BREAKING - Delhi High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Agnipath Scheme

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the pleas challenging Central Government’s Agnipath scheme. The court said it does not find any reason to interfere with the scheme. "All petitions challenging Agnipath Scheme are dismissed," said the court. Delhi High Court will today pronounce judgment in a batch of pleas challenging Centre's Agnipath Scheme. Pronouncement by a division bench headed...

Sheer Volume Of NEET Cases In Supreme Court Indicates Need For Reforms In Medical Education : CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has observed that a larger number of cases related to NEET and medical admission reach the Supreme Court and this is indicative of the need for reforms in medical education.While delivering the 19th Sir Ganga Ram Oration on the topic "A prescription for Justice: Quest for fairness and equity in healthcare", CJI said :"Several cases challenging...

Supreme Court Stays Laying Of Paver Blocks In Matheran, Says It'll Destroy City's Natural Beauty

The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a stay on the laying of concrete paver blocks in the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Matheran, the only pedestrian hill station in Asia, until the appropriate monitoring constituted by virtue of a 2003 notification by the Ministry of Environment and Forests took a call on the issue within eight weeks. While directing the committee to decide...

NEET PG 2023 Postponement : Supreme Court Refuses To Postpone, Dismisses Petitions | Live Updates [Feb 27]

The Supreme Court will hear today two petitions seeking postponement of the NEET-PG 2023 examination scheduled on March 5, 2023.Last Friday, the Court had sought the response of the National Board of Examinations on the plea. The petitioners, who are doctors seeking to appear in NEET-PG, pointed out that the NBE initially fixed the cut-off date for internship completion as March 31, 2023,...

Judicial Officer Suppresses Criminal Case In Application Form; Supreme Court Upholds Termination, Says Subsequent Closure Of Case Irrelevant

The Supreme Court recently upheld the termination of services of a judicial officer for suppressing the pendency of a criminal case at the time of making application. In the application form, there was a specific question if the applicant was an accused or a complainant in any criminal complaint. The candidate was named as an accused in an FIR. Also, she was a complainant in another...

NGT Has Powers To Execute Its Orders As Decrees Of Civil Court : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the National Green Tribunal has powers to execute its orders as decrees of civil court under Section 25 of the NGT Act. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala held that the NGT was entrusted with the power to ensure that its orders are complied witThe appellant had approached the National Green Tribunal...

Artist's Freedom Of Speech Cannot Be Disturbed Lightly : Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

Speaking at the Hindu Lit for Life Event in Chennai, Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said that in our constitutional scheme, the freedom of speech and expression weighs overwhelmingly in favour of the artist and cannot be disturbed lightly."In these uncertain and deeply polarised times there is a pressing need to rediscover and retain our public spaces, to facilitate...

Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022 -FULL SET

Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2022 Part-1https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/complete-supreme-court-yearly-digest-2022-221376Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2022- Part-2https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/complete-supreme-court-yearly-digest-2022-221414Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest...

Transfer Of Criminal Case From One State To Another Implicitly Reflect On Credibility Of State Judiciary & Prosecution Agency : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that transfer of trial from one case to another state has to be ordered only in exceptional circumstances, as it might result in an adverse reflection upon the credibility of the State judiciary and prosecution agency.A bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar made this observation while dismissing a plea to transfer the trial in a case relating...

Communicating Annual Confidential Report to Employee without Sufficient Time to Challenge it Same as Non-Communication of Report: SC

Failure to accord sufficient time for an employee to challenge the assessment of their performance for a particular year in an Annual Confidential Report (ACR) before a departmental promotion committee is convened, would be treated as a non-disclosure of the evaluation report, the Supreme Court said on Friday, while setting aside the proceedings of a DPC of the Manipur High...

Petitions Against ED Director's Tenure Motivated By Personal Interests Of Congress Leaders Facing Investigation: Central Government To Supreme Court

The Central government has filed a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court of India in the petition against the extension of tenure of the Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sanjay Kumar Mishra. As per the counter affidavit, the writ petition in question, although has been styled as a Public Interest Litigation, is motivated by personal interest of the President and office bearers of...

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Bar Association Office Bearers On Plea Alleging Obstruction Of Legal Aid Defence Counsel

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the office bearers of the Bar Association Committee, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, in a contempt petition filed over alleged obstruction of the work of legal aid defence counsel appointed by the Legal Services Authority.A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud dispensed with the personal appearance of the office bearers. The matter will be next heard...