Breaking | Bombay High Court Upholds Renaming Of Aurangabad And Osmanabad To Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar And Dharashiv

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the Maharashtra government's notifications officially renaming Aurangabad city and revenue areas to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad city and revenue areas to Dharashiv respectively.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya and Justice Arif S Doctor while pronouncing the judgment dismissing a batch of pleas challenging the...

Supreme Court Questions MTP Act For Allowing Abortion Of Pregnancy Beyond 24 Weeks In Case Of Foetal Abnormality, But Not Minor Rape Or Incest

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court expressed reservations about the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act not allowing termination of pregnancy above the upper limit of 24 weeks in the case of minor victims of rape and incest, while allowing termination of such pregnancies if there are substantial foetal abnormalities.According to the Court, the legislature seems to have made a value...

Delhi Liquor Policy Case : Supreme Court Extends Interim Bail Of Hyderabad Businessman Abhishek Boinpally

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 7) extended the interim bail granted to Hyderabad businessman Abhishek Boinpally in the Delhi Liquor Policy case till the next hearing date.The Court has relisted the matter in the week commencing from July 8, 2024.The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta passed the order in Boinpally's special leave petition against a Delhi High Court judgment...

Supreme Court Allows Abbas Ansari To Virtually Attend Religious Ceremony Of His Late Father Mukhtar Ansari

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 07) allowed MLA Abbas Ansari to virtually attend the religious ceremony to mark the 40th day of the death of his late father Mukhtar Ansari. After observing that the ceremony is set for today, the Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan asked the State of Uttar Pradesh to allow Ansari to participate electronically, either from jail or from a...

'Systemic Fraud, Faith Of People In Public Employment Cannot Be Played With' : Supreme Court Slams WB SSC For Not Maintaining Data Of Answer Sheets

The Supreme Court today (May 7) came down heavily upon the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) for lapses in data preservation of the scanned images of OMR sheets which are the main source of evidence in the ongoing challenge to the cancellation of 25000 appointments made by the State in recruiting class teachers. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud was hearing the issue against...

Supreme Court Issues Directions Against Misleading Ads: Self Declaration Forms By Advertisers; Endorsers Liable

The Supreme Court, in a pivotal order today (May 07), passed a slew of measures to protect consumers from misleading advertisements. The directions included equal responsibility of advertisers and endorsers qua misleading ads and the uploading of a self-declaration form by advertisers before issuing any advertisements. Regarding the first direction, the Court noted that the endorsements...

Why Should You Charge Additional Fee For Sanitary Waste? Supreme Court Asks Kerala Govt.

“Why should you charge additional fee for collecting sanitary waste?, Supreme Court asked Kerala Government to respond in a PIL challenging the levy of a user fee by municipal bodies in the state for the collection of sanitary waste.Petitioner-in-person Indu Varma requested for an interim order in terms of her prayer clause regarding “non-collection of sanitary waste from the...

WB Recruitment Scam: Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection To Appointees Against Cancellation But Permits CBI To Continue Probe

The Supreme Court today modified its earlier interim order protecting the appointments made in pursuance of the alleged West Bengal SSC recruitment scam, stating that those appointees whose appointments are found to be illegal shall be liable to refund their salaries.The top court has also permitted the CBI to continue its probe to determine the officials involved but precluded the agency...

Supreme Court Expresses Displeasure At Continuation Of Patanjali's Ads For Suspended Products

The Supreme Court (on May 07), while hearing the contempt case against Patanjali, pointed out that even though the licenses of some of its products were suspended, its misleading advertisements are still available on the internet, websites, and on various channels. “What are you doing to write to those particular agencies to bring them down,” the bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli...

Facing Supreme Court's Wrath, Centre Undertakes To 'Forthwith' Withdraw Letter Asking States To Not Act Against Ayurvedic Drugs Ads

The Central government today (May 07) informed the Supreme Court that it will "forthwith" withdraw the letter sent by Ministry of Ayush to all State/UT Licensing Authorities asking them not to take any action against ads pertaining to Ayurvedic and Ayush products under Rule 170 of the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945.The development comes in the contempt case pending against Patanjali over...

“What Are You Doing?” Supreme Court Asks IMA President To Explain Alleged Contemptuous Comments Against Court

The Supreme Court today (May 07) issued notice on the application filed by Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna seeking action against alleged offending statements made by the President of Indian Medical Association (IMA) in an interview given to the media. The bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was hearing the contempt case against Patanjali over the publication...

He Is An Elected CM, Not Habitual Offender; Elections Held Once In 5 Yrs: Supreme Court On ED's Objection To Interim Bail For Arvind Kejriwal

While hearing Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in the Delhi Liquor Policy case, the Supreme Court today said that it cannot treat the Delhi Chief Minister as a habitual offender.The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was considering the issue of granting Kejriwal interim bail when it expressed disapproval with...