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Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of HCs To NCMSC Report On Aspects Of Judge Strength, Case Load, Infrastructure
The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for the responses of all High Courts to the suggestions and recommendations of the NCMSC on the aspects of judge strength, case load and infrastructure.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah passed this direction in connection with the Imtiyaz Ahmad v. State of UP matter, where on January 2, 2017, the court had ordered that until the National...
SCBA Group Housing Society Dispute- Supreme Courts Asks SCBA President To Resolve Within.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday urged Senior Advocate and President, SCBA, Mr. Vikas Singh, to use his office to resolve the dispute that has broken out openly within the Bar Association in connection with the construction and repair of residential flats at NOIDA, on a cooperative model, by its members.On Monday, the Miscellaneous Application filed by the Supreme Towers Apartment Owners...
'Court Cannot Be Unmindful Of The Impact Of Covid': SC Refuses To Disturb Admission Of B-Tech Students Admitted Without Entrance Test
The Court cannot be unmindful of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court observed while refusing to disturb the admission to the students for the B.Tech (Engineering) degree course for academic session 2020-21 on the basis of the marks obtained in the qualifying examinations. State of Odisha had approached the Apex Court challenging the High Court direction to grant admission...
New Law Minister Today? Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Resigns
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has resigned from Union Government.The President has also accepted resignations of 11 other Union ministers, including Prakash Javadekar, DV Sadananda Gowda, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Santosh K Gangwar, Babul Supriyo, Dhotre S Shamrao, Rattan Lal Kataria, Pratap C Sarangi, Debasree Chaudhuri.A statement in this regard...
'Senior Designation Through Secret Voting Of Full Court Is Arbitrary' : Indira Jaising Moves Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Indira Jaising has moved an application in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the process adopted by certain High Courts to confer senior designations through the process of secret voting of the full court is "arbitrary and discriminatory".The application points out that recently the High Courts of Delhi and Punjab & Haryana resorted to voting process to...
Managements Of Colleges Acting Contrary To Law And Later Projecting Students To Claim Equities Is Deplorable: Supreme Court
Managements of Colleges acting contrary to law and later projecting students to claim equities is deplorable, the Supreme Court observed while disposing of a special leave petition filed by a student. In this case, the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee disapproved the admission of some students in P.N. Panicker Soudhruda Ayurveda Medical College Hospital and Research Centre on the...
'Political Favouritism': LoP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Objects To Search Committee Recommendations For Appointment Of Information Commissioners Under RTI Act
MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a member of the Selection Committee empowered to appoint Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners under the Right to Information Act, has sought withdrawal of all recommendations made by the search committee in this regard. The Congress leader claims that the Search Committee has arbitrarily made recommendations, without giving...
Supreme Court Directs Union, States To File Status Reports On Vacancies In Central & State Information Commissions
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Union of India and all States to file status reports on the latest developments regarding vacancies and pendency in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SICs). A Bench headed by Justice S. Abdul Nazeer issued the direction in a 2018 plea filed by RTI activists Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri and...
BREAKING : Justice Kausik Chanda Of Calcutta HC Recuses From Hearing Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition; But Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Costs
Justice Kausik Chanda of the Calcutta High Court has recused from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's challenge to Nandigram election results, where she was defeated by BJP's Suvendu Adhikary in the 2021 Assembly Polls.But he has imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakhs on Mamata Banerjee for the manner in which the application seeking recusal was moved.In the order pronounced...
