Assam NRC: SC Extends Time For Submission Of Claims To Dec 31

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Nariman on Wednesday extended to December 31 the deadline for the submission of claims and objections by individuals excluded from the first draft of the NRC for the state of Assam as published on July 30.Earlier, the last date for submission was December 15. Consequently, the process of commencement of...

NGT Stays Environment Ministry’s Notifications Permitting District Committees To Grant Environmental Clearances For Mineral Mining [Read Order]

It has directed the ministry to issue a fresh notification and furnish report of compliance with its order dated Sept. 13, 2018, on or before Dec. 31Holding that officers of the District Expert Appraisal Committees (DEACs) have no expertise or scientific knowledge to assess environmental implications, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stayed the notifications issued by the Ministry...

SCBA Election Results: Senior Advocate Rakesh Kumar Khanna Elected President

Senior Advocate Rakesh Kumar Khanna has been elected as the new President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), pursuant to elections for the SCBA’s Executive Committee.The other six candidates competing for the post were: Senior Advocates Adish Aggarwala, Vikas Singh, V Shekhar, and Ajit Kumar Sinha, and Advocates PK Jain and Ajay Mandyal.The elections were held in the Supreme...

SC Permits Punjab And Haryana DGPs To Continue In Office Till Jan 31, 2019

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S. K. Kaul and K. M. Joseph on Wednesday permitted the incumbent DGPs of the states of Punjab and Haryana, whose terms expire on December 31, to continue in office till January 31, 2019.The bench also allowed the original petitioners in the Police Reforms case (Prakash Singh v. UOI; 2006) to file their objections to the...

Winding Up Proceedings Under SICA Are To Continue In HC And Not In NCLT : SC[ Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that winding up proceedings under the Sick Industrial Companies(Special Provisions) Act 1985 will continue in the High Court and not the National Company Law Tribunal, until an application for transfer to NCLT is filed by a party under Section 434(1)(c) of the Companies Act 2013.The bench of Justices R F Nariman and M R Shah held so in Jaipur Metal and...

Rajasthan HC Stays Arrest Of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Over Brahminical Patriarchy Poster Row

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday granted Twitter Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey a stay on his arrest in connection with the FIR registered against him for hurting the sentiments of Brahmin community after his photo holding the slogan “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy” went viral.Dorsey had moved the high court after a Jodhpur court on Saturday ordered registration of FIR against him on the...

Jaypee Infratech Case : Publication Of Homebuyers' Names In List Of Creditors Will Not Violate Privacy, Rules NCLT [Read Order]

The Allahabad bench of National Company Law Tribunal has held that disclosure of the names of homebuyers in the list of creditors will not result in violation of privacy.The Tribunal was dealing with the resolution process of Jaypee Infratech Ltd(JIL), following directions from the Supreme Court. The SC had directed on August 9 to include homebuyers in the Committee of Creditors(CoC),...

CCI Regulations Amended: Now Advocates Can Accompany Persons Summoned By DG, But With Conditions [Read Notification]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has amended its regulations to allow advocates to accompany parties summoned during an investigation by the Director General (DG).The Competition Commission of India (General) Amendment Regulations, 2018 insert Section 46A to the 2009 Regulations, introducing the change.The new provision, however, clarifies that the advocate shall be allowed to...

Protect CIC From Vacancies & Appointment Of Former Bureaucrats: Former CIC Prof. Sridhar Acharyulu To President

Former Central Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu has written a letter to President of India Ram Nath Kovind, demanding that the Central Information Commission (CIC) be protected from being diluted through vacancies and increased appointment of former bureaucrats.The letter states, “Your Excellency, the nation looks up to you with a fond hope to strengthen the Right...

Probe Agency Filing Toothless Charge Sheets, Prosecutor Writes To Top Cop

There is a plethora of cases where many accused persons charge-sheeted by the investigating agencies get discharged or acquitted due to lack of evidence.The Supreme Court has, in various cases like State of Gujarat vs Kishanbhai and Others, spoken about how only persons against whom sufficient evidence is present should be made to face the rigors of criminal prosecution, besides putting in...

Actor Dileep's Plea For Copy Of Memory Card : SC To Hear Prosecution First

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi deferred to Wednesday the hearing on Malayalam film actor Dileep’s plea for procuring a copy of the memory card containing visuals of the alleged sexual assault committed against an actress.The bench expressed a desire to first hear the prosecution (State of Kerala). It has been the state’s stance that the said memory...

Kerala HC DB Recuses From Hearing Church Dispute Case

The Division Bench of Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and Devan Ramachandran has recused from hearing the petition concerning the dispute between Jacobite and Orthodox factions.This was after an application was moved seeking the recusal of Justice Devan from the matter, on the ground that he had appeared as counsel for one of the parties involved in the case in earlier proceedings before the...