Supreme Court Invalidates Extensions Of ED Director SK Mishra's Term; Permits Him To Continue Till July 31

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held as illegal the extension given to the term of Enforcement Directorate chief SK Mishra for violating the mandate of the Supreme Court's 2021 judgment in the Common Cause case that he should not be given further extension. However, the Court allowed him to continue in his post till July 31, 2023, taking into consideration the concerns expressed by the...

Krishna Janambhoomi Dispute: Shahi Masjid Idgah Trust Moves Supreme Court Against Allahabad HC Decision To Transfer Suits In Mathura Court To Itself

A Special Leave Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Allahabad High Court to transfer all pending suits related to the Krishna Janambhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute from the Mathura Court to itself.The Petition is filed by Committee Of Management, Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah through Advocate-on-Record R.H.A. Sikander. It states that, “the Transfer Application...

Supreme Court Stays NGT's Direction Appointing LG As Chairman Of High Level Committee On Yamuna

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the direction of the Nation Green Tribunal (NGT) which had appointed the Lt. Governor of Delhi as the head of the High level Committee for Yamuna river pollution. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra.Senior Advocate Dr AM Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi Government, argued that...

Mere Pendency Of Petitions Challenging Places Of Worship Act Doesn't Mean Act Has Been Stayed : Supreme Court

While giving yet another extension of time to the Union Government to file its counter-affidavit in a batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the mere pendency of the petitions does not mean that the Act has been stayed.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and...

Payment Made For Acquiring Membership In A Social Club Can’t Be Allowed As Business Expenditure: ITAT

The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has observed that payments made for acquiring membership in a social club could not be allowed as business expenditure when there was no evidence to prove that membership in the social club was acquired for entertaining customers by the assessee.The bench of Vikas Awasthy (Judicial Member) and Om Prakash Kant (Accountant Member)...

Supreme Court Protects Advocate From Arrest In FIR Over Fact-Finding Mission On Manipur Violence

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to an advocate in an FIR registered by the Manipur police alleging offences of sedition, conspiracy to wage war against India etc, after she took part in a fact-finding mission regarding Manipur violence and held a press conference as part of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW).Senior Advocate Siddhartha Dave...

BREAKING| Supreme Court To Hear Article 370 Petitions From August 2; Centre Says Its Affidavit On J&K Situation Won't Be Relied To Argue Constitutional Issue

The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed August 2, 2023 as the starting date for the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution of India which stripped the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir of its special status. The petitions also challenge the J&K Re-organization Act 2019 which bifurcated J&K into Union Territories of J&K...

'Vigilantism Not Permissible': Supreme Court Seeks Data From Govts On Action Taken To Stop Mob Lynching

"Vigilantism is not permissible, needs to be checked", orally observed the Supreme Court on Monday while asking the States to share data regarding mob lynching cases.A bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Bela Trivedi was hearing the Tehseen Poonawalla case in which the Supreme Court in 2018 had issued several directions to the Union and States regarding measures to prevent mob...

Can Court Direct Union Govt To Make Law Commission A Statutory Body? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court, on Monday, reserved judgment in the Union Government’s plea, inter alia, challenging the directions passed by the Madras High Court to the Central Government to consider suggestions for making Law Commission either a statutory body or constitutional body.After hearing the Counsels appearing for the parties, a Bench comprising Justice AS Oka and Justice Sanjay Karol granted...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Of Professor Dismissed From St.Xavier's University Over Instagram Picture

The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to entertain a plea filed by a former professor of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata who was allegedly forced to tender resignation pursuant to complaints by an undergraduate student’s parent over her photographs on her personal Instagram account. The former professor (petitioner) assailed the order passed by the Calcutta High Court dismissing her plea...

Supreme Court 'Shocked' To See Lawyer Filing Article 32 Petition Against State To Recover Legal Fees

On Monday, while disposing of a writ petition filed by a former Additional Advocate General of the State of Uttar Pradesh seeking writ of mandamus against the State Government to clear the bills of his outstanding fees, the Supreme Court expressed doubt whether such a petition can be entertained in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, especially when...

Man Should Know Difference Between Woman’s ‘Explicit Consent’ And Her ‘No’: Delhi Tribunal Dismisses RK Pachauri’s Appeal In Sexual Harassment Case

Dismissing an appeal filed by former Executive Vice Chairman of TERI R.K. Pachauri in a sexual harassment case, an Industrial Tribunal of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Courts has observed that a man should know the difference between explicit consent of a woman and her explicit “no” or implied consent. Presiding Officer Ajay Goel rejected the appeal moved by Pachauri who expired in the year...