PM Modi Degree Row: DU Opposes RTI Applicants' Intervention Application; Calls It A "Cheap Publicity Stunt" [Read Application]

Delhi University (DU) on Tuesday once again tried to deflect the demand for disclosure of the varsity’s BA exam record of 1978, the year Prime Minister Narendra Modi had graduated. Notably, it resorted to dubbing the plea filed by RTI activists as a "cheap publicity stunt".While an affidavit submitted by Registrar T.K. Das had made similar attacks on the main intervenor last month,...

Labour Court Is Not Functus Officio For Considering Application To Set Aside Ex Parte Award: SC [Read Judgment]

Merely because an award has become enforceable, does not necessarily mean that it has become binding. For an award to become binding, it should be passed in compliance with the principles of natural justice.The Supreme Court, in Haryana Suraj Malting Limited v. Phool Chand, has held that labour court/industrial tribunal is not functus officio after the award has become enforceable as far...

Breaking: SC To Hear Plea Seeking CLAT Retest Tomorrow [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court is set to hear a Petition filed by six students from three States demanding a retest of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2018 tomorrow.The Petition, filed through Advocates Anand Shankar Jha and Siddharth Tiwari highlights various instances of "grossly improper, arbitrary and negligent conduct" of the examination, and claims that students from more than 15 States are...

Petition For Value-Based Education In India: SC Issues Notice To Centre [Read Petition]

Petitioner also seeks a direction to the Ministry of Human Resources Development to ascertain the feasibility of “One Nation-One Education Board” in place of existing Multi-Board Education System viz. Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Board and Central Board of Secondary Education Board etcThe Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development,...

Petition In SC Challenges Recognition Of Banjaras As Scheduled Tribes In Telangana Region [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court by the Adivasi (Girijana) Employees Welfare and Cultural Association praying that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 recognizing the Banjaras (Lambadas and Sugalis) as Scheduled Tribes in the Telangana areas of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh (presently Telangana State) be declared unconstitutional...

BJP Leader S Ve Shekhar Gets Interim Protection From SC In 'Facebook Forwarding Of Derogatory Post On Women Journalists' Case

By way of interim relief to journalist and BJP leader S. Ve. Shekhar, the Supreme Court vacation bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha, on Tuesday, directed that no coercive action may be initiated against him in connection with the FIR registered under sections 504, 505(1)(c) and 509 of the IPC and section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Women Harassment Act for allegedly...

SC To Hear Plea Challenging NGT’s U-Turn On Warning On PVC Pipes About Lead Poisoning On Friday [Read Petition]

Advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay has moved the Supreme Court by way of an appeal against an order dated May 2 of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on a review petition, whereby the tribunal has withdrawn its previous direction to publish caveat/warning on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes, the inner walls of which are laced with lead, disclosing to the public at large the dangers of...

Central Excise Act: Measure Of Levy Won’t Be Controlled By Its Nature: SC Constitution Bench [Read Judgment]

‘So long a reasonable nexus is discernible between the measure and the nature of the levy, both Section 3 and 4 would operate in their respective field’A constitution bench of the Supreme Court, in Commissioner of Central Excise v. Grasim Industries Ltd., has held that the measure of levy contemplated in Section 4 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 will not be controlled by the nature of...

Independent Prosecution By De Facto Complainant Not Permissible In Sessions Case: SC Sets Aside HC Order Accepting HC’s Plea [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh that allowed a de facto complainant to conduct the prosecution independently, by engaging an advocate.The special leave petition was filed by the high court on its administrative side, assailing an order of the high court, on the judicial side, to the extent that...

Hindu Mahasabha Challenges Governor’s Order Inviting Congress-JDS To Form Government In Karnataka [Read Petition]

The tumult around the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections doesn’t seem to be dying down anytime soon. A Petition has now been filed before the Supreme Court challenging Governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to invite H.D. Kumaraswamy, leader of Congress-JD (S) combine, to form government in the state.The Petition, filed by Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, asserts that the alliance...

SC Asks Centre to Consider Sanctioning Addl Posts and Allotting Addl Space in NCDRC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has directed the state governments to frame appropriate rules in exercise of the rule-making power under Section 30 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 in accordance with the Final Draft Model Rules submitted by the Union of India.A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra also asked the Central government to consider: Requirement of the NCDRC...

SC Refuses to Stay Kerala Govt’s Notification to Revise Wages of Nurses in Pvt Hospital Sector

The Supreme Court vacation bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Navin Sinha on Monday refused to stay a notification dated April 23 issued by the Government of Kerala revising the minimum rates of wages payable to the employees in the private hospital sector, which superseded the existing rates of minimum wages fixed by notification of the year 2013.The bench was hearing the SLP...