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Supreme Court Dismisses Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's Plea For CBI Enquiry Into Metro Dairy Disinvestment By West Bengal Govt
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India on Friday upheld the decision of the Calcutta High Court to not initiate a probe into the disinvestment of Metro Dairy by the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government. This petition, which travelled to the apex court in appeal, had been filed by the West Bengal Congress President and Member of Parliament, Adhir...
"Now We Have VC, A Lawyer From Anywhere In The Country Can Address Us": Supreme Court On Plea Seeking Regional Benches
While disposing of a petition seeking operationalisation of Article 130 of the Constitution of India, 1950 by establishing regional Benches of the Supreme Court, on Friday, Supreme Court indicated that the issue of accessibility has now been addressed by the Video Conferencing mechanism. "Now we have Video conferencing, a lawyer from anywhere in the country can address us",...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On WB Govt Appeal Against HC Judgment Ousting Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University
The Supreme Court, on Friday, reserved judgment in the petition filed by the State of West Bengal assailing the order of the Calcutta High Court, whereby the decision of the State to re-appoint Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee as Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Calcutta University was set aside. The State Government's petition along with that of the ousted Vice-Chancellor was listed before a Bench...
Supreme Court Allows Withdrawal Of Petition Seeking Regulations For Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis In View Of Enactment Of ART Act
In a plea seeking directions to regulate Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis/Testing (PGD) in India, pending enactment of codified law, the Supreme Court, on Friday, allowed the petitioners to withdraw their petition in view of the newly enacted legislation, Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021. Considering the fact that the codified law came into force after the petition...
Cheque Case Against Director/Partner Of Firm Can Be Quashed Only If There Is Unimpeachable & Incontrovertible Evidence That They Were Not Concerned With Issuance Of Cheque: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a High Court can quash a cheque case only if it comes across some unimpeachable and incontrovertible evidence to indicate that the Director/partner of a firm could not have been concerned with the issuance of cheques."Vicarious criminal liability can be inferred against the partners of a firm when it is specifically averred in...
Advocate Filing Writ Petition For Fee Is Unprofessional, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday orally remarked that an advocate filing a writ petition for fee is unprofessional."An advocate filing a writ petition for fee is unprofessional", a Bench headed by Justice Hemant Gupta orally said. "This profession is a noble profession. Don't make it a business", the Bench said. The Bench also commented that the proper remedy in such a situation might be a civil...
Attempt To Seek Review Of Judgment By Filing Miscellanious Application Seeking Clarification : SC Imposes 10L Costs On Applicants
The Supreme Court imposed 10 Lakhs costs on applicants for attempting to seek review of a judgment under the garb of miscellaneous applications.In this case, a Miscellanious Application was filed seeking clarification of a judgment. The applicant contended that the court had not dealt with the aspect of security of pledge of shares with EARC having been arbitrarily and illegally wiped out in...
Prophet Remarks Row : Supreme Court Reserves Order On Navika Kumar's Plea Seeking Clubbing Of FIRs
The Supreme Court, on Friday, reserved its order in the petition filed by the Times Now anchor, Navika Kumar, seeking clubbing of the multiple FIRs/complaints registered against her over the remarks made by Nupur Sharma about Prophet Muhammed on the Times Now channel. A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari heard the matter. On August 8, the Court had granted interim protection...
Ukraine Returnee Students' Plea : Supreme Court Suggests Centre To Make Web Portal With Details Of Foreign Universities
The Supreme Court on Friday suggested that the Union Government could create a web portal containing the details of the foreign universities where the Ukraine returnee Indian medical students can complete their courses as per the academic mobility program approved by the National Medical Commission.A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia suggested that there should be...
MSMED Act- Facilitation Council Cannot Review Its Own Decisions : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act does not empower the Facilitation Council to review its own decisions.Every decision of the Facilitation Council is an award, the bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian said.Ajanta Press and Mechanical Works filed a claim against Bajaj Auto Limited before the Facilitation Council in the ...
Breaking: MARITAL RAPE- Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Delhi HC's Split Verdict, Agrees To Hear In Feb 2023
Supreme Court bench of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice B. V. Nagarathna today issued notice on a batch of petitions filed assailing the split verdict of the Delhi High Court on the issue of Marital Rape. Counsel appearing for All India Democratic Women's Association, Advocate Karuna Nundy submitted that "the substantial question of law in the opinion of the two judges…both the...