Delhi Pollution : After Supreme Court's Critical Remarks, Air Quality Commission Constitutes Task Force To Enforce Directions

After strong observations made by Supreme Court yesterday at the pollution levels not coming down despite the decisions taken by the authorities, Commission of Air Quality Management in National Capital Region has informed Supreme Court that an 'Enforcement Task Force' and 17 Flying Squads have been constituted to enforce the directions by taking coercive action against defaulting...

NIA Moves Supreme Court Against Bombay High Court's Order Granting Bail To Sudha Bharadwaj In Bhima Koregaon Case

The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has moved Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court's December 1 order granting bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the Bhima Koregaon case.#JustInNIA moves Supreme Court filing an appeal against Bombay High Court's December 1 order granting bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the Bhima Koregaon case.#SudhaBharadwaj...

Gujarat Riots- 'If This Court Allows Any Further Investigation, It Would Be In The Teeth Of The Constitutional Rights Of Accused': Rohatgi Concludes His Arguments

On Thursday, Senior Advocate, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi appearing on behalf of SIT apart from refuting the allegation of the Petitioner that the SIT had given clean chit to the highest functionaries of the State without conducting due investigation, went a step further, to fervently controvert the plea that the Magistrate and the High Court did not delve into the crucial material before them. In...

Supreme Court Directs WB Govt To Designate More Special Courts To Try Offences Specified In NIA Act's Schedule

While granting bail to an undertrial accused booked under various sections of UAPA, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the State of West Bengal to designate more dedicated courts of Sessions as Special Courts for the trial of offences specified in the schedule appended to the NIA Act 2008.The bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka issued this direction as it noted that...

Persons With Disabilities Should Not Be Asked to Remove Prosthetic Limbs At Airport Security Checks : Supreme Court

In a petition filed to ensure convenient air travel for persons with disabilities, the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday observed that differently abled persons with prosthetic limbs/calipers should not be asked to remove the prosthetics at airport security checks so as to maintain human dignity.The Court also observed that lifting a person with disability during air travel or security...

Claim Of Juvenility Can Be Raised Before Any Court, At Any Stage, Even After Final Disposal Of The Case: Supreme Court Reiterates

The Supreme Court has observed that the claim of juvenility can be raised before any Court, at any stage, even after final disposal of the case.The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Mahseshwari observed that if the Court finds a person to be a juvenile on the date of commission of the offence, it is to forward the juvenile to the Board for passing appropriate orders, and the sentence,...

Section 149 IPC -Merely Because A Person Disclosed Victim's Hideout, He Can't Be Held To Part Of Unlawful Assembly : Supreme Court

Setting aside the conviction of a person in a murder case, the Supreme Court recently held that merely because a person revealed the hideout of the victim to the murderous mob, he cannot be presumed to share the common object of the unlawful assembly.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh struck a word of caution by observing that the Courts must guard against the...

Reducing Delay In Revenue Litigation : Supreme Court Directs Integration Of ITAT, CETSTAT & Other Tribunals With Technology Adopted

The Supreme Court recently directed for integration of the technology adopted to streamline and monitor all stages in government revenue litigation , to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) and other Tribunals too.Lauding the Committee constituted by the Centre for seamless integration at all stages of the revenue...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-92]

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[Tripura Polls] 'We Intervened Only To Ensure Peaceful Elections': Supreme Court Suggests Trinamool Congress To Move High Court For Other Reliefs

Noting that the electoral process in Tripura is now complete and that it has taken care of the urgent situation which had arisen in terms of the poll violence, the Supreme Court on Thursday orally considered relegating the All-India Trinamool Congress to the Tripura High Court to revive its writ petition there as regards the residual prayers for investigation into acts of vandalism...

'Elders Work From Home But Children Go To School?' Supreme Court Criticizes Delhi Govt Decision To Reopen Schools Amid Pollution

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday expressed its disapproval towards the Delhi Government's decision to reopen schools amidst the ongoing pollution crisis in the national capital.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant called out the Delhi Government for reopening schools even after having told the court before that schools have...

CMA Exams : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Online Mode & Pattern Changes Of Cost Accountancy Exams

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the writ petition challenging the pattern of the Intermediate and Final CMA Exams which is scheduled to be conducted online on 8th December by Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI). While dismissing the petition, the bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna orally remarked, "We can't turn ourselves into supervisory authorities."When...