UPSC Exams : Age-Barred Civil Service Aspirants Who Exhausted Last Chance Move Supreme Court For Extra Attempt

Some Civil Services aspirants have approached the Supreme Court seeking impleadment in the plea praying for an extra attempt in the Union Public Service Commission examination.The Application for Impleadment has been filed on behalf of candidates who are age-barred and have exhausted their last attempt in October 2020. "It is submitted that the Applicants were severely affected by the...

Undertrial Prisoners Don't Have Right To Dictate Choice Of Prison; Authority Not Obligated To Seek Trial Court's Permission: J&K HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday held that an Undertrial Prisoner does not have a right to dictate his choice of prison for lodgement during trial and as such, there is no question of providing him an opportunity of being heard in this regard.Justice Sanjeev Kumar also held that since the permission of the Court is not mandatory before shifting the undertrial from one prison...

West Bengal Assembly Polls: Calcutta High Court Issues Notices On Election Pleas By Two BJP Leaders

Admitting two Election Petitions filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party's Swadhin Kumar Sarkar and Kalyan Chaubey challenging the election win of their opponents from their respective constituencies, the Calcutta High Court issued notice to the winning candidates.After Mamata Banerjee and man leaders have moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the election win of their opponents in the...

'This Is Too Much' : Delay In Release Of Agra Prisoners After Grant Of Bail Prompts Supreme Court To Take Suo Motu Cognizance

The Supreme Court's suo motu case on the issue of delay of release of prisoners after grant of bail was prompted by a recent news report which stated that the convicts lodged in Agra Central Jail have not been released even after 3 days of the order granting them bail.On July 8, the Supreme Court had ordered to "immediately" release 13 prisoners on interim bail, after finding that they have...

Delhi High Court Pulls Up Centre For Its Failure To File Response On Plea Seeking Reopening Of Nizamuddin Markaz

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted a further two weeks' time to the Centre to respond to a petition by the Delhi Waqf Board seeking to ease restrictions at the Nizamuddin Markaz, which has been locked since March 31 last year.Pulling up the Centre for its failure to file a response from "day one", the Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta said thus:"You want to file a response or you don't want...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Renamed As 'High Court Of Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh'

As per an official order, the nomenclature ''Common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh'' has been changed to ''High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh''.The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has signed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2021, to effect this changeNow, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court will be called as High Court...

Whether Governor Has Discretion Not To Nominate Members To Legislative Council Based On Advice Of Council Of Ministers? Bombay High Court To Decide

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the petitioners to implead the Union of India as a party in a PIL challenging the inaction of the Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, to nominate members to Maharashtra's Legislative Council (MLC), despite the 12 names submitted by the Council of Ministerson November 6, 2020. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni...

'Don't Make This Court Fun' : Supreme Court Dismisses Law Student's Plea To Allow Supply Of 'Miraculous' Herbal Concoction As COVID Cure

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL filed seeking directions to restart supply of a herbal medicine from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh claiming that it has cured COVID-19 terminally ill patients miraculously.A three-Judge Bench headed by CJI NV Ramana issued the direction in a law student's plea filed seeking directions to allow the supply of the herbal concoction made by Shri Bonigi...

'The Battle Has Only Begun': Kerala High Court Appreciates Efforts Taken To Regulate Crowd In Front Of Liquor Outlets

The Kerala High Court on Friday expressed its appreciation for the efforts taken by the Excise Commissioner and Kerala State Beverages Corporation Ltd. for crowd control in front of retail liquor stores and better infrastructure at such facilities across the State. Justice Devan Ramachandran remarked, 'Certainly, this is a welcome step, but the battle has only begun.' The matter has...

Prosecution Launched Against Gautam Gambhir Foundation, 2 AAP MLAs Over Stocking Of COVID Drugs, Oxygen : Drugs Control Dept Tells Delhi High Court

The Drugs Control Department has informed the Delhi High Court that it has launched a prosecution in the Court of law against Gautam Gambhir Foundation, it's trustees and CEO on July 8 for contravening the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Act , 1940. The move comes in relation to the inquiry made by the investigating team in respect of specific allegations against BJP MP Gautam Gambhir...

Central Motor Vehicles Rules Amended To Incorporate Special Provision For Registration Of Vintage Motor Vehicles

The Union Government amended Central Motor Vehicles Rules to incorporate special provisions for registration of vintage motor vehicles.The amended Rules defines 'Vintage Motor Vehicle' as any vehicle classified under vintage vehicle category as defined in this order for L1 and L2 categories (two-wheeler) and M1 category (four-wheeler), which is more than fifty years old from the date of...

Gold Smuggling Through Diplomatic Channel An Act Of Terrorism: NIA Argues Before Kerala High Court

The National Investigation Agency submitted to the Kerala High Court on Friday that Swapna Suresh and others committed an act of terrorism by smuggling 167 kg of gold into India from UAE since they were aware that by doing so, they could potentially threaten the security and economic stability of the country.A Division Bench comprising Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman...