It’s Not Arbitration If Jurisdiction Of The ‘Designated Officer’ Can’t Be Invoked By Both Parties To The Dispute, Says SC [Read Judgment]

“Arbitration has always been understood to mean the process by which a dispute is resolved by an arbitrator chosen or acceptable to both sides under an arbitration agreement between the two parties.”The Supreme Court has observed that if jurisdiction of a designated officer mentioned in the agreement cannot be invoked by both parties to the dispute, such an officer is not intended to be...

Chartered Accountants Can Be Proceeded Against For Their Acts Which Brings Disrepute To The Profession Whether Or Not Related To His Professional Work: SC [Read Judgment]

 “We are afraid that the High Court has not correctly appreciated Section 21(3) of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949”The Supreme Court observed that the chartered accountants can be proceeded against for their acts which bring disrepute to the profession whether or not related to his professional work.The bench comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha...

"If I Have Agenda, What About The Other Three Judges Who Took part In The Press Conference?", Justice Chelameswar Opens Up On Dramatic Events Of His Term [Video]

"Independence and accountability go hand in hand. Independence without accountability will lead to despotism", he saidFormer Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar opened up on the explosive events during the last phase of his term such as the order in Medical College bribery case, boycott of collegium meetings and the historic press conference.He was speaking at a seminar on the...

Breaking: SLP Against Death Sentence Shall Not Be Dismissed Without Giving Reasons: SC [Read Judgment]

‘If death penalty is to be affirmed even while dismissing the Special Leave Petition in limine, it should be by a reasoned order on the aspect of sentence, at least”The Supreme Court held that Special Leave Petitions filed in those cases where death sentence is awarded by the courts below, should not be dismissed without giving reasons, at least qua death sentence.The three judge...

SC Sets Aside Madras HC Order Awarding 196 Marks To Those Who Took NEET Exam In Tamil [Read Judgment]

 ‘Because of a mistake in translation which could have been detected and avoided by the students, we find it unjust that all the students across the board who took the examination in Tamil have been awarded four marks for all the 49 questions without any reference to the answer of those questions.’The Supreme Court of India set aside a Madras High Court judgment that directed the...

The Very Framework Of Granting Child-Care Leaves Perpetuates Existing Notions Of Patriarchy: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court recently scorned at a school for withholding a month’s salary of a woman who had availed of child-care leave.In doing so, Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee analysed the introduction of the concept of granting child-care leaves to a mother, and found that “the very framework is predisposed to perpetuate the existing notions of patriarchy which has still not...

'A Parallel System In Jail?' SC Asks Centre To Respond

“Just see how pathetic the condition of our jails is! They have not been whitewashed in years, no sewage disposal, taps are leaking!”, exclaimed Justice Madan B. Lokur on Thursday.The Supreme Court bench, also comprising Justice Deepak Gupta, expressed displeasure at the lack of video conferencing facilities in jails and juvenile homes and the alarming number of vacancies in Forensic...

SC Dismisses PIL Seeking Use Of Ballot Papers In Assembly, LS Polls

The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking use of ballot papers instead of EVMs during upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha polls.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not agree with the contention of NGO 'Nyay Bhoomi' that electronic voting machines are capable of being misused and they should not be used in the polls to ensure free and fair elections."Every system and machine...

Plea Against Social Media Hubs: SC Gives Two Weeks' Time For Petitioner To Furnish Materials To Support Her Claim

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday granted two weeks’ time to Trinamool Congress MLA Mahua Moitra to furnish evidentiary materials in support of her claims that the endeavour of the Centre to monitor various social media platforms to gauge the response to the Aadhaar project amounts to unwarranted surveillance.“If every single tweet or WhatsApp message...

Employee Has Right To Resign, Subject To Stipulations In Service Rules: SC Relief To Ex-Employee Of Air India [Read Order]

“To resign is a right of an employee who cannot be forced to serve in case he is not willing until and unless there is some stipulation in the rules or in the terms of appointment or disciplinary proceedings is pending or contemplated which is sought to be avoided by resigning from the services.”The Supreme Court has held that it is the  right of an employee to resign and he cannot be...

'A Rebel Without Cause', SC Slams Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari Over Sealing Drive, Closes Contempt Proceedings [Read Judgment]

Even as the Supreme Court stopped short of holding Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari in contempt for openly breaking the lock on a premise sealed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation for housing an illegal dairy, the bench headed by Justice Madan B. Lokur stated that it is “extremely pained by the machismo and brazen manner in which Tiwari took the law into his own hands”.The court...

Judge Loya Died Of Radioactive Isotope Poisoning, Alleges Advocate Satish Uke In New Petition

Advocate Satish Uke has filed a fresh criminal writ petition before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court alleging that Judge BH Loya died due to radioactive isotope poisoning.In his 209-page criminal writ petition, Uke alleged that his life was in danger. The petition stated that advocates Shrikant Khandalkar and Prakash Thombre, who allegedly died in mysterious circumstances, had told...