Supreme Court Upholds Gauhati HC's Order Awarding 10.5 Additional Marks To Assam Civil Services Exam Candidate

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the order of the Gauhati High Court to award additional 10.5 marks to a candidate who appeared for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), 2015 for recruitment to various posts of the Assam Civil Services.Essentially, the Bench of Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Krishna Murari was hearing a plea moved by the Assam Public Service Commission challenge...

"Can't Curtail Discussion In Academic World": Delhi High Court To Vikram Sampath In His Suit Against Audrey Truschke

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant any urgent relief to historian Dr. Vikram Sampath, who is aggrieved over circulation of a google document, purportedly signed by various academicians who came in support of historian Audrey Truschke over allegations of plagiarism regarding Sampath's work on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.Sampath claimed that the document was posted Truschke on...

Punjab & Haryana HC Again Directs Centre To File Reply On Pleas Challenging Haryana's 75% Job Quota For Locals Law

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has once again directed the Union Government to file its response on a bunch of pleas challenging the Haryana law (The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020) which provides 75% reservation for local people in the private sector jobs having a monthly salary of less than Rs 30,000.On February 22 as well, the Bench of Justice Ajay Tewari and...

Tihar Inmate Ankit Gujjar Death Case: Delhi High Court Grants Time To CBI For Filing Further Status Report

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted time to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing further status report in connection with the alleged murder of inmate Ankit Gujjar, a 29-year old alleged gangster, who was found dead inside Tihar Jail.Rajesh Kumar, Special Public Prosecutor for CBI told Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri that while the agency has completed the investigation for...

Kerala High Court Notifies Directions For Road Safety Amid Rising Accidents Involving Sabarimala Pilgrims

In a judgment that runs beyond 120 pages, the Kerala High Court has issued a set of directions to ensure road safety and adherence with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act in the wake of the rising number of accidents reported concerning Sabarimala pilgrims travelling in buses and other contract carriages.A Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G Ajithkumar...

Plea In Madras High Court Challenges S.108 Of Finance Act 2021 Which Levies GST On Members' Club, Notice Issued

The Madras High Court today issued notice on a plea filed by Ootacamund Club through its Secretary, challenging the vires of Section 108 of the Finance Act, 2021, insofar as it purports to levy Goods and Service Tax on a members' club in an incorporated form by insertion of Section 7(1)(aa) in the CGST Act.When the matter came up before the Division Bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and...

Only SC Can Clarify Whether Orders Passed Under Repealed 'WB Housing Industry Regulation Act' Can Be Executed: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that only the Supreme Court under Article 142 of the Constitution can clarify whether the orders passed under the repealed legislation, the West Bengal Housing Industry Regulation Act, 2017 (WBHIRA), are saved and the execution thereof can be continued.The Supreme Court in the case of Forum for People's Collective Efforts (FPCE) and another v. State...

'Unprecedented' : Supreme Court Expresses Shock At HC's Blanket Orders Protecting Ex-Punjab DGP From Arrest Even In Future Cases

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed strong disapproval of a Punjab and Haryana High Court's order granting 'blanket protection' to former Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini, even in cases to be filed against him in future. Calling the orders 'unprecedented', a Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli was seemingly appalled...

Union Minister Narayan Rane, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane Protected From Arrest In Disha Salian Case Till March 10, 2022

The Sessions court on Friday directed the Mumbai Police to not arrest Union Minister Narayan Rane and his MLA son Nitesh Rane in an FIR over allegedly spreading false information about late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager Disha Salian's death. The order passed in the anticipatory bail plea filed by the duo was based on Mumbai Police's undertaking to maintain status quo...

Madras High Court To Function In Physical Mode From March 7

The Madras High Court will resume physical hearing of cases from March 7, 2022. The decision has been taken in view of connectivity issues which causes inordinate delay in court proceedings.In a notification dated 4th March, 2022, issued pursuant to the directions given by Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari for proper and expeditious hearing, it is mentioned that all the court hearings at...

Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Ensure Victim Is Given Notice Of All Bail Proceedings Concerning POCSO Cases

The Karnataka High Court recently issued directions for the effective implementation of the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act 2012, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2020, particularly in cases where the accused were to move the Court for grant of bail. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Suraj Govindaraj disposing of...

Puducherry Local Body Elections : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Discontinuing Reservations For Backward Classes & ST

On Friday, the Supreme Court issued notice in petition filed by R. Siva, the Opposition Leader in Puducherry Legislative Assembly assailing the Government Order and Election Commission Notification discontinuing reservations for Backward Classes and Scheduled Tribes in the Puducherry local body elections. Looking at the urgency in the matter, a Bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara...