Palbinder Kaur Shergill Becomes First Turbaned Sikh Canada Supreme Court Judge

Indian-origin Sikh human rights advocate Palbinder Kaur Shergill has been appointed as a Judge at the Supreme Court of British Columbia in New Westminster. Ms. Shergill is the first turbaned Sikh to be appointed to the judiciary in Canada, the World Sikh Organisation (WSO) of Canada said.Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the appointment on...

PIL In Bombay HC Seeking Deferment Of GST Roll-out [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed before the Bombay High Court seeking deferment of the implementation of Goods and Services Tax Act (GST)  till the next financial year of 2018-19.This PIL has been filed by a 63-year-old retired professor  in the backdrop of the Centre’s big rollout of GST from July 1.The petitioner, Dr.KS Pillai, was an Assistant Professor at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Parel....

Writ Petition Maintainable Against Private Un-aided School Since It Discharges Public Function: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

 The High Court of Kerala  has held that the conditions of service of teachers in private un-aided schools can be enforced by exercising writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The ruling came in a batch of writ petitions filed by teachers in private un-aided schools. Their grievances varied from non-payment of fair wages, illegal termination without notice,...

Highway liquor ban: Punjab Assembly Amends Definition Of ‘Sale’ And ‘Supply’ Of Liquor To Circumvent SC Order [Read The Bill]

The Punjab Assembly on Friday passed the Punjab Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2017, to allow the sale of liquor at hotels, clubs and restaurants, located within 500 metres of state and national highways. The Bill changes the definition of ‘sale’ of liquor, therefore exploiting a loophole to sidestep the Supreme Court ban.“Punjab had decided to amend the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, to ensure...

Bombay HC Asks State To Create Awareness About Maintenance And Welfare Of Parents And Senior Citizens Act, 2007

Asking the Government of Maharashtra to create awareness about the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Bombay High Court has directed two sons to pay a monthly maintenance for their parents who are above the age of 70 and also asked them to vacate their parent’s house in light of the harassment meted out to them (parents).This judgement was passed by...

Will re-evaluate answer sheets under verification scheme: CBSE to Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it will re-evaluate the answer sheets of students who have grievances with the evaluation, under its verification scheme.The submission was made by Additional Solicitor General Mr. Sanjay Jain, who assured the Court of such re-evaluation, despite the fact that the policy for re-evaluation of answer...

No One Who Does Not Understand The Nicety Of Legal Issues Can Be Permitted To Endlessly Waste Court Time: SC [Read Judgment]

On May 1, the Supreme Court’s three-Judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, J.S.Khehar, had imposed exemplary cost of Rs.25 lakh on the NGO, Suraz India Trust, for filing frivolous petitions, and wasting judicial time, and restrained the trust and its chairman, Rajiv Daiya, from filing any case, including PIL, in any court.On June 22, the bench gave a reasoned order for its...

SC Constitutes Medical Board To Examine Woman Pleading Abortion Of 25-Week Old Fetus [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday constituted a Medical Board to examine a 33-year old pregnant lady from Kolkata, Ms. Sarmishtha Chakraborty, who has approached the Court with a plea to allow abortion of her 25-week old fetus on the ground that it suffers from abnormalities. The examination will be conducted at the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (SSKM Hospital),...

Roorkee Acid Attack: Uttarakhand HC Awards 10 Years Imprisonment To Convict & 8 Lakhs Compensation To Victim [Read Order]

The High Court of Uttarakhand on Thursday refused to taka a lenient view on the sentence being awarded to a man convicted for throwing acid on a 20-year-old postgraduate student, observing, “We are of the considered view that no lenient view can be taken, taking into consideration the circumstances, in which the acid was thrown on the helpless victim.”The Bench comprising Justice Rajiv...

Centre Exaggerating Aadhaar Enrolment Figures, Benefits: Petitioner Tells SC [Read Rejoinder Affidavit]

Menon contended that Aadhaar was an “insecure, unreliable, unnecessary and inappropriate technology project which is being foisted with coercion on the most vulnerable section of Indians and is threatening their constitutional and legal rights and entitlements every day by denying access to several basic needs”.A petitioner in the Aadhaar case Kalyani Sen Menon has questioned the...

Himachal Pradesh HC Suspends NGT Order On State Pollution Control Board Chairmen [Read The Order]

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has suspended the operation of the June 8 order of the National Green Tribunal, wherein NGT had ceased the functioning of Chairmen of 10 State Pollution Control Boards, due to the failure of such States to make appointments in adherence to its earlier judgment.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Sharma noted that States...

SC Directs Listing Of Death-Row Convicts’ Challenge To In Limine Dismissal Of Appeals After The Vacation [Read Order]

The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices D.Y.Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, today directed the listing of writ petitions filed by two death-row convicts, Babu @ Ketan and Sanni, challenging the Supreme Court Rules, which facilitate in limine dismissals of appeals against death sentence by the Supreme Court, before a three-Judge Bench, during the first week after the...