AG wants Law Commission to decide on NCA; Amicus Venugopal, Andhyarrujina root for SC Constitution Bench

A three judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur today reserved its verdict on referring to a constitution bench the issue of setting up National Courts of Appeal in cities like Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai to hear appeals from high courts, after amicus curiaes K K Venugopal and T R Andhyarujina strongly supported the idea while Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi continued to oppose it...

Exclusive; SC slams Ministry of External Affairs for giving misleading information on its Website

It is time that the Ministry of External Affairs gets over the colonial hangover, said the BenchSupreme Court of India Today said that it is extremely unfortunate that the official website of the Ministry of External Affairs gives misleading information not only to Indians but also to the world at large. The observation came in the Judgment of Supreme Court which dismissed a Plea filed...

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2016; Supreme Court Order at 3.30PM Today [Update-2]

Supreme Court of India has reserved its order on whether the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be conducted this year or not.  Supreme Court is expected to pronounce the Order at 3.30 pm Today. The CBSE and Medical Council of India (MCI) stated before the Court that they are ready to conduct the examination this year. They have submitted the fresh schedule for the...

Pvt. Educational Institutions cannot be allowed to create business empires charging exorbitant fees; Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

They cannot under the garb of building fund etc. illegally generate funds for their “business expansion” and create “business empires”, the Court said.The private institutions cannot be permitted to operate like money minting institutions, the innocent people of this State cannot be allowed to be duped any further, observed the High Court of Himachal Pradesh which directed the...

Reservation for differently abled persons will have to be computed on the basis of total vacancies of the cadre: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Ashok Kumar Giri vs. Govt. of India has reiterated that reservation for differently abled persons will have to be computed on the basis of total vacancies of the cadre and not on the basis of the vacancies available in the identified post.Apex Court Bench comprising of Justices FMI Kalifulla and S.A. Bobde has set aside the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court...

Uttarakhand: SC says stay on HC order to continue; No floor test on April 29 [Read Order]

In a setback to the ousted Harish Rawat government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the stay on the Uttarakhand High Court order on President’s rule in Uttarakhand would continue.The apex court ruling implies that there will be no floor test on April 29.The court fixed May 3 for further hearing of the case.While senior lawyers and Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi and Kapil Sibal...

CBSE to hold #NEET for Medical Admission this Year; Exam Schedule will be placed before SC tomorrow [Read Order]

A writ Petition is filed by Sankalp Charitable Trust before the Supreme Court for a direction to hold National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) in terms of Regulation of Medical Council of India (MCI) for academic year 2016-17 for admission to MBBS, BDS and like Courses of medical colleges throughout the country. Prayer was also made to stay the exam to be held for 15% by CBSE on 1st...

CJI prima-facie finds no fault in resolutions against Justice Katju; Will hear AG

The Chief Justice T S Thakur headed bench of the Supreme Court today told former Supreme Court Judge Markandeya Katju that it was prima-facie of the view that the resolution passed by both houses of the parliament against him last year March for calling Mahatma Gandhi “a British agent” and Netaji Bose “a Japanese agent” was only a strong expression of condemnation” which “did...

CJAR condemns Government apathy towards judicial reforms [Read Statement]

Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms [CJAR] has issued a statement condemning Government apathy towards judicial reforms. The Full Text of Statement issued by its Convener Prashant Bhushan is as follows;Statement condemning Government apathy towards judicial reformsThe recent joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts and the Supreme Court of...

Protection of ‘sanction’ to Govt. servants cannot be camouflaged to commit crime; SC summarizes principles governing ‘sanction’ [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court in Devinder Singh & Ors vs. State of Punjab through CBI, has summarized the principles governing requirement of sanction to prosecute Government servants and held that the offence committed by the Government servants must be directly and reasonably connected with official duty to require sanction. The Court also observed that Protection...

Bhushan seeks Appointment of Commissioners to monitor the drought relief, to ensure compliance with the SC’s imminent judgment in the Swaraj Abhiyan Case

The hearing in the case of Swaraj Abhiyan v Union of India concluded today in the Supreme Court with the bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and NV Ramana reserving its judgment.Over the last four moths, the Court held 15 hearings, lasting nearly 40 hours, in this case. Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav was present in the hearing throughout, and made significant...

Drinking water Top Priority; Bombay HC asks state to cut water supply to Liquor Industries [Read Order]

The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court, taking into account the acute drought faced in the state has directed the State Government to authorise a 50 percent water cut for liquor industries, breweries and distilleries in the area with immediate effect and a further 10 per cent cut from May 10.Division Bench comprising of Justices Sangitrao S. Patil and S.S. Shinde issued these...