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'Senior Designation Rules Contrary To Supreme Court Guidelines'; Madras High Court Issues Notice On Challenge Against Rules
In a PIL challenging the validity of Rules 4(1) (a) and 4(1) (b) of Madras High Court Designation of Senior Advocates Rules, 2020, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu has admitted the matter and issued notice to the administrative section of High Court. According to a petition filed by five advocates, the notified rules are in contravention of...
Arbitration - 2015 Amendment Won't Apply To Section 34 Applications Filed Prior To It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the 2015 amendment to Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 will apply only to Section 34 applications that have been made after the date of the amendment. "Section 34 as amended will apply only to Section 34 applications that have been made to the Court on or after 23.10.2015, irrespective of the fact that the arbitration proceedings may...
NDPS Act: "Is Investigation In NDPS Cases Complete Without Forensic Report Of Recovered Substance?" Supreme Court To Consider
Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea raising legal questions including 'whether investigation in NDPS cases can be considered to be completed in absence of a forensic report of the substance recovered?'.A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli was hearing a special leave petition against order passed by the Delhi High Court refusing to enlarge...
Ready To Probe WB Gov's Sale Of 47 Percent Stake In Metro Diary: CBI Informs Calcutta High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that it is ready to take over the probe of the Metro Diary scam pursuant to the permission of the High Court. The Court was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by West Bengal Congress President Adhir Chowdhury alleging a lack of transparency in West Bengal government's sale of its...
Compensation / Penalty Cannot Be Restricted To Value Of Illegally-Mined Mineral; Cost Of Restoration Of Environment Also To Be Considered: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the compensation / penalty to be paid by those indulging in illegal sand mining cannot be restricted to the value of illegally-mined mineral.The cost of restoration of environment as well as the cost of ecological services should be part of the compensation, the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai observed. The polluter,...
CBSE-ICSE Students Move Supreme Court Seeking Hybrid Option For Class X-XII Term I Exams
Six Students from Class X and XII have moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent directions to conduct Class X and XII CBSE - ICSE Term I exams in hybrid manner. A writ petition has been filed challenging the decision of the CBSE and CISCE decision to hold their Term 1 and Semester 1 of CBSE, ICSE and ISC exams (2021-22) for class X and Class XII students in offline mode only.The petition...
Right To Be Forgotten: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Indian, A Recently Released UK Ex-Convict, Seeking Removal Of Articles
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by a man namely Mohammed Umar Ashrafi, who was convicted by UK's Leicester Crown Court in 2015 and was released and deported to India after completing his sentence, seeking removal of news articles from the internet, pertaining to his conviction.Ashrafi has invoked his "right to be forgotten".Justice Rekha Palli sought response of Union...
Kerala High Court Quashes State Circular Restricting Fee Exemption On Converted Paddy Land
The Kerala High Court recently quashed a circular issued by the State government, limiting fee exemption on converted paddy land not included in the data bank only to applications filed after 25th February this year.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly also directed the concerned authority to consider the applications submitted by the petitioners...
'Preventive Detention Must Not Be Used As Added Tool To Curtail Judicial Decisions Allowing Bail': Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court recently set aside an order of preventive detention passed under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act). Pursuant to the impugned order, the petitioner had been directed to be detained and kept in Malda Correction Home, Kolkata. Proceedings under the PITNDPS Act had been initiated against the petitioner...
'No Alarm Of Immediate Third Covid Wave': Madras High Court Refuses To Interfere With GO Permitting Theatres To Operate At 100% Capacity
A writ petition filed for quashing the Government order permitting 100 per cent occupancy in cinema theatres and multiplexes in the backdrop of Covid-19 was dismissed by Madras High Court on Monday. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu observed that the pandemic might not have gone away, but the number of cases has surely subsided, and there is...
Tahir Hussain's Alleged Associate Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Bail In Riots Case; Status Report Sought
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on the bail plea filed by an alleged associate of former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, namely Shoaib Alam, who spent over 560 days in custody in a case concerning the North East Delhi riots (FIR 114/2020). Justice Subramonium Prasad sought status report from the Delhi Police and asked Advocate Dhruv Pande to file a compilation of photos, videos...