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Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Supreme Court Hearing-Live Updates
Supreme Court to continue hearing today the PIL on the #Lakhmipurkheri incident.In the last hearing, Supreme Court observed that it was getting the impression that the Uttar Pradesh Police was "dragging its feet" in its investigation into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3, which claimed the lives of 8 people, four of them being farmers protesters who were allegedly mowed down by...
Offences Under Special Statutes Including SC/ST Act Can Also Be Quashed By Exercising Powers U/S 482CrPC/ Article 142: Supreme Court
"The mere fact that the offence is covered under a 'special statute' would not refrain this Court or the High Court, from exercising their respective powers under Article 142 of the Constitution or Section 482 CrPC" a three judges bench headed by CJI NV Ramana observed.
Distinction Between "Preparation" & "Attempt To Rape" : Supreme Court Explains
While upholding conviction of a man accused of attempt to rape, the Supreme Court explained the distinction between 'Preparation' and 'Attempt' to commit rape.In this case the accused was convicted under Section 376(2)(f) read with Section 511 of Indian Penal Code. In appeal, the Madhya Pradesh High Court modified it to conviction under Section 354 IPC and reduced...
Central Vista Project: Supreme Court Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Proposed Change In Land Use Of Recreational Plot To Residential
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file an affidavit on the issue of proposed change in land use of a plot where the new official residences of the Vice-President and the Prime Minister are stipulated as part of the ambitious Central Vista project in Lutyens' Delhi.The Central Vista revamp, announced in September 2019 envisages a new triangular Parliament building, with a...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging HC Order Which Set Aside Dismissal Of Application Seeking FIR Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya & 2 Others In Rape Case
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against an order of the Calcutta High Court setting aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore which had dismissed an application seeking FIR against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi in a rape case. In the instant case, it had been alleged by the victim woman...
NEET-UG : HC Order For Retest To 2 Students Delaying Entire Results, NTA Tells Supreme Court; Seeks Early Hearing
The National Testing Agency on Monday urged the Supreme Court to allow urgent hearing of its special leave petition challenging the recent Bombay High Court order directing the National Testing Agency to hold fresh exam for two NEET UG aspirants. A request for urgent hearing of the case was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during mentioning before a Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana,...
Supreme Court Grants One Month's Time To Fee Regulatory Committee To Fix Fee Of Private Self Financing Medical Colleges In Kerala
The Supreme Court today granted 4 weeks time for the Fee Regulatory Committee for Medical Education in Kerala to consult college managements of private self-financing medical colleges for fixing "non-exploitative and reasonable" fee from 2017-18 onwards for MBBS studies. Taking note of the fact that the earlier direction could not be complied due to non-cooperation and CoVID, bench...
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...