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Breaking: Delhi Court Stays Order Directing CBI To Withdraw Look Out Circular Against Aakar Patel, Reserves Order On Revision Plea
A Delhi Court on Tuesday reserved orders on the plea filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking revision of the Trial Court order which directed the agency to immediately withdraw the Look Out Circular issued by it against former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel.Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann of Rouse Avenue Court has meanwhile stayed the entire operation of...
'Art Is Non-Conformist' : Supreme Court Directs FTII To Accommodate Colour Blind Candidates In All Courses
"The respondent institute is a premier institute and one would expect it to encourage liberal thought process and not put courses connected with films in any conformist box", the Court observed.
'Decree Holders' Can't Be Treated At Par With 'Financial Creditors' Under IBC : Supreme Court Upholds HC Verdict
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Tripura High Court judgment which had held that "decree-holders" cannot be treated at par with "financial creditors" under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh, while dismissing a Special Leave Petition filed against the High Court judgment, observed : "We are not inclined to interfere with the...
Supreme Court Stays Conviction Of Congress Leader Hardik Patel In Patidar Quota Protest Violence Case
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, stayed the conviction of Gujarat Congress President Hardik Patel in a 2015 case registered over alleged violence during the Patidar quota stir. A Bench comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Vikram Nath was hearing a petition assailing the order of the Gujarat High Court dated 29.03.2019, wherein Hardik's plea seeking suspension of conviction for contesting...
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Permission Granted For Medical Admissions For Subsequent Year Cannot Be Deemed To Be Permission For Earlier Year : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Monday, held that permission granted for undertaking admission of students for a subsequent academic year cannot be deemed to be permission granted for earlier academic year when the Ayurveda Medical College was not fulfilling the criteria of minimum standard as per the Indian Medicine Central Council (Post Graduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations, 2016. In the...
'I Don't Think Process Can Be More Democratic Than This' : CJI Ramana On Collegium System
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Monday said that the collegium process for judges appointment is democratic as all stakeholders are consulted through a lengthy consultative process."There is an impression in India that judges appoint judges. It is a wrong impression and I want to correct it. The appointment is done through a lengthy consultative process, many stakeholders are consulted....
65 Years Too Early An Age For Someone To Retire : CJI NV Ramana
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Monday that 65 years is too early an age for someone to retire."I think 65 years is too early an age for someone to retire," CJI Ramana, who is due to retire on August 27 this year, said. He was speaking at an online conversation on Comparative Constitutional Law with Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States of America....
If There Is Difference Between CAT Judicial Member & Administrative Member, Refer To 3rd Member; Reference To Full Bench Not Required : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a reference to Full Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal is not required if there in a case of difference of opinion between the Judicial Member and the Administrative Member of the Tribunal.In such a situation, the matter is required to be referred to the third Member/Chairman who has to give his own decision upon such a reference, the bench...
Judge-Wise Statistics Of Reportable Judgments Of Supreme Court In March 2022
In March 2022, the Supreme Court delivered 69 Reportable Judgments. Interestingly, in this month, the Supreme Court also reported 2 Judgments, where a split verdict was delivered by the Bench, requiring the matter to be referred to the Chief Justice to be placed before an appropriate bench. One split verdict was delivered by a Bench comprising of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice J.K Maheshwari on the issue of applicability of Section 155(2) of Cr.P.C. to an offence u/S. 23 of the POCSO...
62-Year Old Man In Foreigners Detention Camp Since 2015 : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Take Humanitarian Approach
The Supreme Court on Monday repeated that the Central Government ought to take a humanitarian approach with respect to a 62-year old man, who has been detained in a foreigners detention camp for over 7 years, as he could not be deported to Pakistan after the country refused to acknowledge him as its national. "7 years he has been in detention. What will you do ultimately? You must...