Supreme Towers Dispute : Supreme Court Urges Justice Gita Mittal To Finalize Agreement With Builder For Reinforcement Works

The Supreme Court on Monday urged Justice Gita Mittal, former Chief Justice of J&K High Court, to finalize the agreement between the Supreme Court Bar Association Multi-Society Co-operative Group Housing Society Ltd, Supreme Towers Apartment Owners Association(STAOA) and the Purvanchal Constructions, the contractor, in relation to the repair and reinforcement works of the Supreme...

Writ Petition To Initiate In-House Inquiry Against Judges Alleging Misconduct Not Maintainable : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently upheld a Single bench decision that dismissed a couple of petitions seeking the constitution of an In-House Committee to probe into the alleged judicial misconduct against two judges.While dismissing a couple of appeals, the Division Bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias C.P held that the In-House Inquiry was not a 'law' for a...

Civil Service Aspirants' Plea For Extra Chance In UPSC Mains Due To COVID : 'DoPT Will Have To Decide', Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today adjourned a petition by three civil services aspirants, who missed out the papers of the Union Public Service Commission's (UPSC) Civil Services Main Examination due to COVID-19 seeking relief for Friday ie March 25, 2022.The matter was listed before the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and AS Oka.The petition was preferred by UPSC aspirants who had cleared...

Improper Disposal Of Hazardous Waste: Gujarat HC Grants Bail To Director Of Chemical Company, Says Transporter Liable To Ensure Waste Reaches Treatment Plant

The Gujarat High Court recently granted bail to the Director of a chemical company, in connection with disposal of the hazardous waste material produced by it in a creek, causing injury to two persons.The Bench comprising Justice Gita Gopi noted that the company had entered into an agreement with M/S Sangam for transporting the waste material to the treatment plant in accordance to...

Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Review Petition Against Reduction Of Navjot Singh Siddhu's Sentence

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the review petition preferred by the victims of Gurnam Singh against the 2018 verdict of the Top Court that had reduced the sentence of Navjot Singh Sidhu to Rs 1000 from 3 years imprisonment in a 1987 road rage accident in which Gurnam Singh had died for March 25, 2022.The review petitions were listed before the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and SK...

State Not Bound By Prison Authority's Recommendation For Premature Release Of Convicts: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has refused to reconsider the case of John David, convicted prisoner in the 1996 infamous murder of Pon Navarasu, for premature release.A bench of Justices P.N. Prakash and A.A. Nakkiran observed that the State Government and the Governor are not bound by the recommendation made by the jail authorities in favour of John David. The Governor alone can exercise the...

EWS Issue : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Validity Of Rs 8 Lakhs Annual Income Criteria In April 2022

The Supreme Court on Monday posted the petitions challenging the validity of criteria of Rupees 8 Lakhs annual income limit as the upper limit for seeking Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) reservation in the All India Quota for NEET admissions.The petitions were listed before the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant.When the matter was called for hearing, Justice DY Chandrachud...

Preventive Detention Not Tenable When Other Penal Laws Sufficient To Deal With The Situation: Gujarat High Court

"Unless and until, the material is there to make out a case that the person has become a threat and menace to the Society so as to disturb the whole tempo of the society and that all social apparatus is in peril disturbing public order at the instance of such person, it cannot be said that the detenue is a person within the meaning of section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti...

Non Placing & Non Consideration Of Bail Order Vitiates Detaining Authority's Subjective Decision: Tripura HC Sets Aside Detention Order

The Tripura High Court recently observed that non-placing and non-consideration of bail orders, wherein bail had been granted to detenu in cases referred to in the detention order, vitiates the subjective decision of the detaining authority, and on this ground, the detention order can be set aside by the Court.The Bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay...

Section 143A NI Act - Not Mandatory For Magistrate To Order Payment Of Interim Compensation : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that it is not mandatory for Magistrate Courts to pass orders directing interim compensation under Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act, if the accused does not plead guilty. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said, "The Legislature has cautiously worded sub-section (1) of Section 143A not to make it mandatory in all cases...

PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks Probe Into Mid-Air Turbulence In WB CM Mamata Banerjee's Flight, Centre's Response Sought

The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought response from the Union of India as well as the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a probe into the incident of mid-air turbulence experienced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's chartered flight on March 4.On March 4, Banerjee was returning to Kolkata from Varanasi after an election campaign. She boarded a...

'How Long Will You Keep Him? : Supreme Court Asks Centre On Habeas Plea For 62-Year Old Man's Release From Foreigners Detention Camp

The Supreme Court on Monday considered a habeas corpus petition filed seeking the release of a 62-year old man, who has been detained in a foreigners detention camp for over 7 years, as he could not be deported to Pakistan after the country refused to acknowledge him as its national.On the last occasion( February 28), the Court had asked the Centre if it could consider allowing him to apply...