Privacy Right Can’t Be Claimed Against Identification For Purpose of Public Welfare & Social Schemes :Centre [Read Written Submissions]

Attorney General K K Venugopal, arguing before a  nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court which is deciding whether right to privacy should be declared a fundamental right has said that there can be no claim to a privacy right against identification for the purpose of public welfare and social schemes of the government and to plug leakages and corruption in the administration of...

Law Commission Submits Draft Bill For Human DNA Profiling; Proposes Setting Up Of National And Regional DNA Data Banks [Read the Report]

The Law Commission of India, on Wednesday, submitted its 271st report titled “Human DNA Profiling – A Draft Bill for the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology” to the Government.The report claims to have “thoroughly examined” the draft of “The Use and Regulation of DNA-based Technology in Civil and Criminal Proceedings, Identification of Missing Persons and Human Remains...

Government Almost Concedes Right To Privacy Is Fundamental, But Adds Some Facets of Privacy Cannot Qualify as FR

In a dramatic development, the Attorney General, K.K.Venugopal, conceded before the nine-Judge bench of the Supreme Court hearing the question whether right to privacy is fundamental, that some aspects of privacy may require an elevated protection of Fundamental Right.This made the bench wonder what was the need to hear this reference, if the Government has conceded this issue, on which...

Breaking: States Not Empowered To Create Office Of Parliamentary Secretary: SC Quashes Assam Parliamentary Secretaries Act [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, declared as unconstitutional the Assam Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004.The Bench comprising Justice J. Chelameswar, Justice R.K. Agrawal and Justice A.M. Sapre held that the Legislature of Assam lacked the competence to create the post of Parliamentary Secretaries.The question posed before...

Right To Privacy Needs To Be Viewed In Light Of Technological Advances: Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal [Read Written Submission]

Addressing the mammoth nine-Judge Constitution Bench set up for the purpose, Senior Advocate Kapil Sabil has submitted that the Right to Privacy is a “quintessential right flowing out of the bouquet of rights under enshrined under Article 21.”Mr. Sibal admitted that the Supreme Court decisions in the cases of M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra, 1954 SCR 1077 and Kharak Singh v. State of...

Chief Justice Khehar Recommends Justice Dipak Misra As Next CJI

Chief Justice of India Justice JS Khehar has recommended Justice Dipak Misra as 45th Chief Justice of India, reports PTI. Justice Khehar will retire on August 27.As per the Supreme Court website, Justice Dipak Misra was born on 03rd October, 1953. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 14th February, 1977 and Practiced in Constitutional, Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Service and Sales Tax matters in...

Breaking: SC Quashes Appointment Of 1.78 Lakh Assistant Teachers In UP [Read Judgment]

A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the appointment of 1.78 Lakh Assistant Teachers in Junior Basic Schools. The appointments were done by the Government by absorbing of Shiksha Mitras into the regular service.The Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit was hearing appeals against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court in which the Full Bench of High Court held...

NCTE Guidelines Binding, Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) Not Mandatory:SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the qualifications prescribed by the National Council for Teachers’ Education (NCTE) were binding on the states and Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) is not mandatory.A bench of Justice AK Goel and Justice UU Lalit held so, while deciding an appeal filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh against the Allahabad High Court verdict holding the state’s...

National Song: Madras HC Order Flies In The Face of The SC Order

Today’s order of the Madras High Court in K.Veeramani v The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, making it mandatory to play and sing the national song, “Vande Matharam” in all educational institutions, offices and factories, is at variance with the recent Supreme Court order delivered on February 17.In Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v Union of India, the Supreme Court bench of Justices...

SC Issues Notice In Petition Challenging Aman Mani Tripathi In Wife’s Murder Case [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to MLA Aman Mani Tripathi in a Special Leave Petition challenging the Allahabad High Court order granting him bail in March this year.The notices were issued by a Bench comprising Justice Sikri and Justice Bhushan, and the matter will now come up after three weeks.Mr. Tripathi, who is a sitting MLA from Nautanwa, Uttar Pradesh, had been charge-sheeted...

Pay Rs 1,500 Crore To Establish Your Bonafide : SC To Roy

In a relief to Sahara group chief Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court extended his parole till October 10 after he deposited Rs 247 crore against the promised Rs 552.21 crore which was to be deposited by July 15.A three-judge bench of justices Dipak Misra, Ranjan Gogoi and A K Sikri directed Roy to deposit Rs 1,500 crore in the SEBI-Sahara refund account by 7 September.The bench also said that...

Parliament Standing Committee Bats For Transgender Rights [Read the Report]

The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment, on July 21, presented its 43rd report on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016, to the Lok Sabha.  It was laid in Rajya Sabha on the same day.  Divided into nine chapters, the report includes minutes of the Committee’s sittings as well.  The report makes significant recommendations to improve the contents of...