Air India Disinvestment Saw Keen Competition, Not Rigged In Favour Of Tata Group: Delhi High Court In Subramaniam Swamy's Plea

The Delhi High Court has held that the bidding process for disinvestment of then national airline, Air India, was not rigged in favour of the Tata Group.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh observed that the bidding process saw keen competition with seven Expression of Interests and two bidders, and it cannot be said that the process was tailor made to facilitate...

NEET-PG Counselling : Supreme Court To Pronounce Orders In EWS/OBC Quota Case Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce orders tomorrow in the case related to OBC/EWS reservation in the NEET All India Quota. The counselling in NEET-PG admissions have got stalled due to the pendency of this case in the Supreme Court.A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna had held extensive arguments in the case yesterday and today.For live-updates from today's hearing,...

Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest 2021 [Part 1- CrPC-IPC-Evidence ]

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973On Bail and Anticipatory Bail [Section 436- 439 CrPC]An Accused Who Was Released On Default Bail Cannot Be Re-arrested On Filing Of Charge Sheet[Case: Kamlesh Chaudhary v. State of Rajasthan; Citation: LL 2021 SC 8]A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Navin Sinha and Indu Malhotra held that an accused who was released on default bail cannot be...

Supreme Court Allows Three Months Extension Of Tenure Of Second National Judicial Pay Commission

Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a three month extension of the tenure of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission, constituted by the Court to review and submits its reports with regard to the service conditions in the Subordinate Judiciary.The Commission formed by the Apex Court has already submitted its report on issue of pay, pension and allowances and service conditions with reference...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Unauthorized E-Rickshaws/ Autos Plying In National Capital

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a PIL filed by an auto-rickshaw driver, concerned by the number of illegal autos and e-rickshaws plying on the roads of national capital, leading to traffic jams and increased pollution.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh has fixed the case for hearing on February 4, 2022.The petition is filed by one Ajit Kumar,...

State Appeals Against Single Judge Order Staying GO Fixing Bottled Water Prices; Kerala High Court Issues Notice

However, the Division Bench refused to stay the Single Judge decision.

Pune Court Orders Investigation Against Patanjali's Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna For Projecting Coronil As Covid-19 Cure

A Magistrate's Court at Pune has directed the police to investigate a private complaint against Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, founder and director of Patanjali Ayurved for allegedly making "illegal" and "false claims" about their drug 'Coronil' being a cure for the covid-19 virus.Judicial Magistrate PV Sapakal directed a police investigation under section 202 of the CrPC to...

Fire Accident Can't Be Termed 'Act Of God' If It Did Not Happen Due To External Natural Forces : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a fire accident cannot be said to be an 'act of God' if it did not happen due to the operation of any forces of nature."When nothing of any external natural force had been in operation in violent or sudden manner, the event of the fire in question could be referable to anything but to an act of God in legal parlance.", the court said in a judgment delivered...

Enforcement Directorate May Probe PMLA Cases Throughout India, Including J&K: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that the Enforcement Directorate can probe a case under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, throughout India, including the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Justice Krishna S Dixit said,"Sub-section (2) of section 1 of the (PML) Act reads "It extends to the whole of India. Thus, keeping the RPC (Ranbir Penal Code) offences away...

COVID Omicron : Supreme Court To Hear Only Urgent Matters; Virtual Hearing From Residential Offices Of Judges

In wake of the the sudden upsurge of Covid-19 cases , the Supreme Court of India has decided to hear all the matters in virtual mode with effect from 7th January with the Benches sitting at the Residential OfficesFurther only urgent matters will be taken up by the Courts from 10th January.It has been notified through an official Circular that only extremely urgent 'mentioned' matters,...

MCQ Exams- "Question Having No 'Most Appropriate Answer' Is Incapable Of Being Asked, Needs To Be Deleted": P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently observed that in a Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) based examinations, a question which has no single, unique or 'most appropriate answer' (i.e., suspect question) becomes incapable of being asked. The Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli further held that a suspect question in an MCQ based examination needs to...

'We Would Like To Know Percentage Of Severe Cases': High Court Inquires About Covid-19 Situation In Delhi

Amid rising cases of Covid-19 and spread of its Omicron variant, the Delhi High Court today inquired about the public health conditions in the national capital.A Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh told the Delhi government that it would like to know the percentage of severe Covid-19 cases in the city. It also enquired about the percentage of Omicron cases.Senior...