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Distance Limit For Quarries : Supreme Court Ask Parties To Approach NGT With Objections
The Supreme Court on Monday granted liberty to parties to approach the National Green Tribunal to raise objections against the NGT directions setting the minimum distance limit for quarries in Kerala as 200 meters from residential buildins.Observing so, the Court disposed of a batch of appeals, mainly filed by quarry operators and applicants to quarry leases, challenging the Kerala High...
BREAKING| Aryan Khan Case : 'Can't Pass Blanket Orders', NDPS Court Disposes NCB's Application To Bar Cognizance On Witness's Affidavit
A Special NDPS Court at Mumbai on Monday observed that it cannot pass blanket orders to bar courts from taking cognizance of the affidavit of Prabhakar Sail, witness in the cruise ship drug case, in which he raised allegations about a bid to extort money for release of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.Saying that "no blanket orders can be passed", the Special Court disposed...
No Plan To Deport Rohingyas: Karnataka Govt Tells Supreme Court In A PIL Seeking Deportation of Rohingya Refugees
The Karnataka government told the Supreme Court that "it had no immediate plan of deporting" Rohingya refugees currently living in the State. The state government has filed a Statement of Objections in response to a writ petition filed by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking immediate deportation of all illegal immigrants and infiltrators including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas...
No Bar Association Can Pressurize Chief Justice To Change Roster Of A Judge: Supreme Court
Taking strong objection to the boycott call made by Jaipur Bar Association, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that the Bar Association and Advocates cannot pressurize a Chief Justice to change the roster of a judge. The Court categorically said "we will not tolerate attempts of associations to pressurize judges". The bench of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna was hearing its...
Supreme Court Allows Karti Chidambaram MP To Travel Abroad On Condition Of Depositing Rs 1 Crore
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's application to travel abroad on a condition of depositing Rs. 1 crore.Karti Chidambaram, son of Senior Advocate and former Union Minister P Chidambaram, has to seek the permission of the top court to travel abroad as he is out on bail in the Aircel-Maxis, INX Media cases.A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice...
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11 Collegium Reiterations Not Cleared By Centre Within Set Time-Limit : Contempt Plea In Supreme Court
A contempt petition had been moved in the Supreme Court against the Central government for its delay in clearing the eleven names reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium for appointment as High Court Judges. The contempt petition filed by the Advocates Association Bengaluru has contended that the Centre's conduct in gross violation of the directions in PLR Projects Ltd v. Mahanadi...
"Let Us Not Cast A Doubt On Vaccination; It Is The Key To Protect Our Population": SC Dismisses Plea To Stop Vaccination Till Clinical Trials Are Completed
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the challenge to the May decision of the Karnataka High Court rejecting the plea to stop COVISHIELD and COVAXIN vaccination until all the stages of the clinical trials are completed as per the New Drugs and clinical trial rules 2019 and the National Guidelines for Gene Therapy Product Development and Clinical Trials-2019."We do not want this to be argued...
Mullaperiyar Dam : 'Understand Anxiety Of Parties', Supreme Court Seeks Committee's Immediate Decision On Water Level
In the light of concerns expressed about the flood situation in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the supervisory committee of the Mullaperiyar dam on the immediate need to specify the water level. The Court directed the authorities to interact with each other and sought a decision by the committee on the appropriate water level by day after tomorrow.A bench...
BREAKING : NEET-PG Counselling Won't Start Until Supreme Court Decides Validity Of EWS-OBC Reservation In AIQ, Assures Centre
The Central Government on Monday assured the Supreme Court that the counselling for NEET-PG will not commence until the Court decides the validity of the Centre's decision to introduce reservation for the Other Backward Classes(OBC) and the Economically Weaker Sections(EWS)in the All India Quota(AIQ).Recording this assurance, a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud observed that if...
NDPS Act : Are 'Confessional' Statements Given Under Section 67 Admissible In Evidence?
Recently, a Special NDPS Court has rejected the bail application of Aryan Khan by holding that he was in "conscious possession" of the drugs found with Accused No.2- Arbaaz Merchant. The order held that -"in their voluntary statements both of them disclosed that they were possessing said substance for their consumption and for enjoyment. Thus, all these things show that accused no.1 was...