Supreme Court Asks CBI, ED To Maintain Status Quo On Investigation In WB Municipality Recruitment Scam For A Week

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to maintain status quo with respect to the investigation in the municipality recruitment scam for a week. The Court passed this direction after taking note of the fact that the Calcutta High Court directed CBI investigation in the matter without hearing the State of West...

Thinking Of Filing Review Against Judgment That Incomplete Chargesheet Won't Deprive Accused Of Default Bail : ASG Tells Supreme Court

On Friday, at the medical bail hearing of Kapil Wadhawan, the former Chief Managing Director of Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL) and main accused in the Yes Bank-DHFL scam, the Additional Solicitor General, SV Raji, as an aside, informed the Supreme Court, that the Union Government is contemplated filing a petition to review the recent judgment of the Apex Court wherein it was held...

'Judicial Discipline' : Supreme Court Stays Calcutta HC Judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's Direction To SC Secretary General

In a special sitting held at 8 PM today, the Supreme Court stayed an unusual order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court earlier today, directing the top court's secretary general to provide him with the translation of a controversial media interview that was placed before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in the morning. Taking exception to...

Important To Reach Out To Citizens By Ensuring Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings; To Be Launched Across India Shortly: CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday said that it is important to reach out to the citizens by ensuring live streaming of court proceedings. He said the same will be launched shortly across the country.CJI Chandrachud was speaking at the virtual inauguration ceremony of two IT projects of the Delhi High Court namely “Digital Courts for Contested Traffic Challans”...

BREAKING| All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVII Results Declared By Bar Council Of India

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVII results today on the official website allindiabarexamination.com. To access the results, the candidate has to enter the login details i.e. User ID and Password issued during registration for AIBE-XVII."Dear Candidates, We are pleased to inform you that the result of AIBE-XVII is now available to download,"...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Restore Concession In Railway Tickets For Senior Citizens

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking the restoration of concession in Railway ticket prices for senior citizens. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, while rejecting the petition moved a party-in-person, observed, "In view of the aforesaid reasons and the matter involving a fiscal issue, it won't be appropriate for this Court to issue a...

Manish Sisodia Brain Behind Increasing Profit Margin For Wholesalers In Liquor Policy, Rs 100 Crore Paid For Him, His Colleagues By South Lobby: Delhi Court

Dismissing his bail plea in the money laundering case connected to the alleged excise policy scam, a Delhi Court on Friday said that former Delhi Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was not only the architect of the conspiracy but also "the brain behind insertion of clauses of 12% profit margin for wholesalers and of enhancement of eligibility criteria for wholesalers from Rs....

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Former Chhattisgarh Principal Secretary Aman Singh's Plea To Transfer Disproportionate Assets Cases To CBI

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the plea filed by former Chhattisgarh Principal Secretary Aman Singh and his wife Yasmin Singh seeking the transfer of all disproportionate assets cases against them to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha heard the matter.Senior Advocate Aryama Sundaram, appearing for...

Supreme Court Asks Gautam Navlakha To Deposit Rs 8 Lakhs Towards Surveillance And Security Expenses For House Arrest

The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, to deposit Rs 8 lakhs to meet the expenses of surveillance and costs as indicated in its order dated 10.11.2022.On 10th November, 2022 the Court ordered to move Navlakha, 73, from Taloja Central Prison to house arrest, considering his advanced age and multiple ailments. In...

Bihar Caste-Based Census : Supreme Court Allows 'Youth For Equality' To Seek Early Hearing Of Plea In Patna High Court

In a plea pertaining to the Bihar Government’s decision to conduct a caste-based census in the State, the Supreme Court, on Friday, granted the petitioner liberty to file an application seeking interim relief and asked the Patna High Court to consider, decide and dispose of the interim application at the earliest, preferably within a period of 3 days of filing of the application and...

Manish Kashyap's Fake Videos Would Have Triggered Riots; Multiple FIRs Registered Over Different Incidents : TN Govt Tells Supreme Court

Opposing a plea for clubbing of first information reports (FIR) lodged against YouTuber Manish Kashyap over spreading fake news about attacks against Bihari migrants in Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu government has told the Supreme Court that he cannot “seek the shelter of the umbrella of constitutional rights” after disturbing public order and national integrity. “Freedom of speech is...

'Unfortunate' : Supreme Court Deprecates Gujarat Govt Notifying Promotion Of District Judges When Matter Is Sub-Judice; Summons Secretary

The Supreme Court, on Friday, strongly deprecated the conduct of the Gujarat Government in notifying the promotions of the District Judges when an issue pertaining to the promotion was sub-judice before the Supreme Court.A petition was filed against the recommendation of the promotion of the District Judges in Gujarat. The petitioners submitted that as per the Recruitment Rules, the post...