Candidates Belonging To Reserved Categories Eligible For General Category Vacancies Based On Merit: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that the candidates belonging to reserved category, are eligible to fill general/open category vacancies also.The bench comprising Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy held that this principle should also be followed while filling vacancies in horizontal reservations in open category.The Court has disapproved the view taken by some...

Man Kept In 8-Months Illegal Confinement As 'Middle Name' Was Missing To His Name In Bail Order, Allahabad High Court Orders Release, Summons Jailer

Recently, the Allahabad High Court called the conduct of the Jailer/Jail Superintendent, who refused to release the applicant, Vinod Baruaar as the word 'Kumar' was missing to his name in bail order of the Allahabad High Court, "not only reprehensible, but also contumacious". The Bench of Justice J. J. Munir directed the Jail Superintendent/Jailer to appear before the Court and...

Supreme Court Deprecates Practice Of Pronouncing Final Orders Without Reasoned Judgments

The Supreme Court has again deprecated the practice of pronouncing the final orders without reasoned judgments.If a judgment cannot be delivered on the same date or immediately thereafter, logically the judgment ought to have been at least reserved to facilitate the Judge to pen down the order, the bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said while setting aside an unreasoned order passed...

Mumbai Court Orders Probe On Javed Javed Akhtar's Defamation Complaint Against Kangana Ranaut For Allegedly Dragging His Name In Sushant Singh Rajput Case

A Metropolitan Magistrate court in Mumbai has directed police to investigate the criminal defamation complaint filed by Lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar against actor Kangana Ranaut for remarks made against him dragging his name into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.The said complaint has been filed before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Andheri under Sections 499 (defamation) and...

Court Cannot Alter Presidential Order On Scheduled Tribes: SC Reverses Bombay HC Judgment Declaring 'Gowari' As ST

The Supreme Court has held that a High Court cannot look into the evidences to find out and decide that a particular tribe is part of Scheduled Tribe which is included in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950.The caste 'Gowari' and 'Gond Gowari' are two distinct and separate castes, the bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah observed while it set aside...

Supreme Court Rejects Pleas To Allow APTEL Technical Member To Function Till December 31

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected pleas to allow the Technical Member of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity(APTEL) to hold office till December 31 so as to enable him to pronounce judgments on matters heard by him along with the APTEL Chairperson.The date of retirement of APTEL Technical Member, SD Dubey, as per the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court on November 27 this year in the...

Vote Cast By Lawmaker Prior To His Conviction On Same Day Cannot Be Termed Invalid : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday held that a vote cast by a lawmaker prior to his conviction in a criminal case on the same day cannot be termed as invalid.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India observed that holding a legislator disqualified even before he was convicted "would grossly violate his substantive right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty". The bench said that it was...

Throughout UP Cooks Being Paid Paltry Amounts Amounting To Forced Labour: Allahabad High Court Orders Increment As Per MWA

"Persons employed as cooks throughout the State of Uttar Pradesh are being paid such paltry amounts which clearly qualify as forced labour", noted the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (15th December) while directing the State Government and UOI to ensure that cooks are not paid wages less than the minimum prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act. The Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia...

LVS-DBS Merger: Supreme Court Issues Notice On RBI's Plea Seeking Transfer & Stay On Petitions Across High Courts

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on the RBI's plea, seeking transfer of five writ petitions pending before the High Courts of Madras, Delhi, Karnataka and Bombay challenging the Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited (Amalgamation with DBS Bank India Limited) Scheme, 2020.A bench of Justice Mohan M. Shantangoudar also issued notice on the stay applications, directing it to be returnable within...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In A Contempt Petition Seeking Appropriate Guidelines In Appointing Executives To SPCBs

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justice Vineet Saran and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat yesterday issued notice in a contempt petition filed in non-compliance of an earlier direction passed by the Court dated 22.09.2017. The petition was filed under Sec. 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 which provides for the punishment of contempt of Court read with Rule 3...

'Fundamental Right To Health Includes Affordable Treatment': Supreme Court Suggests Cap On Fee Charged By Private Hospitals

The Supreme Court has observed that fundamental Right to health includes affordable treatment.Either more and more provisions are to be made by the State Government and the local administration or there shall be cap on the fees charged by the private hospitals which can be in exercise of the powers under the Disaster Management Act, the bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash...

Supreme Court Stays Karnataka High Court Direction To Hold Bengaluru Civil Body Elections In 198 Wards

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the December 4 judgment of the Karnataka High Court which directed holding of elections to 198 wards in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike(BBMP) within six weeks.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India stayed the directions in the High Court judgment while issuing notice on the special leave petition filed by State of Karnataka."Issue notice. Until...