Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Vijay Mallya To Appear In Sentence Hearing In Contempt Case

While giving last opportunity to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to appear, the Supreme Court of India on Thursday expressed a clear intention to go ahead with the sentence hearing in the contempt case against him, and posted the matter for hearing on February 24th, 2022.Vijay Mallya was found guilty of contempt in 2017 for disobeying court's orders in not disclosing full particulars of...

Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple: Supreme Court Extends Time For Special Audit Till 30th June

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday granted time upto 30th June 2022 for completion of the special audit of 25 years ordered by the Court in 2020 for the iconic Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram.A Bench comprising Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat granted the extension in pursuance of applications filed for extension of time by the Administrative Committee and...

Desist From Sending WhatsApp Messages To Judges : Supreme Court To Hira Gold Scam Victims

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court asked the duped investors in the Heera Gold Scam case to refrain from attempting to establish communication with Apex Court Judges through WhatsApp messages. While hearing an appeal filed by Investigating Agencies against Heera Gold Exim Pvt. Ltd. and its Managing Director, Nowhera Shaikh for defrauding investors, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul expressed...

Persuade Judicial Officers Having Good Track Record To Withdraw Resignation : Supreme Court To HCs

The Supreme Court endorsed the practice followed by some High Courts of persuading a Judicial Officer having good track record to withdraw the resignation tendered by him/her."Losing a good Judicial Officer without counselling him/her and without giving him/her an opportunity to introspect and re­think, will not be in the interest of either the Judicial Officer or the Judiciary", the...

Supreme Court Permits Unitech Promoters Sanjay And Ajay Chandra To Have One Video Conferencing Meeting Every Fortnight With Their Lawyers

The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Unitech promoters Sanjay and Ajay Chandra to have one video conferencing meeting every fortnight with their lawyers for a duration of one hour, with the added caveat that they shall furnish to the superintendent of the jail in advance the identity of the advocate or, as of the case maybe, the advocates, with whom the meeting will be held together with...

Hijab Ban : No Religious Dress In Colleges During Pendency Of Case, Says Karnataka High Court| LIVE UPDATES [Day 3]

A Full Bench of the Karnataka High Court will hear petitions filed by Muslim students challenging Hijab Ban in colleges at 2.30 PM today.A single bench had referred the petitions to larger bench yesterday observing that "questions of seminal importance" are involved.The single bench also said that the question of interim relief will be considered by the larger bench.The matter is before a...

Breaking | Union Minister's Son Ashish Mishra Granted Bail By Allahabad High Court In Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Case

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Ashish Mishra, prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident. Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra 'Teni', had moved the court after his bail plea was rejected by the Lower court.The matter in briefEssentially, a case was registered against Mishra for an incident that took place on October 3, when several farmers were...

'We Are A Secular Country; There Is An Effort To Divide The Country By Religion' : Madras HC CJ

While hearing a public interest litigation before Madras High Court to mandate the customary dress code for entry inside temple complexes, Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari expressed anguish at the divisive narratives in the name of religion.Reminding that our country is secular, the Chief Justice cautioned that there is an effort to divide the country by religion." What is of...

BREAKING| Hijab Ban Issue Mentioned Before Supreme Court; 'Let HC Hear', Says CJI

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Thursday mentioned the hijab ban issue in Karnataka colleges, as a result of which Muslim girl students wearing head scarves are prevented entry to classes, before the Chief Justice of India.Saying that a petition seeking transfer of the matter from Karnataka High Court to Supreme Court has been filed, Sibal urged CJI NV Ramana to hear the matter urgently.The...

'Resignation Can't Be Construed As Voluntary' : Supreme Court Directs MP HC To Reinstate Woman District Judge Who Raised Sexual Harassment Complaint Against HC Judge

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Madhya Pradesh High Court to reinstate a resigned woman Additional District Judge, who had raised sexual harassment allegations against a then sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The Supreme Court held that her resignation, in the circumstances of the case, cannot be "construed as voluntary" and therefore quashed...

Not Allowing Husband To Seek Child's Custody Under Domestic Violence Act Leads To Multiplicity Of Proceedings: Supreme Court Tells AG

The Court told the Attorney General that the legislature should look into the issue so that cases can be brought under one court.

Only Students Who Have Studied Class 11 & 12 With Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English Eligible For NEET: NMC Tells Supreme Court

On Wednesday, the National Medical Commission ("NMC") clarified that in order to be eligible to appear in the 'National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test' ("NEET") an aspirant has to undergo 10+2 courses with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. The Apex Court had sought the response of NMC, on the last date of hearing i.e. 04.02.2022 in a petition filed by a NEET-UG candidate who...