Aadhaar Review : In-Chamber Hearing Earlier Listed For Today Deleted From Cause-List, No Intimation For Re-Listing Yet

The in-chamber hearing of review petitions at the Top Court, challenging the constitutionality of the Adhaar scheme have been deleted from today's cause list.The notification for deletion came late in the evening yesterday, i.e. June 8. Supreme Court was set to hear the challenge to the 2018 judgement which had upheld the constitutional validity of the Adhaar scheme by a 4:1 majority by a...

Rent Control Act: HC Cannot Interfere With Finding Of Fact In Revisional Jurisdiction Unless There Is Perversity Or Misappreciation of Evidence: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that the High Court, in its revisional jurisdiction conferred by Section 20 of the Kerala Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act, cannot interfere with the finding of fact by Appellate Authority, unless there is perversity or misappreciation of evidence by it. In this case, the eviction petitions were filed by the landlord on three grounds, namely, arrears...

SC Seeks AG's Response On Viability Of Service Of Demand Notice Under Sec 138 NI Act Via Whatsapp/Email

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of Attorney General KK Venugopal in an application seeking service of demand notice in "dishonour of cheque" cases through Email and Whatsapp under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. A bench led by Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde sought the Attorney General's response on the viability of alternative means of service, and ways...

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Clarification On The Issue Of Applicability Of Extended Limitation Period On Section 167(2) CRPC

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on an an application seeking a clarification that the earlier order of top court extending the limitation period with effect from March 15 does not cover the time limit prescribed under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of bail.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & Hrishikesh Roy deliberated on whether...

Medical Treatment Should Not Be Denied To Non- Residents, Delhi LG Issues Direction Against Delhi Govt Order

Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Monday evening ordered that all the Government and private hospitals and nursing homes situated in the capital will extend medical facilities to all the Covid-19 patients, without any discrimination on the basis of residence.This has effectively rescinded the order passed by Delhi Government on Sunday to restrict medical treatment to...

Classification Of Patients As Residents And Non-Residents For Treatment Was Held Unconstitutional By Delhi HC In 2018

In October 2018, the Delhi High Court had held that classification of individuals as residents and non-residents for the purpose of providing medical facilities is unreasonable and violative of the fundamental right to health enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution. The observation was made while setting aside an order issued by the Medical Director, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital,...

SC Issues Notice On PIL for Policy to Curb Child Trafficking [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and State Governments in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking guidelines from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to prevent cases of child trafficking, which have suddenly surged amid the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The Bench comprising of CJI SA Bobde, and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy asked...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Shashi Tharoor's Plea To Preserve Sunanda Pushkar's Twitter Account & Tweets

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi Police in an petition filed by MP and senior Congress leader Dr. Shashi Tharoor, seeking for directions to the Investigating Officer to write a letter to Twitter for securing and preserving the inactive Twitter account of his late wife Sunanda Pushkar. Justice Manoj Ohri of the Delhi High Court heard the Application which states...

Breaking: Plea In Delhi HC Challenges Delhi Govt's Order To Restrict Treatment In Hospitals Only For Residents Of Delhi

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging the decision of the Delhi Government to restrict the treatment in State Government run hospitals as well as in private hospitals and nursing homes to bonafide residents of Delhi only. Filed by two Delhi University students who are the residents of UP and Bihar, the petition argues that this decision would adversely affect the...

SC Issues Notice On Mother's Plea For CBI Probe Into Death Of NLU-J Student In 2017

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a plea seeking for a transfer of investigation from the State police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the mysterious death of Vikrant Nagaich, a 3rd-year student at National Law University, Jodhpur, in August 2017.Nagaich had been found dead on 14th August, 2017, under unnatural circumstances near the railway tracks opposite...

SC Issues Notice On Habeas Plea Challenging Detention Of J&K Congress Leader Saifuddin Soz

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a habeas Corpus petition filed against the Government of Jammu and Kashmir's detention order of octogenarian Congress leader and former Union Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz who has been under house arrest since 5th August, 2019.A bench headed by Justices Arun Mishra issued the notice, after hearing Senior Advocates P Chidambaram and Dr Abhishek...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-17]

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