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Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response In Plea Seeking Strict Compliance Of Manual Scavenging Law
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Centre in a PIL seeking strict compliance of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 in order to prevent loss of lives due to manual cleaning of septic tanks and sewers. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the application filed by the petitioner...
Pegasus Scandal: West Bengal Commission Of Inquiry Seeks Information From Stakeholders
The Commission of Inquiry comprising Justice Madan B. Lokur, former Supreme Court judge and Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya, former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court released a public notice in all major newspapers on Thursday seeking information from the public and concerned stakeholders regarding allegations pertaining to the Pegasus spyware scandal. The Commission had been constituted...
Pegasus -Serious Allegations If Reports Are True; Truth Has To Come Out : Supreme Court
Observing that the allegations are serious if the reports of Pegasus surveillance are true, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the lawyers appearing in nine petitions seeking probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy to serve copies of their petitions on the Government of India. The matter has been listed for further hearing next Tuesday."No doubt, the allegations are serious, if the...
Magistrate Not Required To Record Statement Of Public Servant Who Filed Complaint Before Summoning Accused: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a Magistrate is not required to record statement of a public servant who filed the complaint in discharge of his official duty before issuing summons to the accused resides outside the territorial jurisdiction.In this case, the Inspecting Officer filed complaint before the Judicial Magistrate, against a company, its managing director and others alleging offence...
Pegasus Snooping Row: Supreme Court Hearing On Pleas For Independent Probe-LIVE UPDATES
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to hear petitions seeking probe into reports of targeted surveillance using Pegasus Spyware.The Petitions are filed by 1) ML Sharma, 2) Rajya Sabha MPJohn Brittas, 3) Journalist N Ram and Sashi Kumar, 4) Jagdeep Chokkar, 5) Narendra Mishra, 6) Journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, 7) Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, 8) SNM Abdi and...
Create Proper Machinery To Address Monkey Menace: Karnataka High Court Tells State, BBMP
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed that the state government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Pallike (BBMP) officials should convene a meeting in presence of chief wildlife warden, for creating of proper machinery for immediately acting upon complaints about monkey menace and for rescuing and relocating monkeys in a scientific manner without causing any harm to them.In its...
If Last Seen Theory Is Established, Accused Should Explain Circumstances In Which He Departed Company Of Deceased: Supreme Court
Once the fact of last seen is established, an adverse inference can be drawn against the accused if he fails to explain the circumstances in which he departed the company of the deceased, the Supreme Court reiterated in a judgment today.The bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justices Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose was disposing a criminal appeal arising out of a...
"All's Well That Ends Well": Delhi HC Disposes Of Plea As Newly Wedded Couple Gets Reunited After Court's Order
"All 's well that ends well" said the Delhi High Court on Tuesday after taking note of the fact that the newly wedded couple was reunited pursuant to Court's order.The Court disposed off a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of a husband alleging that his wife was illegally detained in Uttar Pradesh's Etah District after her parents seperated them.A division bench comprising of Justice Anup...
Part-Time Vocational Teacher Entitled To Payment Of Gratuity, Act Draws No Distinction Between Categories Of Employees: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a part time vocational teacher working with the Delhi Government is entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act and that the said legislation draws no distinction between various categories of employees including a full time, ad hoc or a part time employee.A single judge bench comprising of Justice V. Kameswar Rao was dealing with a petition...
"A Quarter Of A Century Has Passed": Supreme Court Directs Expeditious Trial Of A Partition Suit Pending For 26 Years
"A quarter of a century has passed in determining whether the licenser is entitled to seek occupation of the portion occupied by her son!", the Supreme Court observed while directing a Court in Pune to expedite the trial of a partition suit which is pending for 26 years.A suit was filed before the Small Causes Court, Pune in the year 1995 by a mother against her son seeking a decree...