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'Service Can't Be Counted For Pension If Appointment Has Been Held To Be Illegal & Void' : Supreme Court Dismisses Review In KTU VC Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Dr.Rajasree MS seeking to review the judgment which set aside her appointment as the Vice Chancellor of the APJ Abdul Kalam Kerala Technological University.While rejecting the review, a bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar observed that in the impugned judgment, the Court has not opined anything about the...
Supreme Court Turns Down Cardinal George Alencherry's Plea For Exemption From Personal Appearance Before Magistrate In Land Scam Case
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined an oral request made on behalf of Cardinal George Alencherry, the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church, for exemption from personal appearance before the Magistrate tomorrow in the criminal case related to alleged land sale scam.The submission was advanced by Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra on behalf of the Cardinal before a Bench of Justices...
Malayalam Paper "Mathrubhumi" Agrees To Publish Clarification For Remark Against Santiago Martin; Supreme Court Closes Contempt Case
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, closed the plea assailing order of the Sikkim High Court refusing to quash summons issued by a Gangtok magistrate against Managing Editor, Managing Director and Joint Managing Editor of Malayalam newspaper, Mathrubhumi in defamation case filed by Santiago Martin in 2020.Martin had filed the complaint under Sections 499, 500, 501, 502 and 120B of the Indian...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Rashtriya Hindu Swabhiman Party's Plea Against ECI Refusing Registration
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition filed by Rashtriya Hindu Swabhiman Party challenging the refusal of the Election Commission of India to register it as a political party.The petitioner's counsel argued that the ECI has taken a "contradictory stand" as it has stated in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court that it has no power to refuse registration of...
Maintainability Of Second Complaint In Exceptional Circumstances Depends Upon The Manner In Which First Complaint Came To Be Dismissed : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a second criminal complaint can be maintainable only in exceptional circumstances, depending upon the manner in which the first complaint came to be dismissed. In this case, the complainant filed a complaint before the Magistrate against the accused alleging offences under Sections 499 and 500 IPC etc. This was dismissed by the Magistrate on the ground that...
Justice Bela Trivedi Recuses From Hearing Bilkis Bano's Plea Challenging Premature Release Of Gangrape-Murder Convicts
Supreme Court judge Justice Bela Trivedi on Tuesday recused from hearing the writ petition filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the premature release of the 11 convicts sentenced to life for gang rape and murder during 2002 Gujarat Riots.The writ petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi. When the matter was taken, Justice Rastogi told Advocate...
Supreme Court Pulls Up LLM Student For Filing PIL To Remove Reservation System
The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a PIL seeking to remove the system of reservations in the country while terming the said PIL "an abuse of process". The PIL, which was filed by an LLM student was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. At the very outset, CJI DY Chandrachud expressed his displeasure at the petition and...
Mere Dismissal For Default Of First Execution Petition Will Not Preclude Filing Of A Fresh One Provided It Is Within Time : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that mere dismissal of the first execution petition on the ground of default will not preclude decree holder from filing a fresh execution petition provided it is within time. In this case, the Bhagyoday Cooperative Bank granted a financial facility to a firm Vimal Traders. Since the amount was not repaid, the proceedings were initated under Gujarat...
Orders Giving Visitation Right/Temporary Child Custody Cannot Be Passed In A Proceedings For Restitution Of Conjugal Right : Supreme Court
The Supreme court observed that orders giving visitation rights or temporary child custody cannot be passed in a proceedings under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act (Restitution of conjugal rights).In this case, the husband filed a petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage, Act, 1955, seeking Restitution of Conjugal Rights, against the wife before the Family Court...
Supreme Court Posts Pleas Challenging Section 6A Citizenship Act For Directions On 10th January, 2023
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, posted the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act inserted by way of an amendment in 1985 in furtherance of the Assam Accord, for directions, on 10th January, 2023. The 5-Judge Bench comprised Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice M.R. Shah, Justice Krishna Murari, Justice Hima Kohli and...
Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Raj Kundra In Pornography Case
The Supreme Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Raj Kundra and other co-accused in the several FIR's arising out of the porn videos case registered by Nodal Cyber Police Station, Bandra. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna, taking into consideration that the State of Maharashtra did not oppose the application for anticipatory bail filed by the Petitioner, allowed...
Execution Court Should Attach The Debt Under Order XXI Rule 46 CPC Before Proceeding Against Garnishee Under Order XXI Rule 46A CPC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that an Execution Court should attach the debt under Order XXI Rule 46 CPC before proceeding against garnishee under Order XXI Rule 46A of Code of Civil Procedure can be In this case, the Bhagyoday Cooperative Bank granted a financial facility to a firm Vimal Traders. Since the amount was not repaid, the proceedings were initated under Gujarat Co-operative...