INX Media Scam: CBI Arrests Karti Chidambaram

Karti Chidambaram, son of former union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, was arrested by the CBI on Wednesday morning for committing alleged irregularities to obtain FIPB clearance in favour of INX Media Ltd when his father was the Finance Minister during the UPA government.Karti was arrested at Chennai airport in the morning soon after he returned from his trip to...

NEET 2018: Delhi HC Stays CBSE Notifications On Upper Age Limit And NIOS

Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the CBSE notification introducing the upper age limit of 25 years for unreserved candidates and 30 years for reserved category candidates for NEET 2018.The High Court has also stayed the notification barring the students from Open Schools (NIOS) from participating in the NEET.A Division Bench of Justices of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar...

Explained: Supreme Court Imbroglio Over Land Acquisition By The State

Before the Supreme Court adjourned for Holi vacation on February 23, an unprecedented crisis of sorts seemed to emerge with one three-Judge bench presided by Justice Madan B Lokur, staying the hearing of compensation matters in the land acquisition cases in all the high courts and in the Court itself till it heard the parties on the question of reference to a larger bench on the issue on...

Election Commission Opposes PIL In SC Seeking Disqualification Of Nitish Kumar [Read Affidavit]

The Election Commission has opposed a public interest litigation filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma seeking disqualification of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for “not disclosing” an FIR against him in a murder case in pre-nomination affidavits and sought its dismissal.The stand of the election commission was sought by a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra in September...

Sohrabuddin Case: Bombay Lawyer’s Association Writes To ACJ Of Bombay HC Regarding Change In Assignment [Read Letter]

The Bombay Lawyer’s Association has written to the Acting Chief Justice VK Tahilramani seeking “urgent remedial measures” regarding reassignment of matters related to the Sohrabuddin Case.The letter points out how the question of assignment became an issue of contention at the Supreme Court when 4 senior most judges conducted a press conference in protest of assignment changes presided...

SC Settles Conflicting Arbitration Awards On Price Adjustment Issue In NHAI Contract [Read Judgment]

The price adjustment clause in the contracts awarded by the National Highway Authority of India has given rise to complex set of litigations involving high stakes, resulting in arbitration awards giving diametrically opposite decisions in different cases.The contract contains a ‘price adjustment clause’ which provides for a formula for adjusting prices for each month’s payment on the...

Examine Measures For Rehabilitation Of Women Prisoners And Their Children: SC To Amicus Curiae [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, last week, directed amicus curiae Advocate Gaurav Agarwal to examine the issue of rehabilitation and welfare of women prisoners and their children, on a suo motu petition initiated by the Court in 2013.The Bench comprising Justice M.B. Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta also directed Mr Surinder Rathi, Director of National Legal Services Authority of...

Breaking: Delhi HC Stays Bar Council Of India's Notice Against Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave [Read Petition]

Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the notice issued by Bar Council of India to Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave based on a complaint filed by Advocate R.P. Luthra demanding immediate disciplinary action against Dave and suspension of his certificate of practice for "gross professional and other misconduct".Justice Rajiv Shakdher  was hearing a petition filed by Dave challenging the...

Disclose Details Of Air India Bills For PM’s Foreign Trips From FY 2013-14: CIC Tells MEA [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to make public the information about travel bills relating to Air India generated on foreign trips undertaken by the nation’s Prime Ministers for financial year 2013-14 to 2016-2017. Manmohan Singh was India’s Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014. He was succeeded by Narendra Modi on May 26,...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

‘Appellate Officer’ Under Public Premises (Eviction Of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 Is Not Persona Designata, But Civil CourtThe Supreme Court, in Life Insurance Corporation of India v Nandini J Shah & Ors, held that the appellate officer while exercising power under Section 9 of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971, does not act as a persona...

Raise Minimum Marriage Age To 25 Years For Men And 21 Years For Women To Curb Growing Population: Petition In SC [Read Petition]

After three young lawyers petitioned the Supreme Court for stricter population control law, another Petition has now been filed demanding that the legal age for marriage be increased to 25 years and 21 years from the current 21 years and 18 years for men and women respectively, in order to curb the growing population."Fertility depends on the age of marriage. Therefore, the minimum age...

India, Pak Supreme Courts In Sync On Disqualification Of Convicts From Heading Political Parties

Hearing a public interest litigation seeking a ban on convicted persons from heading political parties filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhayay, the Supreme Court recently expressed its view that a convicted person - criminal or corrupt - cannot head a political party and sought the final view of the Centre within two weeks on the matter.“A convicted person can’t contest...