'Attack Was In Spur Of Moment': Chandigarh Court Grants Bail To Former President Of Punjab & Haryana HC Bar Arrested For Assaulting Lawyer

A Chandigarh Court has granted bail to the former President of Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Vikas Malik, arrested for allegedly assaulting a lawyer in the High Court premises and passing casteist remarks.Additional Sessions Judge Dr. Harpreet Kaur opined, "As per the FIR, the alleged attack upon the complainant took place in the spur of the moment and cannot prima facie be...

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat Approaches Court Of Arbitration For Sport Challenging Disqualification From Paris Olympics

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has approached the Court of Arbitration For Sport (CAS) challenging her disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024, before she was set to compete in the Gold medal match against the USA's Sarah Hildebrandt.According to reports, Phogat was disqualified from competing in the final bout due to being 'overweight' by 100 grams, weighing in at 50.1 kilograms, while...

Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow On Manish Sisodia's Bail Pleas In Liquor Policy Case

The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment tomorrow on the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia in relation to the liquor policy case.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan reserved judgment on August 6. The judgment will be pronounced by Justice Gavai. Sisodia has filed petitions seeking bail in the cases registered by...

Supreme Court Directs NGT To Monitor Silicosis-Prone Industries And Orders NHRC To Oversee Compensation Process For Affected Workers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 6) directed the National Green Tribunal to monitor and ensure compliance with minimal standards in industries prone to silicosis disease and to take necessary steps to prevent the spread of the disease.“we now direct the NGT to oversee the impact of silicosis prone industries and factories across India and ensure that the CPCB and the respective SPCBs...

Will Share FIRs & Documents Related To Sand Mining Cases With ED : TN Govt Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 7) adjourned the ED's plea against Madras HC's order staying ED summons to District Collectors of Vellore, Trichy, Thanjavur and Ariyalur, to August 27, 2024. The summons were issued to the collectors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining-money laundering cases. The matter was adjourned by the Bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and...

'You Can't Round Up People For All This' : Supreme Court Questions MP Govt Over Arrest Of School Principals Over 'Illegal' Fee Hike

The Supreme Court today (on August 08), heard the bail pleas filed by principals of various schools and officer bearers of the Schools' Managing Committee (including a Bishop) in Jabalpur who were arrested for allegedly raising the fees and selling the books with different ISBN numbers.During the hearing, Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra, submitted, on behalf of one of the petitioners, that...

Judicial Officers From Odisha Take Training On 'Artificial Intelligence & Law' From South Asian University

A group of Judicial Officers from the State of Odisha recently took virtual training on the subject of 'Artificial Intelligence & Law' imparted by Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University, New Delhi.Twenty Judicial Officers-cum-Master Trainers, ten from the cadre of District Judge and ten from the cadre of Civil Judge (Senior Division), were nominated and sponsored by the...

Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 Sent To Joint Parliamentary Committee: Proposed Changes Explained

Today in the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament, the Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha. It proposes to bring approximately 40 amendments to the existing Waqf Act, 1995 (as amended in 2013).After an intense debate, the house referred the Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for wider scrutiny, after the Minister agreed...

'Some Retire From District Judiciary With A Monthly Pension Of Only Rs.15K' : Supreme Court Expresses Concerns To Union

The Supreme Court today (August 8) flagged concerns over the issue of meagre retirement pensions given to the District Judges.The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the All India Judges Association Case relating to the implementation of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission. Attorney General for India R Venkataramani requested for...

Blacklisting Of An Entity Amounts To 'Civil Death', Must Be Justifiable And Proportionate: Supreme Court

While setting aside a blacklisting order passed by Kolkata Municipal Corporation against a commercial entity, the Supreme Court recently observed that blacklisting orders are a "drastic remedy" and as such, they ought to be justifiable as well as proportionate."All these reasons fall far short of rendering the conduct of the appellant in the present case, so abhorrent as to justify the...

Ad-Hoc Appointment As Lecturer Cannot Be Considered For Eligibility Of Senior Pay Scale Under CAS: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah has held that services rendered in an ad-hoc appointment as Lecturer before being appointed as Assistant Professor on a regular basis cannot be counted for determining the eligibility for the grant of the senior pay scale under the 'Career Advancement Scheme' (CAS).As per the CAS notified on July 22, 1988 by the...

Cooperation With Investigation Doesn't Mean Accused Should Confess To Crime : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that cooperation with the investigation does not mean that the accused must confess to the investigating officer."We are of the firm opinion that non-cooperation by the accused is one matter and the accused refusing to confess to the crime is another. There would be no obligation upon the accused that on being interrogated, he must confess to the crime and...