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Fraudulent Practice To Gain Public Employment Cannot Be Countenanced: Supreme Court Upholds Termination Of 38 Workmen By BCCL
The Supreme Court observed that fraudulent practice to gain public employment cannot be countenanced to be permitted by a Court of law.The sanctity of public employment, as a measure of social welfare and a significant source of social mobility, must be protected against such fraudulent process which manipulates and corrupts the selection process, the bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul...
Jayaraj- Bennix Custodial Deaths Case : Supreme Court Rejects Bail Pleas Of Cops In Custody
The Supreme Court today refused to grant bail to Inspector S Sridhar and Sub Inspector P Raghu Ganesh who were charge-sheeted as accused(s) by the CBI in the Jayaraj-Bennix case, in which a father-son duo were brutally murdered in police custody last year. The matter was heard by the division bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari. Expressing their disinclination...
Suit Simpliciter For Injunction Without Claiming Declaration Of Title Not Maintainable If Plaintiff's Title Is Disputed: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a suit simpliciter for permanent injunction without claiming declaration of title is maintainable only in cases where the plaintiff's title is not in dispute or under a cloud.The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai observed that if the matter involves complicated questions of fact and law relating to title, the court has to relegate the parties...
'What The Court Says, And How It Says It, Is Equally Important As What It Decides': Supreme Court Explains Purpose & Importance Of Judgment
The Supreme Court, while setting aside a High Court order that granted bail to a murder accused, explained the 'importance of judgment; purpose of judgment and what should be contained in the judgment'.The court said that a judgment should have a clarity, both on facts and law and on submissions, findings, reasoning's and the ultimate relief granted. What the court says, and how it says it,...
Uttarakhand- UP Highway Project: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Forest & Wildlife Clearances, Grants Liberty To Approach NGT
While stressing that the reliefs sought are amenable to jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal, Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging the forest clearances and wildlife clearances granted for the improvement, upgradation and expansion of the Highway Project in Uttarakhand and UP which would allegedly result in the felling of around 11,000 trees in...
'Online Classes Not Very Effective' : 48 Kerala Students Approach Supreme Court Against Offline Plus One Exams
48 students residing in rural as well as coastal regions of Kerala have approached the Supreme Court raising concerns about the upcoming Class XIth (Final Year) Plus One exam in offline mode. The petitioners state that they are not having any access to online educationFiled through Child rights activist Anubha Shrivastava Sahai and students rights activist Anand Padmanabhan, the...
Difference Between 'Royalty' & 'Tax' : Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court has explained the differences between the concepts of 'royalty' and 'tax' in a recent decision.A division bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Vineet Saran observed that 'Royalty' has its basis in an agreement entered into between parties and has a nexus with the benefit or privilege conferred on a grantee. Tax is imposed under a statutory power without reference to...
Adjudicatory Function Of National Green Tribunal Cannot Be Assigned To Expert Committees: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that adjudicatory function of the National Green Tribunal cannot be assigned to committees.The discharge of its functions cannot be obviated by tasking committees to carry out a function which vests in the tribunal, the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah and Hima Kohli observed.In this case, an appeal before the NGT challenged grant of environmental clearance...
Minor Girl Kidnapped From Gorakhpur: Supreme Court Transfers Investigation From UP Police To Delhi Police
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the transfer of investigation from the Uttar Pradesh police to the Delhi police on an immediate basis in the case pertaining to the kidnapping of a 13 year old girl from Gorakhpur who had been untraceable for 2 months.On September 1, the Court had directed the UP Police to hand over the case files to the Delhi Police, after expressing displeasure at...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Declare Hockey As India's National Game
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL which sought to declare hockey as the national game of India.The PIL was filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari, who submitted that hockey has not been officially declared as India's national game contrary to common perception."If we can have a national animal, why shouldn't we have a national game", the petitioner submitted before a...