When PM CARES Fund Is Given CSR Benefit, Can CM Relief Fund Be Excluded? Supreme Court To Hear Rajasthan's Suit

In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court highlighted the issues for consideration in an original suit filed under Article 131 of the Constitution by the State of Rajasthan alleging discrimination in the treatment of the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for COVID-19 (CM Relief Fund) as compared to the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund (PM...

Advocates Cannot Claim Right Of Legal Representation Under Industrial Disputes Act: Supreme Court Answers Reference

The Supreme Court has affirmed that an Advocate cannot claim the right of legal representation under the the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Agreeing with the view expressed in Paradip Port Trust, Paradip vs. Their Workmen (1977) 2 SCC 339, a three-judge bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, CT Ravikumar, and Sudhanshu Dhulia answered a reference against the judgment.The issue that...

NewsClick Arrests: Delhi Court Remands Prabir Purkayastha, HR Head To Judicial Custody In UAPA Case

A Delhi Court on Tuesday sent NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty to 10 days judicial custody in the UAPA case registered against them following allegations of the portal receiving money for pro-China propaganda.Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala House Courts passed the order after Purkayastha and Chakraborty were produced in court...

Chanda Kochhar Case : If HC's Interim Bail Was Only For 2 Weeks, Why Approach SC? Supreme Court Asks CBI

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a January order by the Bombay High Court granting two weeks' bail to former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar in the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan fraud case has become infructuous now. After Additional Solicitor-General SV Raju pointed out that bail had been continuing since...

'Foetus Has Chance Of Being Born' : A Day After Allowing Abortion Of 26-Week Pregnancy, Supreme Court Asks AIIMS To Defer Procedure

In a turn of events, the Supreme Court today asked All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to defer the medical termination of pregnancy for a 26-week pregnant married woman, who was permitted to proceed with the medical termination of her pregnancy just yesterday. Upon apprehension raised by the doctors at AIIMS that the foetus would have a viable chance of being born, the Union of...

AAP Leader Raghav Chadha Moves Supreme Court Challenging Suspension From Rajya Sabha

Aam Aaadmi Party(AAP) MP Raghav Chadha has approached the Supreme Court challenging his suspension from the Rajya Sabha. Chaddha, a Rajya Sabha member from Punjab, was suspended from the upper house on August 11 for allegedly obstructing the house proceedings. The suspension is to continue the duration of the pendency of Privileges Committee proceedings against him.In a writ petition...

Artist Chintan Upadhyay, 3 Others Sentenced To Life Imprisonment In Ex-Wife And Lawyer’s Double Murder Case

Mumbai Sessions Court has sentenced acclaimed artist Chintan Upadhyay to life imprisonment for conspiring and abetting the murder of his ex-wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani.Sessions Judge SY Bhosale held three other co-accused guilty for murder and sentenced them to life imprisonment as well. On December 12, 2015, a scrap dealer alerted the Kandivali police about two suspicious...

Delhi Court Extends AAP MP Sanjay Singh's ED Custody In Money Laundering Case Till Friday

A Delhi Court has extended Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh's ED custody till Friday, October 13, in the money laundering case connected to the Delhi liquor policy.The AAP leader was arrested on October 4 by the Enforcement Directorate. This was after searches were conducted at his residence in the national capital. Singh is the third AAP leader to be arrested in the matter.Singh was...

Supreme Court Issues Notice on Surendra Gadling's Bail Plea in 2016 Gadchiroli Arson Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on the bail plea of Dalit rights activist and advocate Surendra Gadling in the 2016 Gadchiroli Arson Case. The Nagpur-based lawyer is also among the 16 accused in the Bhima Koregaon case and is currently lodged in Navi Mumbai's Taloja prison. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela Trivedi was hearing Gadling's special leave petition challenging...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Alleged Illegal Detention Of Rohingya Refugees

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 10) issued notice in a Writ Petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to be issued to the Union of India for releasing Rohingya refugees who have allegedly been illegally and arbitrarily detained in jails and detention centres across the country.In the present petition, it has been asserted that the continued...

'Local Issues Best Dealt With By High Courts': Supreme Court Remarks On Plea Concerning Captive Elephants In Kerala

While dealing with an Intervention Application (IA) in a petition concerning captive elephants in the State of Kerala on Tuesday, the Supreme Court orally remarked that certain issues were best dealt with High Courts as the High Courts were more aware of local conditions of a State. Further, the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra...

Breaking | Karnataka HC Allows The Liver Doctor To Access X Account On Undertaking To Hide Alleged Defamatory Tweets Against Himalaya Corp

The Karnataka High Court today modified a trial court order suspending the account of Dr Cyriac Abby Philips who operates the widely popular X handle '@theliverdr'.Justice SG Pandit paved way for Dr Philips to access his account after he undertook to hide the alleged defamatory tweets against Himalaya Wellness Corporation and its products. Himalaya had contended that Dr. Philips has been...