Haryana JS Exam Paper Leak: Recruitment Committee Recommends Scrapping Of Exam, FIR Against Registrar & Others

The Recruitment/Promotion/ Court Creation Committee (Subordinate Judicial Services) of Punjab and Haryana High Court has recommended that HCS (JB) Preliminary Examination 2017 held on 16.7.2017 be scrapped. The recommendations were submitted before the full bench hearing the case.  The Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal, Rajan Gupta and GS G. S. Sandhawalia resumed the hearing today after...

No Application From Medical Colleges For Grant Of LOP For 2017-18 Shall Be Entertained: SC To Centre [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government that no petition shall be entertained from any medical institution/ college/ society/ trust or any party for grant of Letter Of Permission (LOP) for the academic session 2017-2018.A three-judge bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice AM Khanwilkar held:“We direct that the order passed in the present writ...

We Are Not Terrorists;We Being Targeted Only As We Are Muslims: Rohingyas To SC [Read Petition]

Taking serious exception to the statements that the Rohingyas has been radicalized, 7000 strong members of the community of 23 settlements in Jammu moved the Supreme Court denying all the allegations, challenging the move to deport them and saying that they were being targeted only because they are Muslims.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra assured the community that the plea will...

Ryan Int’l School Official Seeks Transfer Of Case To Delhi; SC To Hear Plea On Monday

Francis Thomas, Northern Zone head of Ryan International School, who was recently arrested in connection with the murder of a 7-year-old boy, has moved the Supreme Court to shift the hearing of his case from Sohna to Delhi as local lawyers have decided not to represent any of the accused in this case.The court agreed to hear it on Monday.In an urgent mentioning, senior advocate KTS Tulsi told...

Doyen Of Constitutional Law Senior Advocate PP Rao Passes Away

Senior Supreme Court Lawyer and Constitutional expert PP Rao (84) passed away at New Delhi on Wednesday due to cardiac arrest.He had completed 50 years of his legal practice in July 2017.A doyen of Constitutional Law,Senior Advocate P.P. Rao has been a natural successor to legends such as H.M. Seervai, M.C. Setalvad, C.K. Daphtary, N.C. Chatterjee, S.V. Gupte, A.K. Sen, Niren De, whom he...

NRC Update: SC Issues Contempt Notice To Assam Public Works President [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, issued a contempt notice to Assam Public Works (APW) President Aabhijeet Sarmah, rapping him for “disclosing information” regarding National Register of Citizens (NRC) update process during a recently held press conference. Mr. Sarmah has been given four weeks’ time to submit his written reply.Addressing a press conference on 29 August, Mr. Sarmah had...

SC Sets Ball Rolling For A Case Against Reliance Industries Pending Trial For Over 3 Decades [Read Judgment]

The omission of a procedural rule for availing of credit cannot in any manner affect or undo the offence of evasion of duty, the Supreme Court has held setting the ball rolling in a case against Reliance Industries awaiting trial for over three decades.A bench of Justice AK Goel and Justice UU Lalit decided the appeal which revolved around the question whether evasion of excise duty due to...

Haryana JS Exam Leak: Transfer Petition That Made Startling Revelations Against Sitting HC Judge Withdrawn From SC

The petition seeking transfer of case pertaining to leakage of Haryana Judicial Service Exam on Tuesday was withdrawn from the Supreme Court, but not before making some startling revelations and casting serious doubts on the high and mighty.Petitioner Suman, a Haryana Judicial Service Exam aspirant, had approached the apex court praying that her petition seeking probe into allegations of...

Fire Crackers- A Graded Regulation Necessary Which Would Eventually Result In Prohibition: SC Issues Modified Directions [Read Order]

Health of the people must take precedence over any commercial or other interest of the applicant or any of the permanent licensees,Continuing the suspension of licences might be too radical a step to take for the present – a graded and balanced approach is necessary that will reduce and gradually eliminate air pollution, said the Bench.A two judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday...

Two Women Lawyers Move SC Over Safety Of School Children

Spurred by the murder of a seven year old boy in Gurugram’s Ryan International School, two women lawyers moved the Supreme Court 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.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A...

Six Months Waiting Period In Section 13B(2) Of Hindu Marriage Act For Divorce By Mutual Consent Not Mandatory:SC [Read Judgment]

Settling a contentious issue, a two Judge Bench of Supreme Court comprising Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit held that the 6 months waiting period prescribed under Section 13B(2) of Hindu Marriage Act for divorce by mutual consent is not mandatory, and can be waived under certain circumstances.There were conflicting views by the Supreme Court on this point. While it was held in Anjana Kishore...

Lots Of MPs Are Excellent, We Can’t Paint The Entire Political Class With Black Brush, AG Tells Supreme Court

The Attorney General, K.K.Venugopal, today told the Supreme Court bench of Justice J.Chelameswar and S.Abdul Nazeer, that it is not fair to assume that the political class, by nature, is corrupt.  He was responding to the petitioner, S.N.Shukla of the NGO, Lok Prahari, who claimed that politics has become the most lucrative profession in India with the number of crorepatis among the...