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Gujarat Riots | SIT Ignored Tehelka Sting Tapes In Zakia Jafri's Case, Though They Were Accepted By Court In Naroda Patya Case : Sibal To Supreme Court
On Wednesday, while making his submissions in the Zakia Jafri's appeal, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal contended that the Special Investigation Team had not conducted any form of investigation in the matter. A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar heard submissions in the plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the...
Army Cannot Throw Up Hands On Grounds Of Road Width; If Landslides Occur Despite Precaution & Mitigation, We Have To Tackle It: AG To Supreme Court In Char-Dham Case
"Will the army throw up its hands and say that a landslide will take place and therefore, we will give up this Mountain Road leading to the Line of Actual Control? No army can be heard to say that! That cannot be done at all! We have to live with it!", AG K. K. Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Thursday."Landslides are happening all over the country. We have to deal with them. And if we have...
Arbitration - 2015 Amendment Won't Apply To Section 34 Applications Filed Prior To It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the 2015 amendment to Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 will apply only to Section 34 applications that have been made after the date of the amendment. "Section 34 as amended will apply only to Section 34 applications that have been made to the Court on or after 23.10.2015, irrespective of the fact that the arbitration proceedings may...
NDPS Act: "Is Investigation In NDPS Cases Complete Without Forensic Report Of Recovered Substance?" Supreme Court To Consider
Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea raising legal questions including 'whether investigation in NDPS cases can be considered to be completed in absence of a forensic report of the substance recovered?'.A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli was hearing a special leave petition against order passed by the Delhi High Court refusing to enlarge...
Compensation / Penalty Cannot Be Restricted To Value Of Illegally-Mined Mineral; Cost Of Restoration Of Environment Also To Be Considered: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the compensation / penalty to be paid by those indulging in illegal sand mining cannot be restricted to the value of illegally-mined mineral.The cost of restoration of environment as well as the cost of ecological services should be part of the compensation, the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai observed. The polluter,...
CBSE-ICSE Students Move Supreme Court Seeking Hybrid Option For Class X-XII Term I Exams
Six Students from Class X and XII have moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent directions to conduct Class X and XII CBSE - ICSE Term I exams in hybrid manner. A writ petition has been filed challenging the decision of the CBSE and CISCE decision to hold their Term 1 and Semester 1 of CBSE, ICSE and ISC exams (2021-22) for class X and Class XII students in offline mode only.The petition...
In Trinamool Congress Plea, Supreme Court Directs Tripura Authorities To Ensure Free & Fair Elections, Peaceful Campaigning
The Supreme Court on Thursday held in a petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress that it is the responsibility of the Tripura police authorities to ensure that no political party is prevented from exercising their rights in accordance with law for political campaigning in a peaceful manner.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath passed the order in view...
Total Ban On Legal Mining Will Give Rise To Illegal Mining & Cause Huge Loss To Public Exchequer: Supreme Court Modifies NGT Directives On Sand Mining
Modifying some directions issued by the National Green Tribunal, the Supreme Court observed that the total ban on legal mining, apart from giving rise to illegal mining, also causes huge loss to the public exchequer.When legal mining is banned, it gives rise to mushroom growth of illegal mining, resulting into clashes between sand mafias, criminalization and at times, loss of human ...
Manipur Governor Will Decide Soon On ECI Opinion Regarding Disqualification Of 12 BJP MLAs, Solicitor General Assures Supreme Court
The Solicitor General of India on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that the Manipur Governor will take a decision soon on the opinion given by the Election Commission of India regarding the disqualification of 12 BJP MLAs of Manipur Assembly in the "office of profit" issue.The assurance was given by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta before the bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and...
Advocate Losing A Case After Arguing Is Not 'Deficiency Of Service' For Filing Consumer Complaint: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that an advocate losing a case cannot be said to be deficiency in service on his/her part."In every litigation, either of the party is bound to lose and in such a situation either of the party who will lose in the litigation may approach the consumer fora for compensation alleging deficiency in service, which is not permissible at all", the bench comprising Justices...