Supreme Court To Hear Fresh PIL Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal After Two Weeks

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list after two weeks a PIL seeking inquiry into the Rafale deal in the light of recent reports in a French news portal alleging payment of bribe by Dassault Aviation to an Indian middleman.Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, who filed by petition, mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde today.Without mentioning what the case was about,...

Tehseen Poonawalla Moves Supreme Court Seeking Extension Of COVID-19 Vaccinations To All Age Groups

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the extension of COVID-19 vaccinations only to those belonging to "prioritized age groups" above 45 years of age. The petition, filed by Tehseen Poonawalla, characterizes the extension of vaccination facilities to "prioritized age groups" above 45 years of age as arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the...

Breaking- 'Absolutely Frivolous' : Supreme Court Dismisses Wazim Rizvi's Plea Seeking Removal Of 26 Verses From Holy Quran With Rs 50,000 Costs

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Writ Petition filed by Former UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Wasim Rizvi seeking removal of certain verses from the Holy Quran that are allegedly preaching violence against non-believers.A bench headed by Justice RF Nariman dismissed the writ petition observing, "this is an absolutely frivolous writ petition".The Court has also imposed Rs. 50000/-...

Court Cannot Second-Guess Authority's Interpretation Of Tender Unless It Is Arbitrary, Perverse Or Malafide, Reiterates Supreme Court

An Authority's interpretation of its own Tender cannot be so second-guessed by a Court unless it is arbitrary, perverse or mala fide, the Supreme Court reiterated.In this case, a bid submitted by the appellant was accepted and it was awarded the contract. The High Court, while allowing the writ petition filed by another bidder, set aside it directed the authority to award contract to it....

COVID19- Supreme Court Once Again Moves To Complete Virtual Mode As Many Staffs Tested Positive, Judges To Hear Cases From Home

With many of the Supreme Court staff testing positive for COVID-19, all Judges will be conducting proceedings from their respective homes and physical mentioning before the Mentioning Registrar has been suspended.Supreme Court has issued the Circulars in wake of the rising COVID-19 cases in the Capital. With multiple persons from the Court staff testing positive, the entire...

Supreme Court Stays High Court Proceedings On COVID Vaccination Priority For Legal Fraternity

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a stay on proceedings before all High Courts in the cases regarding inclusion of legal fraternity in the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination. A three-judge Bench of CJI, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian directed that the matter will be taken up after notice is served to the respondents in the both the transfer pleas, filed by Serum Institute...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [April 5 To April 11, 2021]

IMPORTANT JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Petition Styled As One Under Article 226 Would Not Bar High Court To Exercise Its Jurisdiction Which Otherwise It Possesses: Supreme CourtCase: Kiran Devi Vs. Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board [CA 6149 OF 2015] Citation: LL 2021 SC 195The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer and Hemant Gupta observed that a petition styled as one under Article...

Pushback Against ODR, Virtual Courts Based On Fear Of Unknown; Information Can Make TheTransition Easier: Justice DY Chandrachud

"The pushback against Online Dispute Resolution and virtual courts is often based on a fear of the unknown. I am not criticising this fear, but only emphasising the importance of valuable information in making this transition into the unknown easier", said Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday.Speaking at the launch of Niti Aayog's Online Dispute Resolution Handbook, the judge urged that one...

"Which Authority Should People Approach For Registration Of BS-IV And BS-VI Vehicles ?" Supreme Court Seeks Clarity

Supreme Court on Friday posed a question as to which authority should it refer the applications seeking registration vehicles to. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian was hearing applications filed in the case of MC Mehta vs Union of India, seeking the registration of CNG vehicles, BS-IV compliant vehicles and BS-VI compliant vehicles being used...

Police Authorities Are Expected To Be Quite Sensitive In Matters Where Freedom Of Speech And Expression Are At Stake: Bombay High Court

"The Police authorities are expected to be quite sensitive in such matters, because, what is at stake is the freedom of speech and expression." Observed the Bombay High Court, bench at Goa, while quashing an FIR registered by the Goa Police under sec. 295A of the Indian Penal Code against members of "Dastaan LIVE", an art rock live performance band, for using the word "OM" and clubbing it...

Breaking: Freedom Fighter's Widowed/Divorced Daughters Having No Income Entitled To His Pension, Blanket Exclusion Violates Art.14 :Calcutta High Court

As far as daughters having no independent source of income are concerned, widowed/divorced daughters stand on an equal footing with a spinster daughter as heirs of the deceased freedom fighter. The marital status of all of them is "unmarried". Thus, the criterion of exclusion of widowed/divorced daughters, as sought to be projected by respondent no.1, is untenable in the eye of law. As such, Clause 5.2.5 is patently violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, which ensures equality among people standing on the same footing, in the absence of reasonable classification or intelligible differentia.

Plea Filed In Supreme Court For Proper Implementation Of Panchayati Raj Institutions In All States; Exclusion Of Political Parties In Elections

A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking implementation of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, for institution of self-dependant Panchayati Raj Institutions in the States. The petition has been filed by Advocate Rudra Vikram Singh, also the General Secretary of the All India Panchayat Parishad, an organisation founded by Balwant Rai Mehta, founder of...