Supreme Court Judges Will Contribute To Kerala Flood Relief Fund: CJI Dipak Misra

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today announced in open court that he and all Supreme Court judges will be contributing to the Kerala flood relief fund.“We are also going to make some contribution..it will be made known soon. The judges of the supreme court will be making some donation,”CJI Misra said.The remarks came during a discussion on the type of penalty to be imposed on one...

Leprosy Survivors Need State's Protection To Come To The Mainstream: AG Tells SC

The Supreme Court on Monday sought to know from Attorney General K. K. Venugopal the feasibility of advancing a suggestion to the Legislature to pass an affirmative law conferring rights and benefits on persons suffering from leprosy and deeming as repealed all statutes, rules or regulations running counter to it which attach a social stigma to the disease.After being informed that upon...

Alwar Lynching: SC Asks Rajasthan Govt. To File Affidavit On Contempt [Read Order]

In the wake of the unfortunate Alwar lynching episode of July 24, the Supreme Court on Monday required the principal secretary of the Home Department, state of Rajasthan to file within 2 weeks an affidavit clarifying the position as to inquiry and the disciplinary action against the state police.A month After the Supreme Court Judgment in Tehseen Poonawalla Vs Union of India  wherein the...

Can State Create Sub-Classification In Non-Creamy Layer Within OBC Category? SC Larger Bench To Examine [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the question whether it is permissible for a State to create the sub-classification in a non-creamy layer within the OBC category.The bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Indira Banerjee was considering an appeal against Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment that had set aside a government notification fixing income criteria for...

Kerala Floods : SC Lawyers Organize Collection Drive; Justices Kurian Joseph And K M Joseph, Make Contributions

Today, the Supreme Court lawyers organized a drive to collect relief materials to be sent to flood-ravaged Kerala. The materials were collected from 4.30 PM onwards, at the ILI campus opposite Supreme Court.  Materials like bed sheets, nighties, tshirts, sanitary napkins, diapers biscuits, rusk, maida, dal , undergarments etc were collected. They will be collecting materials till...

Job Insecurity Shouldn’t Be Created For Teachers Or Lecturers Who Dedicate Their Life For Education Of Students: SC [Read Judgment]

While considering a plea of a teacher in a service-related matter, the Supreme Court has observed that insecurity should not be created in the employment of teachers or lecturers who dedicate their life for the education of the students, which is of utmost importanceThe bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul (in Ahalya A Samtaney vs. State of Maharashtra) made this...

Kerala Floods: Attorney General KK Venugopal Donates Rupees One Crore To CM's Relief Fund

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal has donated Rupees One Crore to Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, to help the victims of flood havoc. His son and Senior Advocate Krishnan Venugopal has contributed another Fifteen Lakhs for the relief activities.Senior Advocate Chander Uday Singh has already contributed Rs 5 Lakhs.The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) had...

Congress Leader Kamal Nath Moves SC For Random Verification Of VVPAT Machines in MP Polls

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking random verification of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in the ensuing Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.In his petition, Mr. Nath submits that he, along with other senior leaders from the State, had submitted a representation to the Election Commission of India (ECI), highlighting 60 lakh...

Another Inter-Faith Marriage Reaches SC; Muslim Man Claims Violation Of Hadiya Judgment By Chhattisgarh HC

Five months after the Supreme Court judgment in Hadiya Case, another inter-faith marriage has made its way to the Apex Court, with a Muslim man alleging disregard of the law laid down in Shafin Jahan v. Asokan K.M. and others by the Chattisgarh High Court.The petition, filed by one Mohd. Ibrahim Siddiqui challenges a judgment passed by the High Court on 30 July, when the High Court had...

It is Permissible to Lay down Essential Educational Requirements, Residential/Domicile For State Quota Seats For MBBS/BDS/Ayurvedic Courses: SC [Read Judgment]

 ‘The object sought to be achieved is that the incumbent must serve the State concerned and for the emancipation of the educational standards of the people who are residing in a particular State, such reservation has been upheld by this Court for the inhabitants of the State and prescription of the condition of obtaining an education in a State.’The Supreme Court, while upholding...

“It Is A Serious Problem”, SC Moots LG-Headed Panel To Address Delhi’s Garbage Problem

“The fact is that it is a serious problem which is getting out of hand. We want him to constitute a committee with members from civil society as members as we require assistance of people of delhi,, we need their full cooperation. Let the LG take a call on it. He shall look in-depth into all aspects with a special focus on landfill sites”, the bench told ASG Pinky Anand who represented the...

"The Predominant Mindset Of Male Chauvinism Is All-Pervading": HP HC Quashes Policy Of Depriving Benefit Of Reservation To Married Daughters/Granddaughters Of Freedom Fighters [Read Judgment]

“The time has, therefore, come for the Court to affirmatively emphasize that it is not open to the State, if it has to act in conformity with the fundamental principles of equality which are embodied in Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution, to discriminate against married daughters by depriving them of the benefit of the reservation, which is made available to a son irrespective of...