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Supreme Court Invites Applications For Law Clerk Cum-Research Associates, Apply By February 15
The Supreme Court (on January 24) invited applications for Law Clerk cum-Research Associates on Short-Term Contractual Assignments. The advertisement says that it is for the preparation of a panel of approximately 90 candidates for engagement as Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates in the Supreme Court of India. The remuneration as per the advertisement is Rs. 80,000/- per month. The age...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Centre's Notification Bringing Medical Devices Within Definition Of 'Drugs'
The Supreme Court on Thursday(January 25) declined to interfere with Delhi High Court's ruling which upheld the Central Government notifications to include medical devices such as nebulizers, blood pressure monitoring devices, digital thermometers, and glucometers as "drugs”. The bench consisting of the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...
Indian Judge At ICJ Supports Order Against Israel, Says Widespread Nature Of Military Operations In Gaza Indicates Plausibility Of Genocide
Justice Dalveer Bhandari, the Indian Judge at the International Court of Justice, has voted in favour of issuing provisional measures against Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinian people living in the Gaza strip. The order was issued in an application filed by South Africa seeking emergent directions to Israel to act as per its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention...
Individual Rights Cannot Be Dented By Any Kind Of Majoritarian Social Philosophy : Ex-CJI Dipak Misra
Although in a democracy, the government is elected by the majority, individual rights cannot be dented by any kind of majoritarian social philosophy, said former Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra.He was delivering a lecture on the theme of 'Actualization of Dr. Ambedkar's Ideas: Inclusiveness, Equality and Affirmative Rights' in the 3rd Dr. BR Ambedkar Memorial Lecture hosted...
Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Umar Ansari, Son Of Mukhtar Ansari, From Arrest In Model Code Of Conduct Case
In a criminal appeal of Umar Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, seeking anticipatory bail, the Supreme Court granted him interim protection from arrest.The matter was placed before Justices Hrishikesh Roy and P K Mishra on January 25. The facts of the case are that an FIR was lodged against Abbas Ansari, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party candidate from Mau Sadar...
Supreme Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Order Passed By Single-Bench Of Calcutta HC Which Ignored Division-Bench's Stay On CBI Probe
The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognizance of an order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court which called illegal, and ignored an order by a division bench, which stayed the single bench's order for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities pertaining to admissions to medical colleges in West Bengal. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court presided over by...
Prevent Genocide Of Palestinians In Gaza, Allow Humanitarian Aid : ICJ Directs Israel In South Africa's Application
The International Court of Justice, in a highly anticipated verdict, ruled that there was a need to issue provisional measures against Israel to prevent the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.The Court issued the following provisional measures :1. By 15 : 2 votes, the Court directed that Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of...
Andhra Pradesh Government Moves Supreme Court Against Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To Chandrababu Naidu In IRR Alignment Corruption Case
The Andhra Pradesh government has preferred a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court, challenging the State's High Court order granting anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister and Telegu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu in alleged Inner Ring Road (IRR) alignment scam.The matter is listed for consideration before the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Act 15 of 2003) – Section 3 – Registration of ECIR – Effect of delay – Information about all complaints, the nature of the complaints, and the amount of money allegedly collected towards illegal gratification had all come into the public domain – Once a piece of information relating to the acquisition of a huge amount of illegal gratification in...
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay: Calcutta High Court Judge With Penchant For Courting Controversies
Recently, Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay stirred controversy when he ignored and declared illegal an order of a division bench presided over by Justice Soumen Sen, who had stayed the single judge's order for a CBI probe into medical admission irregularities in West Bengal.Justice Soumen Sen, a senior judge, presided over a division bench also comprising Justice Uday Kumar, and stayed the single bench's verdict upon noting that no opportunity was given to the State to...