Plea To Regulate Govt Advertisements : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Common Cause's PIL

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a petition seeking directions to restrain Union and State Governments from using public funds on Government advertisements in violation of the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Common Cause v. Union of India (2015) 7 SCC 1. After hearing Advocate, Mr. Prashant Bhushan representing the petitioner in some details, a Bench comprising Justices...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On IVF Specialist's Plea Challenging Provisions Of Surrogacy Regulation Act & ART Act

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Indian Council of Medical Research in a petition challenging certain provisions of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 and related rules. A Bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice...

Temple Administration - Supreme Court Raises Concerns About Appointments Made On Basis Of Political Affiliation

Raising concerns about political interference in the administration of temples and shrines across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed the need for laying down guidelines for transparent norms and parameters in the appointment of trustees or members of administrative committees. A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar was hearing a Special Leave...

Breaking: Delhi High Court Refuses to Stay IPS Officer Satish Verma's Dismissal

The Delhi High Court Monday refused to stay the dismissal of Gujarat IPS Officer Satish Chandra Verma and granted the Centre eight weeks time to respond to his petition against the termination."We are not inclined to stay or interdict the order of dismissal dated 30.08.2022 at this stage," said the division bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The Supreme Court...

Employee Can Be Terminated For Suppression Or False Information Regarding Suitability: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an employee can be terminated from service if it is found that he had suppressed or given false information in regard to the matters having a bearing on his fitness or suitability to the post.The suppression of material information and making a false statement in the verification Form relating to arrest, prosecution, conviction etc., has a clear bearing on...

Supreme Court Orders Reinstatement Of Watchman Who Was Illegally Dismissed 20 Years Ago

The Supreme Court recently granted relief to a watchman who was wrongfully terminated from service in 2002, by ordering his reinstatement within 6 weeks. The Court further directed that the man should be paid backwages for the period from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022 .A bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat passed the judgment in a petition filed...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Nurses Association Plea Seeking Fresh Policy For Best Patient To Doctor/Nurse Ratio In Hospitals

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a plea seeking formulation of a fresh national accreditation policy for ensuring adherence of best patient to doctor and patient to nurse ratio in all the NABH(National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers) hospitals.The plea also seeks directions on the Quality Council of India and National Accreditation Board...

Supreme Court Seeks Union's Response To Suo Motu PIL On Drug Mafia, Appoints Amicus

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and J.B. Pardiwala appointed Advocate Shoeb Alam as amicus curiae in a suo motu PIL taken on the basis of a letter petition sent to the then CJI NV Ramana regarding drug mafia in the country.The bench ordered today that–"The office note put up before Hon'ble Chief Justice on 17.11.2021 has been...

Supreme Court Half Yearly Complete Civil Digest 2022 (Jan – Jun)

Aadhaar Act 2016 - UIDAI directed to issue Aadhaar cards to sex workers without insisting proof of residence. Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 525 Act of God - Meaning - When nothing of any external natural force had been in operation in a violent or sudden manner, the event of the fire in question could be referable to anything but to an act of God in...

Sanjiv Chaturvedi's RTI Query On Corruption Complaints Against Union Ministers A Pressure Tactic: PMO To Supreme Court

The Prime Minister's Office has told the Supreme Court that Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi's application, alleging non-compliance of the order on disclosure of information about action taken on corruption complaints against central government ministers, is arm-twisting and a pressure tactic."It is bonafide assumption of the respondent that the petitioner in guise of...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, TN Govt On Plea By Nalini & Ravichandran For Premature Release

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the special leave petitions filed by Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Nalini Srihar and R.P. Ravichandran seeking premature release. The appeals were preferred after the Madras High Court dismissed the pleas of the life convicts on June 17. The apex court has sought responses from the Union of India and the state of Tamil Nadu. [R.P. Ravichandran...

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Filed By All India Transporters Welfare Association Alleging Illegal Police Seizure Of Vehicles

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the All India Transporters Welfare Association alleging illegal seizure of properties by police.The petition had prayed for making a uniform procedure on a pan-India basis regarding the release of consignments and trucks illegally seized by police, by subordinate courts of India, in line of the uniform procedure established by...