Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Live Updates From Supreme Court In Shiv Sena Case [March 14]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases related to rift in Shiv Sena.A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear the matter. Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha are the other members of the bench.The bench started hearing the matter on merits from February 21. On February 16, it had decided to defer a decision on the...

Bhopal Gas Tragedy : Supreme Court Dismisses Centre's Curative Petition Seeking Additional Compensation From UCC

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, dismissed the curative petition filed by Central Government seeking to reopen the settlement with the Union Carbide Corporation (now Dow Chemicals) to claim additional compensation for victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. It noted that settlement can be set aside only on the ground of fraud, but no ground of fraud has been pleaded...

'Only CJI Can Assign Cases' : Supreme Court Bench Unhappy With Another Bench Assigning A Case To It

The Supreme Court on Monday witnessed a rare sight of one bench openly expressing its disapproval of another bench assigning a case to it. The well established practice of the Court is that the Chief Justice of India assigns cases to benches exercising the powers of "master of roster". A bench led by a puisne judge does not direct that a case should be listed before another bench.A departure...

'Killing Of Animals For Food Permissible Under Law' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Switch Over To Lab-Grown Meat

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed as withdrawn a plea seeking to curb the killing of animals and to switch over to lab-generated meat for human consumption. A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna granted the petitioner liberty to withdraw the plea after hearing arguments for a while. During the hearing, Justice Joseph pointed out that the statute (Prevention of Cruelty to...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 13.3.23

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District Judges Appointment - Only 10% Posts Can Be Filled Through Limited Competitive Examination : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the Madhya Pradesh High Court to comply with the directions of the Apex Court in All India Judges’ Association And Ors. v. UoI And Ors. (2010) 15 SCC 170, particularly, the one asking the High Courts to reserve only 10% seats in the higher judiciary to be filled up by limited departmental competitive examination.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Against Shifting Of Prisoners From J&K To Other States

In a plea alleging that certain detenues detained under the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 had been shifted from local district and central jails within Jammu and Kashmir to prisons in other States of the country, the Supreme Court directed the Union and the State of Jammu and Kashmir to place their counter affidavits on record. The petition was filed by Raja Begum,...

Plea Alleging Attacks Against Christians | Supreme Court Directs State Of Jharkhand To File Verification Report

In a plea seeking directions to stop alleged attacks against Christian priests and Christian institutions across the country, the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala directed the State of Jharkhand file its verification report regarding the violence alleged in the plea. Earlier, the court had directed the Union Ministry of Home...

Child Adopted By Same-Sex Couple Need Not Be A Homosexual : CJI DY Chandrachud

While hearing petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud dispelled the assumption that a child adopted by a same-sex couple will necessarily be a homosexual.CJI made this observation in response to the statement made by the Solicitor General of India that it is for the Parliament to consider giving legal rights for same-sex couple as it has...

Supreme Court Refers Petitions Seeking Legal Recognition For Same-Sex Marriage To Constitution Bench

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriages, observing that it was a matter of "seminal importance"A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala observed in its order : "We are of the view that it would be appropriate if the issues raised...

'Defence Ministry Can't Take Law In Its Hands' : Supreme Court Warns Centre Over OROP Pension Arrears

The Supreme Court on Monday warned the Ministry of Defence against "taking the law in their own hands" in the matter concerning the disbursement of arrears to eligible pensioners of the armed forces under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala also directed the Ministry to provide a note concerning...

Telangana BRS MLAs Poaching Case Against BJP : Supreme Court Asks CBI To Not Begin Investigation

The Supreme Court of India on Monday orally asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to not begin an investigation into an alleged conspiracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party to poach Telangana’s Bharat Rashtra Samiti legislators. A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh was hearing the state police’s plea against a decision of the Telangana High Court to transfer...