Supreme Court Agrees To Hear PIL Seeking Appointment Of Persons With Disabilities In District Judiciary

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation raising the issue of exclusion of Persons With Disabilities from appointment to the District Judiciary in many States.The petitioner contends that the judicial service rules of many States do not provide for the PwD (Persons with Disability) Quota, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.The...

Supreme Court Rejects Advocates' Challenge To Gujarat HC's Order Directing Investigation Against Them For Allegedly Forging Vakalatnama

The Supreme Court (on April 15) refused to interfere in a petition filed by two practising advocates from Gujarat challenging an inquiry ordered by the Gujarat High Court against them for alleged misconduct of forging their client's vakalatnama. The matter was considered by a bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta. Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Yatin Oza appeared for...

Muzaffarnagar School Slapping Case | What Steps Taken To Prosecute Offender? Supreme Court Asks UP Govt

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) asked the State of Uttar Pradesh about the steps taken to prosecute the offender in the Muzaffarnagar school slapping case. The case related to the alleged incident where a teacher at a school in Muzaffarnagar asked her students to slap a student and allegedly uttered communal slurs against him.The Court asked Additional Advocate General Garima Prashad...

CAT Refuses To Stay Termination Of Arvind Kejriwal's Personal Secretary Bibhav Kumar

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Monday refused to stay the termination of Bibhav Kumar, personal secretary of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.Kumar was suspended by Delhi Government's Vigilance department earlier this month citing a 19 year old case of obstructing and threatening a public servant.A bench comprising Justice Ranjit More (Chairman) and Member Anand Mathur issued...

Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Voting Arrangements For Displaced Manipuris, Says Too Late To Issue Directions To Election Commission

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) declined to entertain a petition seeking voting arrangements for approximately18,000 who got displaced from Manipur due to the ethnic clash to cast their votes in their home constituency in the Lok Sabha General Elections scheduled to take place on April 19 and 26. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...

Manish Sisodia Main Architect Of Delhi Liquor Policy Which Was Meant To Be 'Evergreen Vehicle' For Illegal Gains: ED Opposes Bail

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told a Delhi Court that the Delhi Government's now scrapped excise policy for 2021-22 was meant to be an "evergreen vehicle" for generating illegal gains. Special counsel Zoheb Hossain representing the central probe agency made the submission before Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts. He was opposing the bail plea of former Deputy...

Supreme Court Appreciates Railways For Steps Taken To Implement Anti-Collision 'Kavach' System In Trains

Appreciating the steps taken by Indian Railways for the implementation of 'Kavach (anti-collision) System' in trains, the Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).The PIL was filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari following the Balasore train accident of last year seeking improvement of the anti-collision measures in railways.The Bench Comprising Justices...

Chief Justice Of India Dr DY Chandrachud Releases Anurag Bhaskar's Book On Dr BR Ambedkar

On 14 April (birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar), CJI DY Chandrachud released the book titled “The Foresighted Ambedkar: Ideas That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse”, authored by Anurag Bhaskar, and published by Penguin. The book is now available in bookstores and on Amazon.Anurag Bhaskar is a legal scholar who pursued LLM from Harvard Law School and BA LLB (Hons) from Dr Ram...

Supreme Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail To AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan In PMLA Case, Expresses Reservations With Delhi HC's Observations On Merits

The Supreme Court today (on April 15) refused to entertain the petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan against the dismissal of his anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court, in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of the Delhi Wakf Board.However, at the same time, the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta expressed...

Delhi Court Issues Notice To CBI On BRS Leader K Kavitha's Bail Plea In Liquor Policy Case

A Delhi Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the bail plea filed by BRS leader K Kavitha in connection with the money laundering case linked to the now scrapped liquor policy. Kavitha, currently in judicial custody until April 23, has sought interim bail to participate in the Lok Sabha polls. According to the application, Kavitha was arrested to...

'Need To Safeguard Judiciary From Unwarranted Pressures' : 21 Retired Judges Write To CJI DY Chandrachud

A group of retired Supreme Court and High Court judges has jointly penned a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) expressing their concern regarding the escalating attempts by certain factions to undermine the judiciary through 'calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement'. They emphasized the importance of protecting judicial independence and autonomy from...

Breaking: Delhi Court Extends CM Arvind Kejriwal's Judicial Custody In Liquor Policy Case Till April 23

A Delhi Court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 23 in the money laundering case connected to the now scrapped liquor policy. He was arrested on the night of March 21.Kejriwal was produced virtually before Special judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts on the expiry of his judicial custody. The Court said it is extending custody till...