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District Judge Appointments | Not Comparing Promotees With Direct Recruits, Says Supreme Court Reserving Judgment On Seniority Norms
The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment on the issue whether there should be a quota for the promotion of serving judicial officers as District Judge posts. The 5-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi is considering whether to lay down uniform pan-India guidelines to determine the inter-se seniority in...
Supreme Court Pulls Up Madhya Pradesh Police For Filing False Affidavit On Criminal Antecedents; Summons Officers
The Supreme Court has strongly criticised the Madhya Pradesh Police for submitting a false affidavit, opposing a bail plea, attributing multiple criminal cases to an accused who was not involved in them.A Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Sandeep Mehta noted that the State's first affidavit had claimed that the petitioner had “eight other criminal antecedents.” However,...
2007 Ajmer Blasts : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Dargah Khadim's Plea Against Acquittal of 7 Persons
The Supreme Court on October 3 issued notice to the State of Rajasthan in a plea filed by complainant Syed Sarwar Chishty, Khadim of Dargah Sharif, Ajmer, challenging the dismissal of the appeal by the Rajasthan High Court against the acquittal of 7 persons by the NIA Special Court in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast.The notice was issued by a bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and...
First Wife Must Be Heard Before Registering Muslim Man's Second Marriage, Parties Should Be Sent To Court If She Objects: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that the first wife must be given an opportunity of hearing by the statutory authorities while registering the second marriage of a Muslim man in accordance with the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules 2008.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed that even though the Muslim personal allows a second marriage to a man in certain situations, if...
Delhi High Court Flags 'Disturbing Trend' Of Media Reporting 'Innocuous Remarks' Made During Hearings To Create Sensation
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday flagged a “disturbing trend” of media reporting innocuous remarks made during the hearings “only to create sensation.”“It has become a disturbing trend in recent times to report even some most innocuous remark that may be made by the Court during the case hearings, which may or may not even be connected with the proceedings, merely to create...
Breaking: Whatsapp Privacy Policy Case: NCLAT Grants Partial Relief to Meta, WhatsApp; Allows User Data Sharing for Ads
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday granted partial relief to Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC in their appeal against a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order related to WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy update. While the tribunal upheld the Rs 213.14 crore penalty imposed by the CCI, it set aside the finding that Meta had leveraged WhatsApp's dominant...