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BREAKING| SC Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices For High Courts Of Jharkhand, Gauhati And J&K&L
Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of 3 judges for elevation as Chief Justices of the respective High Courts as follows:Justice Sanjay Mishra, judge of the Uttarakhand High Court as CJ of Jharkhand High Court, Justice N Kotiswar Singh, judge of the Gauhati High Court, as CJ of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court,Justice K Vinod Chandran, judge of the Kerala High Court, as CJ...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 5 Names For Elevation To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court collegium today recommended names of 5 High Court Chief Justices/Judges for elevation to the Supreme Court.1. Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (PHC: Allahabad) 2. Justice Sanjay Karol, Chief Justice, Patna High Court (PHC: Himachal Pradesh) 3. Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice, Manipur High Court (PHC: Telangana) 4. Justice Ahsanuddin...
Supreme Court Extends Gautam Navlakha's House Arrest Till January Second Week
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection granted to human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon Case, allowing him to stay in house arrest till the second week of January. The matter was listed for interim orders before a bench of Justices K M Joseph and BV Nagarathna today. Counsel appearing for Navlakha apprised the court that the house arrest...
Supertech Twin-Towers : Supreme Court Allows Disbursal Of Rs 1 Crore Deposited By IRP To 15 Homebuyers On Pro Rata Basis
In a matter pertaining to compensation sought by homebuyers of Supertech Twin Towers, that has now been demolished, the Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the disbursal of INR One crore that has been deposited by the Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) of Supertech Ltd. with the Apex Court's Registry on 8th December, 2022. The amount has been directed to be distributed to the 15...
'Service Can't Be Counted For Pension If Appointment Has Been Held To Be Illegal & Void' : Supreme Court Dismisses Review In KTU VC Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Dr.Rajasree MS seeking to review the judgment which set aside her appointment as the Vice Chancellor of the APJ Abdul Kalam Kerala Technological University.While rejecting the review, a bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar observed that in the impugned judgment, the Court has not opined anything about the...
Supreme Court Turns Down Cardinal George Alencherry's Plea For Exemption From Personal Appearance Before Magistrate In Land Scam Case
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined an oral request made on behalf of Cardinal George Alencherry, the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church, for exemption from personal appearance before the Magistrate tomorrow in the criminal case related to alleged land sale scam.The submission was advanced by Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra on behalf of the Cardinal before a Bench of Justices...
Malayalam Paper "Mathrubhumi" Agrees To Publish Clarification For Remark Against Santiago Martin; Supreme Court Closes Contempt Case
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, closed the plea assailing order of the Sikkim High Court refusing to quash summons issued by a Gangtok magistrate against Managing Editor, Managing Director and Joint Managing Editor of Malayalam newspaper, Mathrubhumi in defamation case filed by Santiago Martin in 2020.Martin had filed the complaint under Sections 499, 500, 501, 502 and 120B of the Indian...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Rashtriya Hindu Swabhiman Party's Plea Against ECI Refusing Registration
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition filed by Rashtriya Hindu Swabhiman Party challenging the refusal of the Election Commission of India to register it as a political party.The petitioner's counsel argued that the ECI has taken a "contradictory stand" as it has stated in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court that it has no power to refuse registration of...
Maintainability Of Second Complaint In Exceptional Circumstances Depends Upon The Manner In Which First Complaint Came To Be Dismissed : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a second criminal complaint can be maintainable only in exceptional circumstances, depending upon the manner in which the first complaint came to be dismissed. In this case, the complainant filed a complaint before the Magistrate against the accused alleging offences under Sections 499 and 500 IPC etc. This was dismissed by the Magistrate on the ground that...
Justice Bela Trivedi Recuses From Hearing Bilkis Bano's Plea Challenging Premature Release Of Gangrape-Murder Convicts
Supreme Court judge Justice Bela Trivedi on Tuesday recused from hearing the writ petition filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the premature release of the 11 convicts sentenced to life for gang rape and murder during 2002 Gujarat Riots.The writ petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi. When the matter was taken, Justice Rastogi told Advocate...
Supreme Court Pulls Up LLM Student For Filing PIL To Remove Reservation System
The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a PIL seeking to remove the system of reservations in the country while terming the said PIL "an abuse of process". The PIL, which was filed by an LLM student was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. At the very outset, CJI DY Chandrachud expressed his displeasure at the petition and...