Maratha Reservation : 50% Ceiling Not Absolute; If Situation Demands State Can Provide More Quota, Submits Rohatgi In Supreme Court

In the Maratha reservation matter, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to hear from January 25 the challenge against the the constitutionality of the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018, which provided for a quota to Marathas in jobs and education.The bench refused to pass any order to lift the stay put by a three-judge bench...

Allahabad High Court Disposes PIL For Protection Of Sanitation Workers Amid Covid-19 With Directions To Approach Govt Authorities

The Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to issue directions for protection of sanitation workers, said to be working not only colonies in different cities, but also the residential houses where COVID - 19 infected persons may be residing. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Piyush Agrawal disposed of the petition by keeping the Petitioner at...

Supreme Court Extends Term Of BSV Prakash Kumar As NCLT Delhi Acting President Till Regular Appointment

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the appointment of Mr.B.S.V.Prakash Kumar,Member (Judicial) as acting President of NCLT, New Delhi till regular appointment is made to the post of President, NCLT Delhi.The direction was passed by a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi on a writ petition filed by National Company Law Tribunal and...

Tax Audit Limit For Chartered Accountants: Supreme Court Transfers To Itself Pleas Challenging Constitutional Validity Of ICAI Guidelines

The Supreme Court has transferred to itself the writ petitions pending before Kerala, Madras and Calcutta High Courts which challenge the constitutional validity of guidelines issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) limiting the number of Tax Audits of Chartered Accountants.The Chapter VI of the Council General Guidelines, 2008 stipulates that a member of the Institute...

Supreme Court Directs IIT Bombay To Grant Interim Admission To Student Who Lost Admission After Clicking Wrong Link

The Supreme Court on Wednesday came to the relief of an 18 year old student who lost his admission to IIT-Bombay after he inadvertently clicked a wrong link during the online admission process.A bench of Justices S K Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy passed an interim order directing IIT Bombay to grant provisional admission to Siddhant Batra, a student hailing from Agra, who had...

'Remove RTI Petitioners' Details From Public Domain': Housing Ministry Directs All CPIOs, After Saket Gokhale's Notice

The Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (Housing Ministry) has directed all the Central Public Information Officers and Appellate Authorities under the Right to Information Act, to remove the personal details of RTI Applicants from the Ministry's website."All CPIOs/ Appellate authorities are requested to immediately get the Applicant details removed from the RTI replies uploaded on...

'State Machinery Meant To Protect Him Turned Into Worst Tormentor': Arnab Goswami Files Complaint Before NHRC Against Alleged Abuse Of Republic TV's Asst VP By Mumbai Police

"The barbaric nature of assault in custody and the savage intimidation tactics by Mumbai Police establish the gory nature of state excess deployed against an innocent citizens"

Centre Has Power To Notify Any Land For Acquisition For A New National Highway : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, while upholding the notifications for land acquisition for the Chennai-Salem eight lane expressway, held that the Parliament has legislative competence to make a law for acquisition of "any land" for building or construction of a new highway.One of the issues raised in these cases was about the legislative competence of the Parliament to enact a law for declaring open ...

Election Petition Not Maintainable If Petitioner Faces Disqualification Due To Conviction: Supreme Court Dismisses Saritha Nair's Challenge Against Hibi Eden's Election

Dismissing the special leave petition filed by Saritha S. Nair against the rejection of election petition by the Kerala High Court, the Supreme Court observed that the election petition filed by her was not maintainable as she faced disqualification due to conviction.The bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian held that mere suspension of the execution of...

Karnakata High Court Reserves Order On Amnesty International's Plea Against ED Freezing Its Bank Accounts

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the petition filed by international human rights body, Amnesty International's India offices (M/s Indians for Amnesty International Trust), challenging the communication issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to banks directing them to freeze the accounts held by trust. Justice P S Dinesh Kumar had on Tuesday...

Large Number Of Civil Contempt Petitions; No Machinery To Monitor Compliance Of Orders : Karnataka High Court Tells State Govt

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to make a statement before the court on December 21, on whether it is willing to appoint a Nodal Officer(s), for the implementation of the orders passed by the court against Government officers, in their official capacity. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty, while hearing a...

Environmental Clearance Necessary Before Making Declaration Of Land Acquisition Under Section 3D Of National Highways Act : Supreme Court

In its judgment upholding notifications for land acquisition for the Chennai-Salem eight lane expressway, the Supreme Court has observed that the declaration under Section 3D of the National Highways Act 1956 regarding acquisition of notified land, can be made only after environmental/forest clearance qua the specific land is granted.After a declaration is made...