Sex Determination: Despite The Court Order &Existence Of Nodal Agency, Several Ads Still Available, Says Petitioner

The Supreme Court has sought petitioner Sabu Mathew's suggestions as how the nodal agency, set up by the Centre following apex court's order, can effectively work to prevent objectionable advertisements of sex determination of unborn baby from being published on various websites.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Mathew's counsel to file by November 24.Appearing for the...

SC Stays Bombay HC Order Granting Interim Stay On Centre’s Notification On Noise Pollution Rules [Read Order]

After a full bench of the Bombay High Court ordered interim stay on the Centre’s new amendment to Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has stayed the operation of the full bench order dated September 1 as an interim measure.The bench of CJI Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice...

SC Tells Bombay HC To Decide Pleas On RERA Expeditiously, Other HCs Asked To Wait For The Decision

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Bombay High Court to expeditiously decide all pleas and petitions challenging the validity of the new Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act.The bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice MM Shantanagoudar directed other high courts where similar pleas against the legislation have been filed to wait for the Bombay High Court’s decision in...

SC Seeks Centre’s Response On Plea Against Deportation Of Rohingyas To Myanmar

Seeking the Centre’s response on the issue, the Supreme Court today said it would on September 11give urgent hearing to the petition challenging the proposed decision to deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims, who have taken refuge in India to escape persecution in Myanmar.Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud directed  noted lawyer and human rights...

SC Stays Insolvency Proceedings Against Jaypee Infratech [Read Order]

“Homebuyers, being unsecured creditors, will get nothing out of the insolvency proceedings as the dues of financial institutions, which are secured creditors, would be cleared first”: Homebuyers to SCIn a relief to 32,000 home buyers, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the insolvency proceedings against real estate firm Jaypee Infratech going on at the Allahabad National Company...

SC Grants 4 Weeks Time To RBI, Centre On Siblings’ Plea For Exchanging Old Notes Found In Dead Parents’ Locker

The Supreme court today gave the RBI and Finance Ministry four weeks time to file response on a  plea seeking extension of window for exchanging demonetized notes of Rs 500 and 1000.Siblings Arushi jain, 22, and Apurv Jain, 25, had in July moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to deposit Rs 60 lakh in old notes which were lying in the lockers of their parents who died in a road...

Anti-Sikh Riots: Justice Panchal And Justice Radhakrishnan To Scrutinize SIT Decision To Close 199 Cases

The Apex Court has named its former Judges, Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan as members of the supervisory panel appointed by it to scrutinize the Special Investigation Team’s decision to close 199 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, reports the Tribune.The panel will also examine the SIT’s decision to close additional 42 riots-related cases. It will begin working...

Should Bail Seekers First Exhaust Sessions Court Remedy Before Approaching High Court, SC Set To Examine

The Supreme Court bench of Justices J.Chelameswar and Amitava Roy, on September 1, granted leave on an appeal filed by the Gauhati High Court Bar Association against the judgment of the Gauhati High Court’s Division Bench, dated April 10, 2015, which held that a person/an accused should exhaust his remedy under section 438 or 439 of the CrPC before the Sessions Judge, and only if aggrieved,...

SC Reviews Arrangements Made For Well-Being Of 10-Yr-Old Rape Survivor Who Delivered A Baby; Issues Further Directions [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, reviewed the arrangements made for the well-being of 10-year-old rape victim who recently delivered a baby girl after her plea to abort the unwanted pregnancy was turned down.The Court was informed that the victim as well as the baby was being looked after well, with the assistance of a support person as well as a counselor and liaison officer appointed by the...

Is J&K HC Order To Provide Security To Ex-Judges Valid? SC To Examine

Five months after the Supreme Court upheld the security arrangements made for former Chief Justice Uma Nath Singh of the Meghalaya High Court and another retired judge of that court, yet another security issue for ex- judges have come before the Supreme Court.This was when a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to examine a plea of Jammu...

Why Not Old Age Homes In Each District? SC Seeks Replies From States

Former union minister and senior advocate Ashwini Kumar won a huge victory when on his PIL, the Supreme Court today sought the response from the states with regard to the status of old age homes in every district for protection of rights of senior citizens.“The issue is very important. We are looking into what all could be done for the elderly people. We have to look forward as to what could...

Service Details Of Employees Amounts To ‘Personal Information’ Which Cannot Be Furnished Under RTI Act : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that service details of employees fall within the ambit of ‘personal information’ under Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, and that such details cannot be furnished unless any nexus with larger public interest is shown. This was held by allowing the appeal filed by Canara Bank Ltd., against the judgment of the High Court. An employee of the bank...