Russia-Ukraine : Supreme Court Urges Attorney General To Use His Good Offices To Help Stranded Indian Students

The Supreme Court on Thursday urged the Attorney General for India KK Venugopal to use his good offices to help the Indian students who are stranded in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion."There are 1000 of students like this but some have come here... we can't say no, please use your good offices and do something", Chief Justice of India NV Ramana told the AG.The CJI said this when the AG...

"Despotic Exercise Of Power": Manipur High Court Raps Commandant General Of Home Guards For Recommending Arbitrary Promotions

The Manipur High Court came down heavily upon an arbitrary and irrational promotion of a 'Company Commander' to the post of 'Battalion Commander' in the Manipur Home Guards, ignoring the officers who were senior to him. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice M.V. Muralidaran criticised the lackadaisical manner in which the Commandant General of Home Guards...

Orissa High Court Monthly Digest: Citations 1-17

Nominal Index: Bonod Bihari Sethy v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 1Dara Singh @ Rabindra Kumar Pal v. State of Orissa, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 2Chinmay Mohanty & Anr. v. Bar Council of India & Anr., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 3Ashok Kumar Agarwala v. Registrar General of Orissa High Court & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 4Surendra Kumar Sahoo v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw...

Registrar Co-Operative Society Exercising Power Of Election Tribunal Cannot Issue Interim Direction Of Any Nature: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently held that the Registrar Co-operative Society exercising power of the election tribunal cannot pass an interim order to restrain newly elected members of a society from executing their duties. The division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Dinesh Kumar Paliwal was dealing with a writ appeal preferred by the Appellant against...

Russia-Ukraine Conflict : Supreme Court Agrees To Take Up Plea To Evacuate Stranded Indian Students

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to take up a petition seeking the evacuation of Indian students stranded in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. The petition was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India today morning.The CJI agreed to take up the matter and said that he will seek the assistance of the Attorney General for India KK Venugopal.Senior Advocate AM Dar mentioned before the...

Titles Like 'Raja' Can't Be Used In Courts, Public Offices Etc As They Are Prohibited Under Articles 14, 18 & 363A Of Constitution : Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has held that the use of salutations and titles such as "Raja", "Nawab" and "Rajkumar" in constitutional courts, all other Courts, tribunals, public offices of the State etc. is prohibited in terms of Articles 14, 18 and 363A of the Constitution of India. The court ordered that the said restriction will also apply in the public domain as well...

Can Husband Be Prosecuted Under Section 377 IPC When Section 375 IPC Exempts Marital Sex? Delhi High Court To Consider

The Delhi High Court has delinked from a batch of pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape, a plea seeking to declare that a husband cannot be prosecuted for the offence of unnatural sex with his wife under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, when exception 2 to Section 375 gives exception to marital sex from the offence of rape.A division bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher...

How Much Liquor Can An Individual Store At Home In Delhi? High Court Answers

The Delhi High Court has affirmed that an individual, aged above 25 years, can possess 9 litres of Indian Liquor and Foreign Liquor, i.e., whisky, vodka, gin and rum, and 18 litres of beer, wine and alcopop.The observation was made by Justice Subramonium Prasad while adjudicating upon a petition for quashing of the FIR registered against a Delhi resident, for illicit liquor storage at...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks VVPAT Verification In More Polling Booths Per Constituency

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking increasing randomly selected polling stations for the purposes of mandatory verification of VVPAT paper-slips in each Assembly Constituency/Segment.Preferred by social and RTI activist Rakesh Kumar, relief has also been sought for strict compliance of Top Court's directions in N Chandrababu Naidu & Ors v Union of India and...

Clean Service Record Of Employee Can Be A Significant Factor In Promotion For A Selection Post: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that unblemished or clean record of an employee is a significant factor while considering his/her suitability for promotion to a 'selection post'."A marred service record, though not an insurmountable bar, must carry some consequences, and it could be a comparative disadvantage in promotion for a selection post. The employer's preference for a person with a...

No Retrospective Effect Of Notification Imposing Custom Duty On Grant Of Conversion Of Vessels From 'Foreign Going' To 'Coastal Run': Orissa High Court Allows Customs Duty Exemption

The Orissa High Court has allowed the Customs Duty Exemption and held that Notification imposing Custom Duty on grant of conversion of vessels from 'Foreign Going' to 'Coastal Run' is not applicable retrospectively. The division bench headed by Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice B.P. Routray has observed that exemption notification dated 17th March, 2012 is only prospective...

Customs Department Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Judgment In Canon India

The Customs Department has filedReview Petition against a 2021 Supreme Court Judgment in Canon India Private Ltd. versus Commissioner of Customs, which had held that officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence do not have powers under the Customs Act ,1962. The Review Petition against the judgment in Canon India was listed before a Supreme Court Bench consisting of Chief Justice...