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PIL In Supreme Court Challenges Agnipath Recruitment Scheme For Armed Forces
A PIL has been filed in Supreme Court challenging the Centre's "Agnipath" recruitment scheme for armed forces.The petition filed by serial PIL litigant Advocate ML Sharma has sought to quash the notification dated June 14, 2022 issued by the Ministry of Defence, contending that the same is "illegal, unconstitutional and void ab-initio & ultra vires to the constitution of India in the...
Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Direction To Bajaj Allianz To Compensate 3.5 lakh Farmers Who Suffered Losses In Rains
The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order directing Bajaj Allianz General Insurance to compensate, under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, 3,57,287 agriculturists in the Osmanabad District of Maharashtra for post harvesting losses caused to Soyabean Crop in the Kharif Season 2020 on account of heavy rainfall.The Apex Court added that the stay of operation of the impugned...
BREAKING| Supreme Court Refuses To Release Nawab Malik & Anil Deshmukh From Prison For Voting In MLC Elections
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow the temporary release of Maharashtra MLAs Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh from the prison for casting vote in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, which is going on today.A vacation bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia refused to grant interim relief in the Special Leave Petition filed by the legislators against the...
Supreme Court To Examine NCLT Bar Association's Locus To Challenge 3-Year Term For Members
The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will examine the locus standi of the National Company Law Tribunal Bar Association in challenging the Centre's notification fixing the term of 23 NCLT members appointed in 2019 as 3 years instead of 5 years.A vacation bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia adjourned the writ petition filed by the NCLT Bar Association observing that...
Supreme Court Disapproves Insurance Company's Insistence On Producing Driving License Which Was Burnt In Accident
The Supreme Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by an insurance company against an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission which allowed a claim.The insurer had repudiated the claim on the ground that the driving license was not produced. However, the Surveyor's Report suggested that the driving license was burnt in the accident."Still, the Insurance Company insisted...
BREAKING| No Postponement Of CLAT 2022 Exam Due To Agnipath Protests : NLU Consortium
There is no postponement of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2022 due to the protests against the "Agnipath" recruitment scheme to armed forces, the Consortium of National Law Universities informed in a press release.The Executive Committee of the Consortium of NLUs, after a review meeting held today evening, decided to go ahead with the CLAT 2022 exam as originally scheduled. The...
Supreme Court Weekly Round Up : June 13 - June 18,2022
Supreme Court Judgements 1. No Need To File Separate Final Decree Proceedings In Partition Suit ; Trial Courts Should Proceed Suo Motu Soon After Passing Preliminary Decree: Supreme Court Case Title: Kattukandi Edathil Krishnan vs Kattukandi Edathil Valsan | CA 6406Â-6407 OF 2010 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 549 The Supreme Court has directed the Trial...
Appropriate To Shift Sukash Chandrashekhar & Wife From Tihar Jail To Allay Apprehensions Of Life Threat : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday observed that it will be appropriate to transfer alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Paulose from Tihar Jail to allay the apprehensions raised by them regarding danger to life from jail officials.The Court has asked the Center to take an appropriate decision with regards to the jail where Chandrashekhar could be transferred to. Adjourning...
Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking
The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has notified rules for allowing existing voters to use their Aadhaar number to authenticate the entry in the electoral roll.The Registration of Electors (Amendment) Rules, 2022, made by the Central Government in exercise of powers under Section 28 of the Representation of the People Act, after consulting the Election Commission of India, has a...
500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 101 - 200)
See Also: 500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 [Citations 1 to 100] Rent Control Laws - Jurisdiction of civil courts are excluded from landlord-tenant disputes when they are specifically covered by the provisions of the State Rent Acts, which are given an overriding effect over other laws. (Para 20) Subhash Chander v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation, 2022 LiveLaw (SC)...