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'Tanneries Caused Irreversible Damage' : Supreme Court Passes Directions On Pollution In TN's Vellore, Asks Polluters To Compensate
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 30) issued a set of directions to mitigate the pollution caused by the enormous discharge of untreated effluents by tanneries into the Palar River in Vellore District(Tamil Nadu).Notable among them are the directions to pay compensation to the affected families, to recover the compensation from the polluting industries as per the "polluter pays"...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: January 20, 2025 To January 26, 2025
Nominal IndexCitationsBalbir Singh & Anr Etc v. Baldev Singh (D) Through His Lrs & Ors. Etc 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 82Musheer Alam v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 83Bharat Aambale v. State of Chhattisgarh 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 84Bhupinderpal Singh Gill v. State of Punjab and Others., Civil Appeal No.183 of 2025 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 85Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Commissioner...
Why 2-Judge Benches Hear Bail Applications? Supreme Court Questions Calcutta High Court Practice, Seeks Report
The Supreme Court recently questioned the practice of the Calcutta High Court hearing regular and anticipatory bail applications before Division Benches instead of Single Judges, as is the norm in other High Courts.“When there is a huge filing and pendency of the bail applications, we wonder why regular bail applications and anticipatory bail applications are being heard by the Division...
Supreme Court Bans Manual Scavenging & Manual Sewer Cleaning In Six Metropolitan Cities
The Supreme Court today(January 29) passed directions banning manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six metropolitan cities in a writ petition seeking the eradication of manual scavenging in India.In its order, it stated that in the comprehensive affidavit filed by the Union, there is "no clarity" on the eradication of manual scavenging and sewer cleaning. "We hereby intend to stop...
'Before Us For Political Mileage?' : Supreme Court To BJP MLA Challenging Karnataka Govt's Withdrawal Of CBI Consent To Probe DK Shivakumar
Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court questioned today the political motives of BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal behind assailing withdrawal of consent accorded by Karnataka government for CBI to prosecute Congress leader and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case."Why you are, for political mileage, before the Supreme Court? Go there in political field and contest...
Delhi Riots: Court Grants Custody Parole To AIMIM Candidate Shifa Ur Rehman To Contest Assembly Elections
A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted custody parole to Shifa-ur-Rehman, accused in the UAPA case connected to the 2020 North East Delhi riots, for contesting the upcoming Delhi Legislative Assembly polls. Rehman is a candidate of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party and is contesting from Okhla constituency. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts directed...
Supreme Court Reserves Orders On RJD MLC's Plea Challenging Expulsion From Bihar Legislative Council Over Comment On Nitish Kumar
The Supreme Court today reserved orders on RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh's plea challenging his expulsion from Bihar Legislative Council for allegedly using defamatory words against State's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.The matter was before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, which indicated that balancing of some legal provisions involved in the case was required and it will do...
RG Kar Case | Don't Treat Period Of Protest As 'Leave' For Doctors Who Joined Duty After August 22, 2024 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (January 29) clarified its earlier order relating to doctors' protest against the RG Kar Rape-Murder incident and said that doctors who have returned to duty after August 22, 2024, should not be treated as absent and should be considered on duty. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the suo motu case of the brutal rape and murder of a...
'No Rationale' : Supreme Court Questions Provision Denying Maternity Leave If Adopted Child Is Above 3 Months; Reserves Judgment
The Supreme Court today(January 29) reserved judgment in a writ petition challenging Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961(as amended in 2017) as per which a woman who adopts a child is entitled to maternity benefit only if the adopted child is aged less than three months.A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan was hearing the challenge to the specific provision relating...
Bengal Govt Granted Sanction To Prosecute Ex-RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh: CBI Tells Calcutta High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Calcutta High Court that it has received sanction from the West Bengal government to probe the financial irregularities case against the former principal of RG Kar College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh.These submissions were made before a bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh.Notably, Ghosh had been granted bail in the larger conspiracy around...
How Many Criminal Cases Registered Across Country For Pronouncing 'Triple Talaq' ? Supreme Court Asks Union
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 29) directed the Union Government to give data about the criminal cases registered under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 against Muslim men for the pronouncement of triple talaq. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar passed the direction while hearing a batch of petitions filed...