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Jayalalithaa to stay out of jail as Supreme Court extends her bail by four months
The Bench headed by Chief Justice of India HL Dattu today extended the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa’s bail by four months. The Apex Court also directed the Karnataka High Court to constitute a special bench, to hear her appeal expeditiously and decide it within 3 months.The former Chief Minister has challenged her conviction in a Disproportionate Assets Case in...
SCBA Election results declared, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave elected as President
As the results to hotly contested Supreme Court Bar Association Elections were declared, it became clear that Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave had won over his nearest competitor by a margin of 42 votes. Senior Advocate Adish Agarwala came close, by finishing second.In addition, Aishwarya Bhati will continue to be the Secretary as she too won the elections. She won with a comfortable margin of...
Former SC Judge K.S. Radhakrishnan awarded PETA “Man of the Year” award
Former Supreme Court Judge K.S. Radhakrishnan has been awarded the PETA India’s “Man of the Year” award for their contribution towards the protection of animals.In a landmark judgment in May, an apex Court Bench comprising of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose banned Tamil Nadu’s centuries-old Jallikattu bull fights, on a petition brought forth by Animal...
Supreme Court accepts solution offered by Centre on Sanskrit-German row
“There will be no examinations for the students of class VI, VII and VIII for third language (Sanskrit) in this academic session and students can be assessed for German as an optional subject,” said the bench consisting of Justices A R Dave and Kurian Joseph.The Court also said, “Students are free to learn German or any other language as an optional subject and facilities will be...
Enrica Lexie Case: Supreme Court says ‘we want system to work’ refuses Italian marines plea
Senior advocates Soli Sorabjee and KTS Tulsi appearing for Italian Marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen submitted to Supreme Court that Massimiliano Latorre, the Italian marine be allowed to extend his stay in Italy on health grounds. The Senior Advocates also submitted that the Government’s counsel had not raised any objection to the same and hence the Applicant be allowed....
Delhi HC allows Xiomi to sell Qualcomm chipset-based mobiles
The Delhi High Court which had earlier passed an ex-parte ad interim injunction against the Chinese manufacturer in a patent case today allowed the Company to sell and import handsets which have chipsets of Qualcomm Incorporated, till February 5, 2015.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Xiaomi submitted that Ericsson had suppressed facts to obtain an injunction. He also submitted...
Supreme Court quashed a Press note against the former RAW officer
The Supreme Court quashed a 2008 press note, posted on the Press Information Bureau website.“We quash the press note issued on August 19, 2008,” a bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit said.A former RAW officer, had moved the court seeking various reliefs including a direction to the Centre to “forth with” take back the press note as it is “defamatory” and “false”.The...
L Nageswara Rao resigns as ASG, submits resignation to Union Law Minister
As per reports, Additional Solicitor General L Nageswara Rao wrote a letter to the Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and tendered his resignation as ASG. However, he did not mention any reason for him resigning from the post.Reportedly, he did say that he had good relations with all the law officers. He was appointed as ASG by the NDA government on June 7, with a term of three years...
Gujarat High Court refuses to quash Case against PepsiCo
The Gujarat High Court in the 17 year old case involving PepsiCo Holdings India Private Ltdhas refused to set aside a case filed against the leading soft drink company for selling adulterated product.The single judge, Justice J B Pardiwala, two days ago, rejected the soft drink major's application seeking quashing of case.According to case details, a Surat Municipal Corporation's (SMC)...
“Divergence of opinion among the state governments and the high courts on constitution of All India Judicial Services”: Union Law Minister
The Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda informed the Upper House of the Parliament friday that there is “divergence of opinion among the state governments and the high courts on constitution of All India Judicial Services”.He also informed the house that the proposal for all India judicial service was an agenda item in Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Court...
Final list of contestants, after withdrawal, for SCBA Elections released
A circular with the final list of contestants after withdrawal for the SCBA Election- 2014 with their ballot numbers has been released.SCBA elections will be held on December 17. An election committee has been formed for the same, and has Sr. Adv. Shekhar Deshpande as its Chairman, Sr. Adv. Altaf Ahmed as its Vice Chairman and Sr. Adv. Jitendra Mohan Sharma as its Convenor. Read the circular...
Supreme Court rules in favour of disabled Ex-servicemen
Hearing an appeal filed by the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW) against a judgment of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), the Supreme Court had to decide the question of benefits of an extra amount in pensions on account of disability due to service conditions of the ex-servicemen of the Army.The matter came to the Supreme Court as the former Vice-Chief Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi, had...