Red FM Case : SC Tells Centre To Give Subramanian Swamy Amended National Security Policy

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to provide the amended National Security Policy (NSP) to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who has sought, through a petition, the cancellation of phase-3 licence granted to Sun TV-owned Red FM India.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud asked the Centre's counsel to provide the amended National Security...

Anti-Defection Law Does Not Apply To Presidential Elections: ECI Issues Clarification

The Election Commission of India, on Thursday, clarified that the anti-defection law does not apply to Presidential Elections.“Accordingly, in the Commission’s opinion, the voting or not voting as per his/her own free will at the Presidential election will not come within the ambit of disqualification under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India and the electors are at liberty...

Delhi HC Gives Some Relief To Slum Dwellers [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government and the city police to not displace the residents of Rajeev Camp at Mandawali who have been served notice of eviction for expansion of NH 24.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal directed the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board ( DUSIB) to maintain status quo with regard to the slum dwellers who have been served notices...

Mere Filing Of FIR Not Sufficient To Order Detention Under Gujarat Prevention Of Anti Social Activities Act: HC [Read Judgment]

Gujarat High Court on Wednesday set aside an order of detention passed under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act, 1985, holding that the disorder caused by commission of an offence may not come under the purview of public disorder, irrespective of the gravity of the offence.“…it appears that the subjective satisfaction arrived at by the detaining authority cannot be said...

MP HC Issues Notices To Legislative Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra, Another

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to state Legislative Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra and another during the hearing of a PIL filed against inaction to declare the seat of the minister vacant in the Legislative Assembly following his disqualification.On June 23, the Election Commission issued an order of disqualification of the minister for filing wrong accounts of...

SC Notice On Plea By Discharged 2013 IPL Spot Fixing Case ‘Bookie’ Seeking Exchange of Seized Old Notes

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the RBI and Ministry of Finance on a petition filed by Abhishek Shukla, discharged by the trial court in 2013 IPL spot-fixing case in July 2015, seeking request to accept demonetised Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes valuing Rs. 5 lakh, which was seized by the special cell of Delhi Police during probe of the case.The stand of the RBI and...

Bombay HC Upholds CIC Order Directing UoI To Furnish BARC Employee’s Annual Appraisal Report

The Union of India has approached the Bombay High Court invoking its writ jurisdiction against an order by the Central Information Commission (CIC), wherein the UoI was directed to furnish complete annual appraisal reports (APAR) of an employee at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for the period of 2008-2014.The said employee is a scientific officer, Design & Projects Division,...

Inform If You Will Implement Water Harvesting Plan, SC To States

The Supreme Court today emphasized on the need to implement the Centre’s master plan for artificial recharge of ground water.Chief Justice J S Khehar –led bench asked all state governments to inform by tomorrow if they planned to implement it.“Several states like Assam, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana have not yet filed affidavits in this regard”, said the bench.“The...

Initiate Process to Fill Up Vacancies In ITAT:SC To Centre [Read Order]

“The process of appointment has been obfuscated and mere lip service has been paid to the matter”, Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora who appears in the matterThe Centre has been given three weeks time by the Supreme Court to initiate process of filling up vacancies of presidents, vice presidents and members in different benches of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITAT) across the...

Rajasthan HC Envisions For Subordinate Courts To Disposal Of 10 Year Old Cases By Year End [Read the Circular]

The Rajasthan High Court has envisioned for its Subordinate Courts to dispose of by year end, cases that have been pending for more than 10 years. It also aims for the lower Courts to dispose of by September, 2018, cases that have been pending for more than 5 years.Subordinate Courts have, further, been directed to prepare a list of cases that have been pending for more than five years, and...

Appointments: Nine Additional Judges For Allahabad HC, Six For Punjab And Haryana HC [Read Notifications]

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday approved the appointment of six Additional Judges to Punjab and Haryana High Court. The Judges appointed are Arvind Singh Sangwan, Rajbir Sehrawat, Anil Kshetarpal, Avneesh Jhingan, Mahabir Singh Sindhu, and Sudhir Mittal. The appointments have been made for a period of two years.Another notification confirmed appointment of nine Judges as Additional...

Bring In Policy For Pre-Primary Education In Maharashtra Before Year-End: Bombay HC Tells State Govt [Read Judgment]

Expressing displeasure over the lack of procedure or policy with regard to pre-primary education in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has directed the state government to bring in a policy that is in consonance with Section 11 of the Right to Education Act, 2009.Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice RM Borde were hearing a PIL filed by one Dr. Jagannath Patil highlighting...