Donation From Guruvayoor Devaswom Funds To Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund Illegal : Kerala High Court

'All the properties, including movable and immovable properties and money, dedicated to or endowed in the name of Lord Guruvayurappan or any property acquired in any manner by Guruvayur Devaswom shall vest in the idol of Lord Guruvayurappan, consecrated in Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayur.

Four High Court Judges To Be Appointed As Judicial Members In NGT

The Cabinet Committee of has approved the the appointments of four Judges as the Judicial members of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). They are: Justice Brijesh Sethi, former Judge at the Delhi High CourtJustice B. Amit Sthalekar, presently Judge at the Allahabad High CourtJustice M. Sathyanarayanan, presently Judge at the Madras High CourtJustice (Retd) Sudhir Agarwal,...

Kerala High Court Raises Permissible Number Of Daily Pilgrims At Sabarimala Temple As 5000

The High Court of Kerala has raised the number of permissible daily pilgrims at Sabarimala temple as 5000 with effect from December 20.The Court also directed that Covid-19 negative certificate should be insisted from the pilgrims after conducting RTPCR test within 48 hours of reaching Nilakkal, from NABL accredited ICMR approved laboratories from December 30, instead...

LVS-DBS Merger: Supreme Court Issues Notice On RBI's Plea Seeking Transfer & Stay On Petitions Across High Courts

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on the RBI's plea, seeking transfer of five writ petitions pending before the High Courts of Madras, Delhi, Karnataka and Bombay challenging the Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited (Amalgamation with DBS Bank India Limited) Scheme, 2020.A bench of Justice Mohan M. Shantangoudar also issued notice on the stay applications, directing it to be returnable within...

Hathras Case: Allahabad High Court Proposes Viewing Of Audio-Visual Material By Parties On Jan 16

In Hathras Rape and Murder case, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday (16th December) proposed the viewing of the Audio Visual material available on record by Counsel for various parties, the then District Magistrate and SP Hathras and one or two members from victim's family With the consent of parties' counsel, the Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajan Roy fixed 16th...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In A Contempt Petition Seeking Appropriate Guidelines In Appointing Executives To SPCBs

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justice Vineet Saran and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat yesterday issued notice in a contempt petition filed in non-compliance of an earlier direction passed by the Court dated 22.09.2017. The petition was filed under Sec. 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 which provides for the punishment of contempt of Court read with Rule 3...

'Fundamental Right To Health Includes Affordable Treatment': Supreme Court Suggests Cap On Fee Charged By Private Hospitals

The Supreme Court has observed that fundamental Right to health includes affordable treatment.Either more and more provisions are to be made by the State Government and the local administration or there shall be cap on the fees charged by the private hospitals which can be in exercise of the powers under the Disaster Management Act, the bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash...

School Fees During COVID: CBSE & State Board Schools Entitled To Collect 70 & 60 Pct Tuition Fee Respectively: Rajasthan High Court

Noting that "no bias or any sort of partiality or unfairness can be imputed on the part of the State Government as it has tried to strike the balance between the schools' management and the parents", the Rajasthan High Court on Friday (18th December) ordered the schools to take their fees as per the recommendations of the Government made on October 28. The Bench of Chief Justice...

Supreme Court Stays Karnataka High Court Direction To Hold Bengaluru Civil Body Elections In 198 Wards

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the December 4 judgment of the Karnataka High Court which directed holding of elections to 198 wards in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike(BBMP) within six weeks.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India stayed the directions in the High Court judgment while issuing notice on the special leave petition filed by State of Karnataka."Issue notice. Until...

'Pandemic Has Spread Like Wildfire Despite Guidelines & SOPs': Supreme Court Reiterates Directives To Contain Covid 19

Despite the Guidelines and SOPs issued, for lack of implementation the Pandemic has spread like wild fire, the Supreme Court observed on Friday.The bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah observed that the safety and health of the citizens must be the first priority, rather than any other considerations. The court said that strict and stern action should be...

Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Man Booked Under UP Ordinance Against Religious Conversion For Marriage

The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of a man booked by the UP Police under the recently promulgated Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal has asked the UP Police to not take any coercive action against the accused, Nadeem, until the next date of hearing. The Court...

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Azim Premji And Wife Over Merger Of Companies

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on WIPRO founder Azim Premji's petition questioning summons issued by an Additional City Civil and Sessions Court in January on a private complaint over allegations of illegally transferring crores of rupees worth of assets from three companies into a private trust and newly formed company.The bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul also directed...