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Delhi Pollution : 'We Give You 24 Hours', Supreme Court To Create 'Task Force' If Air Quality Commission Doesn't Take Serious Measures
On a day when the Delhi's Air Quality index continued to be in the 'severe' category, the Supreme Court expressed deep anguish at the pollution levels not coming down despite the claims made by the Centre, Delhi Government and the adjoining NCR staets of having taken several measures.The Court asked when that Commission for Air Quality Management was doing and expressed disappointment at the...
Pension Shall Be Determined On Rules Existing At The Time Of Retirement: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the pension payable to an employee on retirement shall be determined on the rules existing at the time of retirement. The Court also observed that the law did not allow the employer to apply the rules differently in relation to persons who are similarly situated.The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna in the present matter was considering a...
Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court
Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar will take up the part-heard matter for further hearing. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi for SIT will continue...
Resolution Process Has To Be Completed Within The Period Stipulated U/Sec 12 IBC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the entire resolution process has to be completed within the period stipulated under Section 12 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.Any deviation would defeat the object and purpose of providing such time limit, the bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Sanjiv Khanna observed.The court was considering an appeal filed by the Committee of Creditors in the matter...
Father Responsible To Maintain Child Till Adulthood : Supreme Court
The liability and responsibility of the father to maintain the child continues till the child/son attains the age of majority, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment dissolving marriage of a couple."It also cannot be disputed that the son has a right to be maintained as per the status of his father", the Court added.Further, the court said that a child should not be made to suffer due...
Supreme Court Allows Registration Of BS-IV Vehicles' Sale Uploaded On E-Vahan Portal Before March 31, 2020
The Supreme Court has permitted registration of those BS-IV vehicles whose sales were uploaded on e-Vahan portal before 31.03.2020 provided that the temporary/permanent registration was granted before the cut off date, i.e. 31.03.2020The concerned transport authorities have however been directed to carefully scrutinize the records to ensure that the sales are genuine and have taken place prior...
Gujarat Riots- "Protest Complaint Has Gone Outside The Hands Of Complainant, It Shows A Sinister Side to Keep This As A Pot Boiling": SIT Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing the arguments of Senior Advocate, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of the SIT in the petition by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT closure report giving clean chit to the highest functionaries of the State of Gujarat, including the then Chief Minister, who were alleged to have played a pivotal role in the Gujarat riots of...
Registration Of CNG Vehicles Can't Be Rejected As Emission Is Within Limits: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday reiterated that the registration of CNG vehicles cannot be rejected as the emission from such vehicles is within the limits.A three-judge Bench of Justice Nageswara Rao, Justice BR Gavai and Justice BV Nagarathna was hearing a batch of applications filed in the case of MC Mehta vs Union of India, seeking the registration of including CNG vehicles, some...
Special Court Can Conduct Joint Trial Of MMDR Offences With IPC Offences : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a Special Court under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act can conduct joint trial of the offences under the MMDR Act along with the offences under the Indian Penal Code as per Section 220 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Section 220 CrPC specifies the situations where joint trial of offences are possible. The Court noted, on a combined...
Need For Umbrella Organisation For Infrastructural Requirements of Judiciary: Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted 3 weeks' time to the Union of India for a "radical rethink in terms of infrastructural requirements of the judiciary" and for deliberating on a mechanism for monitoring allocation of funds by the Centre and the States, the disbursal of these funds and their utilisation.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath was hearing...
Central Vista A Project Of National Importance; Measures Taken To Ensure No Pollution : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has told the Supreme Court that the Central Vista development project and the construction work for the new Parliament building are projects of national importance. The Ministry further informed the bench that projects of national importance subject to their compliance with the relevant norms were exempted from the construction ban imposed...
Rape Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Credible & Trustworthy, Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that a rape accused can be convicted on sole testimony of prosecuterix if she is found to be credible and trustworthy.In this case, one of the contentions raised by the rape accused who was concurrently convicted under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code was that the prosecution case rests solely on the deposition of the prosecutrix only and that no other...