SC Rejects Challenge Against Allahabad HC Ruling Upholding 25% Quota For Minorities In UP Pension Scheme [Read Judgment]

Dismissing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) preferred by the Hindu Front for Justice, the Supreme Court has upheld the Allahabad High Court ruling which had held that blocking 25 per cent of benefits in a pension scheme in favour of minorities is not invalid.The Hindu Front for Justice had filed a public interest litigation questioning the validity of the decision of the Uttar Pradesh...

SC Tells States To Take Steps To Fill Jail Officers’ Vacancies By Mar. 31 [Read Order]

Taking serious view over the inadequate number of jail officers across the country, the Supreme Court has directed all state governments to take “concrete” steps to fill the vacancies by March 31.Also finding deficiencies in the training of jail staff, the court expressed its unhappiness and directed the Central government to prepare training manual for various categories of staff...

All You Need To Know About SC’s Middle Income Group Scheme For Affordable Legal Aid

The Supreme Court’s Middle Income Group Scheme is aimed at providing legal services to the middle and relatively lower income groups. The scheme is meant to provide services in the Supreme Court, to litigants whose gross income does not exceed ₹60,000 per month or ₹7.5 lakh per annum.The management of the Society has been entrusted to the members of the governing body, which includes...

SC Questions Source Of Funds In Teesta's Frozen Accounts

The Supreme Court today wanted to know the source of money in social activist Teesta Setalvad’s bank accounts which were frozen by Ahmedabad police in 2015 after allegations of misappropriation.“From where did the money in these bank accounts have come? Whose money is this? We wanted to know,” a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked the counsel for Setalvad.Advocate Aparna Bhat...

Prevent Uploading Of Rape Videos, Child Porn: Amicus To Centre

The amicus curiae in the matter where Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of gangrape videos circulating on the internet has asked the government to take all steps to prevent uploading and dissemination of rape videos, revenge porn, child pornography etc including through revision of intermediary rules.Amicus Curiae N S Nappinai in her report said intermediaries should be directed to...

Madras HC To Hear MK Stalin’s Petition Against Palaniswami's Trust Vote Tomorrow [Read Petition]

Tamil Nadu Opposition Leader MK Stalin has approached Madras High Court against the trust vote conducted in TN Assembly on Saturday.The Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice HG Ramesh and Justice Mahadevan will hear the matter tomorrow.Today morning Advocate Shanmugasundaram mentioned the matter before the Division Bench and submitted that though the Bench has agreed to hear...

Decree Of Injunction Can Be Executed Against Legal Representatives Of Deceased Judgment-Debtor: SC [Read Judgment]

It would be against the public policy to ask the decree-holder to litigate once over again against the legal representatives of the judgment-debtor when the cause and injunction survives, the bench said.The Supreme Court in Prabhakara Adiga vs. Gowri, has held that a decree for injunction can also be executed against legal representatives of the deceased judgment-debtor, in view of the...

SC Identifies Constitutional Hurdles Ahead For Women Before They Claim Their Right To Enter Sabarimala

Senior counsel for the Travancore Devaswom Board, K.K.Venugopal today told the Supreme Court bench of Justices Dipak Misra, R.Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan that the case dealing with right of women to enter Sabarimala temple in Kerala involves substantive interpretation of the Constitution, under Article 145(3) of the Constitution. Under this provision, the minimum number of Judges who are to...

PIL On Military Land Grab: SC Notice To Centre, Army

The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre and Army on a PIL highlighting the encroachment of more than 12,000 acre of military land by the private realtors and land mafias across the country.In his PIL, advocate SN Bhardwaj cited numerous scandalous military land scams involving Army officers, after obtaining an RTI response in which the military authorities admitted that thousands...

Octogenarian Moves SC Seeking Women’s Entry To Sabarimala Temple [Read Application]

An octogenarian from Kerala moved the Supreme Court on Monday questioning the authority of Devaswom Board for denying entry to women between the age group of 10 and 50 years at Sabrimala temple.S Parameswaran Nampoothiri, 84, belonging to the Brahaminical Nampoothiri community of Kerala, has filed the application seeking the apex court’s permission to intervene in the pending PIL against...

BCCI Case: What Is Our Status? State Cricket Associations Ask SC

State cricket associations affiliated to the BCCI today approached the Supreme Court seeking clarification regarding their statusPassing several directions, a bench headed by then chief justice T S Thakur had on January 2 directed that office bearers of BCCI and its affiliated state associations who failed to meet the norms recommended by Justice R M Lodha panel should forthwith demit and...

SC May Refer Sabarimala Women Entry Issue To Constitution Bench

Hinting that it might refer the contentious issue of women entry into Kerala’s Sabarimala shrine to a constitution bench, the Supreme Court today asked the parties, including the amicus curiae, to furnish questions which can be referred to the larger bench if it eventually decides that way.The bench headed by justice Dipak Misra reserved the verdict on the question whether the matter should...