'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...

UAPA- Period Of Deprivation Of Personal Liberty Pending Trial Cannot Be Unduly Long: Supreme Court Grants Bail To Accused

The Supreme Court observed that period of deprivation of personal liberty pending trial/appeal cannot be unduly long.Once it is obvious that a timely trial would not be possible and the accused has suffered incarceration for a significant period of time, the Courts would ordinarily be obligated to enlarge him on bail, the bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S....

Calcutta High Court Seeks State Gov's Response On Time Period It Would Take To Notify Elections To Remaining Municipal Bodies Apart From Kolkata Municipal Corporation [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday heard extensive arguments while adjudicating upon a petition moved by BJP Sate vice-president Pratap Banerjee seeking direction to the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold municipal polls in the State in one phase. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bhardwaj on Wednesday took on...

No Right With Students To Say 'Don't Hold Exams': Karnataka High Court Refuses To Vacate Interim Order Allowing KSLU To Conduct LLB Exam

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused to modify its order dated November 24, by which it had permitted Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) to hold the intermediate semester examination for LLB students. However, the results of the examinations shall be subject to further orders of the court. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against NGT Order Stopping Commercial Activities At Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur

The Supreme Court today issued notice in the appeal filed by the Secretary Department Of Archaeology And Museums. State of Rajasthan challenging NGT's order of closing all the commercial activities from December 1, including restaurants and light and sound show at the Nahargarh Fort, near Jaipur.The bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari while issuing notice remarked, "Issue notice...

High Court Directs Delhi Jal Board To Immediately Repair Broken Water Pipelines Passing Through A Cemetery, Allegedly Damaging Graves

Water has entered into the graves and caused irreparable damage, the plea stated.