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Union Files Curative Petition Against 9-Judge Bench Judgment Upholding States' Power To Levy Tax On Minerals
The Union Government has filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court against the 9-judge bench judgment which upheld the power of the States to levy tax on mining rights and mineral-bearing lands.In July 2024, a 9-judge bench of the Supreme Court, by 8:1 majority, in Mineral Area Development Authority v. M/S Steel Authority Of India, held that Royalty is not within the nature of a tax and...
'Time To Reinforce Predictability In Judicial Approach' : CJI Suggests National Judicial Policy To Avoid Divergence Across Benches
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday said predictability in judicial approach must be reinforced across courts in the country, and avoidable divergence that may arise because there are twenty-five High Courts and multiple benches of the Supreme Court, must be avoided.“It is high time we minimise unpredictability and avoidable divergence that may arise simply because there...
President Meets Supreme Court Judges On Constitution Day
President Droupadi Murmu graced the Constitution Day Celebrations, organised by the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi yesterday. The President said that the Constitution is the source of peaceful social, economic, and political revolution in the world's largest democracy. It is also the source of ensuring individual dignity and our national unity. She highlighted the need to make legal...
'Hospitals Must Display Rates, Mustn't Deny Emergency Care For Not Paying Advance' : Kerala High Court Upholds Clinical Establishments Act
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (November 26) dismissed the appeals preferred by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Kerala Private Hospitals Association against a Single Bench's order upholding the provisions of the Kerala Clinical Establishment Act and Rules.The Division Bench comprising Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. upheld the law, which...
No Voter Came Forward To Challenge Exclusion Despite Apprehensions Of Mass Deletions After Bihar SIR : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard extensive arguments on the legality and process of the Electoral Roll Special Intensive Revision (SIR).A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, during the hearing, observed that despite the widespread apprehension voiced earlier about mass exclusions in Bihar, not a single voter had come forward to challenge a...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Women's Reservation In Upcoming State Bar Council Elections
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on December 1, the issue of adequate representation of women members in the State Bar Council elections across the country. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Baghchi issued notice in an interlocutory application seeking directions for ensuring that adequate women representation is there before the onset of State Bar Elections across...
Children Must Be Introduced To Constitution In An Interesting Way : President Droupadi Murmu Bats For Children's Edition
Children must grow up feeling connected to the Constitution, President Droupadi Murmu said on Wednesday at the Constitution Day function organised by the Supreme Court. She stressed that interesting information about the Constitution should reach students through their political science textbooks.“Children should be given interesting information about the Constitution so that the...
Recent Trend Of Overturning Judgments By Succeeding Benches Painful : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 26) voiced strong disapproval of attempts at bench hunting, noting growing trends amongst litigants to seek reversal of a prior bench's ruling by approaching a subsequent bench. The Court warned that permitting such practices would undermine the very purpose of Article 141, as no judgment could have finality if it could be reopened merely because a...
Constitution Day Not A Ritual But Reaffirmation Of Shared Values Binding Indians : Justice Vikram Nath
At the Constitution Day ceremony held at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Justice Vikram Nath, Judge of the Supreme Court, underscored that the commemoration of November 26 should never be reduced to a ceremonial observance, but must remain an active reaffirmation of the constitutional values that bind the nation."Constitution Day is therefore not a ritual. It is a reaffirmation of the shared...
Supreme Court Stops Deer Translocation From Delhi's AN Jha Deer Park, Orders Probe Into Negligence By DDA
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 26) stopped the translocation of spotted deer from Delhi's A.N. Jha Deer Park to Rajasthan, after finding a 'distressing pattern of negligence' on the Delhi Development Authority's (“DDA”) part while translocating deers.“It is evident from the record that the translocation protocol and best practices incorporated in the guidelines issued by...
Only Bar Can Rescue Invisible Victims Of Judicial System From Agony: Justice Surya Kant In First Public Address As CJI
In his first public address as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant today urged lawyers to commit themselves to the spirit of the Constitution inside as well as outside courtrooms.He emphasised the responsibility of the Bar to protect unseen victims in the justice system “Constitutional adjudication cannot be seen merely through the lens of adversarial litigation, for its...