Hate Speeches Delivered By Political & Religious Leaders Bulldoze Constitutional Ethos, Warrant Stringent Peremptory Action: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that hate speeches especially delivered by elected representatives, political and religious leaders based on religion, caste, region or ethnicity militate against the concept of fraternity, bulldoze the constitutional ethos and violates Articles 14, 15, 19, 21 read with Article 38 of the Constitution of India.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh also observed that...

Prophet Remark Row: Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind Moves Supreme Court Against Alleged Vengeful Demolitions In Uttar Pradesh

In an another important development in the Prophet Remark Row and the demolitions thereafter, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the State of Uttar Pradesh to ensure that no further demolitions are carried out in the State without following due process. The applicant has sought directions to initiate action against officials responsible for the...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Actor Mohd Naseer's Plea Seeking Bail In Chit Fund Scam Case

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a writ petition preferred by disabled actor Mohd Naseer, seeking bail in the FIR registered against him for allegedly cheating and siphoning of monies in the name of chit fund schemes. The vacation bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Vikram Nath in their order said, "Issue notice returnable within 3 weeks." Naseer, who had acted in a...

BREAKING | 'Not Illegal Or Arbitrary': Calcutta High Court Refuses CBI Probe In WB Govt's Metro Dairy Disinvestment

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to initiate a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged Metro Dairy scam, by opining that no case has been made out for interference as the State has not adopted any non-transparent or opaque sale of shares.The Court was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition moved by West Bengal Congress President...

500 Supreme Court Judgments Of 2022 [Citations 1 to 100]

500 Supreme Court LiveLaw Citations 2022 Part 1 (Citations 1 - 100) Service Law - If a regular promotion is offered but is refused by the employee before becoming entitled to a financial upgradation, she/he shall not be entitled to financial upgradation only because she has suffered stagnation. This is because, it is not a case of lack of promotional opportunities but an employee...

Kerala High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations 1-154]

Nominal Index [Citations 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1 - 154]Vinay Shankar v. Union of India & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Rajeswary vs State of Kerala, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 2K.S. Narayana Elayathu v. Sandhya, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Suo Motu v. Travancore Devaswom Board, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Mohammed Suhail & Ors v. State of Kerala & Anr, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 5Vijayakumar V. & Anr. v....

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up :June 6- June 11,2022

Supreme Court Judgements "Totally Misread The Judgment": SC Sets Aside Bombay HC Judgment That Dismissed A Writ Petition In A Tender Matter By Citing 'N. G. Projects Ltd.' Case Case Title: Jai Bholenath Construction vs Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad Nanded | CA 4140 OF 2022 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 542 The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High...

Ouster Of HC's Jurisdiction Must Be Explicit, Not Implied: Petitioners Before Madras High Court FB Favour Concurrent Jurisdiction In Child Custody Cases

A Full Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday commenced hearing a matter pertaining to the original jurisdiction of High Court to hear child custody and guardianship matters, owing to the advent of the Family Courts Act, 1984.A bench comprised of Justice PN Prakash, Justice R Mahadevan, Justice M Sunder, Justice N Anand Venkatesh and Justice AA Nakkiran was constituted to answer following...

Allahabad High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations: 1 - 150]

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 1 to 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 150 Monthly Digests Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022 [Citations 1-28] Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 [Citations 29-80] Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations 81 To 150] NOMINAL INDEX Mohammad Imran v. State Of U.P. Thru Addl.Chief Secy.Minority Wefare And Ors....

NHAI Best Judge To Decide Which Land To Acquire: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Land Acquisition For Widening NH-161

So far as construction of new highways and widening, development and maintenance of existing highways is concerned, the Supreme Court has observed that "the National Highways Authority of India can be said to be best judge to decide which land to be acquired and which not to be acquired for the purpose of construction of the Highways".The bench of Justices M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose...

High Court Transfers Abhishek Banerjee's Defamation Suit Against Suvendu Adhikari To Kolkata From Diamond Harbour

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the transfer of a defamation suit filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee against BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari from a Court in Diamond Harbour, South 24-Parganas to a City Civil Court in Calcutta. Adhikari had moved an application under Section 24 of the Code of...

"Admission Process Can't Be Endless": Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas Seeking Additional Mop-Up Round For Filling Vacant Seats In Nursing Courses

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed plea(s) seeking an extension of the time schedule and conducting an additional mop-up round to fill up seats which have remained vacant in nursing courses for the academic year 2021-22. A vacation bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose while dismissing the pleas observed that the time schedule for admission in an educational institution has...