BREAKING : Supreme Court Stays Elections Process In OBC Seats In MP Local Body Polls; Directs To Re-Notify Those As General Seats

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the election process in the seats reserved for Other Backward Classes(OBCs) in the local body elections in Madhya Pradesh. The Court passed the order while hearing a miscellaneous application seeking stay of the election notification dated December 4, 2021 issued by the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission in respect of OBC seats in local bodies. The...

"Typical Yellow Journalism!" Supreme Court Refuses Relief To Journalist Convicted For Defamatory Articles Against a Lawyer

While refusing to grant relief to a journalist convicted in 2015 for publishing defamatory articles against an Advocate, the Supreme Court on Friday made remarks against the language used by the journalist in the impugned articles."This kind of language you use and claim you're a journalist?" Justice Surya Kant remarked"Look at the the language!" Justice Kohli said"Typical Yellow...

Gujarat High Court Rejects PIL Challenging AMC's Circular Mandating 'No Vaccine-No Entry' To Public Places

The Gujarat High Court today rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging a circular issued by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation denying entry to/in certain public places to those who have not received both the doses of COVID Vaccine.The Bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Niral R. Mehta at the outset observed thus:"We hail the decision/circular of the...

Madras High Court Disposes PIL Alleging Infringement Of 'Right To Education' Of 7 Yrs Old Temple Priest

The Madras High Court has disposed off a public interest litigation seeking directions for upholding the right to education of a boy who was appointed as temple priest when he was five years old. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu noted that the main grievance of the petitioner has been redressed by the respondent authorities since...

NEET-UG : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Candidate Belonging To Scheduled Caste In Haryana For SC Quota Admission In Maharashtra

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea of a female NEET UG- 2021 candidate belonging to the Scheduled Caste category in Haryana seeking to be recognised as such under Article 341 r/w Article 366 (24) in Maharashtra.Directions were sought to admit the petitioner under Maharashtra's 85% quota from the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes if she find place in the order of merit in...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Against Appointment Of Dr. Shahid Akhter As Member Of Nat'l Commission For Minority Educational Institutions

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the appointment of Dr. Shahid Akhter, who was appointed as a Professor at the Centre for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia in the year 2019, as one of the members of National Commission For Minority Educational Institutions. Justice V Kameswar Rao sought the response of the Union of India, Jamia Millia Islamia,...

Delhi Riots : Supreme Court Asks Delhi HC To Decide Within 3 Months Plea Seeking FIR Against Politicians For Alleged Hate Speech

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi High Court to decide expeditiously, preferably within three months, a writ petition seeking registration of FIR and investigation against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and Abhay Verma who allegedly made hateful comments to incite the Delhi riots of 2020.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice BR Gavai passed...

Bar Council Of India Postpones Proposed Elections To Offices Of Chairman & Other Office Bearers; Agrees To Revisit Resolutions

The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Friday informed the Karnataka High Court that it has postponed the proposed elections to the office of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Executive Members of the Bar Council of India.Senior Advocate Professor Ravivarma Kumar, appearing for the BCI, submitted that, "The Bar Council intends to revisit all the resolutions that are under challenge before this...

Plea Before Kerala High Court Assails Notification Barring Women Candidates To Certain Posts In Last Grade Services Like Watchman, Lascar

Assumptions and presumptions about gender roles cannot be the basis of any law or delegated legislation, it was argued.

Delhi Government Decides To Deregister Diesel Vehicles That Complete 10 Years On January 1, 2022

The Delhi Government has decided that it would be de-registering all the diesel vehicles that will complete 10 years on January 1, 2022. This decision has been taken in view of a 2016 order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs Union of India & Ors [OA Nos. 21 of 2014 and 94 of 2014]In this case, the Tribunal had issued certain directions relating...

Don't Persuade People To Get Vaccinated Or Provide For Disincentives Upon Their Refusal: Meghalaya HC To State Govt

Dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed to deal with the COVID pandemic situation in the state, the Meghalaya High Court on Thursday asked the State Government not to relent on the vaccination drive or try to persuade people to take the vaccination or even provide for disincentives upon their refusal.This direction came from the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee...

BREAKING : Supreme Court Stays Probe Of Justice Lokur Commission Constituted By WB Govt In Pegasus Case

The Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order to stay the enquiry proceedings by the Judicial Enquiry Commission led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur, which has been constituted by the State of West Bengal, to inquire into the allegations of snooping using the Pegasus spyware.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana expressed its unhappiness over the...