[BREAKING] Permission Of District Magistrate Not Needed For Conversion By Inter-Faith Marriage : Gujarat High Court Affirms Previous Order

Rejecting an rectification application filed by Gujarat Government, the Court said that it stayed Section 5 of the Freedom of Religion Act only in the context of marriages.

Police Officials Who Side With Ruling Party Later Get Targeted When Opponent Comes In Power; Sad State Of Affairs : CJI Ramana

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday made comments about the trend of police officials siding with the party in power and later getting targeted when the opponent comes to power."State of affairs in the country is sad. When a political party is in power, Police Officials side with a particular party. Then when a new party comes into power, the government initiates action against...

Ask Private Schools To Waive Fee For COVID Orphans Or Bear It : Supreme Court To States

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the State Governments to ensure that the education of children, who became orphans after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, in private schools continue without disruption at least during the present academic year. This can be done by asking schools to waive fee or state bearing the fee for such children, the Court suggested.The States...

Insistence On Bank Guarantee Of Scheduled Indian Private Banks In Preference To Scheduled Foreign Banks In India A Fallacy: Justice Indira Banerjee

"It is incomprehensible why Scheduled Private Banks in India should be preferred to Scheduled Foreign Banks in India with high global rating, even though, some Scheduled Private Sector Banks have not even been running well".

Filing SLP Against Bail Rejection After Years 'Wrong Legal Advice'; Proper Course Is To Move HC For Bail : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that filing a special leave petition against the rejection of bail by the High Court after a long delay of years was illogical and the proper course would be to apply for bail before the High Court.The Court made this observation while hearing a petition filed after a delay of 1320 days against Allahabad High Court's 2016 order rejecting bail. A bench...

Supreme Court Dismisses NLSIU's Appeal Against HC Direction To Promote Student

Though courts generally don't interfere in academic matters, when things are pressed beyond a stage, judicial intervention may be necessary, the SC observed.

'It's Easy To Say Expedite Trials; But Where Are The Judges?' Supreme Court On Plea For Faster Trial Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs

Supreme Court was hearing a plea regarding the pendency of criminal cases against MPs & MLAs and expeditious disposal of the same by setting up of Special Courts.

Youth & Rural Setting Not Grounds To Condone Criminal Conduct : Supreme Court In Police Constable Selection Case

Courts exercising judicial review cannot second guess the suitability of a candidate for any public office or post.

How To Exercise The Discretionary Power For Granting Bail? Principles Summarized By Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that seriousness of crime is an aspect to be considered while granting bail to an accused.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah set aside a bail granted by the High Court to a murder accused.One Harjit Singh had approached the Apex Court against the High Court order granting bail to persons accused of murdering his father. He contended that the High...

Supreme Court To Consider Next Week Issue Of Vacancies In Central Information Commission

The Supreme Court today adjourned for September 1, 2021 application filed by RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj seeking compliance on the part of the Central Government with respect to the directions issued by the Supreme Court in its judgment delivered in February 2019 as regards the posts and vacancies in the Central Information Commission. The matter was heard by the division bench of...

Can't Allow Withdrawal Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs On Ground Of Malicious Prosecution Without HC Sanction : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday disagreed with a proposal to allow state governments to withdraw criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs on ground of malicious prosecution. The Court clarified that the sanction of the High Court is needed even to withdraw cases on ground of malicious prosecution."We are not against withdrawing cases if malicious prosecution is there, but it has to...

Long Pendency Of Criminal Appeals : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Allahabad High Court

During the hearing, Supreme Court has also asked Uttar Pradesh Government to take some action with regards to the release of convicts languishing in jail for years without bail.