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Supreme Court Stays Observations In Kerala HC Judgment Which Suggested That A Judicial Officer Exhibited Political Favouritism
The Supreme Court has granted permission to Ernakulam Principal District and Sessions Judge Honey M Varghese to file a Special Leave Petition challenging a judgment of the Kerala High Court which allegedly made 'unwarranted' and 'unjustified' remarks about her. Justices Vineet Saran and J.K. Maheshwari issued notice in the matter and stayed the observations in paragraphs 19 and 20 of the...
Pendency Of Co-Convicts' Appeals Irrelevant; Supreme Court Directs Centre To Decide Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition Within 2 Months
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Government to decide the mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana within 2 months, without being influenced by the fact that the appeals filed by other convicts in the Chief Minister Beant Singh assassination case are pending.On March 24, the Court, taking a serious note of the delay in the processing of the mercy petition filed...
NEET PG 2021: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Further Reduction Of Cut-Off By 5 Percentile
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a Miscellaneous Application seeking further reduction of the cut-off for NEET-PG 2021 by 5 percentile, The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant in their order said, "This court would not be inclined to interfere unless there is any manifest arbitrariness. The Union Government took the decision after due...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index April 26 to May 2
Administrative Law - CBDT Departmental Examination - Grace mark policy - The benefit of the grace marks was not to allow the reserved category candidate to switch over to general category - Only in a case where any candidate belonging to any category is marginally failing to pass the examination, he is/was to be allowed the grace marks so as to allow him to obtain the minimum...
Include Meat In Midday Meals For School Children : Supreme Court Passes Interim Direction To Lakshadweep Admin
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the continuation of the interim order passed by the Kerala High Court which directed the Lakshadweep administration to include non-vegetarian food items meat and chicken in the midday meals for school children and to continue the functioning of dairy farms in the region. A bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and AS Bopanna passed the order while...
Plea To Postpone Haryana JS (Mains) Exam Due To Clash With MP Civil Judge (Pre) Exam : Supreme Court To Hear On May 4
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the writ petition seeking postponement of Mains Examination of Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch)- 2021 in view of its clash with the date announced for conducting the Preliminary Exam of Madhya Pradesh Civil Judge, Junior Division (Entry Level) Exam-2021 for May 4, 2022.The bench of Justices Vineet Saran and JK Maheshwari in their order said,...
Court Exercising Contempt Jurisdiction Cannot Enlarge Scope Of Relief Claimed In Main Proceedings: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a Court exercising contempt jurisdiction cannot enlarge the scope of relief claimed in the main proceedings.In this case, Additional District Judge, Ludhiana had passed a status quo order in a Trademark suit filed by Jaininder Jain seeking permanent injunction restraining the respondents from using the trademark "KANGARO". In a contempt petition filed before...
Parliament Must Provide Clarity On Reservation Benefits In Successor States After State Reorganization : Supreme Court
While deciding a dispute related to the reservation of an employee serving the State of Jharkhand after the bifurcation of the State of Bihar, the Supreme Court highlighted the need for the Parliament to provide clarity on the rights of individuals after state reorganization.The observations in this regard were made in a separate but concurring judgment written by Justice S Ravindra Bhat...
Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: April 25 To April 30, 2022
Supreme Court Judgements 1. Employers Can't Dispute Employees' Date Of Birth At Fag End Of Their Service : Supreme Court Case Title : Shankar Lal versus Hindustan Copper Ltd and others Citation : 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 407 The Supreme Court has held that the rule that employees cannot raise a dispute relating to date of birth at the fag end of their service is...
'Political Neutrality Must For Civil Servants', Says Supreme Court While Refusing To Impose 'Cooling Off' Period To Join Politics After Retirement
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition to impose restrictions to prevent Civil Servants from contesting elections immediately after retirement or resignation from service, by imposing a "Cooling off Period".Whether there should be any "Cooling off Period" for civil servants for them to contest elections or not is best left to the concerned Legislature, the bench comprising...
Court/Tribunal Cannot Impound A Insufficiently Stamped Document Unless & Untill It Is Produced On Record Before It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a Court or a Tribunal cannot impound a document for insufficient stamp unless and until the same is produced on record before it.In this case, as the original Loan Agreements which contained the arbitration clause, were not produced during the arbitral proceedings, the Arbitral Tribunal directed it to be taken to the original Loan Agreements to the Collector...