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CCS (Pension) Rules - Service Rendered As Contractual Employee Won't Qualify For Pensionary Benefits : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that as per Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules 1972, period of services rendered as a contractual employee cannot be said to be service rendered on a substantive appointment. Hence, such service as contractual employee will not qualify as service for the purpose of pensionary benefits. Holding so, a bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar allowed...
Telangana Govt Plea Over Bills Pending With Governor : Solicitor General To Inform Supreme Court About Updated Position On April 10
In the petition filed by the Telangana Government against the Telangana Governor over the delay in the giving assent to bills, the Supreme Court on March 27 granted adjournment to enable the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta to apprise the Court of the updated position. The matter will be next heard on 10 April 2023.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice...
Don’t You Think That To Maintain Communal Harmony, Abjuring Hate Speech Is Necessary? Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing of contempt petition in a batch of pleas seeking directions to regulate hate speech, till tomorrow (29.03.2023). A Bench comprising Justice KM Joseph and Justice BV Nagarathna was considering a batch of petitions in respect of various instances of alleged hate speeches across the country.Advocate, Mr. Nizam Pasha apprised the Bench that in...
Supreme Court Stops Authorities From Demolishing Temporary Shelters For Homeless In Delhi Without First Approaching Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), Delhi Police, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and all other authorities operating in the National Capital Territory of Delhi from demolishing temporary shelters for the homeless without getting the prior permission of the Court.A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta passed...
Bombay Lawyers Association Moves Supreme Court To Disqualify Vice President, Law Minister Over Remarks On Basic Structure Doctrine, Collegium
Bombay Lawyers Association has approached the Supreme Court challenging High Court's order dismissing its PIL against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for their remarks in public about the basic structure doctrine evolved by the Top Court and the Collegium system for appointment of Judges.The Special Leave Petition states that the two public functionaries...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Congress MLA's Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Sections 50 & 63 Of PMLA
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in a plea challenging Section 50 and Section 63 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2022.A bench led by Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aravind Kumar and Ahsanuddin Amanullah was considering a petition filed by Dr Govind Singh, who is a Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh (MP) Legislative Assembly and is an elected MLA from the...
MBBS : Supreme Court Allows Repatriated Foreign Medical Students In Penultimate Year To Clear Final Exams In Two Attempts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a batch of petitions by repatriated Indian medical students from Ukraine, China, the Philippines, etc after the central government informed the court that as a one-time extraordinary measure, penultimate year students would be allowed to take the MBBS examination without being enrolled in any Indian medical college.The Court allowed such students...
Is Right To Represent A Constituency A Fundamental Right? Supreme Court Asks In Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal's Plea
Is the right to represent a constituency a fundamental right, the Supreme Court asked on Tuesday, while considering a petition filed by Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal's petition challenging the Lok Sabha Secretariat's refusal to revoke his disqualification despite the High Court staying his conviction in a criminal case.The petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices KM Joseph...
Why Only 3 Hazardous Pesticides Banned Though Expert Panel Recommended Banning 27? Supreme Court Asks Centre
In a plea seeking weeding out of harmful chemicals and pesticides being used in India causing severe health hazards to farm workers, people living in the vicinity, and the consumers, the Supreme Court asked the Union Government why action had only been taken with respect to three pesticides. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala also directed...
RFCTLARR Act - Owner Cannot Pray For Lapse Of Land Acquisition After Refusing To Accept Compensation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held once the land owner refuses to accept the compensation offered by the Land Acquiring Body, thereafter the land owner cannot to pray for lapse of acquisition on the ground that the compensation has not been paid.The Bench comprising of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice Manoj Misra, while adjudicating an appeal filed in State of Gujarat & Ors. v Jayantibhai...
Supreme Court Allows Local Body Elections In Uttar Pradesh With OBC Quota
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 27) permitted notifications for setting up the election process for the local bodies in the State of Uttar Pradesh with OBC quota within two days. It allowed the State Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard in two days with an OBC quota in terms of a report of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission.A a bench comprising CJI...
