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UGC Pay Scale: Supreme Court Grants Benefit Of Revised Pay Scale To Two Physical Instructors Despite Subsequent Karnataka G.O Denying Benefit
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (13.09.203) granted the benefit of revised UGC pay scale as per a 1999 Karnataka Government Order (G.O) to two Physical Education instructors with retrospective effect from 1st January 1996, despite a 2008 G.O that stated that the revised UGC pay scale was to be notionally extended from 27th July 1998. The Apex Court extended such benefit to...
BREAKING | Bar Council Of India Offers To Hold CLAT, Says NLU Consortium Is A Non-Statutory Body
The Bar Council of India on Friday offered to conduct the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) for admissions to law schools. The apex lawyers' body said it has mechanism to conduct CLAT in multiple regional languages, as it did for AIBE (All India Bar Examination).The exam is currently conducted by the Consortium of NLUs on rotational basis. BCI said this arrangement amongst the national...
Prepared Platform To Assess Top 50 Judges Of Country Who Would Be Considered For Elevation To Supreme Court : CJI DY Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud on Friday said that steps are being taken to bring more transparency into the collegium system. “The idea is to make the process of recommending appointments to the Supreme Court more transparent. Not by sharing our discussions in the public realm, which we obviously cannot do. But by laying down objective parameters for selection to the Supreme...
Supreme Court Seeks Report From NALSA On Implementation Of Women’s Integrated Help System
Today, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court called for a report from National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction for the implementation of the NALSA women’s integrated help system (NWIHS-181/15100) in all States and Union Territories. NWIHS-181/15100 is a technology integrated system of 181 women helpline and NALSA legal Aid...
MMDR Act - Supreme Court Explains Exceptions To Sec 10A(1) Which Makes Mining Lease Applications Received Before 12.01.2015 Ineligible
The Supreme Court has elucidated the exceptions applicable to Section 10-A (1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act), which provides that all applications received for grant of mining lease prior to 12.01.2015, shall become ineligible. The court remarked that the object and purpose of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015...
Supreme Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against UP Congress Leader Over Alleged 'Modi-Adani Love Affair’ Remark
Recently, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by the Secretary of UP Youth Congress, Sachin Chaudhary, seeking to quash an FIR over his alleged remark that Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was in a "love affair" with Industrialist, founder and chairman of Adani Group, Gautam Adani.The Bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi, while delving into the...
Cooperative Society Not Doing Banking Business But Providing Credit Facilities To Members Eligible For Sec 80P Deduction Under Income Tax Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that if a cooperative society does not transact the business of banking as defined in Section 5 (b) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act), it would not be a cooperative bank. Thus, if a co-operative society is not a ‘co-operative bank’ within the meaning of Section 56 of the BR Act, then such an entity would be entitled to deduction under Section 80P of...
Supreme Court Deprecates Advocates Raising Unnecessary Objections To Questions In Cross-Examinations, Urges Bar To Cooperate With Trial Courts
The Supreme Court on Thursday (14.09.2023) expressed concern about the huge pendency of suits in Trial Courts in Maharashtra and urged the members of the Bar to cooperate. The Court disapproved of advocates raising unnecessary objections during cross-examinations as they would result in trials getting detayed.“If the advocates start objecting to every question asked in the...
No Litigant Should Be Permitted To Misuse The Process Of Law Through Vexatious Applications: Supreme Court
A Division Bench of the, comprised of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Dipankar Datta, reprimanded the practice of filling several miscellaneous civil applications (MCA) for seeking review of the judgment passed in Second Appeal. The Court observed that “no litigant should be permitted to be so lethargic and apathetic much less should be permitted to misuse the process of law.”The High Court...
Unacceptable That National Law University Jodhpur Has Only Contractual Teachers; Can't Expect Excellence Without Regular Staff : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has expressed serious concerns at the National Law University, Jodhpur, operating only with contractual teachers. "To say the least, this is unacceptable and undesirable", the Court observed.The Court noted that as per the regulations of the University Grants Commission, only 10 percent of the staff can be contractual staff. The Court was told that the NLU's regulations...
Standard Of Proof To Prove Insanity Is Only 'Reasonable Doubt' : Supreme Court Acquits Man Accused Of Killing His Grandfather
The Supreme court observed that the standard of proof to prove the lunacy or insanity is only ‘reasonable doubt’.An accused who seeks exoneration from liability of an act under Section 84 of IPC has to prove legal insanity and not medical insanity, the bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Prashant Kumar Mishra observed.The court observed thus while acquitting a murder accused by allowing...