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Supreme Court To Hear MediaOne Channel's Plea Challenging Centre's Telecast Ban On March 10
Update : The hearing date was subsequently advanced to March 10 after a second mention by Senior Adv Dushyant Dave (The first report mentioned the hearing date as March 11)The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Thursday (March 10) the special leave petition filed by Malayalam news channel MediaOne against the judgment of the Kerala High Court which upheld the Centre's decision to not...
High Courts Can't Issue Directions For 'No Arrest' or 'No Coercive Action Till Final Report Filed' While Refusing To Quash Criminal Proceedings: SC Reiterates
On Monday, the Supreme Court set aside the order of the Allahabad High Court to the extent that without quashing the FIR in the petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 ("Cr.P.C."), it had directed that the accused shall not be arrested till the final report is submitted. A Bench comprising Justices...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks To Collect Data On Link Between Pornography & Sexual Crimes
In the light of the alarming increase in cases of sexual assault and rape against women and innocent children in various parts of the country, a writ petition has been filed in Supreme Court seeking formulating a SOP by police to examine the impact of viewing of pornographic material while investigation of the said cases.Preferred by Nalin Kohli as petitioner in person, it has been argued in...
Allow Ukraine-Returned Students To Complete Course In India : PIL In Supreme Court
In the backdrop of the ongoing Ukraine Russia conflict, a PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court of India seeking directions to accommodate the medical students returning from Ukraine and permit them to complete their education in Indian medical college with appropriate Indian or foreign degree as an emergency and one time measure. As an alternative relief, the petition has sought...
"Civil Dispute Given Colour Of Criminal Wrong Doing" Supreme Court Quashes Chargesheet Registered U/S 420 IPC
Observing that continuation of proceedings would amount to abuse of process the Supreme Court recently quashed a case registered u/s 420 IPC where a civil dispute was sought to be given a colour of criminal wrong doing. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant in the present case was considering a criminal appeal assailing Allahabad High Court's order dated August 10,...
"It Was An Unprecedented Situation" : Supreme Court Reinstates Judicial Officer Whose Appointment Was Cancelled For Not Joining Service During Nationwide Lockdown
The Supreme Court reinstated a judicial officer whose appointment was cancelled since he could not join the service before stipulated date on account of the nationwide lockdown imposed in view of Covid-19 pandemic."There was considerable confusion also about what a person could do and what a person could not do during the time of the lockdown. It was an unprecedented situation which affected...
There Must Be Independent Application Of Mind & Some Reasoning While Deciding Writ Appeal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that there must be an independent application of mind and at least some independent reasoning to be given by the appellate Court while deciding and disposing of the writ appeal.In this case, the Single bench of the Allahabad High Court allowed a writ petition and directed the District Inspector of Schools, Raebareli to ensure the regular payment of salary to the...
Judge-Wise Statistics Of Reportable Judgments Of Supreme Court In February 2022
In February 2022, the Supreme Court authored 83 Reportable Judgments in diverse areas of law. The highest number of Judgments (i.e. 21 Reportable Judgments) were authored by Justice M.R. Shah, followed by Justice Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud authoring 10 Reportable Judgments.In continuation of the statistical study and searchable PDF of Reportable Supreme Court Judgments (as reported in January 2022), the authors of this article present to you a Judge-Wise Statistical study of Reportable Supreme...
Trial Court Cannot Direct Life Sentence Should Extend To Remainder Of Life Without Remission : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that Trial Court does not have the jurisdiction to sentence an accused to life imprisonment which is to extend to the remainder of their life. Taking note of the Constitution Bench judgment in Union of India Vs. V. Sriharan @ Muruganand Others 2016 (7) SCC 1, a Bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka modified the sentence of...
Company Secretary Exam : CS Student Moves Supreme Court To Direct ICSI To Retain Old Syllabus Attempt Till December 2022
A student pursuing CS has approached Supreme Court seeking the extension of old syllabus attempt till December 2022. Preferred by Aditya Vikram Singh as petitioner in person, it has been argued that some students were unable to give exam due their helplessness and some family problems and now old syllabus students are being asked to give exam under new syllabus. "The Old...
Out Of 48 Chief Justices of India, When We Speak Of Courage, We Remember The One Who Wasn't Made CJI: Justice Akil Kureshi
Though we have had 48 Chief Justices of India, when we speak of courage, we remember the one who was not made the CJI, Justice Akil Kureshi, the outgoing Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, said during his farewell speech on Saturday, referring to legendary judge Justice HR Khanna, who lost his due CJI post after his famous dissent in the ADM Jabalpur case.Justice Kureshi's reference...