B.Ed Degree Holders Not Eligible To Take REET-I; NCTE's 2018 Notification Unlawful: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court last week held that NCTE's notification relaxing eligibility for teaching primary level students and thereby allowing B.Ed degree holders to appear for REET Level I [Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher] is unlawful.With this, the Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sudesh Bansal also vacated its interim orders granted earlier allowing the...

What Measures Are Taken To Ensure Data Privacy? Kerala High Court Asks TCS In Sabarimala Virtual Queue Row

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued various directions to the Project Manager of the Tata Consultancy Services regarding the data of pilgrims entered into the Sabarimala virtual queue portal.A Division Bench of Justices Anil K Narendran and P.G Ajithkumar was hearing a PIL questioning the legality of the 'Sabarimala Pilgrim Management System' implemented by the Kerala Police, alleging...

Gujarat Riots- "Protest Complaint Has Gone Outside The Hands Of Complainant, It Shows A Sinister Side to Keep This As A Pot Boiling": SIT Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing the arguments of Senior Advocate, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of the SIT in the petition by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT closure report giving clean chit to the highest functionaries of the State of Gujarat, including the then Chief Minister, who were alleged to have played a pivotal role in the Gujarat riots of...

Registration Of CNG Vehicles Can't Be Rejected As Emission Is Within Limits: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday reiterated that the registration of CNG vehicles cannot be rejected as the emission from such vehicles is within the limits.A three-judge Bench of Justice Nageswara Rao, Justice BR Gavai and Justice BV Nagarathna was hearing a batch of applications filed in the case of MC Mehta vs Union of India, seeking the registration of including CNG vehicles, some...

Special Court Can Conduct Joint Trial Of MMDR Offences With IPC Offences : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a Special Court under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act can conduct joint trial of the offences under the MMDR Act along with the offences under the Indian Penal Code as per Section 220 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Section 220 CrPC specifies the situations where joint trial of offences are possible. The Court noted, on a combined...

'Pandemic Not An Excuse, Give Genuine Reasons' : Kerala High Court To Centre Over Non-Inclusion Of Petroleum Products Under GST

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday was discontent with the reasons given by the Goods and Services Tax Council for its decision to not include petrol and diesel within the ambit of GST.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly denied the council's justification that the pandemic prevented them from deliberating on the subject since it has heavy implications...

Special NIA Court Refuses Temporary Bail To Anand Teltumbde To Visit 90-Year-Old Mother After Brother's Demise

A Special NIA Court on Wednesday rejected Dalit scholar and Bhima Koregaon - Elgar Parishad case accused Anand Teltumbde's plea for temporary bail to visit his 90-year-old mother for 15 days following brother - Milind's - death in an encounter. NIA opposed the application as being devoid of merits and unsustainable in law. Moreover, the agency emphasized that the professor...

Need For Umbrella Organisation For Infrastructural Requirements of Judiciary: Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted 3 weeks' time to the Union of India for a "radical rethink in terms of infrastructural requirements of the judiciary" and for deliberating on a mechanism for monitoring allocation of funds by the Centre and the States, the disbursal of these funds and their utilisation.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath was hearing...

Central Vista A Project Of National Importance; Measures Taken To Ensure No Pollution : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has told the Supreme Court that the Central Vista development project and the construction work for the new Parliament building are projects of national importance. The Ministry further informed the bench that projects of national importance subject to their compliance with the relevant norms were exempted from the construction ban imposed...

'Senior Citizens Do Not Have Luxury Of Time' : Bombay High Court Upholds Maintenance Tribunal's Power To Pass Eviction Orders

The Bombay High Court has observed that the Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 can pass an order for removal of a person from the senior citizen's property.A division bench comprising Justice Gautam Patel and Madhav J Jamdar endorsed the view expressed by a division bench of the Delhi High Court in the case Sunny Paul v State of NCT...

"Complete Paralysis Of Administration, Policies Made Only In Populist Way": Delhi High Court On Authorities' Failure To Control Dengue Menace

"Administrators are not administering, policies are being made only in a populist way, that's what is happening," remarked the Delhi High Court on Thursday while expressing its displeasure over the failure of authorities to control the menace of dengue in the city. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh further remarked,"Complete paralysis of administration. Nobody is bothered....

Rape Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Credible & Trustworthy, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that a rape accused can be convicted on sole testimony of prosecuterix if she is found to be credible and trustworthy.In this case, one of the contentions raised by the rape accused who was concurrently convicted under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code was that the prosecution case rests solely on the deposition of the prosecutrix only and that no other...