Period Of Service As ‘Work-Charged Employee Will Be Treated As ‘Qualifying Service’ For Pension-Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

In a judgment which could give major relief to fourth class employees in government department rendering services as work charged or officiating or temporary, the Supreme Court has held that period of service as ‘work charged’ will also be counted as qualifying service for pensionary benefits.The appellants were employees in the service of Uttarakhand Governmnet.  Rule 370 of...

Three Advocates Move SC To Stop Deportation Of Rohingya Refugees [Read Petition]

A fresh petition has been moved by three advocates in the Supreme Court praying for direction to the government not to deport Rohingya refugees to Myanmar where they face imminent threat of persecution.The petition has been moved by Roshan Tara Jaiswal, Zeba Khair and KG Gopalakrishnan.The petitioners registered strong objection to the Centre's decision to deport Rohingya Muslims back to...

Jail Reforms- SC Issues Slew Of Directions: Directs Compensation To Next Kin In Custodial Deaths , Medical Assistance, Phone & Video Conferencing With Family For Prisoners [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, agonized over the increasing number of custodial or unnatural deaths in the prisons across India and issued a slew of directions to curb them.“…we do hope that the highlighting of this issue will bring about awareness in the mind and heart of the powers that be and consequential reforms in prisons which may ultimately reduce, if not eliminate, the number...

Does Retweet Of A Defamatory Tweet Amount To Defamation? SC Asks Delhi HC To Decide AAP Leader’s Plea Decide By Sept. 25

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi High Court to expeditiously decide by September 25 the petition filed by Aam Admi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha in the defamation case filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra also asked Chadha to appear before the single judge of the high court on Monday.Chadha's lawyer senior...

SC Stays NBW Against Social Activist Madhu Kishwar

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of the non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against social activist Madhu Kishwar by a Srinagar court in a defamation case.The apex court also issued notice to the complainant, Shujaat Bukhari, Editor-in-Chief of daily Rising Kashmir, after Madhu Kishwar approached the apex court against the NBW.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak...

SC Notice To Centre, States On Plea By Women Lawyers Seeking Guidelines For Improving Safety Of School Students

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and all states on a plea by two women lawyers seeking framing of non- negotiable child safety conditions and implementation of existing guidelines to protect school-going children from offences like sexual abuse and murder across the country.Giving the parties three weeks time to respond, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra tagged...

SC Notice To Centre On PIL Seeking Ban On Blue Whale Game; AG's Assistance Also Sought

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking a ban on the deadly blue whale game.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also sought the assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal in the matter. A 73-year-old man from Madurai in Tamil Nadu has approached the Supreme Court with the demand.The  bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D...

To Eliminate Poverty, Access To Justice To Poor Sections Of Society Is Imperative: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Monday, observed that elimination of poverty also requires increasing access to justice to the destitute.“From the human rights perspective, persons belonging to the weaker sections are disadvantaged people who are unable to acquire and use their rights because of poverty, social or other constraints. They are not in a position to approach the courts even when their...

All HUF Assets Should Be Taken As Joint Property Unless Proven Otherwise: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court recently reiterated the principle that all assets in a Hindu Undivided Family would be presumed to be joint property belonging to all its members and that the burden to prove otherwise is on the family member asserting such claim.“It is a settled principle of Hindu law that there lies a legal presumption that every Hindu family is joint in food, worship and estate and in...

SC Laments State Attitude Towards Preservation Of Cultural Heritage [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, lamented the attitude of the States towards preservation of the country’s cultural heritage and observed, “Before parting, we consider it apposite to state that several cases of this nature have come to our notice which are either pending in courts or they remain unnoticed. Unfortunately, it appears that the State did not take up such cases seriously nor...

Student’s Death In School: SC To Hear Armaan’s Parents’ Plea For CBI Probe On Monday

The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the petition moved by parents of Armaan Sehgal, a 9-year- old boy who died mysteriously in GD Goenka Public School in Indirapuram recently.The parents, Swati and Gulshan Sehgal, approached the Supreme Court on Thursday morning seeking a CBI probe into their son’s death, among other reliefs.Their petition was mentioned this morning before the court,...

Seniority In IPS Depends On Date Of Induction To Police Service, Not On Length Of Any Other Service Prior To It: SC [Read Judgment]

There are umpteen number of situations where a senior officer in a service will be drawing a lesser pay than the junior, the Bench said.The Supreme Court in Union of India vs. Raj Kumar Jha, has held that seniority in IPS will depend on the date of induction to IPS and it cannot be based on the length of service in any other Service prior to the induction.The Bench comprising Justice...