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Supreme Court Orders Interim Release Of YouTuber Savukku Shankar Till High Court Decides Plea Against Preventive Detention
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 18) granted interim relief to YouTuber Savukku Shankar against his preventive detention by the Tamil Nadu police. Savukku has been in preventive detention under for over two months. The court also asked the Madras High Court to expedite the decision in Savukku Shankar's mother's habeas corpus petition.The court was dealing with an SLP against Madras...
Delay In Issuing Equity Share Certificates: RoC Imposes Rs. 75,000 Penalty On T. Forrest & Sons
The Registrar of Companies (RoC), Kanpur has imposed a penalty of Rs. 75,000 on T. Forrest & Sons India Private Limited for delay in issuing of equity share certificates to its shareholders. Section 56(4)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 provides that every company shall deliver the certificates of all securities allotted, transferred, or transmitted within a period of two months...
RBI Imposes Rs 7.25 Lakh Penalties On Five Cooperative Banks For Regulatory Violations
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has levied monetary penalties on five cooperative banks for various regulatory violations. The penalties totalling Rs 7.25 lakh were imposed following statutory inspections and findings of non-compliance with RBI directives. The Mahabaleshwar Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd., Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd., Krishna Sahakari Bank Ltd., Abasaheb Patil...
'Permanent Alimony Is Awarded To Ensure Decent Living Standard For Wife' : Supreme Court Reiterates Factors To Be Considered
The Supreme Court (on July 15), while ordering the dissolution of marriage, observed that the award of maintenance or permanent alimony should not be penal. It should be for the purpose of ensuring a decent living standard for a wife. The Court, in the present case, ordered the husband to pay Rs. 2 Crores to his wife as permanent alimony. The Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and...
Plea To Cancel NEET-UG 24 : Supreme Court Poses Queries To Centre & NTA- Live Updates (July 18)
The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking to cancel the NEET-UG 2024 test held on May 5 over alleged paper leak and malpractices..A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the matter post 10.30 AM. The NEET matters are listed as items 5 to 9.The Central Government and the National Testing Agency have opposed the demand...
Different Posts Coincidentally Having Same Pay Scale Does Not Create Indefeasible Right To Pay Parity: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that pay parity cannot be claimed as an indefeasible right unless the competent authority consciously decides to equate two posts despite their different nomenclature or qualifications.“pay parity cannot be claimed as an indefeasible enforceable right save and except where the Competent Authority has taken a conscious decision to equate two...
Karnataka Withholds Bill To Give Reservation For Locals In Private Jobs
The Karnataka Government on late Wednesday indicated that it was temporarily putting on hold the Bill to provide 50% reservation in management and 70% in non-management posts for Kannadigas in private industries and other organisations of the state.After criticism against the bill from various quarters, Chief Minister Siddarmaiah clarified that the bill - which was earlier said to have...
Supreme Court Forms Committee Led By Justice Ravindra Bhat To Address Investor Claims On Sai Group Of Companies
To deal with investor claims pertaining to the Sai Group of Companies, which are accused of illegal mobilization of funds, the Supreme Court recently invoked its power under Article 142 of the Constitution to appoint a High Powered Sale Committee (HSPC), to be headed by its former judge Justice S Ravindra Bhatt. It also granted interim bail to two founder-Directors of the companies, taking...
West Bengal Govt Constitutes Committee To Review New Criminal Laws, Suggest State-Specific Amendments
The West Bengal government has passed a resolution constituting a seven-member committee to review the newly implemented criminal laws in order to inter alia determine whether the names of the statutes need to be changed at a state level and to suggest state-specific amendments. The members of the committee are as follows:Justice (Retd) Ashim Kumar Roy, (Retired Justice, Calcutta High Court...
Doctrine Of Merger Won't Apply If SLP Was Dismissed Without Granting Leave Whether By Reasoned Order Or Not : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 15) explained that when a petition for special leave to appeal is allowed by the court, the impugned judgment gets merged with the decision of the Supreme Court in the appeal arising from the SLP.“once leave has been granted in a Special Leave Petition, regardless of whether such appeal is subsequently dismissed with or without reasons, the doctrine of...
Supreme Court To Hear Overseas Citizen's Plea For NOC From CARA For Inter-Country Adoption
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 16) issued notice in a petition seeking the inter-country adoption of two children by a 49-year-old single Indian woman who resides in the United Kingdom. The petitioner, an Overseas Citizen of India, wanted to take her adopted children to the UK along with her. She is aggrieved by the procedural challenges coming in her way for seeking a No...