TN Bar Council Moves Madras High Court For Criminal Action Against Ex-HC Judge CS Karnan

A single Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday referred an original criminal petition, filed by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu against retired High Court Judge, CS Karnan for passing rape threats and sexually coloured remarks against wives of judges, women lawyers and female court staff, to a Division Bench. Justice T Ravindran observed that it will be appropriate to put the...

Any Creditor Of A Company In Liquidation Can Seek Transfer Of Winding Up Proceedings In HC To NCLT: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that any creditor of a company can seek transfer of winding up proceeding pending before a High court to a National Company Law Tribunal.The words "party or parties" appearing in the 5th proviso to Clause (c) of Sub­section (1) of Section 434 of the Companies would take within its fold any creditor of the company in liquidation, the...

Supreme Court Allows Uttarakhand Govt. To Demolish 4 Illegal Religious Structures On Public Land By May 31, 2021

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the state of Uttarakhand to demolish four illegal religious structures on public land in Haridwar by the extended deadline of May 31, 2021."Out of 793 illegal structures, 5 are left. In respect of 1, there is a stay...this was a suo motu matter (before the Uttarakhand High Court) so there is no-one on the other side", began SG Tushar Mehta."The Akhil...

Supreme Court Stays Release Order Issued By Navy To Woman Officer Without Considering Claim For Permanent Commission

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the order of release issued by the Indian Navy to a woman officer without considering her claim for permanent commission.The lady officer, Lt Cdr Harmeet Kaur, approached the Supreme Court saying that her case was covered by the 'Lt Cdr Annie Nagaraja' judgment of March 2020 whereby the Navy was directed to grant permanent commission to women...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Kerala Govt On Plea To Fix Retirement Age As 60 For All Govt Servants

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the State of Kerala on a plea seeking to fix the retirement age of government servants in Kerala as 60 years.A bench led by Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notice on the special leave petition Saju Nambadan and another v State of Kerala and others which challenged the amendments brought to the Kerala Service Rules to raise the retirement age as...

1993 Bombay Blasts- Supreme Court To Hear 'Juvenile' Convict's Article 32 Challenge To Life Sentence Next Week

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a writ petition next week against its March 21, 2013 decision upholding the conviction of Muhammad Moin Faridulla Qureshi in the 1993 Mumbai blasts and the sentence of life imprisonment.Qureshi, who claimes that he was 17 years and 3 months old when he loaded vehicles with explosives and fitted them with timers to devastating effect on March 12,...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Centre's Challenge To Kerala HC Judgement Which Quashed Preventive Detention Under COFEPOSA Act

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a special leave petition filed by the Union of India challenging a Kerala High Court judgment which quashed the preventive detention orders passed against two person under Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA) was quashed. A Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indu...

Waiver Of Loan Interest: Sufficient Relief Granted; Further Intervention Not Needed, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Centre urged a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and Subhash Reddy to not intervene and provide further relief to borrowers under Article 32 as the Government was already "on top of it".Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told top Court today that many relief packages and schemes had been worked out with technical experts and the intervention of the Court in fiscal policy issues...

Everybody Can't Be Permitted To Treat COVID: Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On use Of Alternative Medicines To Treat Covid

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a counter affidavit detailing in what manner and to what extent Alternative Medicine by way of Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Siddha are permitted to treat COVID.The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan was hearing a SLP against the August 21 decision of the Kerala High Court holding that AYUSH Doctors shall not prescribe tablets or mixtures...

Supreme Court Restores and Keeps For Admission ML Sharma's Plea Challenging The Three Farm Laws

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for admission the petition filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma which challenges the three farm laws that have been enacted by the Parliament recently and have attracted intense opposition from several farmers' groups across the country. In today's hearing, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde informed Sharma that there was no cause...

Sudarshan News Case: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing For Two Weeks To Enable Parties To Respond To Centre's Affidavit

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the case against the controversial show of Sudarshan News TV to enable the parties to respond to the affidavit filed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting yesterday.In today's hearing, a Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra was informed by the Union of India that it has passed an order cautioning...

[Loan Moratorium And Waiver of Interest] Live Updates From Supreme Court

Justice Ashok Bhushan led bench is hearing plea(s) seeking extension of the Covid19 induced loan moratorium & waiver of accruing...