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Whether To Give Meat In School Midday Meals Is A Policy Matter Beyond Judicial Review : Lakshadweep Admin To Supreme Court
The decision on whether chicken and other meat would be provided as a part of the midday meal menu to schoolchildren was a policy decision that should be left to the wisdom of the executive, the Lakshadweep administration told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar was hearing a plea over the Lakshadweep administration’s decision...
Acid Attack: Srinagar Court Hands Life Imprisonment To Two Convicts Who Targeted Law Student
A Srinagar court on Tuesday handed down life imprisonment to two individuals found guilty of orchestrating the gruesome acid attack on a law student in Nowshera in the year 2014.The convicts, identified as Irshad Ahmad Wani alias Sunny and Mohammad Umar Noor, were also slapped with hefty fines of ₹5 lakh each, underscoring the gravity of their crime.Principal Sessions Judge Jawad...
MP Legal Services Authority To Organize Capacity Building Program For Advocates Preparing For Higher Judicial Services On August 24
Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (MPSLSA) under the guidance of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath Patron-in-Chief and Justice Sheel Nagu, Executive Chairman of MPSLSA is organising a capacity building training programme for Advocates preparing for Higher Judicial Services in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh Judicial Academy, on August 24.“The representation of Advocates...
Supreme Court Is Not A Poly-Vocal Court, It Is A People Centric Court: CJI DY Chandrachud
The Chief Justice Of India D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday speaking at the felicitation ceremony of newly appointed Supreme Court judges Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SV Bhatti, held by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said that the 'Supreme Court is not a polyvocal court, rather it is a people-centric court'.Speaking of the diverse background from which Justice Bhuyyan and Justice...
TP Act | Transaction Can't Be Regarded As 'Mortgage By Conditional Sale' If Condition For Reconveyance Is Not Specified In Same Deed : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that under Section 58(c) of the Transfer of Property Act,1882 no transaction shall be deemed to be a mortgage unless the condition for reconveyance is contained in the document which purports to effect the sale.A division bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Rajesh Bindal made the observation while dealing with a case in which two documents were executed on...
GM Mustard Case | Centre Seeks Withdrawal Of Undertaking Given To Supreme Court Against Commercial Release Of Genetically Modified Mustard
The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it has filed an application for the withdrawal of its oral undertaking given in November 2022 promising to maintain status quo on the commercial cultivation of genetically modified mustard. The undertaking was made before a bench headed by Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, who has since retired. Today, a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna...
Supreme Court Asks UP Police To Show Specific Role Of Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui In Conversion Racket Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the State of Uttar Pradesh to pin-point the specific role attributed to Islamic cleric Maulana Kaleem Siddique in the case over the alleged running of a mass conversion racket.The bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar was hearing a plea filed by the State against the Allahabad High Court’s decision to grant bail to Siddiqui, almost...
Former CJ Of Calcutta High Court Justice Prakash Shrivastava Appointed As Chairperson of National Green Tribunal
Justice Prakash Shrivastava has been appointed as Chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT).After the former Chairperson Justice A.K Goel retired in July, Justice Sheo Kumar Singh was appointed as the Acting Chairperson.Justice Srivastav Enrolled as Advocate on February 2, 1987. He Practised on Tax, Civil and Constitutional sides in the Supreme Court of India at New Delhi. He was...
Intoxication Of A Lady Does Not Give License To Her Male Friend To Take Undue Advantage Of Her Condition: Delhi Court
Intoxication of a lady does not give license to her male friend to take undue advantage of her condition, a Delhi Court has observed while upholding the conviction of a man for using criminal force by trying to kiss a woman and voluntarily causing hurt to her by slapping her. Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Gupta of Saket Court upheld the conviction of the man under Section 354 (assault...
Jharkhand High Court Introduces E-Seva Kendra-Cum-Help Desks
In a move aimed at enhancing accessibility and simplifying legal proceedings, the Jharkhand High Court has unveiled two innovative 'e-seva kendra-cum-help desks' within its premises. The inauguration ceremony was held on Monday and was graced by Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, alongside the presence of all sitting judges of the high court.These newly established help desks are...
Bhima Koregaon | Does Jyoti Jagtap's Case Fit 'Formula' in Which Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira Were Granted Bail? Supreme Court Asks
Deciding the bail application of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap would involve a determination of whether her case 'fits the formula' in which the bail pleas of co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira were decided, the Supreme Court orally observed on Tuesday, while adjourning Jagtap's bail hearing until September 21.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar...