi vacations, the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court Judgment which held that Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and upheld the ban on wearing headscarves in schools and colleges.Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde mentioned the matter today, stating that there is urgency since the exams are upcoming and...

"No Legal Mandate That Same Rank Pensioners Must Be Given Same Pension": Supreme Court Upholds Centre's OROP Policy In Defence Forces [Updated With Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the manner in which the Central Government introduced the "One Rank One Pension"/ ("OROP") scheme in defence forces as per its notification dated November 7, 2015.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath refused to accept the challenge made by the association "Indian Ex-Service Movement" against the 2015 notification issued by...

BREAKING| NEET-SS : Supreme Court Allows 50% Reservation For In-Service Doctors In Super-Speciality Courses In Tamil Nadu For 2021-2022 Academic Year

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the State of Tamil Nadu to implement 50% reservation for in-service doctors in super speciality courses in NEET-SS admissions for the academic year 2021-2022.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai vacated the interim order which was passed in 2020 to stop the implementation of reservation in SS seats. In the order pronounced today, the...

Thanjavur Girl Suicide: "Grave Injury And Violation Of Rights Of Child Victim When She Was Alive" NCPCR Seeks Intervention In Supreme Court

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ("NCPCR") has approached Supreme Court by way of an intervention application seeking Top Court's permission to intervene in the special leave petition filed by Tamil Nadu Director General of Police against the order of the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) which transferred the investigation in the case relating to the suicide of a girl...

Armed Forces Tribunal Act Excludes Administrative Supervision Of High Court But Not Judicial Superintendence & Jurisdiction U/A 226: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that while the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 excludes the administrative supervision of the High Court under Article 227(4) of the Constitution but, it does not exclude the judicial superintendence and jurisdiction under Article 226. A division bench comprising of Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla was dealing with a bunch of pleas raising the issue as...

Ukraine-Returned Indian Medical Students Have Lost Their Seats: Delhi High Court While Allowing Medical College's Plea To Increase Seats

The Delhi High Court has directed increase in the number of seats in various post graduate and under graduate courses in a medical educational institute being run and managed by Santosh Trust, formerly known as the Maharaji Educational Trust in the city. Taking note of the recent conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Justice Rekha Palli said that several thousand rescued Indian medical...

Section 362 CrPC - Application Seeking Recall Of An Order Maintainable When It Seeks Only A Procedural Review: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the bar under Section 362 of Criminal Procedure Code does not apply to an application seeking a procedural review.The bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi observed thus while upholding an order passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which recalled an order passed in a criminal case.In this case, the accused filed a petition under section...

Madras High Court Reserves Orders Regarding Movement Of Vehicles Through Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

The Madras High Court has reserved orders in the matter pertaining to the night traffic ban in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. Earlier, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy had directed the Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran to file an affidavit detailing the alternative routes that can be utilised for movement of traffic...

Rubbing Male Organ On Vagina Or Urethra Over Victim's Underpants Amounts To Rape: Meghalaya High Court

A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh held that rubbing male organ on the vagina or urethra of prosecutrix despite she wearing her underpants, would still amount to penetration for the purpose of Section 375(b), IPC. "Penetration for the purpose of Section 375 of the Penal Code does not have to be...

PMLA Is A Penal Statute And Enforcement Directorate Officials Are Police Officers: Kapil Sibal Submits Before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing on a string of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the PMLA Act.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the petitioners, made his rejoinder submissions."The heart of criminal jurisprudence is the fundamental constitutional premise that you cannot start an investigation without information that you record and without...

'Out Of 180 Crore Doses, Only 0.004% Adverse Effects' : Centre Tells Supreme Court In Plea For Vaccine Trial Data

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court continued hearing the submissions in the plea seeking the Court's directions to the Central Government to publicize the data relating to clinical trials and post vaccine efficacy of the COVID vaccines, in consonance with the requirement of the International medical norms. The Petitioner, Dr. Jacob Puliyel, a former member of the National Technical Advisory...