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When Can Entire Selection Process Be Set Aside For Irregularities? Supreme Court Lays Down 4 Key Principles
The Supreme Court today (April 3), while upholding the quashing of nearly 25000 teaching and non-teaching staff appointments made by the West Bengal School Selection Commission (SSC) in 2016, laid down key principles to be considered by the Court when dealing with challenges to appointments in government employment. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar observed 4...
BRS MLAs' Defection To Congress | Supreme Court Reserves Orders In Pleas Seeking Timely Decision By Speaker On Disqualification Petitions
The Supreme Court today reserved orders in the matter pertaining to BRS MLAs' defection to the ruling Congress party in Telangana and the Assembly Speaker's delay in deciding consequent disqualification petitions.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih reserved the verdict after hearing Senior Advocates Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi (for respondents) and Aryama Sundaram (for...
If Appointment Is Illegal, Candidate Cannot Claim Equitable Relief Under Article 142 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed in a recent judgment that if the initial appointment is illegal, then the candidate cannot claim equitable relief to secure the post invoking the special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution.If a candidate gained entry through a process which was not legal and valid, then the Court cannot come to his rescue in the exercise of powers under Article 142.A...
Supreme Court Designates Six Former High Court Judges As Senior Advocates
The Supreme Court recently conferred senior designation on six former High Court Judges, who commenced practice after their retirement from judiciary.They are :1. Shri Ambadas Haribhau Joshi, Former Judge, High Court of Bombay2. Shri Chander Shekhar, Former Judge, High Court of Delhi3. Shri Cyril Thamarai Selvam, Former Judge, High Court of Madras4. Shri Prithviraj Keshavrao Chavan, Former...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging Centre's Notifications On Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 2) reserved judgment on pleas challenging two union government orders dated July 2021 and January 2022. The orders allowed ex-post facto clearance for mining projects that began without the prior environmental clearance required under the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan heard...
'Alarming' : Supreme Court Stops Tree Felling In Kancha Gachibowli; Asks Telangana Chief Secretary To Explain 'Compelling Urgency'
Expressing shock at the large-scale felling of trees in hundreds of acres of land in the Kancha Gachibowli area in Hyderabad, the Supreme Court on Thursday (April 3) ordered to stop all sorts of developmental activities carried out there. "Until further orders, no activity of any sort, except the protection of trees already existing, shall be undertaken by the State," ordered a bench...
Supreme Court Refuses To Limit Firecracker Ban In Delhi-NCR To 3-4 Months; No Exemption For Green Crackers
The Supreme Court on Thursday (April 3) passed an order imposing a year-long ban on the use, manufacture, sale and storage of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region.The Court observed that imposing such a ban only for a period of 3-4 months every year is not effective given the worsening air quality of the national capital. Due to the extraordinary situation prevailing in...
'Did We Make A Mistake By Letting You Go Earlier?': Supreme Court Again Censures Telangana CM For Unrestrained Remarks
The Supreme Court today again called out Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over some of his statements on the Floor of the House and wondered if it made a mistake by not issuing a contempt notice to him earlier when he made remarks on the Court's grant of bail to BRS leader K Kavitha.It may be recalled that the Court had yesterday taken strong exception to the CM's statement, in...
Supreme Court Stays Tree Felling In Kancha Gachibowli Land In Hyderabad, Seeks Report From Telangana HC Registrar
The Supreme Court on Thursday passed an interim order staying the tree felling in Telangana's Kancha Gachibowli forest area near the Hyderabad Central University campus.A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih passed the order after an oral mention was made by Senior Advocate K Paremeshwar, the Amicus Curiae in the forest cases matter (TN Godavarman), regarding...
Supreme Court Judges Decide To Make Their Assets' Declarations Public
In a significant step towards transparency and boosting public confidence in the judiciary, all Judges of the Supreme Court have agreed to make the declaration of their assets publicly available.At a full-court meeting held on April 1, the judges decided to disclose their assets to the Chief Justice of India, with the declarations to be uploaded on the Supreme Court's official website,...