Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks Dismissal Of Sameer Wankhede From Civil Services For Alleged Fabrication Of SC Certificate

A petition filed in the Bombay High Court seeks dismissal of NCB Zonal director Sameer Wankhede from civil services for allegedly making false caste claims of belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) to secure a job with the central government. Sameer Wankhede was overseeing the cruise drugs case involving Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan - before allegations of extortion...

Retired Civil Servants Move Supreme Court Challenging Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 Extending Tenure Of Director, ED

A Writ Petition had been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the extension of tenure of the Director, Enforcement Directorate (ED) upto 5 years vide the Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 promulgated by the President of India on 14th November, 2021. Apart from this, the Petitioners have also assailed the office order issued by the Government of India, Ministry...

Accused Convicted For Separate Offence Arising Out Of Different Transaction In Separate Trials -Will the Sentences Run Concurrently? : SC To Decide

A Bench of Justices M.R.Shah and B.V.Nagaratha will consider the question whether in case of an accused there are separate offences and not arising out of the same transaction, whether the sentences imposed in both cases will run consequently or concurrently. The question arises in a case- Mohd Zahid v State- in appeal from impugned judgement of the Delhi High Court which had...

Employees' Compensation: " Reduction In Extent Of Disability On Ground That WHO Norms Are For Advanced Countries & Not India Is Not Sustainable" : Supreme Court

In a matter relating to reduction in compensation award Employees' Compensation Act, Supreme Court on Monday ( November 15th) observed that reducing the extent of disability on the ground that the WHO norms are for the advanced countries and not in respect of India, is patently not sustainable.A Bench comprising Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Ramasubramanian made the observation with regard...

SMS Intimation To Candidate's Mobile Number Sufficient Communication For Selection Process : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has rejected the argument of a candidate that the intimation given through SMS about physical fitness test and document verification is not sufficient. The Court noted that the SMS intimation was given in the mobile number furnished by the candidate."When a requirement is stated in the application to provide the mobile number, it is with a purpose to communicate and in...

[BREAKING] Aryan Khan Case : No Evidence For Conspiracy; Nothing Objectionable In WhatsApp Chats Suggesting Conspiracy, Says Bombay High Court In Bail Order

Prima facie there is no evidence on record to infer that Aryan Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha conspired to commit offences under the Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substance Act, the Bombay High Court said in its detailed order granting bail to the trio in the cruise ship drug case. Justice Nitin Sambre had granted the trio bail on October 28, 2021. A detailed...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Sign Language Interpreters During Press Briefings By Ministers

A disability rights activist has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to Centre and States to provide sign language interpreters during the press briefings by the Heads of States.A PIL has been filed seeking directions to have in-frame Sign language interpreter in all the official press briefings conducted by the Prime Minister, other Ministers of the Union Government, Chief Ministers...

'Hate Promotes Virality, Virality Increases Revenue' : Delhi Assembly Seeks Facebook Records Of Complaints About Communal Posts Prior To Riots

The Delhi Assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony constituted to probe into the Delhi riots that took place in February 2020 grilled senior executives of Facebook India on Thursday for its alleged role in failing to curb provocative and inflammatory content that led to the riots. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi in March 2020 had constituted a Committee on Peace...

Injunction Orders Cannot Be Passed Against Third Parties Without Hearing Them: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that injunction orders with respect to a suit property cannot be passed in detriment to the interest of third parties who are directly affected by it, without impleading them or giving them an opportunity of being heard. A bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna set aside the common judgment and order passed by the Karnataka High Court, which...

Plea Of Bias Can't Be Taken After Participating In Selection Process With Knowledge About Composition Of Panel : Supreme Court

While rejecting the challenge against the appointment of Dinkar Gupta IPS as the Punjab Director General of Police in 2019, the Supreme Court observed that a person can't take the plea of bias after having participated in the selection process with full knowledge about the composition of the selection panel.In this case, the appellant officer, who challenged the DGP's appointment, argued that...

Ensure Certified Copies Of Judgements Are Issued As Per Section 76 Evidence Act : Supreme Court To HC

The 'Skin-to-skin' judgement passed by the Supreme Court yesterday had set aside impugned judgements of the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench). A three-judge Bench of Justices U.U.Lalit, S.Ravindra Bhat and Bela.M.Trivedi has held that 'skin-to-skin' touch is not a requirement to constitute an offence of sexual assault under S.7 of the POCSO Act. The majority opinion, authored...

Supreme Court Restrains KRDCL From Felling Heritage Trees For Bengaluru Road Widening Till HC Decides Dispute

The Supreme Court of India has restrained the Karnataka Road Development Corporation (KRDCL) from felling heritage trees for widening of various roads around Bangalore, until the matter is decided by the Karnataka High Court. A division bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.S. Bopanna said, "During the course of the hearing, we have expressed the view that we would expect...