'Pandemic Has Spread Like Wildfire Despite Guidelines & SOPs': Supreme Court Reiterates Directives To Contain Covid 19

Despite the Guidelines and SOPs issued, for lack of implementation the Pandemic has spread like wild fire, the Supreme Court observed on Friday.The bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah observed that the safety and health of the citizens must be the first priority, rather than any other considerations. The court said that strict and stern action should be...

Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Man Booked Under UP Ordinance Against Religious Conversion For Marriage

The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of a man booked by the UP Police under the recently promulgated Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal has asked the UP Police to not take any coercive action against the accused, Nadeem, until the next date of hearing. The Court...

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Azim Premji And Wife Over Merger Of Companies

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on WIPRO founder Azim Premji's petition questioning summons issued by an Additional City Civil and Sessions Court in January on a private complaint over allegations of illegally transferring crores of rupees worth of assets from three companies into a private trust and newly formed company.The bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul also directed...

'We Find It Disturbing' : Supreme Court Stays Andhra High Court's Attempt To Examine 'Constitutional Breakdown' In AP

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court whereby it had decided to examine if there is a "constitutional breakdown" in the State of AP."We find it disturbing", commented the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde about the High Court order.The bench issued notice on the petition. The matter will be listed after Christmas vacations.The development comes after a...

Supreme Court Stops Bengal Police From Taking Coercive Action Against 5 BJP Leaders On Criminal Cases Registered Against Them

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices on petitions filed by five BJP leaders Arjun Singh, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Pawan Singh, Sourav Singh and Mukul Roy seeking investigation by an independent agency in the criminal cases registered against them by the West Bengal police.A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul also ordered that no coercive action should be taken against the...

Grant Of Extra Chance For UPSC Aspirants In Civil Service Exams Under Consideration Of Centre, Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court

The issue regarding grant of extra chance for UPSC aspirants in civil service exams is under the "active consideration" of the Central Government and the Union Public Services Commission, submitted the Solicitor General of India before the Supreme Court on Friday.The Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, submitted that the centre was not taking an "adversarial stand" with respect to the plea for...

Breaking: Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Rachita Taneja For Caricatures Of 'Sanitary Panels' About Judiciary

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to comic illustrator Rachita Taneja on the petitions seeking criminal contempt action against her over her caricatures published in 'Sanitary Panels' social media handles about the judiciary.The notice is returnable within 6 weeks. The bench has dispensed with the personal presence of Taneja. The bench noted that the Attorney General has granted...

Breaking- Supreme Court Issues Notice To Kunal Kamra In Contempt Petitions Over Tweets About Judiciary

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to comedian Kunal Kamra on the petitions seeking criminal contempt action against him for his tweets made about the top court and judges.The notice is returnable within 6 weeks. The bench has dispensed with the personal presence of Kamra. The bench noted that the Attorney General for India has granted consent for initiating contempt action...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Against Regularisation Of Illegal Constructions; Directs Impleadment Of All States & UT's

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Environment, Forest and Urban Development Ministry, CBI and states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, National Disaster Management Authority in a case pertaining to regularization of illegal layouts and constructions.Justice L. Nageswara Rao led bench also directed the petitioner to implead all other States and Union...

Tata Sons v. Cyrus Mistry: Supreme Court Reserves Judgemnt

The courtroom battle in the matter of Tata Sons v. Cyrus Mistry reached day 7 of continuous hearings by the parties. A three judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde heard the arguments advanced by Mr. Shyam Divan, who argued on behalf of Mr. Cyrus Mistry for second day in a row. The arguments were also advanced by Sr. Adv. Janak Dwarkadas, another counsel representing the...

Loan Moratorium- Resolution Framework For COVID-Related Stress More Restrictive Than Prudential Norms For Normal Times: SC Told

In the course of the hearing in the loan moratorium matter, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday, on behalf of an industry group, that the interests of borrowers have been dealt with in a "slipshod manner" and not "with as much sympathy as was expected", by the Union of India and the RBI.Senior Advocate Ravindra Srivastava, for the group, told the bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R....

CBI Investigation Can Be Ordered Even After Submission Of Chargesheet In An Appropriate Case: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that there is no embargo on it to transfer an investigation to the CBI after submission of the charge-sheet.The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee observed thus while cancelling anticipatory bail granted to in-laws of a deceased woman in a dowry death case and also directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to...