Karnataka High Court Allows A4 Size Paper, Printed On Both Sides For Filing

The Karnataka High Court will now allow use of A4 size paper, printed on both sides for the purposes of presentation of all pleadings and supporting documents in the High Court. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty while disposing off a petition filed by three law students--Akriti Agarwal, Bhavana M and Lakshya Purohit noted that "The Full Court...

Supreme Court Stays Release Order Issued By Navy To Woman Officer Without Considering Claim For Permanent Commission

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the order of release issued by the Indian Navy to a woman officer without considering her claim for permanent commission.The lady officer, Lt Cdr Harmeet Kaur, approached the Supreme Court saying that her case was covered by the 'Lt Cdr Annie Nagaraja' judgment of March 2020 whereby the Navy was directed to grant permanent commission to women...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Kerala Govt On Plea To Fix Retirement Age As 60 For All Govt Servants

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the State of Kerala on a plea seeking to fix the retirement age of government servants in Kerala as 60 years.A bench led by Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notice on the special leave petition Saju Nambadan and another v State of Kerala and others which challenged the amendments brought to the Kerala Service Rules to raise the retirement age as...

1993 Bombay Blasts- Supreme Court To Hear 'Juvenile' Convict's Article 32 Challenge To Life Sentence Next Week

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a writ petition next week against its March 21, 2013 decision upholding the conviction of Muhammad Moin Faridulla Qureshi in the 1993 Mumbai blasts and the sentence of life imprisonment.Qureshi, who claimes that he was 17 years and 3 months old when he loaded vehicles with explosives and fitted them with timers to devastating effect on March 12,...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Centre's Challenge To Kerala HC Judgement Which Quashed Preventive Detention Under COFEPOSA Act

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a special leave petition filed by the Union of India challenging a Kerala High Court judgment which quashed the preventive detention orders passed against two person under Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA) was quashed. A Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indu...

Waiver Of Loan Interest: Sufficient Relief Granted; Further Intervention Not Needed, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Centre urged a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and Subhash Reddy to not intervene and provide further relief to borrowers under Article 32 as the Government was already "on top of it".Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told top Court today that many relief packages and schemes had been worked out with technical experts and the intervention of the Court in fiscal policy issues...

Everybody Can't Be Permitted To Treat COVID: Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On use Of Alternative Medicines To Treat Covid

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a counter affidavit detailing in what manner and to what extent Alternative Medicine by way of Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Siddha are permitted to treat COVID.The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan was hearing a SLP against the August 21 decision of the Kerala High Court holding that AYUSH Doctors shall not prescribe tablets or mixtures...

'Appeal Disposed In Cryptic Manner': Delhi HC Directs CIC To Pass Reasoned Order

The Delhi High Court recently rapped the Central Information Commission for disposing of a second appeal under the Right to Information Act in a "cryptic manner", without assigning any reasons whatsoever in its order. "The Impugned Order has not discussed the above issue and has, in a cryptic manner, disposed of the Appeal in form of a direction," Justice Navin Chawla...

Supreme Court Restores and Keeps For Admission ML Sharma's Plea Challenging The Three Farm Laws

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for admission the petition filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma which challenges the three farm laws that have been enacted by the Parliament recently and have attracted intense opposition from several farmers' groups across the country. In today's hearing, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde informed Sharma that there was no cause...

Sudarshan News Case: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing For Two Weeks To Enable Parties To Respond To Centre's Affidavit

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the case against the controversial show of Sudarshan News TV to enable the parties to respond to the affidavit filed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting yesterday.In today's hearing, a Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra was informed by the Union of India that it has passed an order cautioning...

[Loan Moratorium And Waiver of Interest] Live Updates From Supreme Court

Justice Ashok Bhushan led bench is hearing plea(s) seeking extension of the Covid19 induced loan moratorium & waiver of accruing...

'Disturbed' Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad HC Order 'Casually Releasing' A Rape Accused On Bail

The Supreme Court set aside a bail granted by Allahabad High Court to a rape accused.'We are disturbed to notice the manner in which the High Court has casually released the accused on bail despite having noted that he was involved in other serious offences and had committed offence even while on bail', the bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy said while...