Fed Up Of Seeing 'Cut-Copy-Paste' Orders Of High Courts; Independent Reasons Need To Be Cited : Justice Chandrachud

"One of the problems of the computer-age is copying and pasting of orders! I am fed-up of seeing cut-copy-paste orders of High Courts", remarked Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Friday."Independent reasons have to be cited for affirming an order! There has to be an independent application of the mind! Cut, copy, paste from the Tribunal's judgment only adds to the volume of pages but...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre In Plea Seeking Repatriation Of An Indian Army Captain From Pakistan's Jail

Supreme Court has issued notice in plea seeking directions to the Centre to take immediate steps for the repatriation or release of the petitioner's son Capt. Sanjit Bhattacharjee who's been in Pakistan's jail for more than 23 years. The petitioner has sought Government's intervention on an urgent humanitarian basis, through diplomatic channel of External Affairs Ministry and intervene...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Against Blanket Ban On Blood Donation By Transgenders, Sex Workers

Prohibition of transgender persons is due to assumptions based on negative stereotypes

Supreme Court Rejects ED's Plea To Stay Kerala HC Judgment Granting Bail To M Sivasankar IAS In Gold Smuggling Case; Issues Notice

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the bail granted to M Sivasankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, by the Kerala High Court in the gold smuggling case.Although Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, sought for a stay of the judgment, the bench comprising Justices...

Senior Citizens To Be Given Seniority In Both Private And Government Hospitals : Supreme Court

Supreme Court has on Thursday directed the States to ensure that priority is accorded to senior citizens in hospitals, in a plea filed by former Union Minister Dr. Ashwani Kumar which sought for the protection of rights of the elderly. A division Bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Subhash Reddy has directed that elderly people are to be given priority in admissions...

[Ward Reservations in Goa Municipal Councils] Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Judgment And SEC's New Notification

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High Court judgment setting aside a notification issued by the Director and ex-officio Additional Secretary (Municipal Administration)/ Urban Development, Goa reserving wards in Goa Municipal Councils. A Bench of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Hrishikesh Roy also stayed the new notification issued by Goa Election Commission...

CCTV Installation In Police Stations A Matter Of Utmost Importance : SC Issues Strict Directions To States To Comply With Orders

The Supreme Court has issued strict directions to States and Union Territories to implement its December 2020 directions to install CCTVs in all police stations in a time-bound manner."We reiterate that these are the matters of utmost importance concerning the citizens of this country under Article 21of the Constitution of India", observed a bench comprising Justices RF...

[Permanent Commission] There Cannot Be Perverse Equality, A 45-50 Yr Old Lady Officer Cannot Be Asked To Meet The Threshold Of Medical Fitness: Supreme Court

"You want to be in the Armed Forces, you have to be as fit as a man. You have to be able to move ahead shoulder-to-shoulder with your male counterparts. But there cannot be a perverse equality. A 45-50 year old lady officer cannot be asked to meet the threshold standards of medical fitness", observed Justice DY Chandrachud on ThursdayThese observations came on an argument by senior...

'Why Raise Hue And Cry Over Judges' Comments Not Resulting In Orders?' BCI Chairman On Outrage Over CJI's Remarks In Rape Cases

"It has become a fashion for some motivated people to make personal aspersions against our Judges. If this trend is allowed to continue, the Institution will loose (sic) its sanctity", reads a Press Release issued by the Chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI), Manan Kumar Mishra, on 4 March 2021. The statement comes in the wake of widespread public condemnation of the incumbent...

Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Lifting Limitation Period Extension; AG Suggests Exclusion Of 15.03.2020 To 14.03.2021 From Limitation Period

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved orders on the lifting of the extension of the limitation period for filing of cases granted by the Court in March last year on account of COVID-19 pandemic and the national lockdown.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices L Nageswara Rao, and S Ravindra Bhat reserved orders after hearing the suggestions of the Attorney General for...

OBC Reservation Cannot Exceed 50%: Supreme Court Reads Down Section 12(2)(c) Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act

The Supreme Court read down Section 12(2)(c) of the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 which provides reservation of 27 per cent of seats in the Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis."Reservation in favour of OBCs in the concerned local bodies can be notified to the extent that it does not exceed aggregate 50 per cent of the total seats reserved in favour ...

'Pendency Of Cheque Dishonour Cases Grotesque' : Supreme Court Urges Centre To Create Additional Courts For Sec 138 NI Act

The Supreme Court on Thursday urged the Central Government to consider the establishment of additional courts to deal with the "grotesque" problem of pendency of cheque dishonour cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.A Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde told the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the power under Article 247 of the Constitution...