Kejriwal Vs LG : Delhi Govt Seeks Speedy Setting Up Of Constitution Bench

Five months after a two-judge bench referred its appeal against Delhi High Court order which said Lt Governor was the administrative head of Delhi, the Kejriwal government knocked the doors of the Supreme Court yet again today seeking  setting up of the bench at the earliest and a speedy hearing.The urgent mentioning was made by senior lawyer Gopal Subramanium who represents the...

SYL Canal Issue: SC Directs Punjab, Haryana To Respect And Execute Its Decree

Directing the states-Punjab and Haryana to “respect and execute” its earlier verdict to construct the Satluj-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal’ the Supreme Court today warned both the governments to ensure peace in their respective states and there should not be any agitation over the issue.The three-judges bench headed  by Justice Dipak Misra also observed that the citizens must understand...

Breaking: Stay On Cattle Rules Applicable To Entire Country: SC

The Supreme Court today disposed off four petitions which challenged the May 25 Central notification, banning sale and purchase of cows and buffaloes at animal markets for slaughter after the union government submitted that it is taking a re-look.The Centre also said it is not seeking a vacation of the stay of the notification by the Madras High Court which meant that the rules anyways cannot...

All You Need To Know About New Automated Listing Of Cases Before SC [Read the Scheme]

The re-opening of the Supreme Court saw five of its Benches go paperless, in furtherance of the initiation of the Integrated Case Management Information System, which was launched by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar.The Court has now published an overview of the new scheme for automated listing of cases. Some of the salient features of the new scheme are: No Miscellaneous matter shall...

Implement Guidelines On Rehabilitation Of Cured Mental Patients : SC To Centre, States

The Central government, states and Union Territories have been asked by the Supreme Court to implement the guidelines on rehabilitation of those who are cured of mental illness but still languishing in asylums due to unwillingness of their families to take them back.“It may be implemented within a year and a status report filed wIth the registry”,a bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar...

Bodies Exhumation Case: SC Gives No Relief To Teesta

The Supreme Court did not give any relief to social activist Teesta Setalvad in a case in which she is accused of playing a role in illegal exhumation of bodies of some victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots.Setalvad had approached against the Gujarat High Court’s May 27 decision refusing to quash the FIR lodged against her at a police station in Panchmahal district .“We at the moment feel...

7.1 Lakh Cases Settled In National Lok Adalat

In the third bi-monthly National Lok Adalat for the year 2017, claims of about Rs. 2100 crores have been settled. Held on 8 July, the Lok Adalat was organized under the patronage of Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar, and under the leadership of Justice Dipak Misra, who is the Executive Chairmen of the National Legal Services Authority.As per a press release, the Lok Adalat witnessed settling...

SC Dismisses PIL Against Burning Of Ravan Effigies During Dussehra

Observing that under Article 25 of Constitution, any person can choose his or her own religion, the Supreme Court has said it could not pass any direction to stop the burning of Ravan effigies during Dussehra festival.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Justice JS Kehar dismissed a PIL seeking direction to the Centre and state governments to ban burning of Ravan effigies during...

SC Gives Green Signal For IIT, JEE Admissions 2017

Two days after granting stay on counselling and admission to IIT and NIT colleges, the Supreme Court on Monday vacated its previous order and gave a go-ahead for admission for this year.The court, however, asked the Centre to ensure foolproof mechanism to avoid any error in question papers.Rejecting two petitions that challenged the grace marks awarded to candidates who appeared in 2017...

SC Dismisses AAP Leader Ashish Khetan's Plea Seeking Police Protection

The Supreme Court has dismissed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP leader) Ashish Khetan's plea seeking police protection for himself and also framing of guidelines for agencies to deal with such cases.A bench headed by Justice Adarsh Goel said: "No one trusts the police. They must investigate such cases.”The court asked Khetan to move before the appropriate high court.Khetan's counsel Kapil Sibal...

BCI Rejects Law Commission Of India Report On Amendments To Advocates Act; Resolves To Make Recommendations

The Bar Council of India has reportedly rejected the 266th report of the Law Commission of India, which had suggested changes in the Advocates Act, 1961, terming it “draconian, anti-lawyer and undemocratic”.In a press release on Sunday, BCI Secretary Srimanto Sen said that the BCI had received a letter from the Union Law Ministry seeking its recommendations on the report. The BCI had...

No Service Tax To Be Levied On Chit Funds: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in the case of Union of India & Ors vs M/S Margdarshi Chit Funds Pvt Ltd, has held that the management of a chit fund does not amount to management of any type of fund and would, therefore, not be covered under Section 65(12)(v) of the Finance Act 2007.This appeal was filed challenging the validity of the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which had accepted...