SC Stays Kerala Professional Colleges (Regularization Of Admission In Medical Colleges) Ordinance 2017 [Read Order]

No student shall be permitted to reap any benefit of any action taken and they shall not be permitted to attend the college or the classes or continue in medical colleges in any manner pursuant to ordinanceThe Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Kerala Professional Colleges (Regularization of Admission in Medical Colleges) Ordinance 2017 [Ordinance No.21 of 2017], promulgated by the...

Blackbuck Poaching Case: Bees Saal Baad Salman Khan Sentenced To 5 Yrs In Jail, Co-Stars Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu Acquitted [Read Judgment]

In a big jolt to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, a Jodhpur court on Thursday sentenced him to five years of imprisonment in the two-decade-old blackbuck poaching case while his co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam have been acquitted.Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri sent Salman behind bars for five years and also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him for poaching...

SC Directs 4 States To Pay 127 Crores To Tea Garden Workers Unpaid For 15 Years

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed four States to make an interim payment of approximately Rs. 127 crores to tea garden workers whose legal dues had remained unpaid for over 15 years now.The Bench comprising Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L.N. Rao directed the States of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal to make the payments on a contempt petition filed by the International Union...

Aadhaar Final Hearing [Day 24]: In Respect Of Policies Initiated By Govt, Courts Shouldn’t Become Approval Authority, Says AG

As Attorney General KK Venugopal resumed his submissions on Day 24 of the Aadhaar final hearing, he reiterated that the Aadhaar project is a policy decision adopted by the Executive at the topmost level and prayed that its constitutional validity may not be questioned.To buttress his argument, he relied on the judgment in Narmada Bachao Andolan v. UOI [(2000) 10 SCC 664] in so far as it...

Rejection Of Defamation Complaint Against Newspaper Allegedly Branding A Man As ‘Atakwadi’: SC To Hear Appeal [Read Order]

The matter involves a wider question of law which requires consideration, the bench said.The Supreme Court has expedited hearing of an appeal filed by a man against the rejection of his defamation complaint made against a newspaper editor and correspondent, for allegedly branding him as ‘atakwadi’.Granting the leave to appeal, the bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Sanjay Kishan...

Candidates Shall Not Be Allowed To Contest From More Than One Constituency : Election Commission To SC

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it stuck to its stand taken way back in 2004 that candidates should not be allowed to contest from two seats simultaneously and if allowed, those who contest and win from two seats resulting in a bye-election should deposit in the government account an appropriate amount of money being the expenditure for...

“Our Lungs Are Damaged. Now Children’s Lungs Will Be Damaged”, SC Slams Centre, Civic Agencies Again Over Unauthorised Constructions

“See...people of Delhi are suffering. You say let them suffer. That is your attitude. Children are suffering. Our lungs are already damaged. It is gone. Lungs of our children will also be damaged. Why? Because Union of India, Delhi government, DDA, MCDs say you can do whatever you want but we will not do anything” “Till the day authorities would realise that the people of Delhi were...

Plea Seeking Ban On Candidates Contesting From More Than One Seat: SC Seeks Centre's Response

A 3 judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra today sought the response of the Centre on a PIL which prayed for a direction to Election commission not to allow a candidate to contest from two seats."We had sought the assistance of Ld Attorney General K K Venugopal in the matter.He has agreed to assist, but seeks time to file a counter to the petition. Time is granted.Let the matter be...

SC Dismisses All Petitions Relating To CBSE Examination Paper Leak And Retest

The Supreme Court bench of Justice S. A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara Rao on Wednesday dismissed a string of writ petitions filed in the wake of the recent event of the leakage of the Economics and Mathematics question papers for the class 12 and 10 CBSE examinations respectively.It was in the light of a notification issued by the Controller of Examination, the CBSE made the...

Aadhaar Final Hearing [Day 23]: AG Discusses Responses To Questionnaire On Powerpoint Presentation

With the PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, UIDAI CEO, on the technical and security aspects of the Aadhaar project having concluded last week, Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal on Tuesday, Day 23 of the Aadhaar final hearing, discussed the responses to the questionnaire submitted by the petitioners in context of the presentation.Following are the key takeaways from the...

Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind Bats For Polygamy, Nikah-Halala; Says Personal Laws Can’t Be Challenged By Reason Of Fundamental Rights [Read Application]

It seeks to be heard before SC decides woman’s plea for criminalising polygamy, nikah-halala.Claiming that “provisions of personal laws cannot be challenged by the reason of fundamental rights”, the Islamic Organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has moved the Supreme Court praying that it be heard in the writ petition filed by Nafisa Khan challenging the constitutional validity of...

We Are Not Against The Act, Innocents Should Not Be Punished: SC, The Number Is Too Small: AG- No Stay For SC/ST Judgment [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice U. U. Lalit, on the order of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, afforded an urgent hearing on the Centre’s Review Petition in its recent judgment in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra at 2 PM on Tuesday.The bench, however, refused to grant an immediate stay on the operation of the judgment, clarifying...