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Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Plea Challenging Denial Of Sanction To Prosecute UP CM Yogi Adityanath In 2007 Case Alleging Hate Speech
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment on a plea challenging the denial of sanction to prosecute Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a case alleging making of hate speech in 2007. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice C.T. Ravikumar. The petitioner Parvez Parwaz alleged that Yogi Adityanath had...
Supreme Court Refers BCCI Matter To Bench Led By Justice Chandrachud
A Supreme Court bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear the matters related to the Board of Cricket Control for India's ("BCCI"). The BCCI has now moved applications seeking permission to amend its constitution. When the matter came before a bench led by the Chief Justice of India on Wednesday, CJI NV Ramana pointed out that the earlier order in the BCCI case was passed in August 2018 by...
Election Freebies Issue : Why Can't Centre Call For An All Party Meeting To Discuss? Supreme Court Asks
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre why it cannot it call for an "all party meeting" to determine issues pertaining to election freebies. In its last hearing, the court while acknowledging the complex nature of the issue, had stated that the intention of the Court was to initiate a wider public debate on the issue, and it is for that purpose the constitution of an expert body...
Aarey Forest : Supreme Court Asks MMRCL To Not Cut Trees As Undertaken By It Till August 30
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reiterated that Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) would be bound by its earlier affidavit which stated that no trees have been cut and would be cut in the Aarey Forest post the Supreme Court order dated October 7, 2019.During the previous hearing, the MMRCL had told the Court that no cutting of trees has been carried in the Aarey forest. The Solicitor...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Technical Glitches In IIT-JEE(Mains) Ahead Of JEE(Advanced) Exam
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to urgently hear a writ petition which raises the issue of technical glitches in the IIT-JEE(Mains) Exam 2022.A counsel mentioned the matter before a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud and requested for urgent hearing ahead of the IIT-JEE (Advanced) Exam which is scheduled on August 28.The counsel mentioned that though the Chief Justice of India has...
Supreme Court To Hear On Friday Siddique Kappan's Plea Against Allahabad HC Order Refusing Him Bail In Hathras Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list Siddique Kappan's plea challenging the rejection of his bail application in Hathras Conspiracy case by the Allahabad High Court this Friday, i.e., August 26. CJI NV Ramana agreed to hear the matter after an urgent mention by Advocate Haris Biran. In the special leave petition filed through Advocate Pallavi Pratap, Kappan said that...
MACP Scheme Applicable From 01.09.2008; Entitlement To Financial Upgradation Is To Immediate Next Grade Pay & Not Next Promotional Post : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme is applicable with effective from 01.09.2008 and not from 01.01.2006 (the date from which the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission are effective).The Court further held that under MACP, the entitlement is to financial upgradation equivalent to the immediate next grade pay and not to the immediate...
Breaking: Supreme Court To Hear Today Review Petition Against Its PMLA Judgement
The Supreme Court will hear today a petition seeking review of its July 27 judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary vs Union of India which upheld the power of arrest, attachment and search and seizure conferred on the Enforcement Directorate by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.The matter is listed at 1:20pm before a bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and...
Supreme Court Directs Jharkhand High Court To Expedite Hearing In Jharkhand Cattle Traders Lynching Case
The Supreme Court has directed Jharkhand High Court to expedite the hearing in the Jharkhand cattle traders lynching case where two persons (Majlum Ansari and Imtiyaz Khan) were killed.The bench comprising Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice P. Narasimha stated that while they were not inclined to entertain the petition, in the facts and circumstances of the case, the judges of the High Court...
Section 96-100 CPC - A Person Affected By A Judgment/Decree But Not A Party To Suit, Can Prefer Appeal With The Leave Of The Court: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a person who is affected by a judgment but is not a party to the suit, can prefer an appeal with the leave of the Court.The sine qua non for filing an appeal by a third party is that he must have been affected by reason of the judgment and decree which is sought to be impugned, the bench of CJI NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli observed.In...
"Have Those Criminals Truly Repented?" : Judge Who Passed Sentence In Bilkis Bano Case Criticises Premature Release Of Convicts
Justice (retd) UD Salvi, who sentenced 11 men to life imprisonment in 2008 for the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members, has come on the record to say that he was never consulted before the convicts were released on remission. On Tuesday, Justice Salvi said that the State government does have a right to grant remission, however, the law also talks about how to...
