Supreme Court Monthly Digest- May 2022 With Nominal And Statute/Subject Wise Index

Aadhaar Act 2016 - UIDAI directed to issue Aadhaar cards to sex workers without insisting proof of residence. Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 525 Advocate - Senior Advocate Designation - Instead of ten marks to be allocated to a counsel who has put in between ten to twenty years of practice, the marks be allocated commensurate with the standing of...

Supreme Court Criticises "Cyclostyled" HC Orders Disposing FIR Quashing Pleas With Direction To Police To Follow "Arnesh Kumar" Judgment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stated that it does not "appreciate" the manner in which a Single Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court has disposed off various criminal writ petitions in a "cyclostyled manner"- without looking into the merits and only with a direction to the police to follow the judgment of the top court in Arnesh Kumar's case before proceeding to make arrests. Restoring the...

Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Against Construction Activities By Odisha Govt At Puri Jagannath Temple Premises

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved orders in the petitions filed alleging illegal excavation and construction work by the Odisha Government at the iconic Shree Jagannath Temple premises at Puri.The Court will pronounce orders tomorrow.A vacation bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice Hima Kohli was considering two special leave petitions filed challenging Odisha High Court's...

Process Applications Of Pharma Colleges That Challenged 5-Year Moratorium; But Take No Final Decision : Supreme Court To Pharmacy Council Of India

The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an interim order to direct the Pharmacy Council of India to process applications of colleges which had challenged imposition of a moratorium issued by PCI on opening of new pharmacy colleges for a period of five years with effect from the academic year 2020-21 before the High Courts.The bench has directed that no final decision regarding grant of...

'Woman Not Prosecuted If She Tricks Man With False Promise Of Marriage': Kerala High Court Says Rape Should Be Gender-Neutral Offence

In a noteworthy development, the Kerala High Court orally remarked that the offence of rape should be made gender-neutral while adjudicating upon a matrimonial dispute moved by a divorced couple over custody of their child. Justice A Muhamed Mustaque made the observation when during the course of the case when the party brought up the fact that the husband in the case had once been accused in...

Reasons For Declining Security Clearance Can't Be Disclosed To MediaOne : Centre To Supreme Court

The Central Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the reasons for declining security clearance for Malayalam news channel MediaOne cannot be disclosed to the channel owners as it involves issues relating to national security.The Centre further stated that principles of natural justice are not applicable when issues relating to national security are involved....

Supreme Court Raises Questions Over Manner In Which Punjab & Haryana Superior Judicial Services Main Written Examination- 2019 Was Conducted

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concerns at the manner in which the Punjab & Haryana High Court had conducted Punjab and Haryana Superior Judicial Services Main Written Examination- 2019."The High Court is conducting examinations for District Judges... courts come down heavily on educational institutions when they conduct exams in a flip flop manner. The manner in which the exam...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest: May 2022 [Citation No 434 To 536]

1. Parliament Must Provide Clarity On Reservation Benefits In Successor States After State Reorganization : Supreme Court Case Title: Akhilesh Prasad V. Jharkhand Public Service Commission And Ors.| Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.18890 of 2021 Citation : 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 434 While deciding a dispute related to the reservation of an employee serving the State of...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-118]

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"To Pay Rs 9000 p.m Is Nothing But Exploitation": Supreme Court Asks Odisha To Reconsider Home Guards' Monthly Salary

The Supreme Court recently directed the State of Odisha to reconsider its decision of paying only Rs 9,000 per month to the Home Guards working under State's Home Department for more than 15 years. The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna rendered this direction while considering a Special Leave Petition assailing Odisha High Court's order dated August 19, 2020. "To...

High Court Order Will Prevail When Conflicting Orders Are Passed By HC & NGT On Same Issue : Supreme Court

Holding that orders of High Court would prevail over Tribunal's in case of contradicting orders passed by High Court and NGT, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the proceedings before National Green Tribunal which halted the construction works at Rushikonda Hills in Visakhapattanam."The contradicting orders of High Court and the National Green Tribunal would leave to anamolous situation,...

'You Have To Use More Persuasive Skills At Registry' : Justice Gavai To Lawyer Seeking Urgent Listing

Justice BR Gavai, judge of the Supreme Court, remarked in a lighter vein on Wednesday that a lawyer may have to use more persuasive skills before the Registry to get urgent listing of a case."We are granting you circulation. Now you've to persuade the Registry. You have to use your persuasive skills there more than here", Justice Gavai told a lawyer who was mentioning a matter for...