Supreme Court Grants Relief To Woman Officer Who Lost Permanent Commission Due To Pregnancy-Related Condition

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the grant of Permanent Commission to a Women Short Service Commission Officer who underwent a temporary aberration in SHAPE I status, the required medical criteria, due to pregnancy-related hypothyroidism.The bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud was hearing an application by Lt. Col. Soni Sharma in this behalf. The bench recorded that Senior...

Encroachment Of Water Bodies: Madras High Court Dispenses With The Requirement Of TN Chief Secretary's Personal Appearance

Madras High Court has today dispensed with the previous mandate that the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu must be personally present tomorrow for non -compliance with the court's orders on encroachment of waterbodies.Advocate General R Shunmugasundaram and the Chief Secretary informed the court that the officers have been taking necessary steps to comply with the court order in 2019....

Social Media Postings Against Judges: Andhra Pradesh High Court Seeks Fresh Status Report Of Investigation From CBI

Dealing with the suo moto case regarding social media posts against Judges, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday sought a fresh status report of the investigation from the Central Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the lines of their own proposal submitted before the Court as to how the agency intends to probe the case.The Bench of Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice...

Election Petition Can't Be Rejected Summarily For Curable Defects : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the verifying affidavit in support of election petition need not be thrown out merely because it is not in Form 25 as prescribed under Rule 94A of Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kaul and Justice M.M.Sundresh was presiding on a matter regarding lack of attachment of affidavit in support of claims made in an election...

Liquor Company Moves Supreme Court Seeking Relaxation Of Air Pollution Curbs To Operate Unit In NCR

A liquor company has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for permission to operate its industrial unit without the restriction of operating only for 8 hours and for only 5 days in a week.An application has been filed by Haryana Liquors Ltd seeking relaxations of the curbs imposed to control the air pollution in Delhi-National Capital Region.The Commission for Air Quality Management...

Delhi High Could Issues Notice On Uber's Plea Challenging Notifications Levying GST On Auto Rikshaw Services Booked Through E Commerce Operator

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition moved by Uber India challenging the two notifications levying GST on auto rickshaw services booked through e commerce platform as being arbitrary and ultra vires 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India. The petition states that while the GST will be applicable on the fare collected on auto rickshaws booked through an e...

UAPA, Sedition Case Against Journalist Siddique Kappan & 7 Others Shifted To NIA Court In Lucknow

A local court in Mathura on December 13, 2021, transferred the Sedition, UAPA case registered against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and seven others in the alleged Hathras conspiracy case to a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow.The Case has been transferred after the prosecution filed an application before the Court in that regard averring that since the Lucknow...

Allahabad High Court Directs DGP, Lucknow CP To Recover & Produce A 15-Year-Old Girl 'Illegally Detained' By 2 Persons

Expressing its disappointment over the lethargic attitude of the Uttar Pradesh Police to trace out a Hindu minor girl from the illegal detention of two youths who belong to a different religion, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the DGP and Commissioner of Police (CP), Lucknow to take necessary action in the matter.The Bench of Justice Vikas Kunvar Srivastav has directed the DGP...

Special NDPS Court Denies Bail To Siddharth Pithani, Flatmate Of Late Actor Sushant Singh Rajput

A special NDPS court in Mumbai has rejected the bail application filed by Siddharth Pithani, flatmate of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Currently in judicial custody, Pithani was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau on May 28 this year.While two of his bail applications have been rejected in the past, this was his first application after a charge sheet was filed in the case last month....

Bank Can't Be Directed By Writ Of Mandamus To Grant 'One-Time Settlement' Benefit To Borrower : Supreme Court

No writ of mandamus can be issued by the High Court in exercise of powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, directing a financial institution/bank to positively grant the benefit of One Time Settlement Scheme to a borrower, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment delivered on Wednesday (15 December 2021).The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed that...

'Even Basic Standard Of Decent Living Not In Place': Orissa HC On Watching Real-Time Video Of Rehabilitation Colony For Evicted Slum Dwellers

The Orissa High Court on Monday expressed serious concern over the lack of basic amenities at the rehabilitation and resettlement colony set up by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) at Nimpur for slum dwellers evicted from three locations in the city. The CMC had set up nearly 1,000 houses at the Nimpur colony for the evicted slum dwellers over a year ago. Senior counsel P.K....

Investigative Journalism Is Unfortunately Vanishing From Media Canvas : CJI NV Ramana

Speaking at a book launch event, the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Wednesday said that the concept of investigative journalism is unfortunately vanishing from the media canvas.The CJI said : "As a person whose first job was that of a journalist, I am taking the liberty to share a few thoughts on present day media. The concept of investigative journalism is, unfortunately, vanishing...