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Consumer Protection Rules: Supreme Court Extends Term Of Retiring Members Of Consumer Fora In Maharashtra Till March 1
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the terms of the President and Members of the Maharashtra State Commission as well as the District Commissions, formed under the Consumer Protection Act, who are due to retire shortly, till March 1, 2023.A Bench of Justice MR Shah and MM Sundresh passed the interim order after it was informed that many members of the Consumer Forums in Maharashtra...
Demonetisation| Prime Minister's Statement On Deadline For Note Exchange Won't Create Promissory Estoppel : Centre, RBI Tell Supreme Court
Even if the Prime Minister had, on the eve of demonetisation, assured that the exchange window would be extended beyond the end of the year, it would not be binding on the Government or the Reserve Bank of India in light of the statutory notification that was issued, Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta told the Supreme Court on Wednesday(December 7). "In his address to the nation, the Prime...
Jallikattu Case: Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment
A 5 judge Constitutional bench headed by Justice KM Joseph and comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravi Kumar, today concluded hearing the batch of petitions challenging constitutionality of laws permitting Jalikattu, Kambala and bull-cart race in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Senior Advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for one...
'Many Eminent Lawyers Are Not Willing To Join The Bench But Are Ready To Work As Ad-Hoc Judges': Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, asked Senior Advocate, Mr. Arvind P. Datar and the Attorney General for India, Mr. R. Venkataramani to brainstorm and come up with a less cumbersome process to appoint ad-hoc judges in the High Court.While hearing two applications filed in the PIL preferred by NGO Lok Prahari seeking invocation of Article 224A for appointment of ad-hoc judges to tackle the...
Judges Appointment- Existing Memorandum Of Procedure (MoP) Is Final, Govt May Suggest Improvements : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, made it abundantly clear that the issue pertaining to the existing Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court has been settled and ought to be complied with.While hearing a plea against Centre sitting over names reiterated by Collegium for judges' appointment, a Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul,...
Supreme Court Dismisses Curative Petition Seeking Probe Into Killings Of Kashmiri Pandits In '90s
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a Curative Petition filed by an organisation Roots in Kashmir seeking probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits during the height of militancy in the valley during the 1990s.The bench of Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer observed that, "We have gone through the Curative Petition and the...
'Comments Against Collegium Not Well Taken' : Supreme Court Asks AG To Advise Govt Functionaries To Exercise Control
Amidst the ongoing differences between the Central Government and the Judiciary over collegium system, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed disapproval of the comments made by the government functionaries against the collegium system.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, AS Oka and Vikram Nath was hearing a contempt petition filed against the Centre for not approving the...
'Collegium System Is The Law Of The Land, Must Be Followed' : Supreme Court Tells Centre; Asks AG To Advise Govt Of The Legal Position
The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Central Government that the collegium system is the "law of the land" which should be "followed to the T". Just because there are some sections of the society who express a view against the collegium system, it will not cease to the law of the land, the Court added.The Constitution Bench judgements which formulated the collegium system for...
Chhawla Rape-Murder Case : Request Made Before Supreme Court For Urgent Listing Of Review Petition Against Judgement Acquitting 3 Men
A review petition against the order acquitting the three men accused in the 2012 Chhawla Gang Rape was mentioned in the Supreme Court before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice PS Narasimha on Thursday.The counsel, highlighting that the public's confidence had been shaken due to the conversion of capital punishment to acquittal in the case, sought...
Jallikattu | 'Nagaraja Judgment Is On A Wrong Premise That Animals Have Rights' : TN Govt Argues Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on the challenge to the constitutionality of laws permitting Jalikattu, Kambala and bull-cart race in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra.The 5-judge bench of Justices K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravi Kumar are hearing the matter. The present batch of petitions were initially filed to quash...
Supreme Court Invalidated NJAC Disregarding People's Mandate : Vice President In Maiden Rajya Sabha Speech
In his very first address as the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar made critical comments about the Supreme Court's judgment which overturned the Constitutional Amendment passed to bring in the National Judicial Appointments Commission.The Vice President said that the Supreme Court's judgment was "a glaring instance of severe compromise of...