RTI: SC Disposes Of Goa Raj Bhavan's Plea Against Bombay HC Judgment To Make Guv Report Public,Calls The Matter "Infructuous"

A Supreme Court bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy on Tuesday disposed of a plea of Goa Raj Bhavan against the Bombay High Court judgment that the Governor’s office should provide information under the RTI Act as sought by then opposition leader Manohar Parrikar, now the Chief Minister, relating to a report about the political situation in 2007.The court, however, kept it...

Medical College Admission Scam: Judicial Work Withdrawn From Allahabad HC Judge Justice Shri Narayan Shukla On CJI’s Orders

As per para 7(ii) of the in-house procedure, the CJI will now recommend initiation of Justice Shukla's removal since he refused to either resign or take voluntary retirement.With the dark shadow of medical college admission scam hovering over Justice Shri Narayan Shukla of the Allahabad High Court, all judicial work has been taken away from him following the orders of Chief Justice of...

SC Expresses Displeasure At Failure Of States, UTs To File Reply On Pension, Old Age Homes [Read Order]

While hearing former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar’s PIL on the right to live with dignity of the elderly, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta on Tuesday expressed displeasure at the governments of 11 states, including Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Mizoram, and the two Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Daman...

Proposed Legislation No Justification To Not Implement SC Judgments, SC Tells Karnataka State [Read Order]

It is made clear that any proposed legislation will be no justification not to carry out the judgment of this court, the bench said.Making it clear that any proposed legislation will be no justification not to carry out the judgment delivered by it, the Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Government to implement the directive issued in   BK Pavitra & Others v Union of India and...

Ministry Of Defence Withdraws Appeal From SC Against Promotion And Benefits To Short Service And Women Officers

In a major relief to more than 150 women Army officers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has withdrawn its appeal from the Supreme Court on the issue of denial of promotions and benefits to Short Service and Women Commissioned Officers commissioned before 2006. The decision was approved by Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman last week and the appeal was withdrawn on Monday.The Government had, in 2004,...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

No Special Consideration Can Be Given To Accused In Granting Bail Simply Because He Is A ForeignerThe Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asserted that an accused cannot be given any special consideration while granting bail simply because of the fact that he is a foreigner. “The law under Section 439 of Cr.P.C is very clear and in the eyes of the law every accused is the same irrespective of...

Foreign Law Firms’ Entry To India:Arvind Datar Differentiates Between ‘Court Practice’ And ‘Other Legal Services’

On day two of the hearing in the 5-year-old foreign law firms case, senior counsel Arvind Datar, appearing on behalf of six UK-based law firms, submitted before the Supreme Court on Monday that the Madras High Court judgment in AK Balaji v BCI & Ors may not be disturbed to the extent it has been held therein- “there is no bar either in the Advocates’ Act of 1961 or the BCI rules for...

Cow Vigilante Violence: SC Issues Contempt Notice To UP, Rajasthan & Haryana Govts [Read Petition]

“Chief Secretaries of the respondent states were directed to take immediate steps to prevent cases of violence related to cow vigilantism and file affidavits. The states were asked to appoint nodal officers in each district and also appoint officers for patrolling on the highways. This was to protect people from the gruesome targeted attacks and killings. Nothing has been done”, ...

Judge Loya Case: All India Lawyers Union Files Intervention Application In SC [Read Application]

The All India Lawyers Union (AILU) has filed an Intervention Application before the Supreme Court in a Petition seeking independent probe into CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya’s death.AILU's application seeking intervention in the pending matter, highlights the "threat" being faced by the "independence of the individual judges and the collective independence of the judiciary as...

Orange Passport For Non-Matriculates: Kerala HC Issues Notice To Centre On PIL Alleging Discrimination

The Kerala High Court has issued notice to the Centre on a PIL that challenges the government’s decision to introduce orange colour jacket for 'Emigration Check Required (ECR)' passports issued to non-matriculate persons and to delete/detach the last page of passport containing personal details of passport holder, saying the same amounts to subjecting a lesser educated person to humiliation...

Law Commission's 266th Report On Amendments To Advocates Act Will Put Legal Profession In Dark Shadow Of Emergency: BCI Sub-Committee

Submitting its report to the Bar Council of India (BCI), the sub-committee constituted by the BCI to study the 266th report of the Law Commission of India on amendments to the Advocates Act 1961 and regulation of legal profession has said the report suggests undemocratic changes which will pull back the legal profession in the dark shadow of Emergency.The sub-committee comprises convener...

SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Deletion Of Some Scenes Of 'Padmaavat'.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition which sought deletion of some of the scenes of controversial film "Padmaavat" which was released on January 25 by noting that censor board has already granted certificate and the court will not go into the issue again." We had ordered deletion of some paragraphs from your pleading and that does not affect the movie which has now been cleared by...