Plea Moved In Supreme Court By Firecracker Manufacturers Challenging Complete Ban On Firecrackers By Calcutta HC

A Special Leave Petition has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the order dated October 29, 2021 of the Calcutta High Court banning the use of firecrackers in West Bengal during upcoming festivities of Kali Puja, Diwali, Chatt Puja, Jagadhatri Puja, Guru Nanak's Birthday, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve this year. The plea has been filed by one Goutom Roy, the Chairman of...

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup, October 25 To October 31, 2021

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Employee Can't Claim Change Of Date Of Birth As A Matter Of Right : Supreme CourtCase Title: Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited v. T.P. Nataraja & Ors.| Civil Appeal No.5720 Of 2021Citation : LL 2021 SC 612The Supreme Court has observed that application for change of date of birth by an employee can only be as per the relevant...

Licensed Traders Approach Delhi High Court Seeking Permission To Sell Green Firecrackers Ahead Of Supreme Court Order

About 50 licensed traders have approached the Delhi High Court seeking permission to sell green firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali in the national capital ahead of Supreme Court's order stating that there was no total ban on use of firecrackers. The Apex Court had clarified that only those firecrackers were banned that contained barium salts.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, before whom the...

Dating Sites Not An Indication To Have A Judgment On Someone's Virtues: Allahabad HC In Alleged Case Of Sex On False Marriage Promise

While denying anticipatory bail to a rape accused, who allegedly establish a physical relationship with the victim on the false promise of marriage, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that dating sites are not an indication to have a judgment on anybody's virtues. This assertion from the Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal came in response to the argument raised by the counsel for...

"Awareness About The Rights Of Women Can Be Truly Meaningful If That Awareness Is Created Amongst The Younger Generation Of Men In Our Society": Justice Chandrachud

"Our Constitution is a transformative document that sought to remedy the structural inequalities rooted in patriarchy", said Justice Chandrachud

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act- Mere Dispatch Of Public Analyst's Report To Accused Not A Sufficient Compliance Of Mandatory Requirement To Serve It On Him: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that mere dispatch of the report of public analyst to the accused is not a sufficient compliance with the requirement of subsection (2) of Section 13 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, to serve the report on him/her.Apart from the right of the accused to contend that the report is not correct, he has the right to exercise an option of sending the...

"Challan Filed Without FSL Report": Punjab And Haryana High Court Grants 'Default Bail' In 1.6 KG Drug Seizure Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday granted default bail in terms of Section 167(2) CrPC case to an NDPS accused in view of the fact that the police had filed the challan in the case registered against him without the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) report.The Bench of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal was hearing the case of one Bhim Sain who was arrested on December 22, 2020, on...

'You Are Discouraging NGO Activities' : Supreme Court Tells Centre On FCRA Amendments

The Supreme Court on Thursday(October 28) orally observed that the impact of the Foreign Contributions Regulation (Amendment) Act 2020 will be the discouragement of NGO activities.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar was hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of FCRA amendments. The bench noted that the amendments imposed an...

Failure To Write Orders In Legible Manner By Peshkars/Court Readers Could Be Treated As Misconduct: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Friday observed that it is the bounded duty of the Peshkars/ Court Readers to write the Court order in a legible manner, failing which, it may be treated as misconduct. This assertion came from the Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan while perusing some of the orders in a criminal case and noting that they were written in too bad handwriting to be read...

Rehabilitation Of Street Children : Supreme Court Seeks Status Report From States

The Supreme Court on Friday issued directions in the suo motu case In Re Contagion of COVID-19 Virus in Children Protection Homes to the State Governments on the status report regarding rehabilitation of the street childre.A division bench of Justices Nageswara Rao and B.R.Gavai directed state governments/union territories to file status reports of their implementation of the Standard...

Seriousness & Gravity Of Crime Relevant Considerations For Grant Of Bail : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has aside an order of the Rajasthan High Court by which it granted bail to an accused for murder of the village sarpanch, after noting that the High Court did not consider the relevant considerations of seriousness and gravity of the crime and the specific role attributed to the accused. While directing the accused to surrender on or before 7 November 2021, a Bench...

Tripura High Court Allows MP Abhishek Banerjee's TMC Rally After Police Cancelled The Permission

The Tripura High Court last night gave its nod for the proposed Trinamool Congress proposed 31st October rally to be led by the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today, after the local police canceled its earlier permission and asked the party to change the venue of its proposed rally.The bench of Justice Subhashish Talapatra was hearing an urgent plea filed by All...