Supreme Court Issues Notice On Christian Man's Plea Challenging Appointment Of Only Muslim Persons As Karnataka State Minority Commission Chairperson

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a SLP assailing Karnataka High Court's order of dismissing plea challenging the appointment of chairman of Karnataka State Minority Commission only from the Muslim Minority community.The bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose issued notice in the SLP preferred by a person belonging to Karnataka State Christain minority community...

Thanjavur Girl Suicide : Supreme Court Allows NCPCR's Intervention; Adjourns TN DGP's Plea To April 11

The bench permitted the NCPCR to submit its enquiry report in a sealed cover.

NEET PG 2021: Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Listing To Plea Seeking Further Reduction In Qualifying Percentile

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant urgent listing to petition filed by NEET PG aspirants seeking directions to further reduce the qualifying percentile criteria across categories published on March 12, 2022 by National Board of Examination ("impugned notification") more than what was reduced for NEET PG 2020 on July 14, 2020.Calling it a matter of national interest, Senior...

Lakhimpur Kheri: "See That Witnesses Are Protected", Supreme Court Tells UP Govt; Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Ashish Mishra's Bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a special leave petition filed by the family members of the farmers who got killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri crime challenging the bail granted to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, by the Allahabad High Court.In response to the petitioner's contention that a prime witness in the matter has been attacked, a Bench comprising CJI...

'We Will See': Supreme Court On Plea For Urgent Hearing Of Appeal Against Karnataka High Court's Hijab Verdict

Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will list after the Holi vacations, the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court Judgment which held that Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and upheld the ban on wearing headscarves in schools and colleges.Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde mentioned the matter today, stating that there is urgency since the exams are upcoming and...

"No Legal Mandate That Same Rank Pensioners Must Be Given Same Pension": Supreme Court Upholds Centre's OROP Policy In Defence Forces [Updated With Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the manner in which the Central Government introduced the "One Rank One Pension"/ ("OROP") scheme in defence forces as per its notification dated November 7, 2015.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath refused to accept the challenge made by the association "Indian Ex-Service Movement" against the 2015 notification issued by...

BREAKING| NEET-SS : Supreme Court Allows 50% Reservation For In-Service Doctors In Super-Speciality Courses In Tamil Nadu For 2021-2022 Academic Year

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the State of Tamil Nadu to implement 50% reservation for in-service doctors in super speciality courses in NEET-SS admissions for the academic year 2021-2022.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai vacated the interim order which was passed in 2020 to stop the implementation of reservation in SS seats. In the order pronounced today, the...

Thanjavur Girl Suicide: "Grave Injury And Violation Of Rights Of Child Victim When She Was Alive" NCPCR Seeks Intervention In Supreme Court

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ("NCPCR") has approached Supreme Court by way of an intervention application seeking Top Court's permission to intervene in the special leave petition filed by Tamil Nadu Director General of Police against the order of the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) which transferred the investigation in the case relating to the suicide of a girl...

Section 362 CrPC - Application Seeking Recall Of An Order Maintainable When It Seeks Only A Procedural Review: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the bar under Section 362 of Criminal Procedure Code does not apply to an application seeking a procedural review.The bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi observed thus while upholding an order passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which recalled an order passed in a criminal case.In this case, the accused filed a petition under section...

PMLA Is A Penal Statute And Enforcement Directorate Officials Are Police Officers: Kapil Sibal Submits Before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing on a string of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the PMLA Act.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the petitioners, made his rejoinder submissions."The heart of criminal jurisprudence is the fundamental constitutional premise that you cannot start an investigation without information that you record and without...

'Out Of 180 Crore Doses, Only 0.004% Adverse Effects' : Centre Tells Supreme Court In Plea For Vaccine Trial Data

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court continued hearing the submissions in the plea seeking the Court's directions to the Central Government to publicize the data relating to clinical trials and post vaccine efficacy of the COVID vaccines, in consonance with the requirement of the International medical norms. The Petitioner, Dr. Jacob Puliyel, a former member of the National Technical Advisory...

'Averse To Sealed Covers': Supreme Court Agrees To Examine Validity Of 'Sealed Cover' Procedure

In the MediaOne channel ban case, the Supreme Court has expressed its intention to examine the issue relating to the validity of relying on "sealed covers" to adjudicate issues.The Court was referring to the practice of one party of the litigation - mostly the Government side - submitting documents before the bench in 'sealed covers' without sharing the copies to the other side, and the...