“We Are Going To Call The Marshall And Order Your Arrest”: CJI To Suraz India Chairman

There was high drama today during the hearing of  Item No.3 ‘Suraz India Trust Vs Union Of India case as Chief Justice J S Khehar at one moment threatened to order the arrest of the Trust’s Chairman Rajeev Dahiya but then deferred the order in the case for tomorrow.Dahiya, against whom the bench had on May 1 imposed a fine of Rs 25 lakh “for wasting judicial time” by filiing...

There Should Be Parity Of Pay In Posts Having Same Nature Of Duties And Same Basic Qualifications : Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that there should be parity of pay in posts having same nature of duties and same basic qualifications and job requirements. The Apex Court was dealing with challenge made by State of Punjab against the declaration made by the High Court that Vocational Masters recruited prior to 08.07.1995 were entitled to the same pay scale as Vocational Lecturers.The post...

SC Grants Bail To Lt Col Shrikant Purohit In 2008 Malegaon Blast Case [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court of India has granted bail to Lt Col Shrikant Purohit In 2008 Malegaon blast case."In our considered opinion, there are material contradictions in the charge sheets filed by the ATS Mumbai and the NIA which are required to be tested at the time of trial and this Court cannot pick or choose one version over the other. Liberty of a citizen is undoubtedly important but this is...

Pathribal Encounter: SC Issues Notice To Centre, CBI Against Acquittal Of Accuced On Plea By Victim’s Kin [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea filed by the family members of five civilians killed in an alleged fake encounter in Pathribal area of south Kashmir in 2000, against acquittal of Army personnel in the Case.A Bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice M.M. Shantanagoudar issued notice in the matter, and directed it to be listed for final disposal...

SC Disposes Of Concerns Over Kalsa-Bhandura Project On Mere Assurance From Karnataka That There Is No Construction

The Supreme Court put the Kalsa-Bhandura Project which threatened to disrupt peace between two neighbouring States of Karnataka and Goa, on the back-burner on Thursday, August 17, with Karnataka assuring that there has been and will be no construction activity.SC Directs Centre And Karnataka To Clarify Doubts Over Forest-Environment Clearance For Kalsa-Bhandura Project in Western GhatsOn...

Supreme Court Favours Balancing Needs Of The Army With Protection Of Wild Life

Rarely, the interests of the Indian Army and those of Wildlife protection conflict with each other.  In Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, where they appeared to conflict, the Supreme Court favoured dialogue between the representatives of the State Government and the Union Ministry of Defence, so that an amicable solution is found to the needs of the State Government as well as the Army. “The...

SC Headed For An Action-Packed Week

It is the retirement week of Chief Justice J S Khehar and expectedly the Supreme Court  is headed for an action packed week.CJI Khehar had headed the constitution  bench which heard the triple talaq and right to privacy matters and the judgment will have to be pronounced this week.Apart from that though officially his last day is on August 26, it is a Saturday (court holiday) which...

NGT Has No Power To Set Aside State Pollution Control Board Appointments, Centre Tells SC

Additional Solicitors-General, P.S.Narasimha and Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta on August 16, that the National Green Tribunal’s June 8 order directing the chairpersons of 10 State Pollution Control Boards to cease functioning, is legally unsound.  The NGT had directed them to quit, as their appointments did not comply with its August...

Centralised Selection Mechanism For Lower Judiciary Is A Mockery Of Articles 233 To 235: WB To SC

Supreme Court on Friday partially heard a suo moto Public Interest Litigation on centralised selection mechanism for lower judiciary.The bench hearing the case comprises CJI JS Khehar, Justice AK Goel and Justice AM Khanwilkar.West Bengal  pleaded exemption from the scheme proposed by amicus curiae Arvind Datar by way of a concept note.Senior advocates Rakesh Dwivedi and Jaideep Gupta...

SC Asks National Board For Wildlife To Explain How It Permitted Mining At Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife, in its meeting on July 29, has decided to recommend the proposal of sub-surface mining to extract hydrocarbon beneath 3900-4000 metres of the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Assam.  The Solicitor General, Ranjit Kumar, on August 14, informed the Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan  B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, by giving a copy of...

On Plea By CAT Bar, SC Notice To Centre On Changes In CAT Appointments Brought By Finance Act, 2017 (Read Petition)

The petition by CAT Bar Association comes three weeks after a similar petition was filed challenging the Finance Act alterations  to bring changes  in the composition and working of the National Green Tribunal in which too notices have been issued to Finance Ministry.The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Finance Ministry on a petition filed by the Central Administrative Tribunal...

SC Accepts Proposal To Entrust District Education Officers With Responsibility To Ensure Safety In Schools

The Supreme Court disposed on August 14, a 13-year old PIL dealing with safety in schools, after expressing its satisfaction with the draft letter to be sent by the National Disaster Management Authority to the Central and State Governments.In its draft letter to be sent to the Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries, Department of Education of all the States, and the Union Ministry of...