Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Requirement Of 3 Years Law Practice Or 70% Marks In LL.B For MP Civil Judge Post

The Supreme Court (today, April 26) declined to interfere with the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order upholding the rule that stipulated eligibility of at least three years of practice or 70 percent marks in law graduation for entry-level judicial service candidates in the State. After hearing the submissions, the Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra opined that there...

AFT Summons Defence Secretary Over Non-Compliance Of Orders By Ministry, Says It Is Handicapped In Absence Of Power To Initiate Contempt

Observing that the case indicates "pathetic lacklustre manner" in which Union government is dealing with implementation of its orders, the Armed Forces Tribunal's (AFT) principal bench has directed the Secretary of Ministry of Defence (MoD) to appear before it "personally".The bench noted that there were more than 1,800 cases pending before the tribunal wherein its orders were not...

Muzaffarnagar Student Slapping Case| Chargesheet Is ready, Sanction Awaited : State Of UP Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (on April 26), while hearing Muzaffarnagar student slapping case, was informed by the State of Uttar Pradesh that the chargesheet against the offender is ready and only sanction from the concerned authority is awaited. The State submitted that a chargesheet shall be filed as soon as the sanction is received. The present case revolves around an incident where a teacher at...

Supreme Court Seeks ASI Response To Vision Document To Protect Taj Mahal From Pollution

The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Archaeological Survey of India regarding the Vision Document prepared for the protection of the Taj Mahal. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan considered an application filed by Shri Raman, who raised concerns about environmental pollution in the Taj Trapezium Zone. Senior Advocate Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, representing...

Supreme Court Seeks ECI Response On Plea To Cancel Election If NOTA Gets Majority Votes

The Supreme Court on Friday (April 26) issued notice on a petition seeking a direction that an election must be declared as "null and void" if maximum votes from the constituency are polled for "None of The Above" (NOTA) and a fresh election should be held for the constituency. The petitioner also sought a direction that the same candidates, who lost to NOTA, should be barred from contesting...

VVPAT Case : Supreme Court Allows Runner-Up Candidates To Seek Verification Of Burnt Memory Of 5% EVMs Per Assembly Segment

While rejecting the pleas seeking 100% cross verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records, the Supreme Court on Friday (April 26) allowed verification of the burnt memory semi-controller of 5% of EVMs per assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency in case a written request for the same is made by either of two runner...

Arvind Kejriwal's Petition Listed On May 6 Despite Direction For Earlier Posting : Singhvi Tells Supreme Court

Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday (April 26) told the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal's petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is shown to be listed on May 6 though the Court had directed it to be listed in the week commencing from April 29.Singhvi mentioned the petition before the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta, and...

Supreme Court Rejects Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification, Issues Directions To Seal Symbol Loading Unit

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday (April 26) rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.The verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. Though the cases were reserved for orders on April 18, they were listed again on April 24 as...

Should Legislature Specifically Delete Provisions Which Are Struck Down By Courts? Supreme Court Discusses

A Supreme Court 9-Judge Constitution bench on Thursday (April 25), while hearing the issue of interpretation of Article 39(b), pondered whether the legislature needed to pass necessary amendments to delete a provision from the statute book after it has been struck down by the Court as unconstitutional.The matter is being heard by a bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud,...

Supreme Court Judgment On EVM-VVPAT Verification : Live Updates

The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment today at 10.30 AM on a batch of petitions seeking 100% verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slipsA bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had reserved judgment on the petitions on April 18 after two days of hearing. The Court listed the...

Private Property Is Community Resource? Article 39(b) Can't Be Seen Through Economic Prism Or Political Ideology, AG Tells Supreme Court [Day 3]

The Supreme Court's 9-judge Constitution Bench today (April 25) resumed hearing the issue of whether the phrase 'Material Resource of The Community' in Article 39(b) of the Constitution covers in its ambit resources which are owned privately. Attorney General (AG) Mr R Venkataramani opened its arguments on interpretation of Article 39(b). The AG spotlighted that Article 39(b) has to be seen...

Following Supreme Court's Direction, Allahabad HC Enables E-Filing Facilities For Litigants 'In Person' At UP District Courts

In a communication addressed to all the District Judges in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday enabled e-filing for litigants 'in-person' through the e-Sewa Kendras of the District Courts of Uttar Pradesh to maximize the utilization of the eSewa Kendras. Importantly, this move comes 8 days after the Supreme Court's April 15...