Special NIA Court Cancels Bailable Warrant Issued Against BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur In 2008 Malegaon Blast Case

The Special NIA Court on Friday cancelled the bailable warrant it issued against BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, a prime accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast case, after she appeared before the court.Special Judge AK Lahoti had issued the warrant owing to Thakur's repeated non-appearance in the matter. The court however stayed the warrant after being informed she was admitted to the hospital in...

Supreme Court Directs States/UTs To Issue Ration Cards To 8 Crore Unorganised Sector Workers Registered Under E-Shram Portal

The Supreme Court (on March 19) has directed the State Governments and Union Territories to grant ration cards to 8 crore workers in the Unorganised sector who, despite being registered under the center's e-Shram portal, do not have these ration cards. This, in turn, will allow these workers to get the benefit of schemes by the Union of India and state governments, as well as the benefit of...

Plea Against MP Lokayukt Appointment : Supreme Court Mulls Framing Guidelines For Effective Consultation Among Selection Panel Members

The Supreme Court on Friday (March 22) issued notice to the State of Madhya Pradesh on a writ petition filed by Madhya Pradesh's opposition leader Umang Singhar challenging the appointment of the State's Lokayukta.While doing so, the Court observed that it was crucial to have in place certain guidelines for the consultation process in the appointment of the Lokayukta. As per the Madhya...

Supreme Court Transfers Petitions Pending Before Various HCs Against IT Rules 2021 To Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court today transferred to the Delhi High Court matters pending before different High Courts across the country against the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). The order was passed to enable an analogous hearing on the issues, considering that a large number of petitions were already pending before Delhi...

BREAKING | PIL To Remove Arvind Kejriwal From Post Of Delhi Chief Minister Filed In High Court

A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Chief Minister of Delhi. Kejriwal has been arrested by Enforcement Directorate in the liquor policy case. Hearing of ED's application seeking his remand is currently underway at city's Rouse Avenue Court.The plea has been moved by one Surjit Singh Yadav, a Delhi resident claiming to be a...

Supreme Court Declines To Entertain Early Hearing Request In Plea Regarding Gender Imbalance In Judge Advocate General's Recruitment

Without passing any order, the Supreme Court on Thursday (March 21) refused to entertain an early hearing request in the plea regarding gender imbalance in Judge Advocate General's (JAG) recruitment.The matter was before a Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra on a listed mentioning as the next recruitment drive is to take place in April.During the hearing, counsels for...

ED Must Furnish Grounds Of Arrest To Accused In Writing : Supreme Court Dismisses Union's Review Against 'Pankaj Bansal' Judgment

The Supreme Court dismissed the Union's petition seeking review of Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India, in which it held that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) must furnish the accused with the reasons for arrest in writing. The Bench of Justices AS Bopanna and PV Sanjay Kumar dismissed the review petition, stating that the decision does not contain any error that warrants...

Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Kerala's Plea For Interim Relief In Original Suit Challenging Centre's Borrowing Curbs

The Supreme Court on Friday (March 22) reserved its verdict on the State of Kerala's plea for interim relief in its original suit challenging the Union of India's borrowing curbs.The plea was heard by a bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan, which has been trying to find a solution to the state's urgent financial needs before the end of the current financial year on March 31,...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Congress Party's Pleas Against Tax Re-Assessment Proceedings

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the pleas moved by the Indian National Congress against the initiation of income tax re-assessment proceedings against it for three years (2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17) by the tax authorities.A division bench comprising Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said that Congress had chosen to approach the court only a few days...

After Supreme Court Rap, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Agrees To Swear In K Ponmudi As Minister

The Tamil Nadu Governor Mr RN Ravi today informed the Supreme Court that he has duly invited MLA K Ponmudi to swear in as the state cabinet minister at 3:30 PM today. The Attorney General (AG) Mr R Venkantaramani submitted to the bench led by CJI Chandrachud that the Governor conveyed that he " had least intent to disregard the Court". The AG submitted that as per the Governor, he only took...

BREAKING | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Withdraws Petition In Supreme Court Against ED Arrest, Says Will Fight Remand

In a turn of events, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has withdrawn from the Supreme Court his petition challenging arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case.Although a Special Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi was set to take up the plea later in the day, Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal,...

Breaking | Karnataka High Court Paves Way For State To Conduct Board Exams For Classes 5, 8, 9 And 11

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a single bench order which stopped the State government from conducting board exams for students of 5, 8 and 9 and 11 standard of the schools affiliated to the State Board.A division bench of Justice K Somashekhar and Justice Rajesh Rai K thus allowed the State's appeal and directed the government to hold remaining Assessment for classes 5,8,9...