PIL In SC Challenges Art. 370, Says It Be Declared As Lapsed & J&K Constitution As Unconstitutional [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging Article 370 of the Constitution which grants special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir on the ground that it lapsed with the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in the year 1957 while also praying that the Constitution of the state be declared unconstitutional for being against the supremacy of the Constitution of India.The...

SC Orders Release Of ‘Unapologetic’ Litigant From Jail After He Tenders Unconditional Apology And Complies With Its Order [Read Order]

The Supreme Court last week ordered the release of a litigant, who was sent to jail for being ‘unapologetic’ and for not complying its order after he stated that he complied with its order and tendered an unconditional apology.Last month, the bench comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Indu Malhotra had sent Kovilkar Lakshmoji Rao to jail directly from the court for a period...

SC Again Remands Matter To HC As It Erred In Interpreting Earlier Remand Order [Read Judgment]

Civil litigation is akin to a snake and ladder game. It may take quite a time for the game to end, and one may have to face not only appeals to higher courts but also remands to lower courts. This is a case where the Supreme Court has twice remanded a civil matter to the high court on more or less the same issue.A suit filed in 1990 was decreed in 1997. The district court upheld the decree...

Medical College Inspections: SC Appoints Nandan Nilekani To Examine Possibility of Computer Network Based/ AI Solution [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed Mr. Nandan Nilekani for examining the possibility of a computer network based or artificial intelligence based technological solution for inspection of medical colleges by the Medical Council of India (MCI).The petitions before the court had initially been filed by private medical colleges which had been denied permission to admit students in...

SC Issues Notice On Plea For Humane Treatment Of Detainees In Assam’s Detention Centres & Other Safeguards

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a petition demanding a direction to the authorities to ensure humane treatment of those detained in the detention centres in Assam.The notice was issued by a bench comprising Justice MB Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta, which directed the petition to be tagged along with another Intervention Application raising similar concerns over detention...

Nigerian National Languishes In Prison; SC Directs Consideration Of His Deportation [Read Order & Petition]

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and External Affairs to jointly consider the request for release and deportation of a Nigerian national, who is allegedly languishing in Dimapur District Sub Jail, Nagaland since September 2016.Nweze Raymond Chinenyeuba, a citizen of Nigeria, was taken to custody by Nagaland Police on September 9,2016 as he was found...

Applications For Judicial Service Exams Reach HC After Last Date Due To Postal Delay: SC Allows Aspirants To Participate In Exam Provisionally [Read Order]

“Subject to their production of evidence before the Registrar (Judicial) of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur, between 2.00 P.M. to 4.00 P.M. tomorrow i.e. on 21/09/2018, of a valid proof of having dispatched their applications either by Speed Post/Registered Post/Courier on or before 21.08.2018.”In a relief to aspirants for judicial officer posts, the Supreme Court has...

MACT Claims: HC Should Assign Reasons For Not Granting Enhancement Of Compensation Or Reduction: SC [Read Judgment]

‘It was, therefore, necessary, for the High Court to assign the reasons for not granting enhancement of compensation and/or its reduction.’The Supreme Court reiterated that the High court while sitting in appeal above a MACT order, should assign the reasons for not granting enhancement of compensation and/or its reduction.The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal had awarded an amount of...

Bihar Shelter Home Sexual Abuse Case: SC Lists Areas Of Concern For CBI, Bihar Police To Conduct In-Depth Scrutiny [Read Order]

Seeks to know why victim girls were transferred out by Bihar govt even before TISS report was releasedExpecting the CBI to conduct “great in-depth scrutiny” in the sequence of events concerning the Bihar Shelter home sexual abuse case, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the probe agency to seize all record of the Social Welfare Department to ascertain why some victim girls...

No Automatic Entitlement To Back Wages Upon Reinstatement By Court, Holds SC [Read Judgment]

‘A workman has no right to claim back wages from his employer as of right only because the Court has set aside his dismissal order in his favour and directed his reinstatement in service.’The Supreme Court has held that the back wages could not be awarded by the court as of right to the workman consequent upon setting aside of his dismissal/termination order.In this case, Rajasthan State...

Food Safety Violations Can Be Prosecuted Under IPC As Well, Holds SC [Read Order]

‘Where an act or an omission constitutes an offence under two enactments, the offender may be prosecuted and punished under either or both enactments but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence.’The Supreme Court has held that Food Safety Officers can lodge complaints alleging offences under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code against the persons...

[Bhima Koregaon]: “It Has Become A ‘Cut, Copy, Paste’ Template Prayer To Ask For SIT Probe":Salve, SC Reserves Order

As the hearing on the plea for a SIT probe into the Bhima-Koregaon violence resumed on Thursday, ASG Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the state of Maharashtra, continued walking the apex court through the evidentiary material retrieved from the laptops, harddisks and pendrives of the accused activists.In the light of Justice D. Y. Chandrachud’s remarks on Wednesday, he assured the...