Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Introduces Anti-Discrimination And Equality Bill In Lok Sabha [Read The Bill]

Shashi Tharoor, MP, introduced the Anti-Discrimination and Equality Bill 2016 in Lok Sabha on March 10.In the Statement of Objects and Reasons, attached to the Bill, Shashi Tharoor says as follows:“The Constitution of India promises justice, liberty, equality and fraternity to all our citizens.However, discrimination denies these cherished constitutional promises. Cases of...

SC Collegium Finalises MoP; Agreement On Secretariat Too

Bringing down curtain on a 17 month standoff with the Centre and also overcoming serious differences within itself, the Supreme Court collegium has finalised the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to Supreme Court and various High Courts.As per a report in the Times of India, after arriving at a consensus on Centre's stance that "national security" ought to be part of...

Justice Paul Vasanthakumar Retires as J&K CJ, Justice R.Sudhakar Acting CJ

Chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir Justice Paul Vasanthakumar retired from service on Tuesday.President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar, the senior-most judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the chief justice of the high court.Delhi High Court judge Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed is likely to be appointed as the next...

Petition Challenging Goa Governor’s Invitation To BJP To Form Govt: Excerpts From Arguments Before SC [Read The Order]

The arguments before the bench of the Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S.Khehar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R.K.Agrawal, began at 10.30 A.M. and lasted till 12.15.  Abhishek Manu Singhvi (AMS) represented the petitioner, Chandrakant Kavlekar, the leader of the Congress Legislature Party. Harish Salve (HS) and Additional Solicitor General, Maninder Singh, represented the Union...

SC Refuses To Stay Parikkar’s Oath-Taking As Goa CM, Floor Test on 16th [Read Order]

It ordered the authorities to complete formalities for floor test, including request to the Election Commission, by Wednesday.The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the swearing-in ceremony of BJP leader Manohar Parikkar as the Chief Minister of Goa.A special-three judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, requested Goa Governor Mridula Sinha to conduct floor test...

Exclusive: 10 Major Grounds Raised By Congress In It’s Plea Against Goa Governor’s Decision

In a major development Goa Congress leader Chandrakant Kavlekar has approached the Supreme Court of India against Goa Governor Mridula Sinha’s decision to invite the BJP leader Manohar Parikkar to form the next government. The matter is posted to hear at 10.30AM tomorrow before the Chief Justice’s Court. Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi will lead the arguments for...

SC To Hear Congress’s Plea Against Goa Guv’s Invite To BJP Tomorrow

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an urgent plea of the Congress party pertaining to Goa government formation by the BJP, Times of India has reported.The Goa Congress leader Chandrakant Kavlekar on Monday moved the Supreme Court, challenging Governor Mridula Sinha's decision to invite the BJP to form the next government, reportedly going to be headed by former chief minister...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Few Isolated Incidents Of Long Past Can’t Be Cruelty, Ground For DivorceFew isolated incidents of long past and that too found to have been condoned due to compromising behaviour of the parties cannot constitute an act of cruelty to grant divorce, the Supreme Court observed in Suman Singh vs. Sanjay Singh.Central PF Authorities Have No Authority Over ‘Exempted’ EstablishmentsThe...

Ban Public Servants, MP/MLAs Practicing Other Professions: PIL In SC [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court to ban public servants, elected representatives and members of judiciary from simultaneously practicing other professions and declare it as criminal misconduct.The petitioner, a lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has urged the apex court to frame a uniform policy relating to the “conflict of interest”“Frame a...

Barring TV Channels From Telecasting Dubbed Mahabharat Serial Anti-Competitive: SC [Read Judgment]

Protection in the name of the language goes against the interest of the competition, depriving consumers of exercising their choice, the court said.The Supreme Court, in Competition Commission Of India vs Co-ordination Committee Of Artists And Technicians Of WB Film and television, has held that, preventing channels from telecasting Mahabharat dubbed in Bengali is an...

Language Problem, Non-Proximity To Home Not Grounds To Seek Transfer To Another Campus: SC [Read Judgment]

Once a candidate chooses a campus, he/she exercises the option and is bound by it, the bench said.Refusing a student’s plea seeking transfer to another campus, the Supreme Court has observed that solely because a vacancy occurs at the other campus, no right accrues in favour of a candidate who had already given the option and once a candidate chooses a campus, he/she exercises the option and...

State Bar Council Cannot Continue Disciplinary Proceedings Against Lawyers After One Year Of Complaint: SC [Read Judgment]

Failing which the State Bar Council is obliged to transfer the inquiry to the Bar Council of India, the Bench said.The Supreme Court in Kumari Achal Saxena vs. Sudhir Yadav, has held that Disciplinary Committee of the State Bar Council cannot continue with the disciplinary inquiry against a lawyer after the expiry of one year from the receipt of the complaint and any order passed after it,...