Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing (Day 7)- LIVE UPDATES

Karnataka High Court Full Bench will continue hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions.The matter is before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi will hear the petitions today at 2.30 PM.On Friday the Court requested the State to re-open the educational institutions at the earliest and...

'Are We Now Reaching The Extreme Of Genocide?': Justice Madan Lokur Decries Executive Inaction Against Hate Speech Incidents; Calls For Special Law

Justice Madan B Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court of India on Sunday underscored the urgent need to ensure that the Parliament enacts a law on hate speech considering the fact that hate speeches against minorities in India are on an alarming rise. Justice Lokur was speaking at a webinar titled 'Hate Speech In India' conducted by the organisation Manthan. Justice Lokur highlighted...

'Every Citizen Must Learn How To Respect Institutions Of This Country' : Plea In Supreme Court To Enforce Fundamental Duties

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a writ petition seeking enforcement of fundamental duties of citizens as enshrined in the Constitution.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh sought the response of the Union and States.It was argued in the petition that the non-adherence of the Fundamental Duties has direct bearing upon the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Articles 14,...

'You Missed The Bus' : Supreme Court Refuses Relief To Student Who Lost Admission For Not Uploading OTP Within Time

The Supreme Court today dismissed a writ petition filed by a student who was aggrieved with the loss of his admission in the Mechanical Engineering course at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai as he had failed to upload the One Time Password(OTP) within the stipulated time to confirm his admission. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant in their order...

Supreme Court Allows Adjustment Of Installments Made Under Income Declaration Scheme For Computing Tax Liability

A Bench of Supreme Court, consisting of Justices U.U. Lalit and P.S. Narasimha, allowed the adjustment of installments made under the "Income Declaration Scheme, 2016" in computing the tax liability of the Assessee for the relevant assessment years. The Assessee, having made a declaration under the "Income Declaration Scheme, 2016", had made two installments of tax with respect to...

Service Tax - To Determine If Service Is For Job Work Eligible For Tax Exemption, Agreement Has To Be Read As Composite Whole : Supreme Court

On Friday, the Supreme Court held that for the purpose of granting tax exemption based on the nature of agreements, the said agreements ought to be read as a composite whole. In the present matter, in order to decide whether the agreement entered into between the parties was a job work agreement and fit for granting benefit of service tax exemption in terms of Notification...

Supreme Court Weekly Digests With Nominal, Subject Wise And Statute Wise Index [February 13 to 20]

ACT WISE INDEX Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 34 - The principle that a court while deciding a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act has no jurisdiction to remand the matter to the Arbitrator for a fresh decision would be applicable where the Appellate Court decides the application under Section 34 of the Act on merits - Even in a case...

Class 10 & 12 Exams : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea To Cancel Physical Exams Of State Boards, CBSE & ICSE

Update on February 22 : Supreme Court agrees to list the petition tomorrow (February 23)The Chief Justice of India on Monday accepted a request made for the urgent listing of a writ petition which seeks the cancellation of physical exams for Class 10 and 12 to be conducted by all State Boards, CBSE, ICSE and NIOS.Advocate-on-Record Prashant Padmanabhan mentioned the petition for urgent...

Presence Of Some Element Of Public Duty Or Function Would Not By Itself Make A Body 'State' Under Article 12 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the presence of some element of public duty or function would not by itself suffice for bringing a body within the net of Article 12 (definition of 'State')."An overall and holistic view of the functions and activities, including the primary function(s), should be taken into consideration.", the bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi said...

Pension - Whether Classification Of Pensioners Based On Cut-Off Date Violates Article 14? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench

The issue as to whether pension seeking to make any distinction between categories based on a cut-off date is violative to Article 14 of the Constitution of India or not has been referred to a larger bench. The matter was referred to by the bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh while considering a SLP assailing Himachal Pradesh High Court's order wherein the High Court had declared the...

[NEET PG] Candidate Can't Claim Admissions To 2021-2022 Based On 2019 Rank Which Got Vitiated Due To Caste Certificate Discrepancy: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently refused to grant relief to an aspirant who claimed admission to the PG course for Academic Year 2021-2022 based on his rank in NEET PG 2019. The candidate's rank in 2019 was not considered due to a discrepancy in the surname in his caste certificate. The candidate claimed that his 2019 rank be considered for the 2021-2022 admissions.The bench of Justices LN Rao and...

State Govt Can Give Exemptions Or Relaxations To Central Electricity Authority (Measures Relating To Safety And Electric Supply) Regulations 2010 : Supreme Court

In a judgment giving relief to thousands of employees of the Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd (KSEBL), the Supreme Court has upheld a Kerala Government Order dated 13.02.2019, which granted exemptions to several existing Board employees from the qualifications under the the Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010.However, the...