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Supreme Court Directs States, UTs To Comply With Directions On Remission Policy And Procedures Withing Two Months
The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to submit affidavits within two months reporting compliance with its directions to adopt or implement an exhaustive policy on premature release, ensure automatic consideration of eligible convicts under such policy, impose reasonable conditions for remission, record reasons for grant or rejection, and not cancel remission...
Courts Can Deviate From Schedule Of Employees Compensation Act To Determine Functional Disability : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that in computing the compensation for functional disability, Courts don't need to confine themselves to the schedule under the Employees' Compensation Act 1923. The bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing an appeal against the order of the Bombay High Court, which reduced the disability percentage of 100% to 34% for...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Inquire Mukhthar Ansari's Death, Disposes Of Son's Petition
The Supreme Court today (April 30) disposed of the writ petition filed in 2023 by Umar Ansari, son of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, seeking his father's transfer to any jail outside Uttar Pradesh, as he apprehended harm to the latter while in custody. The petition was disposed of after the Court was informed that the Ansari died in jail in March 2024 reportedly due to cardiac...
Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Plea Seeking Delimitation & Increase Of Assembly Seats In Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
The Supreme Court today reserved orders on a plea seeking directions for the Union to set in motion delimitation process for increasing the number of assembly seats in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter.Briefly put, the petition, filed by Professor (Dr.) K. Purushottam Reddy, sought directions to the respondents...
Supreme Court Affirms Bombay HC's Deletion Of Certain Allegations Made Against Union Minister Nitin Gadkari In 2019 Election Petition
The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions filed in 2021 against a Bombay High Court decision, which struck off certain allegations made against Union Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari in an election petition challenging his election pursuant to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was dealing with two special leave petitions - one, filed by Nafis Khan,...
Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC's Direction For CBI Probe Against CM's Chief Principal Secretary KM Abraham In DA Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 30) stayed the Kerala High Court's direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR against K.M. Abraham, the Chief Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, over allegations of amassing assets disproportionate to his income.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan passed the interim...
Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Direction To Revise CLAT-UG 2025 Merit List
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 30) stayed the judgment of the Delhi High Court, which directed the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the merit list of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 for Undergraduate (UG) admissions due to certain mistakes in the questions.A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih passed the interim order while issuing notice on...
Supreme Court Constitution Bench To Deliver Judgment Tomorrow On Courts' Powers To Modify Arbitral Awards Under S.34/37 Arbitration Act
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will deliver judgment tomorrow on the question whether Courts can modify arbitral awards while exercising appellate powers under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Concilaition Act, 1996.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justices BR Gavai,Sanjay Kumar, AG Masih and KV Viswanathan had reserved the judgment on the matter...
President Appoints Justice BR Gavai As Next Chief Justice Of India;Second Dalit To Be CJI
The President of India has appointed Justice BR Gavai as the next Chief Justice of India with effect from May 14, 2025.The incumbent Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, will retire on May 13. "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as the Chief Justice of...
