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1% Seats In Govt Jobs Reserved For Transgender Persons: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court
Karnataka Government has decided to provide 1 percent (horizontal) reservation to Transgender candidates in government jobs to be filled through the direct recruitment process. The reservation is applicable to transgender candidates in each category of General merit, SC,ST and in each of the OBC categories. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj...
States Have Exclusive Legislative Power In Cooperative Societies' Matter: Supreme Court
Co-operative societies as a subject matter belongs wholly and exclusively to the State legislatures to legislate upon, the Supreme Court observed in its judgment striking down the provisions of the Constitution(97th Amendment) Act to the extent it introduced Part IX B in the Constitution to deal with co-operative societies.The bench comprising Justices RF Nariman, KM Joseph and BR...
Can Political Parties Be De-Recognized For Failing To Publish Candidates' Criminal Antecedents Candidates? Supreme Court Discusses
"Are we to just put up our hands?", Justice Rohinton Nariman asked on Tuesday when Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the Nationalist Congress Party, attempted to dissuade the Court against the invocation by the ECI of its power to suspend or withdraw recognition of a recognised political party for its failure to observe Model Code of Conduct or follow lawful directions and instructions of...
Animal Sacrifice Permissible Only In Licensed Slaughterhouses : Bombay High Court Ahead Of Bakr Eid
On the eve of Bakr Eid, two benches of the Bombay High Court directed authorities in different Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra to ensure animals are sacrificed only in licensed slaughterhouses or abattoirs. In fact, Chief Justice Dipankar Datta's bench directed local authorities to take action against those illegally slaughtering animals while staying Bhiwandi-Nizampur...
Compensation For COVID Deaths : Centre Moves Supreme Court Seeking Time Till Mid-September To Frame Guidelines
The Union of India has moved Supreme Court seeking a 4 weeks extension of time for National Disaster Management Authority to frame guidelines making recommendation for payment of ex-gratia assistance to dependents of those who succumbed to COVID-19 The Union of India through its application has sought an extension to enable the National Disaster Management Authority to come out with...
'Matter Under Active Consideration, Final Decision Likely To Be Taken Soon": Delhi Govt Informs High Court On Reopening Of Spa Centres
The Delhi Government on Tuesday informed the High Court that a final decision on reopening of spa centres, that were closed in wake of the second of Covid-19, will be taken by it soon as the matter is under consideration of the authorities. The development came while Justice Rekha Palli was dealing with pleas seeking directions on the Delhi Government to permit the reopening and functioning...
Ghaziabad FIR: Karnataka High Court Again Defers Order In Twitter India Head's Challenge To UP Police Notice; Fixes For July 22
The Karnataka High Court today, for the second time, deferred its order in the petition filed by the Managing Director of Twitter Communications India Private Ltd(TCIPL), challenging the notice issued to him under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the Ghaziabad FIR. Justice G. Narendar said "I will dictate the order on Thursday (July 22)." Earlier, on July 13,...
Section 34 Arbitration Act Gives No Power To Modify Arbitral Award; Appellate Court Can Only Set Aside Or Remand : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a court, under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, cannot modify an award."If one were to include the power to modify an award in Section 34, one would be crossing the Lakshman Rekha", Justices RF Nariman and BR Gavai observed.In this case, the court was considering appeals filed by NHAI against the Madras High Court judgment which held that, at...
No Deaths Due To Lack Of Oxygen Reported By States, UTs During 2nd COVID Wave: Centre Claims In Rajya Sabha
During the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Union Health ministry today claimed in the Rajaysabha that there had been no deaths due to the Lack of Oxygen during the Second COVID Wave.Responding to a question as to whether during the 2nd COVID Wave, a large number of COVID-19 patients died on roads and hospitals due to acute shortage of oxygen, the Ministry said that Health is a...
Section 482 CrPC: Interim Protection Order Can Be Passed In Exceptional Cases Giving Brief Reasons: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the High Courts can pass interim protection order in Section 482 CrPC petitions in exceptional cases by giving brief reasons.What is frowned upon in Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Maharashtra is the tendency of the courts to pass blanket, cryptic, laconic, nonspeaking orders reading "no coercive steps shall be adopted", the bench...
Decongestion Of Prisons: Chhattisgarh High Court Seeks Data Of Prisoners Not Released Despite Supreme Court's Direction
The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the State Government and State Legal Service Authority (SLSA) to provide data of all such prisoners who were not released on interim bail/ parole pursuant to a recent order of the Supreme Court for decongestion of prisons.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Rajani Dubey further directed that a Chart...
