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'Pending Application For Mining Lease Doesn't Create Any Vested Right' : Supreme Court Upholds Rajasthan Rule Introducing Auction
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the order of the Rajasthan High Court that declared Rule 4 (10) and Rule 7(3) of the Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1986 as unconstitutional.A division bench of Justice A.S. Bopanna and Justice M. M. Sundresh while setting aside the High Court order observed:“The High Court, in our considered view, has totally misconstrued the issues...
'Sudden Provocation As Rs 500 For Daughter Not Given' : Supreme Court Modifies Murder Conviction Of Wife Who Killed Husband
The Supreme Court altered conviction of a woman accused of killing her husband from Section 302 IPC(murder) to Section 304 Part 1 IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder)."The possibility of the accused causing the death of the deceased while being deprived of the power of self-control, due to the provocation on account of the deceased not agreeing to pay Rs.500/- to her daughter cannot...
Use Of Expression 'Ta Khubzul Badlain' In Sale Deed By Itself Will Not Be Determinative Of The True Nature Of The Transaction : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that use of the expression 'ta khubzul badlain' in a sale deed by itself will not be determinative of the true nature of the transaction.When there is a specific recital in the Sale Deed that the title and possession in the property has been passed to the seller, the same are very crucial which cannot be brushed aside,...
Time Spent For PhD Can't Be Counted As 'Teaching Experience' If It's Not Done Along With Teaching Assignment Without Taking Leave : UGC Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the appeal filed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) against the order of the Kerala High Court that allowed the appointment of Priya Varghese as Associate Professor at Kannur University, treating the period spent by her to pursue her PhD to be counted as teaching experience. Priya Varghese is the wife of K.K. Ragesh, private secretary to...
'Strictly Follow Arnesh Kumar Guidelines On Arrest' : Supreme Court Directs High Courts & DGPs To Ensure Compliance
The Supreme Court of India on Monday reiterated the guidelines laid down by the top court for arrest under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and for other offences punishable by a maximum jail term of seven years in its 2014 Arnesh Kumar judgement. Not only this, a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar has also directed high courts and police chiefs to...
Manipur Violence: Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES
The Supreme Court to hear the batch of petitions concerning ethnic clashes in the State of Manipur. The matter was taken up by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj MisraThe batch of petitions include a petition filed by the Manipur Tribal Forum Delhi seeking the protection of the Kuki tribe by the Indian Army and a petition filed by Chairman of the...
Supreme Court Directs Centre To Reconsider Reward Paid To Person Who Informed About Tax Evasion By News Agency ANI Media Pvt Ltd
The Supreme Court recently directed the reward committee constituted by the Ministry of Finance under the "Reward to Informers” policy to take a fresh decision on the amount of reward awarded to a person who gave information regarding tax evasion by news agency M/s ANI Media Pvt Ltd.The appellant before the Supreme Court contended that he had provided information to the authorities about...
'Discipline Is A Non-Negotiable Condition Of Service In Armed Forces' : Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Of Suspended Army Driver Who Overstayed Leave
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by a Mechanical Transport Driver enrolled in the Army Service who was dismissed from service for overstaying the leave granted to him. Finding him to be a habitual offender, the Apex Court held that such gross indiscipline by a member of the Armed Forces is unacceptable. “Discipline is the implicit hallmark of the Armed Forces and...
Non-Participation In A Proceeding Of A Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Has Civil Consequences : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that non-participation in a proceeding of a restitution of conjugal rights has civil consequences.This observation was made while allowing a transfer petition filed by a wife seeking transfer of the a petition filed under Section 9 of the Hindu marriage Act for restitution of conjugal rights, pending before the Court of Ld. District Judge of Dadra & Nagar haveli...
Not Necessary To Give Opportunity Of Hearing To Person Summoned U/Section 319 CrPC Before Adding Him As Accused : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a person summoned under Section 319 CrPC need not be given opportunity of hearing before being added as an accused."The principle of hearing a person who is summoned cannot be read into Section 319 Cr.P.C. Such a procedure is not at all contemplated therein.", the bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan observed.In this case, a person was summoned...
Doctor’s License Cannot Be Suspended By Court As Penalty In Contempt Proceedings: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday held that a medical practioner’s license cannot be suspended as penalty in contempt proceedings.A division bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sanjay Karol observed: “A medical practitioner guilty of contempt of Court may also be so for professional misconduct but the same would depend on the gravity/nature of the contemptuous conduct of the person in...
Section 319 CrPC | Merits Of Evidence Has To Be Appreciated Only During Trial; Not At Stage Of Summoning Accused : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the merits of the evidence has to be appreciated only during trial and not at the stage of Section 319 CrPC.In this case, an application under Section 319 CrPC was moved before the Trial Court and the same was allowed. Allowing the revision petition filed by the accused, the High Court set aside this order on a reasoning that he was found innocent...