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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Anticipatory Bail Granted To Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati In POCSO Case
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea filed challenging the Allahabad High Court's March 25 order granting anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in the Prayagraj POCSO Case over alleged sexual abuse of minors.A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh heard the matter. Ashutosh Brahmachari, the first informant in the case, had filed the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union, FSSAI On Plea Seeking Turnover-Based Penalty For Sale Of Unsafe And Adulterated Food
The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the Union and the FSSAI on a plea seeking directions to strengthen the penal and enforcement framework under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, contending that the present regime has failed to effectively curb the sale of unsafe and adulterated food products across the country.“The Act, in its structure, is aligned with internationally...
Income Tax Case : Bengaluru Court Gives Two-Year Permission To DK Shivakumar For Foreign Travel
Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister and likely next CM D.K Shivakumar has been permitted by a Bengaluru Court to travel abroad for a period of two years, citing the 'doctrine of parity' in a tax evasion case from 2017 after noting that a co-accused in the same case had already been granted similar permission.The XLII Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru- K.N. Shivakumar, allowed...
Wrestling Federation Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi HC Order Allowing Vinesh Phogat To Participate In Asian Games Selection Trials
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court order permitting wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the selection trials for the Asian Games 2026.A Bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe will consider the matter tomorrow.On May 22, the Delhi High Court directed that Phogat be allowed to take part in the...
S.33(1)(a) Arbitration Act Only To Correct Clerical Errors In Award; Can't Be Invoked To Change Nature Of Interest : Supreme Court
Holding that substance of an arbitral award cannot be altered under the guise of correcting errors, the Supreme Court has ruled that changing the nature of interest awarded from simple interest to compound interest amounts to a substantive modification that falls outside the limited scope of Section 33(1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and...
Supreme Court Requests Delhi High Court To Expedite Hearing Of Plea Challenging Bar Council Transfer Fee
The Supreme Court recently refused to entertain an Article 32 writ petition challenging the alleged extraorbitant fees charged by Bar Councils for the transfer of the Bar Council registration from one State to another.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi stated that another writ petition raising a similar issue is currently...











