[Omicron Scare] PIL Moved In Supreme Court Seeking Postponement Of Upcoming Assembly Polls In 5 States

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking postponement of upcoming polls in the five states of the country including the states of Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Punjab amid the spread of COVID's new variant Omicron.The PIL plea has been moved by Kanwariya Sena Sangathan through advocates Abhishek Yadav and AOR Devendra Singh and...

Murder Case - Head Injury Is Vital; Mere Failure To Notice Fracture Won't Take Case Out Of Sec 302 IPC: Supreme Court

The mere fact that no fracture was noticed and/or found cannot take the case out of Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code when the deceased died due to head injury, the Supreme Court observed while convicting a murder accused.The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed that the injury on the head can be said to be causing injury on the vital part of the body for...

Competition Commission Can Probe Anti-Competitive Aspects Of Res Extra Commercium Businesses Like Lottery : Supreme Court

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court held that even though lottery is a regulated commodity under the Regulation Act, anti-competitive elements in business related to lotteries would continue to be governed by the Competition Act, 2002. The Apex Court further held that there was no bar on the Competition Commission of India to investigate anti-competitive practices like bid rigging,...

'Uniform Civil Code Ensures Equality' : Plea In Supreme Court For Expert Commission On UCC

The Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University Firoz Bakht has approached the Supreme Court seeking issuance of directions to Centre for constitution of a Judicial Commission or High Level Expert committee for preparing a Uniform Civil Code ("UCC") for securing gender justice, gender equality and dignity of women. The transfer petition preferred by Firoz Bakht who is the grand nephew...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Quashing Of UPSC Civil Services Examination Result 2020 For Allegedly Violating 50% Reservation

Update on January 21 - UPSC Civil Services Exam : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Quash Select List For Violating 50% Reservation Limit A UPSC aspirant has approached Supreme Court seeking to quash the final result dated September 24, 2021 declared by UPSC for Civil Services Examination 2020 to the extent it violates 50% reservation ceiling.It has been argued in the petition that...

OBC Quota In PG Courses Not Prohibited; Can't Say Backwardness Will Disappear With Graduation: Supreme Court In NEET-AIQ Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that there is no prohibition for introducing reservation for socially and educationally backward classes (or the OBCs) in Post-Graduate courses."In our opinion, it cannot be said that the impact of backwardness simply disappears because a candidate has a graduate qualification", the Court said.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was...

Journalist Tarun Tejpal Moves Supreme Court Seeking In-Camera Hearing Of Rape Case Appeal In High Court

Journalist Tarun Tejpal has moved the Supreme Court of India challenging Bombay High Court's order rejecting his application moved under Section 327 CrPC for conducting hearings through in-camera proceedings against his acquittal in a 2013 rape case.A Bench comprising Justice Nageswara Rao and Justice BR Gavai will hear the special leave petition tomorrow.Tejpal, co-founder and...

Inherited Property Of A Female Hindu Dying Issueless And Intestate Goes Back To The Source: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that inherited property of a female Hindu dying issueless and intestate, goes back to the source."If a female Hindu dies intestate without leaving any issue, then the property inherited by her from her father or mother would go to the heirs of her father whereas the property inherited from her husband or father-in-law would go to the heirs of the husband", the...

Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra State Election Commission To Conduct General Election For Panchayat Samiti, Shrirampur Following 'Triple Test' For OBC Reservation

The Supreme Court today directed the State Election Commission, Maharashtra to ensure that the General Election to constitute Panchayat Samiti, Shrirampur is conducted in "right earnest" and strictly in accordance with the triple test laid down in Vikas Kishanrao Gavali v State of Maharashtra for ensuring that the newly elected body takes over at the same time on the expiry of the...

High Court Cannot Issue Direction To State To Form A New Policy: Supreme Court Reiterates

The Supreme Court recently reiterated that the High Court cannot issue direction to the State to form a new policy.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar was considering SLP assailing Punjab and Haryana High Court's order dated March 27, 2017 of rejecting the contempt petition filed by the petitioners for non compliance of the direction given on August...

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Mamata Banerjee's Polling Agent Sheikh Sufiyan In Murder Case

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest to TMC leader Sheikh Sufiyan accused in a murder case in the West Bengal post-poll violence case currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Notably, Sufiyan was the polling agent of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram for the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.A...

Textual Interpretation Of Statute Should Match With Contextual Interpretation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that while interpreting the provisions of a statute, the textual interpretation should be matched with the contextual one.Statutes have to be construed so that every word has a place and everything is in its place, the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna observed.The court observed thus while considering an appeal against a...