Can Case Against School Teacher For Molesting Student Be Quashed On Compromise? Supreme Court To Consider

The Supreme Court on December 2 converted a writ petition filed under Article 32 into a Special Leave Petition filed under Article 136 to consider the legality of a High Court order which quashed a case against a school teacher for allegedly molesting his student based on a "compromise" with the family members.A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi was considering a...

Madras HC Senior Designations : Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing For Plea Highlighting Low Women Representation

A plea seeking intervention of the Supreme Court of India in Senior Advocate designations in the Madras High Court owing to low representation of women in the posts was mentioned before the bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Wednesday. The bench refused to grant an urgent listing to the matter stating that issues such as these did not require out of...

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'EWS Quota Is Reservation For Upper Castes With A Creamy Layer Exclusion': All India Backward Classes Federation Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgment

A review petition has been filed by All India Backward Classes Federation against the majority judgement of the Constitution Bench judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced provisions for reservation to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The judgement dated 07.11.2022, by a 3:2 majority, had upheld the validity f the 103rd Constitutional...

CJI DY Chandrachud Announces Launch Of 'Supreme Court Mobile App 2.0'; Law Officers & Govt Depts Can Track Cases Now

On Wednesday, the Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud made an important announcement in the Supreme Court of India. He announced the launch of the 'Supreme Court Mobile App 2.0'.While urging lawyers in the courtroom to start using the application, CJI Chandrachud stated that the app was ready to use for the Android users. He added–"It is available on Google store. Please use...

Sharjeel Imam Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Expunge Remarks Made By Delhi HC Against Him While Denying Bail To Umar Khalid

JNU scholar and activist Sharjeel Imam has moved the Supreme Court seeking to expunge the remarks made by the Delhi High Court against him while denying bail to Umar Khalid in the Delhi Riots conspiracy case. The High Court had said that Sharjeel Imam was arguably 'at the head of the conspiracy' with whom Umar Khalid was in touch. The High Court had also cited certain instances of ...

Jallikattu Case| Legislature Entitled To Exempt Incidental Pain From Animal Cruelty : TN Govt Argues Before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing on the challenge to the constitutionality of laws permitting Jalikattu, Kambala and bull-cart race in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and MaharashtraThe 5-judge bench of Justices K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravi Kumar is hearing the matter. The present batch of petitions were initially filed to quash and...

Supreme Court Asks Centre To Get Information From States On Migrant Workers Registered In "e-Shram" Portal

The Supreme Court of India on Monday asked the Union to get updated information from states on the number of migrant workers registered with the e-portal, 'eShram'.The Ministry of Labour and Employment recently developed a "National Database of Unorganised Workers portal" and "eShram portal" for registration of unorganized workers. The list of workers includes migrant workers spread over...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 6.12.22

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Deceased's Income Tax Returns Can Be Considered For Computing His Annual Income In Motor Accident Compensation Claim Cases : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that deceased's Income Tax Return can be considered for computation of his annual income in Motor Accident Compensation Claim cases.In this case, the claimants had filed the deceased's Income Tax Returns before the Tribunal which showed the total income of deceased to be Rs.1,18,261/-, approx. Rs.9855/- per month. The MACT disregarded it on the ground that neither...

Demonetisation | Won't Sit With Folded Hands, Can Examine Manner In Which Decision Was Taken, Says Supreme Court

While hearing petitions challenging the 2016 banknote demonetisation decision, the Supreme Court said that it will not play the role of a silent spectator and sit quietly with folded hands only because it was an economic policy decision."Just because it is an economic decision, does not mean we will fold our hands and sit. We can always examine the manner in which the decision was taken,"...

India Survives Much Beyond Delhi, We Need To Focus On District Judiciary: CJI DY Chandrachud

Speaking at the inauguration of Delhi High Court's S Block building, Chief Justice Of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday said India also survives much beyond the capital and the country needs to focus its attention on the district judiciary as it moves forward.CJI Chandrachud said that an important component of actualising the right to justice is ensuring that the country has adequate...