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Supreme Court Refuses To Recall Order Rejecting Vedanta's Interim Plea To Reopen Sterlite Plant Pending Appeal
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to recall its order rejecting Vedanta's interim plea to reopen its Sterlite Copper smelting plant at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu till the pendency of the appeal.The bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman had on December 2 last year refused to grant interim relief to Vedanta Ltd., rejecting the mining giant's plea for an immediate reopening of its Sterlite...
Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Against Bombay HC Verdict Quashing Reduction Of Area
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices on petitions challenging the Bombay High Court judgment which quashed the Maharashtra Government's notification to exclude 18 villages from Kalyan- Dombivili Municipal Corporation(KDMC).A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India issued notices on the special leave petitions filed by KDMC and the State Government against the judgment passed by...
Section 12(5) Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act Which Deals With Ineligibility Of Appointment As Arbitrator Is A Mandatory & Non- Derogable Provision: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act read with the Seventh Schedule, which deals with ineligibility of a person to be appointed as an Arbitrator, is a mandatory and non-derogable provision of the Act.The court was considering an appeal filed by Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC) against an order of the Punjab and Haryana High...
Supreme Court Adjourns Ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea For Sentence Suspension To Next Week
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to next week the petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to suspend his life sentence in a custodial death case of 1990. A Bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and R Subhash Reddy adjourned the case at the request of Bhatt's counsel Advocate-on-Record Farrukh Rasheed. Rasheed informed the Court today that the Senior...
65% of Death Sentences in 2020 Involved Sexual Violence; Project 39A at NLU-Delhi Delhi Releases 5th Annual Death Penalty Statistics
Project 39A at National Law University, Delhi published the fifth edition of the Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report which provides an annual update on all death penalty cases in India alongwith documenting the legislative developments on the issue. As on 31st December 2020, there were 404 prisoners on death row across India, with Uttar Pradesh having the highest number...
Delhi High Court Modifies Office Order, Allows Lawyers To Appear Either By Physical Or Virtual Mode
After massive backlash on its decision to resume physical hearings, the Delhi High Court has permitted lawyers to appear before it via-video conferencing, on an advance intimation. Though an office order issued under the authority of Chief Justice DN Patel, it is intimated: "Matters shall be taken up through physical mode as per the Roster of Sitting of the Hon'ble Judges of this...
'Not Agreeable To Giving Extra Chance To Civil Service Aspirants In UPSC Exams': Centre Informs Supreme Court
"Received information from the government that they are not agreeable", submitted Additional-Solicitor General SV Raju to the Supreme Court on Friday in a plea seeking for an extra chance for civil service aspirants in giving UPSC exams on account of the difficulties that may have arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar was presiding over the...
Siddique Kappan In No Way Connected With PFI; Ready To Take Scientific Tests To Prove Innocence : KUWJ Tells SC
The Kereala Union of Working Journalists(KUWJ) has filed an additional rejoinder in the Supreme Court refuting the allegations made by the Uttar Pradesh Government against journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been under custody since his arrest by the UP Police on October 5 last year when he was proceeding to report the Hathras crime.The KUWJ has denied that Kappan has any connection with...
Only Centre Can Control Internet Intermediaries; Legislative Assembly Cannot : Salve Submits For Facebook VP
A three judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice S.K. Kaul on Thursday heard Facebook India Vice President, Ajit Mohan's challenge to the two summons issued by the Delhi Legislative Assembly's Committee "Peace and Harmony" in connection with the Delhi riots that broke out in February 2020. The two summons were issued on 10th September 2020 and 18th September 2020 demanding...
Only Wilful And Deliberate Disobedience To Court's Order Amounts To Contempt: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that before before punishing a person for non-compliance of the decision of the Court, the Court must not only be satisfied about the disobedience of any judgment, decree, direction, writ or other process but should also be satisfied that such disobedience was wilful and intentional.The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and BR Gavai observed thus while...