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Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: January 2024
Here's a comprehensive overview of the Supreme Court of India proceedings during the first month of 2024. This monthly digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the month of January and also the updates of the Constitution bench hearing in Aligarh Muslim University's minority status matter, providing...
Parliament Clears Bills To Modify List Of SCs, STs For Jammu & Kashmir
Paving way for addition of new communities to the list of Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs) for Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, the Parliament today (February 9) cleared the Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024.While the SC Order Bill...
Supreme Court Expunges Remarks In AP HC Judgment Against SC Collegium's Transfer Proposals, State Govt
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 9) expunged the controversial observations made in a judgment passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2020 against the Supreme Court collegium's transfer proposals.“The observations made in the impugned order stands obliterated”, the bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal observed while disposing of a Special Leave Petition filed...
ICJ Judge Hilary Charlesworth To Deliver Lecture At Supreme Court Tomorrow
International Court of Justice Judge Hilary Charlesworth will deliver a lecture tomorrow (on February 10) at the Supreme Court as part of the annual lecture series organised to commemorate the Supreme Court's diamond jubilee. The topic of the lecture is “The International Court of Justice: A legal forum in a political environment.” Judge Charlesworth, an Australian, is an...
Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Pregnancies In Women's Prisons Across Country
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 9) took suo motu cognizance of the alarming number of pregnancies occurring among women inmates in prisons across the country. This development comes one day after a significant plea was brought before the Calcutta High Court, drawing attention to a troubling trend of women prisoners becoming pregnant while in custody within correctional homes across...
Parliament Clears Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
In a significant development, the Parliament today (February 9) cleared the Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aims to provide reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the local bodies of the Union Territory (panchayats and municipalities) as well as to bring local bodies' laws in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution.As per stipulations,...
Parliament Clears Public Examinations (Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024
In an attempt to arrest cheating in government recruitment exams, the Parliament on February 9 cleared the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, which aims to prevent use of “unfair means” in public examinations in order to bring "greater transparency, fairness and credibility”.Recognizing that as on date, there is no substantive law dealing with adoption of...
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Airports Authority's Curative Petition Against Judgment Upholding GMR's Rights Over Nagpur Airport
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 9) agreed to hear a curative petition filed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) against the multinational conglomerate GMR Group concerning the operational management of Nagpur's Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.Deeming the case worthy of a comprehensive review before arriving at any conclusive decision, a special bench of four judges, led...
Muzaffarnagar School Slapping | Supreme Court Slams UP Govt For Not Providing Counselling To Students As Per TISS Suggestion
While hearing a plea concerning the Muzaffarnagar student slapping incident, the Supreme Court today expressed displeasure with the State of Uttar Pradesh for not complying with the suggestions given by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in its Report for counselling of students involved in the act (other than the victim).Directing the State to immediately implement TISS'...
Lawyers Should Have Compulsory Training Program Like Judges : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 9), while hearing a bail application, remarked that lawyers should undergo a compulsory training programme. The Court made this remark after noticing certain lapses on the part of the lawyer in handling the bail application before the trial court.The Bench comprising Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal, orally observed that the Bar Council of...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Transfer Trial Against Telangana CM In 2015 Cash-For-Votes Case To Madhya Pradesh
Today (on February 09), the Supreme Court issued a notice (returnable after four weeks) in a petition seeking transfer of the impending trial in the 2015 cash-for-votes against the present Chief Minister of Telangana, A Revanth Reddy. The matter was placed before Justices B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta. Underscoring the need for a free and fair trial, the petition has prayed...
