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No Blanket Bar To Grant Anticipatory Bail In Cases Of Illegal Quarrying/Mining, Smuggling of Sand, Minerals: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently clarified that a blanket restriction cannot be placed on anticipatory bail in cases of illegal quarrying/mining, theft and smuggling of sand and minerals, and that each case has to be considered on merits.The bench headed by Justice S. K. Kaul, in the course of hearing a SLP arising out of an October 16 decision of the Madras High Court denying anticipatory bail to...
Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court Inaugurates E-Sewa Kendra At Every District Court Complex In Odisha
The Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, Justice Mohammad Rafiq, on Tuesday (December 22), inaugurated e-Sewa Kendras in every District Court (except Cuttack District Court Complex) in the State. He also inaugurated one e-Sewa Kendra at the Civil Court complex, Salipur (at Cuttack). This e-Sewa Kendra is in addition to the one that was installed at the Cuttack District Court...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For Court-Monitored SIT Probe Into Death of Man In Viral "Jana Gana Mana" Video
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea filed by the mother of one of the Muslim boys who were seen in the "Jana Gana Mana" video which went viral during the February 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The Court has further directed the Crime Branch to file a status report regarding the progress of the investigation into the death of the Petitioner's son. The matter has...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging St Stephens College's Cut-Off For Disability Quota Seats
The Supreme Court last week issued notice on a plea challenging the procedure followed by Delhi University's St. Stephens College in setting an "unreasonably high cut-off" for seats reserved for the disabled category and diverting the consequently-unfilled seats to the General Christian category.The bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde was hearing a SLP against a July, 2019 decision of...
'Election Process Can't Be Interfered With' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Consecutive Reservation Of Panchayat President Posts In Kerala
A vacation bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea which challenged the reservation notification issued by the State Election Commission for local body heads on the ground that it lead to successive/consecutive reservations of the posts of Panchayat Presidents and Municipality Chairpersons."Election process can't be interfered with in the middle", a bench comprising...
Electoral Bonds: No Public Interest In Disclosing Identities Of Donors & Donees, Says CIC Rejecting RTI Application
The Central Information Commission on Monday held that disclosure of names of political parties to whom contributions are made under the electoral bonds and the donees thereof, is not in public interest. Information Commissioner Suresh Chandra also said that there does not appear to be any public interest of such importance that requires superseding of "right to privacy" of donors...
NEET 2020 : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Admission To "Higher Option Seat" In AIQ
A vacation bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, dismissed as withdrawn a petition challenging a December 15 judgment of Kerala High Court which had dismissed the plea of a student seeking admission to a "higher option seat" in Allotment to medical and allied courses in terms of NEET Rank in the All India Quota Seats and KEAM counselling for state of Kerala.A bench of Justices Indira...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Direction To Declare Law Commission A Statutory Body, Appoint Chairperson, Members Soon
The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL for a direction to the Centre to appoint the Chairperson and Members of the Law Commission of India within one month and make it a statutory body.Alternatively, the petitioner- Supreme Court advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, urges that being the custodian of the Constitution and the protector of fundamental rights, the Court may use...
'We Have To Hang Our Heads In Shame For Having Ill Treated Scheduled Castes For Centuries': Madras HC Takes Suo-Moto Cognizance Of Lack Of Path To Graveyard For SCs
The Madras High Court on Monday (21st December) registered a Suo Motu Public Interest Litigation based on a newspaper report highlighting the plight of Scheduled Caste people as a dead body was taken to the graveyard through cultivable land at Marudur village near Melur in Madurai district due to lack of rao The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice B....
Plea Filed Before Delhi HC Seeking Extension of Visa of 44-Year-Old German With 70% Physical and Mental Disability On Exceptional Medical Grounds
A plea has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking for directions to the Respondent to accept the application for extension of visa of a 44-year-old German with 70% physical and mental disability, who is presently in India for medical treatment. The plea states that the Petitioner had come to India for his medical treatment on 18th January, 2020, and his visa had expired on...
Sabarimala : Kerala Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Direction To Raise Number Of Daily Permissible Pilgrims As 5000
The Kerala Government has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging the direction of the High Court of Kerala to raise the number of daily permissible pilgrims as 5000.Taking note of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, a High Level Committee under the Chairmanship of the Kerala Chief Minister had decided on October 5 to permit pilgrimage at Sabarimala during the...