11 Collegium Reiterations Not Cleared By Centre Within Set Time-Limit : Contempt Plea In Supreme Court

A contempt petition had been moved in the Supreme Court against the Central government for its delay in clearing the eleven names reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium for appointment as High Court Judges. The contempt petition filed by the Advocates Association Bengaluru has contended that the Centre's conduct in gross violation of the directions in PLR Projects Ltd v. Mahanadi...

'Vague Answers': Delhi High Court Directs Personal Appearance Of Medical Superintendent In Minor's Plea For Donating Liver To Ailing Father

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed personal appearance of Medical Superintendent of Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) through video conferencing tomorrow in the plea filed by 17 year old minor, seeking directions to permit him to donate part of his liver to his ailing father, who is suffering from advance stage of Liver Failure.Justice Rekha Palli passed the order...

Extortion Allegations Attempt To Scuttle Aryan Khan Case Probe : NCB, Sameer Wankhede Approach Special NDPS Court

The Narcotics Control Bureau has approached the Special NDPS Court against the notarised affidavit of one of its own witnesses alleging extortion and against the "lurking threat of arrest" to its zonal director Sameer Wankhede. NCB's application seeks directions that no action or cognizance be taken on witness Prabhakar Sail's affidavit without the Special NDPS court or any other...

Calcutta HC Adjourns Hearing Of Anticipatory Bail Applications Of BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, 2 Others In Sexual Assault Case

The Calcutta High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of anticipatory bail applications of BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi in a sexual assault case in view of the fact that a Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed before the Supreme Court against an order of the High Court setting aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore...

"Let Us Not Cast A Doubt On Vaccination; It Is The Key To Protect Our Population": SC Dismisses Plea To Stop Vaccination Till Clinical Trials Are Completed

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the challenge to the May decision of the Karnataka High Court rejecting the plea to stop COVISHIELD and COVAXIN vaccination until all the stages of the clinical trials are completed as per the New Drugs and clinical trial rules 2019 and the National Guidelines for Gene Therapy Product Development and Clinical Trials-2019."We do not want this to be argued...

Marriage Permissible Only Between Biological Man & Woman; Navtej Johar Case Doesn't Recognize Same-Sex Marriage: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has listed a batch of pleas seeking recognition and registration of same-sex marriages under the law for final hearing on November 30. The bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh has meanwhile granted time to all the parties to complete their pleadings.The Bench was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by Abhijit Iyer Mitra, Vaibhav Jain, Dr Kavita...

Mullaperiyar Dam : 'Understand Anxiety Of Parties', Supreme Court Seeks Committee's Immediate Decision On Water Level

In the light of concerns expressed about the flood situation in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the supervisory committee of the Mullaperiyar dam on the immediate need to specify the water level. The Court directed the authorities to interact with each other and sought a decision by the committee on the appropriate water level by day after tomorrow.A bench...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Voting Rights For Nurses Registered With Delhi Nursing Council

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a PIL filed by Indian Professional Nurses Association, an NGO, seeking voting rights to all nurses registered with Delhi Nursing Council for the purpose of electing it's office bearers and executive committee. A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh has kept the matter for hearing on December 13. The Bench...

Pollution In Doodh Ganga & Mamath Kull Of Jammu & Kashmir; NGT Constitutes Five Member Committee To Ascertain Water Quality

Recently, the Principal Bench Of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) at New Delhi has taken note of the pollution crisis in Doodh Ganga and Mamath Kull, both tributaries of River Jhelum in Jammu & Kashmir. After examining the petitioner's grievances, NGT was convinced that there are prima facie violations of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 in terms of these two...

BREAKING : NEET-PG Counselling Won't Start Until Supreme Court Decides Validity Of EWS-OBC Reservation In AIQ, Assures Centre

The Central Government on Monday assured the Supreme Court that the counselling for NEET-PG will not commence until the Court decides the validity of the Centre's decision to introduce reservation for the Other Backward Classes(OBC) and the Economically Weaker Sections(EWS)in the All India Quota(AIQ).Recording this assurance, a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud observed that if...

Maintenance Amount Awarded By Family Court Must Be Realistic & Reasonable; Order Should Be Clear & Reasoned: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that maintenance amount awarded by the Family Court must be realistic and reasonable and that the order passer by such Courts must be clear and well reasoned- indicative of the facts, controversy and reasoning of it's conclusion.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also observed that the objective of granting interim or permanent maintenance to a...

Right To Education: Rajasthan HC Grants Interim Relief Against State's Decision To Not Reserve 25% Seats For Weaker Section In Pre-School Admissions

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Saturday granted interim relief against the State's decision to not reserve 25% seats for admission of students from the weaker sections in pre-schools.Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava observed that the State cannot come in the way of performance of statutory obligation by the schools provided under the Right of Children to Free and...