Chopper Scam: SC Stays Delhi HC Order Allowing Approver Rajeev Saxena To Go Abroad

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the June 10 Delhi High Court Order giving permission to travel abroad for medical treatment to Rajeev Saxena, initially implicated and then made approver in connection with the Agusta Westland chopper scam. Acting on Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's opposition to his leaving the country on account of his infractions of the Black Money and Income Tax...

Breaking : Kerala HC Allows Screening Of Anand Patwardhan Documentary 'Reason' In Film Festival

Overruling the objections of Centre, the High Court of Kerala has passed an order allowing the screening of Anand Patwardhan's documentary "Reason/Vivek" at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival ongoing at Thiruvananthapuram at present.The Court observed that the apprehension that the documentary might affect law and order was not a valid reason to withhold sanction. Even as...

SC Rejects Gujarat Cong Plea Against EC Decision To Hold Separate By-Polls For 2 RS Seats

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Gujarat Congress's challenge to the Election Commission's decision to hold separate by polls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state which fell vacant due to the election of BJP chief Amit Shah and Smriti Irani to the Lok Sabha. The vacation bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna observed that the Commission already having notified the election for July...

Supreme Court And Air Pollution: An Overview Of The Vehicular Pollution case (1985-2019)

'Beating air pollution' is this year's environmental day theme. Pursuant to this, global community is taking concerted efforts to build consciousness about the environmental and health hazards posed by air pollution. The theme is central to India as a study by IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace has identified 22 of 30 worst world's polluted cities in India. This highlights the pressing need...

Sohrabuddin Case: Bombay HC Admits Appeal Filed by Sohrabuddin's Brothers Challenging Acquittal of 22 Accused

The Bombay High Court on Monday admitted appeal filed by brothers of Sohrabuddin Shaikh challenging the acquittal of all 22 accused in the alleged fake encounter case. Amongst the accused are police officers from Gujarat and Rajasthan, they were acquitted by a special CBI court in a judgement dated December 21, 2018. Division bench of IA Mahanty and Justice AM Badar admitted the appeal...

'Joint Polls Not Necessary To Fill Casual Vacancies In Rajya Sabha'; ECI Responds To Congress Plea Against Separate Polls For Gujarat RS Seats

Casual vacancies arising prior to the expiration of a member's term in the Rajya Sabha can be filled by separate elections, the Election Commission of India said in response to the petition filed by a Congress MP against the poll panel's decision to hold separate elections to two seats in Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.The seats fell vacant after BJP leaders Amit Shah and Smriti Irani won...

'Deaths Cannot Keep Happening'; SC Expresses Serious Concern Over Encephalitis Deaths In Bihar; Seeks Govt Response [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday demanded a response from the Bihar government as well as the Centre in the wake of the alarming rate at which children are succumbing to Encephalitis in state.The vacation bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna granted 7 days to the state and the Union of India to inform the court of the steps being taken to bring the situation under control.'This is a...

Initiate Impeachment Motion Against Justice Shri Narayan Shukla: CJI Gogoi Writes To PM Modi

The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi about initiating an impeachment motion in Parliament for removal of Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shri Narayan Shukla, reports Times of India. Justice SN Shukla, who became the judge of Allahabad High Court in October 2005, has a term up to 17th July, 2020.A judge of a High Court (and...

Man Who Allegedly Killed UP Bar Council Chief Dies During Treatment

Manish Sharma, the advocate who allegedly shot to death Darvesh Yadav, Chairperson of Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh on June 12, died in a Gurugram hospital on Saturday, reports IANS.As per eyewitness accounts, Manish Sharma, opened three rounds of fire at Yadav at Agra Court premises, killing her on spot. After the attack, he fired a shot at himself.He was undergoing treatment since...

SC Deprecates Tendency Of Educational Institutions Admitting Students Beyond The Numbers Permitted [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court deprecated the tendency of the educational institutions admitting students beyond the numbers permitted and thereby putting the future of the students at stake.The court was considering a plea by Foundation for Organizational Research and Education Fore School Management challenging the action of All India Council for Technical Education in rejecting their request for...

Private Bill on Sabarimala In Lok Sabha: Who said What [Read Bill]

Interestingly, the Lok Sabha was chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi (as Chairperson) when the RSP MP Premachandran introduced the bill, which he himself termed as 'historic'.

CJI Writes To PM Seeking Steps To Increase Retirement Age Of Judges, SC Strength

The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to raise the retirement of High Court judges as 65 years and to increase the strength of Supreme Court, reports the Times of India.As per TOI, the CJI has written two separate letters with the request to tackle the problem of huge case backlogs.The retirement age is 62 years in case of High...