SC Declines To Stay Presidential Order Excluding Assam From 'Inner Line Permit' Area; Seeks Centre's Response

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the 2019 Presidential Order, whereby the State of Assam has been excluded from Inner Line Area, in light of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019.A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & Hrishikesh Roy, however issued notice on the plea and sought the Centre's response.Senior Advocate Vikas Singh appeared for...

SC Seeks Centre's Response In Plea Seeking Changing Name Of Bombay High Court To 'Maharashtra High Court'

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response in a PIL seeking seeking directions to change the name of 'High Court of Bombay' to 'High Court of Maharashtra'.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices SA Bopanna & Hrishikesh Roy took up for hearing, the petition filed by Retired Labour Court Judge VP Patil.Patil avers in his petition that the word "Maharashtra" denotes...

Plea To Change 'India' As 'Bharat' : SC Refuses Interference; Asks Centre To Treat Writ Petition As Representation

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central Government to treat a writ petition seeking direction to change the name of the country as "Bharat" from "India" as a representation and to take a decision on the same.A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde observed that the Court cannot pass any directions to amend the Constitution for such name change."We cannot do that. India is already called Bharat...

PIL By Journalist Unions Against Salary Cut, Lay Offs; Bombay HC Issues Notice To Centre, State & 10 Media Groups

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre, the State and ten different media groups while hearing a public interest litigation filed by Maharashtra Union of Working Journalists (MUWJ) and Nagpur Union of Working Journalists (NUWJ) against the "illegal and arbitrary" actions of newspapers/employers to lay off, force salary cuts on journalists/non-journalist employees during...

SC Dismisses PIL Seeking Exclusion Of Lockdown Period From Validity Period Of Cheques/DDs

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL which sought a relief to exclude the time period of lockdown for calculating the limitation for presentation of cheques/demand drafts. Dismissing the PIL, a bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Indu Malhotra and Aniruddha Bose said "In our considered view, this is a policy decision to be taken by the Reserve Bank of India...

SC Calls Upon Advocates & Parties-In-Person To Provide Joint Consent For Resuming Physical Hearings [Read Notice]

Taking stock of requests for re-commencing physical hearings at the Top Court, the Supreme Court has called upon Advocates and Parties-in-person to give their written consent stating that the same shall only be considered on receipt of the same.The circular signed under the hand of the additional registrar has been released today and states that,"In view of the request received from...

Breaking: [Bhima Koregaon] SC Stays Gautam Navlakha's Bail Proceedings Before Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in the Gautam Navlakha's bail proceedings before Delhi High Court.The Court was hearing an appeal filed by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) against a May 27 order of the Delhi High Court whereby it directed the agency to furnish a complete record of the proceedings before the NIA Special Judges based on which he was transferred...

Tamil Nadu CPI(M) Moves SC Against Denial Of Statutory Reservation To SC/ST/OBC in UG-PG Medical Seats In All-India Quota Under NEET

The Supreme Court has been moved in a writ petition by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s Tamil Nadu wing against denial of statutory reservation for the OBCs i.e.Backward Classes (BC) and Most Backward Classes (MBC) and the SC and ST in Undergraduate and Post Graduate Medical Seats of the All India Quota under NEET. The reservation has its backing in the state legislation 'The Tamil...

Plea In SC Seeks Issuance Of Directions To UOI To Get Full Disclosure Of Information Related To COVID19 From China [read Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking issuance of directions to the Union of India to make a representation to the People's Republic of China & the World Health Organisation (WHO) to make available, relevant information related to Covid19.Filed by an organisation named "Doctors For You" through Advocate On Record Abhishek Singh (& drawn by Advocates Simar Suri, Aditya...

No Law That The Person Accompanying Principal Culprit Shares His Intention In Respect Of Every Act Which The Latter Might Eventually Commit: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that there is no law that a person accompanying the principal culprit shares his intention in respect of every act which the latter might eventually commit.The bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph made this observation while allowing an appeal filed by a theft and murder accused. The appellant was tried with 4 others and was convicted under...

SCAORA Urges CJI To Restore Physical Court Hearings From July [Read Letter]

The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) has addressed a letter to CJI SA Bobde, urging him to restore working of the Courts in a physical setting, from July, 2020. The letter highlights that Open Court hearings are the "spine" of the Indian legal system and that Virtual Courts are not a substitute to physical Courts. Attention has also been drawn towards...

'Levy Of Interest During Moratorium Takes Away Benefit' : Plea In SC Challenges May 22 Circular Of RBI [Read Petition]

Challenging Levy Of Interest During Moratorium Period