“SC Is Likely To Quash Many More Pending Acquisitions Under The Land Acquisition Act”: Centre For Policy Research Study

A report, brought out by the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, on “Land Acquisition in India: A Review of Supreme Court Cases: 1950-2016”, and released recently in New Delhi, predicts that the Court is likely to quash many more pending acquisitions under the Land Acquisition Act, and other acquisition laws.The report reveals that in an overwhelming 95 per cent of the cases, the...

Claim For Compensation Before MACT Must Be Raised Within A Reasonable Time: SC [Read Judgment]

It is not as if, it can be open to all and sundry, to approach a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, to raise a claim for compensation, at any juncture, after the accident had taken place, the bench observed.The Supreme Court, in M/s. Purohit and Company vs. Khatoonbee, has observed that though there is no limitation period to raise a claim for compensation before a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal,...

General Criticism Of Corruption In Judiciary Can Be A Ground For Taking Action For Contempt: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S.Khehar, and justices Dr.D.Y.Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, held in a recent judgment that even if allegations of corruption were not aimed at any particular Court, the Contempt of Courts Act could be invoked, if the alleged contemptuous action is aimed at more than one court, or a large number of courts, all...

Stray Dogs: SC Says Culling Only In Accordance With Law; No Indiscriminate Killing

The Supreme Court today said there cannot be indiscriminate killing of stray canines and any culling should only be in accordance with law.“When did this court say dogs have a bigger fundamental rights than human being. We are only on one aspect that culling should only be in accordance with law”, Justice Dipak Misra, heading a bench told Sabu Stephen, one of the petitioner who...

Age No Bar For Studying Law: SC Stays BCI Notification [Read Order]

There will be no age limit for LLB examination this academic year, as the Supreme Court has stayed Bar Council of India's (BCI) notification fixing age limit for law courses.When the matter was called up, Justice Nageswara Rao asked whether there had been some development from the Bar Council. Ardhendumauli Prasad Counsel for the Bar Council stated that the BCI had taken a decision on...

SC Notice To Centre, CBSE On Plea To Include Urdu In NEET [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Centre, Medical Council of India, Delhi Council of India and CBSE on a plea seeking inclusion of Urdu language in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), meant for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses.A petition filed by the Student Islamic Organisation (SIO).Justice Kurian Joseph And Justice R. Banumathi sought response from government,...

How Did President Give His Assent To TN And Gujarat Acts Amending Central Land Acquisition Act, Ask Experts

Two Acts passed by the Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Legislative Assemblies, in 2015 and 2016 respectively, to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR Act), came in for sharp criticism at a two-day conference on ‘Land rights, Land Acquisition, and Inclusive Development in India’ which began in New Delhi...

Judicial Functions Can’t Be Delegated: SC [Read Judgment]

Judicial function is not to be delegated to an officer of the court by the judge of the high court, the bench observed.A judicial functioning has to be done in a judicial manner, observed the Supreme Court while holding that Section 33(2) of the Stamp Act does not empower the judge of the high court to direct the officer of the high court to enquire and to find out the nature and character of...

SC Asks Punjab To Enforce SYL Canal Decree

The Supreme Court today issued a stern warning to Punjab and said its November 10, 2016 verdictallowing construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal in Haryana and Punjab has to be implemented in toto.“The decree passed by this court has to be given effect to. We will deliberate upon Punjab's contention as to whether the judgement of a five-judge constitution bench, which held its...

Activist Moves SC Against Delhi HC Judgment Excluding AG’s Office From RTI Ambit [Read Petition]

RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal has approached the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgment that held that the Attorney General of India is not a public authority under the Right to Information Act.A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath by its judgment dated February 3, 2017, had reversed the 2015 judgment of Justice Vibhu Bakhru in Subhash...

SC Order On Liquor Vends Near Highways Not Applicable To Bars: AG’s Opinion [Read Opinion]

Kindling hope in the mind of those owning bars near highways in Kerala,  Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has told the Kerala government that the Supreme Court order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of state and national highways does not apply to bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.The AG’s view was reported by the Times of India. The AG's view could apply to other states as well...

SC Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Plea Against Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear on an urgent basis a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibiting abortion of foetus above 20 weeks.The Centre told the court that the government is considering permitting medical termination of foetus up to 24 weeks, which at present is 20 weeks.The court was hearing a writ...