Breaking: WB Post Poll Violence: Calcutta HC Grants Police Protection To 303 Alleged Victims, Takes On Record Latest Status Reports Filed By CBI, SIT

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted police protection to 303 alleged victims of violence that had taken place post the declaration of the West Bengal assembly elections in May 2021. The Court vide order dated August 19, 2021 had handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the investigation of cases related to murder, rape and crime against women whereas a Special...

'You Are The Only State Where Persons Are Appointed For 2 Years & Give Them Life-Long Pension': Supreme Court Remarks While Rejecting KSRTC's Plea Against Fuel Price Hike

The Supreme Court on Monday orally criticised the Kerala Government's policy to grant life-long pension to persons appointed as the personal staff of Ministers."You are the only state where persons are only appointed by Minister for 2 years & give them a life long pension. Please tell your state, if they can do that, why can't they do this?", the Supreme Court orally observed while...

BREAKING| DJSE & DHJSE 2022 : Supreme Court Relaxes Upper-Age Limit For Age-Barred Candidates Who Were Eligible In 2020 & 2021; Upholds Minimum Age Criteria Of 35 Years For DHJS

The Supreme Court on Monday relaxed the upper-age limit of 32 years for the Delhi Judicial Service Examinations (DJSE) and 45 years for the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examinations (DHJSE) of 2022 for those candidates, who were eligible in 2020 and 2021 but have become age-barred this year.The Court granted the relaxation for the 2022 recruitments taking into account the fact that exams...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal, Subject/Statute Wise Index-March 7 to 13

SUBJECT/STATUTE WISE INDEX Central Excise and Customs Commissionerates Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer and Examiner) Group 'B' Posts Recruitment Rules 2016 - The absence of a provision for filling up a post in the Commissionerate by absorption of persons belonging to the cadre of another Commissionerate clearly indicates that the cadre is treated as a posting unit and...

[Desealing of Properties] Supreme Court To Take Up Applications In Batches After The Amicus Curiae Categorises The Same; To Also List the Review Petition

On Thursday, the Supreme Court accepted the suggestion of the Amicus Curiae to take up the array of applications pertaining to desealing of properties, filed in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, for hearing, in batches as categorised by them. Looking at the volume of applications before the Apex Court, the Bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai sought suggestions from...

Service Law - Principles Of Transfer & Postings : Supreme Court Summarizes

The Supreme Court has reiterated that an employee has no fundamental right or a vested right to claim a transfer or posting of their choice.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Vikram Nath summarized the principles relating to transfer and postings in the judgment delivered on March 10 in the case SK Naushad Rahman and others vs Union of India as follows :First and foremost, transfer...

Allow Ukraine-Returned Indian Students To Continue Medical Education In India : PIL In Supreme Court

A Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petiiton has been filed in Supreme Court seeking specific guidelines or directions in respect of admission and continuation of their Medical Course in India for Indian students who were studying in Ukraine and were displaced from their Medical Universities.The petition filed by Advocates Rana Sandeep Busa and Dr Neetu Naidu states that the need of hour for...

Over 40 Lakh Cases Disposed In First National Lok Adalat Of 2022

The Legal Services Authorities across the country, under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the leadership of Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Judge, Supreme Court of India & Executive Chairman, NALSA, organised the first National Lok Adalat of the year 2022 in all the 36 States/UTs on 12th March in both physical and hybrid mode.As per the data available till 4.30...

BJP MLA Moves Supreme Court Against Change In Maharashtra Speaker Election Rules

BJP MLA Girish Mahajan has approached Supreme Court against Bombay HC's order dismissing his PIL against change in Maharashtra Speaker Election Rules. Mahajan states that the amendments of the Rules are "arbitrary and unconstitutional," adding that the "election process has been reduced to a selection process." By the amendment to Rule 6 and Rule 7 of the MLA Rules the "secret...

PMLA : Supreme Court Rejects Challenge Against Madras HC Decision That 2018 Amendment Revived Twin Conditions For Bail Under Section 45

The Supreme Court recently (February 25) dismissed a special leave petition assailing the order of the Madras High Court, whereby the Directors of a company were denied bail, inter alia, upholding the presumption of constitutionality of Section 45(1) and the twin conditions therein, as amended by the Finance Act, 2018. Upon hearing the submissions made by Solicitor General of India,...

Academic Matters Should Be Best Left To Academics, Courts Have No Expertise In Matters When Conscious Decision Is Taken By Experts; Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently upheld Delhi High Court's observation that courts have no expertise in the matters when a conscious decision is taken by the experts and academic matters should be best left to academics.The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna was considering SLP assailing Delhi High Court's order dated March 5, 2021.The petitioner had approached the High Court aggrieved...

Party Having Right Of Appeal Does Not Have Corresponding Right To Insist For Consideration Of Appeal By Forum That Was No Longer In Existence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that a party having the right of consideration of appeal does not have any corresponding right to insist for consideration of the appeal by a forum which is no longer in existence.The bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath was considering a civil appeal preferred by Chief Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Divisional Office, Indian Oil...