SC Issues Notice On An Appeal Against Delhi High Court’s Anti-Encroachment Drive In Delhi

The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices R.K.Agrawal and Deepak Gupta, on Wednesday, June 14, issued notices to respondents on an appeal against the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Savyasachi K.Sahai v Union of India and Others, delivered on June 5 by the bench of the Acting Chief Justice, Gita Mittal and Justice C.Hari Shankar, against unauthorised encroachment of Government land in...

SC Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Ban On Sale Of Cattle For Slaughter

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a petition challenging its May 25 notification, banning sale and purchase of cows and buffaloes at animal markets for slaughter."Issue notice. File response within two weeks", the bench said posting the matter for further hearing on July 11.The judges however refused to stay the notification.Making a brief submission, the Centre said too...

Highway Liquor Ban: Kerala Beer Parlours Move SC

A group of Kerala-based beer and wine parlour owners knocked the doors of the Supreme Court today for a clarification of its order to shut down liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from April 1.The issue was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices R K Agrawal and Deepak Gupta. The bench however felt there was no urgency and assured that the matter would be...

SC Endorses HP HC’s Ruling That Complaints Under NI Act Cannot Be Re-Filed After Amendments Without Authorisation

The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices Prafulla C. Pant and Deepak Gupta on Tuesday, June 13, declined to interfere with the decision of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which held the re-filing of a complaint filed at Delhi’s Saket district court under Section 138 of the NI Act as void, since it did not have its authorisation.In the instant case, the complainant-respondent,...

Acid Attack: Monthly Payments To Victims, Reservations In Public Employment Etc. :Uttarakhand HC Issues Directions [Read Judgment]

In a welcome step, the Uttarakhand High Court on Monday issued several directions for rehabilitation of acid attack victims, and for prevention of such instances. These include measures such as monthly payments to the victims who have received third/fourth degree burn injuries, in addition to the ex-gratia lump-sum payment, and reservation in public employment in the category of...

Online Access To Legislations: Delhi HC Tells Centre To Hold Meeting On Amicus Jayant Bhushan’s Suggestions [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Secretary, Legislative Department, to convene a meeting to discuss the suggestions of senior advocate Jayant Bhushan, who is amicus curiae, to improve online access to Indian legislations.Justice Manmohan observed that the note contains valuable suggestions that need to be considered at the highest level.“Accordingly, the Secretary, Legislative...

Individual Advocates Including Seniors Exempted From GST Registration

In a decision taken in the 16th meeting of GST Council held on 11th of June,2017, the Council has decided to exempt individual advocates including Senior Advocates from GST registration.As LiveLaw reported earlier, services provided or agreed to be provided to a person including a business entity with a turnover up to twenty lakhs in preceding financial year by an individual advocate or firm...

There Should Be A Void Or Voidable Marriage To Attract Legitimacy To The Illegitimate Child: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

‘A one night consensual affair cannot be called a marriage. Merely having a physical relationship between man and a woman also cannot be called as a marriage. Any physical intimacy/sexual intercourse which took place by choice or by chance or by accident is not a marriage’, said the CourtThe Bombay High Court recently ruled that the benefit of Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act is...

Justice C.S. Karnan Becomes First HC Judge To Retire While Absconding

Calcutta High Court Judge, Justice Karnan, who has been evading arrest since May 9, retired on Monday, becoming the first High Court Judge to have retired while still absconding.Born on June 12, 1955, Justice Karnan was appointed as a Madras High Court Judge in 2009. According to reports, however, he will be denied a formal farewell ceremony as he faces an arrest based on the Supreme...

NEET 2017: SC Directs CBSE To Declare Results Before 26 June And Conduct MBBS & BDS Admissions As Per Schedule

Staying the Madras High Court interim order, the Supreme Court today paved way for declaration of the results of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), 2017 for admission to MBBS and BDS courses.A Vacation Bench of the Court comprising Justice P.C. Pant and Justice Deepak Gupta also directed the authorities to proceed with the counselling and admission process as per the schedule fixed...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

#Aadhaar Linkage Of PAN: SC Says S.139AA Of IT ACT Constitutionally Valid, But Partially Stays Its OperationSupreme Court of India on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 139AA of Income Tax Act which made mandatory linkage of IT returns with Aadhaar. However the Court partially stayed the operation of the Section subject to the outcome of the Constitution Bench Judgment in...

Breaking: Not Interested To Continue As Attorney General : Mukul Rohatgi To Govt.

Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi has informed the Government that he is not interested in the extension of his tenure as Attorney General, reports NDTVhttps://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/873906428129366016"I have worked for five years as law officer under the Vajpayee government and now three years under the Modi government,I want to return to my private practice. I have a...