Malayalam Film Director Approaches Supreme Court Alleging Nepotism In Grant Of 2022 Kerala State Awards

Malayalam Cine Director Lijeesh M.J has approached the Supreme Court against the order of a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court dismissing his plea seeking to set aside the declaration of Kerala State Awards For Malayalam Films & Writings On Cinema 2022. The Division Bench had upheld the order of dismissal by a single bench of the High Court that had found the plea to be 'frivolous'....

CCI Closes Complaint Of Anti-Competitive Practices Against 35 Universities And Lok Sabha Secretariat, Citing No Contravention Of The Competition Act

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) presided by Ms. Ravneet Kaur (Chairperson), Ms. Sangeeta Verma (Member), and Mr. Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Member) closed the case citing no contravention of provisions under Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act). The case was filed against thirty-five universities and Lok Sabha Secretariat (Opposite Parties), alleging contravention...

Plea In Vigilance Court Seeks Probe Into Kerala CM, Daughter And Others For Alleged Bribery In Connection With Mining Interests Of CMRL

A plea has been filed before the Court of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance) in Kerala's Muvattupuzha, seeking investigation into the alleged bribery carried out by high ranking public officials of the State in connection with the mining and other business interests of the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL). The Vigilance Court had, on Wednesday, returned the plea on...

Article 370 Case : Summary Of Petitioners' Arguments Before Supreme Court

After an exhaustive span of nine days dedicated to hearings, the petitioners have drawn the curtains on their arguments in the batch of pleas challenging the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370. The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and composed of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and...

Supreme Court Affirms Bail Granted To Former Andaman Chief Secretary Jitendra Narain In Port Blair Gang Rape Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to cancel the bail of Jitendra Narain, former chief secretary of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar, who, along with other top government officials, has been accused by a 21-year-old of gang-raping her. This verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah after hearing a batch of pleas for the cancellation...

Article 370 Case Hearing : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 10]

The Supreme Court will continue hearing the cases challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution which resulted in the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.Today is the tenth day of hearing before a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant.The petitioners'...

Article 370 | 'Integration' Not A Measure Of How Much Control Centre Has : Nitya Ramakrishnan To Supreme Court [Day 9]

On the ninth day of the Constitution Bench hearing in the pleas challenging dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370, the petitioner counsels concluded their arguments. The Supreme Court Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, witnessed arguments raised by Senior...

Kerala Paddy Land Act | Supreme Court Stays HC Order That Directed State To Refund Fees Remitted By Owner For Conversion

The Supreme Court recently stayed the order of the Kerala High Court that directed the state of Kerala to refund the fee imposed on a land owner, for conversion of less than 25 cents of paddy land, under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008. A division bench of the Kerala High Court in its order dated 13th October 2022 had held that merely because landowners had...

CJI DY Chandrachud Congratulates ISRO On Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing, Says 'Milestone In Onward March Of Nation'

Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and India's scientific community on the occasion of India's successful moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, today. The CJI said that the lunar landing will open up new avenues for research and discovery and is a matter of great pride for the nation. “It is with immense pride, as a citizen of...

Taxi, Auto-Rickshaw Drivers Approach Supreme Court; Seek To Be Heard In LMV Driving License Issue Before Constitution Bench

A union of taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers has approached the Supreme Court expressing concerns about overturning a verdict which allows drivers having Light Motor Vehicle(LMV) license to drive transport vehicles which have unladen weight less than 7500 kilograms.The Tamil Nadu Urimai Kural Driver Trader Union, representing over 2000 taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers in the southern state, ...

Justice Prakash Shrivastava Takes Oath As New Chairperson Of NGT

Former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Justice Prakash Shrivastava, took oath today as the new Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal in the presence of all the members of the principal and zonal benches.Highlighting the constitutional safeguards, Justice Shrivastava said that, “Right to healthy environment has been construed as a part of right to life under Article 21 of...

Supreme Court Acquits Convict On Death Row; Orders Immediate Release

The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted a death row prisoner convicted in the murder of his two brothers and own son. This verdict was delivered by a three-judge bench of Justices BR Gavai, PS Narasimha, and Prashant Kumar Mishra after hearing the convict’s plea against the Allahabad High Court confirming the death sentence handed to him by a Uttar Pradesh sessions court in 2017....