Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response In Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Smuggling Of Iron Ore To China By 61 Companies

The Supreme Court today directed the Central Government to file a counter affidavit in a plea filed by Advocate ML Sharma seeking directions to the CBI to register an FIR and probe the alleged duty evasion by 61 companies in allegedly 'smuggling' iron ore to China since 2015. The matter was heard by the division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Surya Kant. The Bench had...

[BREAKING] Permission Of District Magistrate Not Needed For Conversion By Inter-Faith Marriage : Gujarat High Court Affirms Previous Order

Rejecting an rectification application filed by Gujarat Government, the Court said that it stayed Section 5 of the Freedom of Religion Act only in the context of marriages.

Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji In Job Recruitment Scam After Victims Enter Into A Settlement

The Madras High Court has quashed a 2018 cheating case against incumbent State Electricity Minister and DMK MLA Senthil Balaji filed in relation to allegations of a 2014 recruitment scam since all thirteen alleged victims had compromised the issue and wanted the case to be quashed. The case pertained to alleged irregularities in recruitment when Mr. Senthilbalaji was the Transport Minister in...

Maharashtra Govt Agrees To Share With CBI 'Confidential' Report Of Rashmi Shukla IPS For Anil Deshmukh Case Probe

Ending months of impasse, the Maharashtra Government has agreed to share its "confidential" report on alleged corruption in police transfers and postings for the CBI's probe against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar recorded Senior Advocate Rafique Dada's statement that former State Intelligence Department head, Rashmi...

Police Officials Who Side With Ruling Party Later Get Targeted When Opponent Comes In Power; Sad State Of Affairs : CJI Ramana

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday made comments about the trend of police officials siding with the party in power and later getting targeted when the opponent comes to power."State of affairs in the country is sad. When a political party is in power, Police Officials side with a particular party. Then when a new party comes into power, the government initiates action against...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Inclusion Of Advocates As 'Professionals' Under MSME Act For Availing Welfare Schemes

The Delhi High Court today issued notices on a PIL seeking inclusion of Advocates within the definition of "Professionals" under the MSME Act, for the purpose of accessing welfare schemes.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the MSME Ministry, Finance Ministry, Bar Council of India and the RBI, after hearing Advocate Abhijit Mishra, appearing as...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 5 Additional Judges To Calcutta High Court

The Central government on Thursday notified the appointment of five persons as additional judges of Calcutta High Court. The five persons are Kesang Doma Bhutia, Rabindranath Samanta, Sugato Majumdar, Bivas Pattanayak and Ananda Kumar Mukherjee.The notification issued by the Additional Secretary to Government of India, Rajinder Kashyap stated, "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1)...

Ask Private Schools To Waive Fee For COVID Orphans Or Bear It : Supreme Court To States

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the State Governments to ensure that the education of children, who became orphans after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, in private schools continue without disruption at least during the present academic year. This can be done by asking schools to waive fee or state bearing the fee for such children, the Court suggested.The States...

Driving Licenses: High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt's Reply Over Non-Acceptance Of Fitness Certificates Issued By Ayurveda Practitioners

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Central Government as well as the Delhi Government to file their replies on a plea challenging non-acceptance of medical fitness certificates issued by Ayurvedic and Unani practitioners for online registration or renewal of driving licenses, even though such certificates are accepted offline.Justice Rekha Palli, while hearing a plea moved by...

Section 482 CrPC: High Court Not Required To Appreciate Evidence To Find Out Whether Accused Is Likely To Be Convicted Or Not: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that, at Section 482 CrPC stage, a High Court is not required to appreciate the evidence to find out whether the accused is likely to be convicted or not.In this case, the High Court had quashed a murder case against one of the accused. The wife of the deceased thus approached the Apex Court contending that there is ample material against the accused.According to...

President Appoints Pranay Verma As Judge Of Madhya Pradesh High Court

President of India has appointed Advocate Pranay Verma as a Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.A notification in this regard was issued today by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Justice (Appointment Division).The notification thus reads,In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri...

Espionage Case: Delhi High Court Seeks ED's Response On Freelance Journalist Rajeev Sharma's Bail Plea

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Enforcement Directorate on the regular bail plea filed by freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma in connection with a case alleging that he supplied confidential information to Chinese Officials, in exchange of remuneration.Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice on the bail application and granted two weeks time to the ED for submitting status report in...