School Jobs For Cash Scam: Supreme Court Sets Aside Calcutta High Court Order For Fresh Selection Of 32,000 Teachers By August

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the interim order of the Calcutta High Court that directed the West Bengal Board of Primary Education to conduct fresh selection for 32,000 teacher posts before the end of August 2023.The division bench of J.K. Maheshwari and Justice K.V. Viswanathan also asked the Calcutta High Court to decide the appeal pertaining to School Jobs for Cash scam at...

UN Human Rights Council Appoints Advocate Vrinda Grover As Member Of Ukraine Commission Of Inquiry

Advocate Vrinda Grover has been appointed as a member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine by the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia)."A practicing advocate in India, Grover has more than 34 years of experience in constitutional law, criminal law and human rights. She has appeared as counsel in landmark...

Sexual Harassment At Workplaces : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Directions To Protect Complainants/Witnesses From Retaliation

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to issue directions to protect complainants/witnesses/other persons in cases of complaints of sexual harassment from acts of retaliation/victimization by the accused persons or concerned organizations. A PIL filed by the same petitioner with the same prayer was refused to be entertained by the...

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Yati Narsinghanand For Disparaging Remarks Against Judiciary & Constitution

The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued notice in a contempt petition against Hindutva leader Yati Narsinghanand that was filed after an interview in which he allegedly made disparaging remarks about the top court and the Indian Constitution, went viral on the internet.A division bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh was hearing a petition filed by activist Shachi Nelli....

Justice AP Sahi To Head National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, has approved the appointment of Justice A.P. Sahi as the President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), for a period of four years or until he reaches the age of 70, whichever comes first.He is a former Chief Justice of the High Courts of Madras...

Can Spouse's Right To Privacy Be Breached To Prove Adultery Allegations? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court has issued notice in a special leave petition filed by a husband challenging a Court direction which allowed the plea of his wife - who is alleging adultery by him - to obtain and preserve his call detail records and details relating to hotel stay.The petitioner raised the issue whether the fundamental right to privacy of a spouse can be breached in case of an allegation...

Expeditious Trial Of Terror Attack Cases Necessary : Supreme Court Says Delay In 1996 Lajpat Nagar Blast Case Compromised National Security

The Supreme Court of India, while sentencing to life imprisonment without remission four Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) militants convicted for their role in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast, not only underscored the importance of speedy trials, but also considered the time elapsed since the terror attack as well as the date of conviction as mitigating circumstances in not...

BREAKING| Gujarat High Court To Pronounce Order Tomorrow On Rahul Gandhi's Plea To Suspend Conviction In Defamation Case

The Gujarat High Court will pronounce order tomorrow in Rahul Gandhi's plea to stay the conviction in the criminal defamation case in 'Modi Surname' case. The conviction in the case resulted in his disqualification as a Member of Parliament.Justice Hemant Prachchhak reserved order on the stay application on May 2. The criminal defamation case was filed over a remark made by Gandhi during the...

Supreme Court Directs West Bengal Sessions Court To Decide Cricketer Mohammad Shami Domestic Violence Case In One Month

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a West Bengal Sessions Court to dispose of pleas concerning warrant issued against cricketer Mohammad Shami in a cruelty and assault case filed by his wife Hasin Jahan in 2018. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing a plea filed by Hasin Jahan against the Calcutta High Court's dismissal of...

Centre Appoints Justice Sheo Kumar Singh As Acting Chairperson of National Green Tribunal

The Central Government has appointed Justice Sheo Kumar Singh-I, Judicial Member of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), to act as the Chairperson of the NGT until the date on which a new Chairperson is appointed.The Acting Chairperson is appointed in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the NGT Act, 2010 read with clause (a) of rule 7 of the Tribunal (Conditions of Service)...

Tis Hazari Firing Incident: Delhi Court Remands Three Accused Lawyers To Four Days Police Custody

A Delhi Court on Thursday remanded three lawyers, accused in yesterday’s firing incident at Tis Hazari Court, to four days of police custody. Advocates Sachin Sangwan, Aman Singh and Ravi Gupta were arrested today after an FIR was registered regarding the incident for the offences under sections 147, 148, 149, 307 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act. “Four days...

Supreme Court Adjourns J&K National Panthers Party's Plea For Elections In J&K, Asks Parties To Wait Till Article 370 Pleas Are Taken

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a plea filed by the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) seeking for the conduction of elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra stated that the matter would be listed after directions are passed in the batch of petitions challenging...