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'Mine' Under Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act Vests In Central Government, Irrespective Of Who Owns It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that if any land fell within the expression 'mine' under the Section 2(h) of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973 it would stand transferred to and vest in the Central Government under Section 3(1), irrespective of who owns the said land. "The focus of Section 2(h) read with Section 3(1) is on the property and not on who the owner of the property...
Supreme Court Releases Theft Case Convicts On Probation On Good Conduct
While refusing to interfere with the order of conviction of persons undergoing imprisonment for the offence of theft, the Supreme Court on Monday directed their release on probation of good conduct.A Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi issued the direction having regard to the sentence of 3 months imprisonment imposed by the courts on the appellants for the...
"If We Hear All Political Issues, What Are Political Representatives Elected For?" CJI Ramana
While remarking that petitions are being filed for 'everything under the sun', the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday expressed displeasure towards petitions on political issues being filed before the court instead of relief being sought from the Government.After a request for urgent listing of a PIL seeking deportation of illegal immigrants was made by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay,...
NEET-PG Counselling : Supreme Court Refuses To Allow Students Who Surrenderd State Quota Seats To Attend Mop Up Rounds; Permits Them To Rejoin State Seats
In the NEET-PG 2021 Counselling matter, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea by students, who had resigned from the seats allotted in the Round-2 of State Quota Counselling, seeking permission to attend the Mop-Up rounds.However, the Court has allowed such students to rejoin the State seats from which they initially resigned by April 9 5 PM.A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud,...
Monthly Digest Of Tax Cases- March 2022
Supreme Court 1. Supreme Court Rules Tata Steel Has Locus Standi To Challenge Denial Of Input Tax Credit To Its Unit Case Title: Tata Steel Ltd Versus The State Of Jharkhand And Ors. A Bench of Supreme Court, consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi, remanded a matter back to Jharkhand High Court for a fresh decision on Tata Steel's writ petition against the...
Madras High Court Upholds The Validity Of State Law Providing 7.5% Reservation For Govt School Students In Medical Examinations
The Madras High Court on Thursday upheld the validity of the State Law which provides for 7.5 percent reservation of seats in Medical Colleges for government school student. The judgment was passed by the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Tamil Nadu Admission to...
Arbitral Award Cannot Be Set Aside Merely On The Ground Of Erroneous Application Of Law Or Misappreciation Of Evidence : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday (30th March), held that apart from the grounds mentioned in Section 34(2)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 2013, an arbitral award can be set aside only when it is vitiated by patent illegality, and not on ground of erroneous application of law or by misappreciation of evidence. A Bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Sanjiv Khanna...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Re-Appointment Of Kannur University VC
The Supreme Court on April 4 issued notice in the SLP challenging the Re appointment of the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University. A bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Vikram Nath issued notice on the Special Leave Petition that assailed Kerala High Court's order datedFebruary 23, 2022 ("impugned judgement") wherein a Division Bench had upheld Single Judge's order of dismissing...
Arbitrator's Fee : Claim & Counter-Claim Have To Be Bundled Up Together, With Rs.30 lakhs Ceiling, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed the hearing on the issue of fixation of standards for fees for arbitrators.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant was hearing the plea by the ONGC on the issue of the mandatory nature of the 'model' fee scale for arbitrators prescribed under the Fourth Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996.During the...
BREAKING| Parliament Passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 Allowing Collection Of Prisoners' Biometrics
The Rajya Sabha today passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which enables investigating officers to collect the biometric details of prisoners. The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, April 4.The Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha by a voice-vote. An opposition proposal to refer the Bill to a select committee was defeated in vote.The Bill proposes to allow Police...
Forcible Dispossession Of Private Property Of A Person Without Following Due Process Of Law, Is Violative Of Both Human & Constitutional Right: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that forcible dispossession of private property of a person without following due process of law, is violative of both their human right and constitutional right.Sukh Dutt Ratra and Bhagat Ram claim to be owners of land which was utilized for the construction of the 'Narag Fagla Road' in 1972-73. They filed a writ petition before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh...
"Ingenuity Of Lawyers" : Supreme Court On 60 Cases Between Husband & Wife In Matrimonial Dispute
"The ingenuity of the lawyers has to be marked, 60 cases between a husband and a wife!" the Supreme Court of India remarked on Wednesday while hearing a case of matrimonial discord.The remark came from Justice Hima Kohli, after the counsel appearing for petitioner informed a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana that 60 cases have been filed by the husband and wife in 30 years...