Anganwadi Workers & Helpers Are Entitled To Payment Of Gratuity; Anganwadi Centres Are "Establishments" Under 1972 Act : Supreme Court

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers are entitled to the payment of gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972."The 1972 Act will apply to Anganwadi centres and in turn to AWWs(Anganwadi Workers) and AWHs(Anganwadi Helpers)", a bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S Oka held while allowing the appeals filed against...

Supreme Court Directs States To Implement NCPCR SOP To Rescue And Rehabilitate Children In Street Situations Till the Time They Notify Their Respective Guidelines

The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the State Governments and the Union Territories to implement the Standard Operating Procedure for Care and Protection of Children in Street Situation 2.0 ("SOP 2.0") drafted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ("NCPCR") with respect to rescue and rehabilitation of Children in Street Situations ("CiSS"), till the time...

NEET-PG| "How Do We Cancel Admission? There Will Be Human Tragedy": Supreme Court On Plea Seeking Fresh Registration In NRI Quota Before Mop Up Counseling

The Supreme Court on Monday considered a petition file by NRI students seeking time for fresh registration in the NRI quota before commencement of the Mop-Up counseling in the State of Kerala. "How do we cancel admission, there will be human tragedy. It will be a tragedy for us to say that" the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant orally observed on Senior Advocate...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea To Regulate Pharma Companies 'Bribing' Doctors To Market Drugs

The Supreme Court on Monday sought Centre's response in a plea for direction to frame a uniform code of pharmaceutical marketing practices for regulating "unethical practices" by Pharma Companies. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant while granting 8 weeks time for the Centre to file their counter in their order said, "ASG KM Nataraj appears for the Respondent. Time...

Hanuman Chalisa Row - 'Persons In Public Life Expected To Act Responsibly' : Bombay High Court Dismisses MP-MLA Duo's Plea To Quash FIR

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed independent MLA from Amravati Ravi Rana and his wife MP Navneet Rana for quashing a second FIR against them for resisting their arrest over the row to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's family home.A bench comprising Justices PB Varale and SM Modak observed in the order as follows :"We find...

'Deal With Them Humanely, You Can't Simply Throw Them Away' : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Stop Eviction Of Sarojini Nagar Jhuggi Dwellers

In an interim relief to jhuggi dwellers from Sarojini Nagar in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Government to desist from taking coercive steps to evict them."Deal with them humanly when you deal with them. As a model government, you can't say you won't have a policy (to rehabilitate) and simply throw them away. You're dealing with families..", a bench led Justice KM...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Karnataka Govt's Vaccine Mandate To Attend Colleges

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with State of Karnataka's Government Order dated July 16, 2021 by which the students, teachers and non teaching staff who have received one doze of vaccine could attend the colleges. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant while dismissing a plea challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment of dismissing...

"Just Like You Have Central Vista" : Supreme Court Says Plea For "Judicial Vista" Is Logical; Seeks Centre's Stand

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the stand of the Union Government on a petition filed by a lawyer seeking directions for the construction of a "Judicial Vista" near the Supreme Court for better working conditions and the setting up of an independent authority to deal with judicial infrastructure in the country."It is a matter in which normally we wouldn't be inclined to pass directions...

Supreme Court Stays Manipur HC Order Which Allowed 7 Myanmarese Citizens To Travel To Delhi If Authorities Have Not Acted Upon It

On being told by the Central Government that 7 Myanmarese citizens who were allowed by the Manipur High Court to travel to New Delhi last year are now untraceable, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the responsibility is that of the petitioner (who filed by PIL in the HC) to produce the person before the concerned authorities.The Court also stayed the High Court's May 2021 judgment, if...

BREAKING| "Let Me See" : CJI On Plea To Urgently List Pleas Challenging Abolition Of J&K's Special Status Under Article 370

Senior Advocate Shekhar Naphade on Monday mentioned before the Chief Justice of India the petitions challenging the 2019 notifications of the President which scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution."This is the Article 370 matter.. the delimitation is also going on", Naphade submitted requesting for a posting next week."Let me see", CJI...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index- April 18 to 24

Administrative Law - The requirement to give reasons is satisfied if the concerned authority has provided relevant reasons. Mechanical reasons are not considered adequate. (Para 23) Ram Chander v. State of Chhattisgarh, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 401 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; Section 17 - Appeal against Delhi HC order which confirmed the interim order passed by Arbitral...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-113]

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