Compassionate Appointment Is Not An Absolute Right, It Aims To Remedy Only The Sudden Crisis Faced By a Deceased Employee's Family: CAT, Allahabad

The Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad single bench of Justice Om Prakash (Judicial Member) held that compassionate appointment is not an absolute right and is given to family members of the deceased employee to overcome 'sudden' crisis.Brief Facts: The father of the Applicant was serving in the Defense Department. He passed away in a road accident. The mother of...

Arvind Kejriwal Can't Be Granted Interim Bail For Campaigning, ED Tells Supreme Court

A day before the Supreme Court hearing in the Arvind Kejriwal case, the Enforcement Directorate filed a fresh affidavit opposing the grant of interim bail to the Delhi Chief Minister in the Delhi liquor policy case.Opposing the Court's suggestion to grant Kejriwal interim bail in view of the Lok Sabha elections, the ED said that the "right to campaign for an election is neither a...

Justices MB Lokur, AP Shah & N Ram Invite PM Narendra Modi & Rahul Gandhi To Public Debate On Lok Sabha Elections

Former Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur, former High Court Chief Justice AP Shah and veteran journalist N Ram have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to a public debate on the LokSabha Election 2024.In the invitation, they said that the members of public have heard only allegations and challenges from either side and have not heard any "meaningful...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Felling Of Trees In Delhi 'Ridge' Forest; Issues Contempt Notices To Officials

The Supreme Court today issued notices for initiating contempt proceedings against government officials for the rampant felling of trees in Delhi's Ridge Forest area in violation of its previous orders in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors. The Court has also ordered the maintenance of the status quo in the region. The bench of Justice AS Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan directed to maintain the...

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal Files Nomination To Contest For SCBA President Post

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Thursday (May 9) filed nomination to contest for the post of the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association for the 2024-25 term.The SCBA elections are scheduled to take place on May 16. Sibal was previously elected as the SCBA President three times, the last instance twenty-three years ago in 2001. Before that, he was President during the 1995-96 and...

First Remand Carried Out Usually Without Legal Representation, Magistrates Rarelly Interact With Accused : P39A Report On Delhi Courts

Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi released its report 'Magistrates and Constitutional Protections: An ethnographic study of first production and remand in Delhi courts', co-authored by Jinee Lokaneeta (Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Drew University and Visiting Professor, National Law University, Delhi) and Zeba Sikora (Senior Associate, Project 39A), on...

The Terms And Conditions Can't Be Challenged After Appearing In Exams And When The Results Are Declared: CAT Allahabad

The Central Administrative Tribunal Allahabad bench of Justice Rajiv Joshi (Judicial Member) and Dr. Sanjiv Kumar (Administrative Member) held that once the terms and conditions of the advertisement/notification have been accepted by the candidate, it cannot be challenged after appearing in the examination and when the results have been declared. Further, it held that the...

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Bombay Riots : Supreme Court Seeks Maharashtra Govt's Compliance With Justice Srikrishna Commission's Recommendations On Police Reforms

The Supreme Court, in its order dated May 06, observed that there is hardly any compliance by the State of Maharashtra with the recommendations regarding police reforms made by Justice Srikrishna Commission in the report relating to the 1993-93 Bombay Riots. The Commission was constituted by the State in the year 1993 to look into the causes of the fearsome riots that engulfed Mumbai in...

'Day Not Far When Lawyers Won't Need To Carry Files': Jharkhand High Court Launches Android App, QR Directory For Enhanced Judicial Accessibility

In a bid to embrace technological advancements and foster efficiency within the judicial system, the Jharkhand High Court organized a momentous program on May 8, marking the launch of an Android Mobile Application and the release of a QR Directory of e-Services.The event, graced by the presence of esteemed dignitaries including all Judges of the High Court of Jharkhand, the Advocate...

Safeguards Against Arrest Necessary, No Provision For Pre-Payment Before Adjudication: Supreme Court On Challenge To GST Penal Provisions

While hearing the batch of petitions challenging penal provisions of CGST Act, etc. as non-compatible with CrPC and the Constitution, the Supreme Court yesterday expressed that safeguards against arrest are necessary. It also noted that there is no provision under the CGST Act for pre-payment prior to adjudication.The Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi...

Can Accused Who Is Already Arrested In One Case Seek Anticipatory Bail In Another Case? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 8) reserved judgment on the issue whether anticipatory bail could be granted in one case to a person who is already under custody in another case. The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard the matter. The question of law arose in a case where the FIR of the first offence against the accused was quashed but then the...