Justice Abhay S. Oka To Deliver The Vimukta Diwas Lecture On 'Indian Constitution & Denotified Tribes' [22nd September]

LiveLaw With Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project is hosting the Vimukta Diwas Lecture on 'Indian Constitution & Denotified Tribes'Vimukta Diwas is celebrated to create awareness about the Denotified Tribes. These were termed as criminals as per the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871, under the British Rule. The colonial law provided extensive powers of surveillance of...

Supreme Court Dismisses Ex-Google Employee's Petition Alleging Religious Discrimination At Workplace

The Supreme Court on Friday (September 20) dismissed a writ petition file by a terminated Google employee who wrote complaints to the Prime Minister about alleged religious discrimination he faced at the workplace.The petitioner in person, Zahid Showka,t filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution stating that he was aggrieved by his termination and subsequent non-action on...

Strange Approach By HC : Supreme Court Sets Aside Order Dismissing FIR Quashing Petition As 'Infructuous' Due To Petitioner's Arrest

The Supreme Court today (September 20) criticized a decision of the Allahabad High Court, which declared a petition seeking the quashing of an FIR as “infructuous” solely because the petitioner had been arrested.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal set aside the High Court's order that dismissed the petition without considering its merits.In its order, the Supreme...

Private Citizens Free To Change Party Loyalties; 10th Schedule Can't Be Challenged For Exempting Non-Elected Persons: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (September 20) dismissed a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution. The Court also noted that the validity cannot be challenged on the ground that anti-defection laws do not apply to private individuals changing their political loyalties. The 10th Schedule was introduced by 52nd Constitutional Amendment in 1985...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas For 33% Women Reservation In Delhi Bar Bodies, Voices Concerns About Expensive Campaign

The Supreme Court today issued notice on two petitions seeking 33% reservation for women lawyers in Delhi's lawyer bodies viz. Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) and all District Bar Associations.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order and listed the matter on September 25, refusing to stay the Bar elections in the meanwhile.One of...

State Must Ensure Timely Payment Of Land Acquisition Compensation Even If Private Company Is Ultimately Liable, Delay Violates Art 300A: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (September 20) criticised the State of Himachal Pradesh for failing to ensure the timely payment of additional compensation of Rs. 3,05,31,095 awarded to landowners for land acquired in 2008 for a cement project run by JAL(M/s Jaiprakash Associates Limited).A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra said that the state government should have...

Supreme Court Hears AG's Arguments In Religious Conversion Case Against SHUATS University VC & Officials

The Supreme Court today heard an SLP filed against an order of the Allahabad High Court refusing to quash an FIR lodged against the Vice-Chancellor (Dr.) Rajendra Bihari Lal Director Vinod Bihari Lal and five other officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS) over alleged illegal religious conversions.The Court had granted interim protection...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Parents' Plea For Independent Probe Into Death Of Children Belonging To Scheduled Castes At IIT Delhi

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea filed by parents of two students belonging to the Scheduled Caste category, who died at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi this year. The parents have sought registration of FIR and independent investigation into the deaths by a centralized agency.The order was passed by a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.Briefly stated,...

'Dogs Won't Wait For Your Deliberations To Bite' : Supreme Court Raps Union & Kerala For Not Responding To Plea On Anti-Rabies Vaccines

The Supreme Court today directed the Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Chief Secretary for the State of Kerala to file counter affidavits in a petition seeking to constitute an independent expert committee to study the efficacy of the Intra Dermal Rabies Vaccines (IDRV) currently being administered to Humans and Rabies Veterinary Vaccine, administered to dogs in...

Supreme Court Dismisses SpiceJet's Plea Against HC Order To Handover Aircraft Engines To Lessors

The Supreme Court today (September 20) refused interfere in the order of the Delhi High court which directed the cash-strapped airlines SpiceJet to return three aircraft engines for defaulting on payments to engine lessors.The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing an SLP by SpiceJet against the September 11 Order of the High Court's...

Supreme Court Allows TN Police To Summon BJP Leader Kesava Vinayagam Without Seeking Madras HC's Permission

The Supreme Court on Friday (September 20) set aside the Madras High Court's direction that the police must obtain the High Court's prior permission to serve summons to Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) Organising Secretary Kesava Vinayagam in connection with a case over the seizure of Rs.3.99 crore for alleged bribing of voters during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.A bench...

Legal Professionals Not Immune From Prosecution For Criminal Misdeeds : Supreme Court

Delivering judgment in the 'fake' SLP case, the Supreme Court today observed that no professional, much less a legal professional, is immune from prosecution for their criminal misdeed(s)."There is a great sanctity attached to the proceedings conducted in the court. Every Advocate putting his signatures on the Vakalatnamas and on the documents to be filed in the Courts, and every...