Air India Disinvestment Saw Keen Competition, Not Rigged In Favour Of Tata Group: Delhi High Court In Subramaniam Swamy's Plea

The Delhi High Court has held that the bidding process for disinvestment of then national airline, Air India, was not rigged in favour of the Tata Group.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh observed that the bidding process saw keen competition with seven Expression of Interests and two bidders, and it cannot be said that the process was tailor made to facilitate...

NEET-PG Counselling : Supreme Court To Pronounce Orders In EWS/OBC Quota Case Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will pronounce orders tomorrow in the case related to OBC/EWS reservation in the NEET All India Quota. The counselling in NEET-PG admissions have got stalled due to the pendency of this case in the Supreme Court.A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna had held extensive arguments in the case yesterday and today.For live-updates from today's hearing,...

Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest 2021 [Part 1- CrPC-IPC-Evidence ]

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973On Bail and Anticipatory Bail [Section 436- 439 CrPC]An Accused Who Was Released On Default Bail Cannot Be Re-arrested On Filing Of Charge Sheet[Case: Kamlesh Chaudhary v. State of Rajasthan; Citation: LL 2021 SC 8]A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Navin Sinha and Indu Malhotra held that an accused who was released on default bail cannot be...

Supreme Court Allows Three Months Extension Of Tenure Of Second National Judicial Pay Commission

Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a three month extension of the tenure of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission, constituted by the Court to review and submits its reports with regard to the service conditions in the Subordinate Judiciary.The Commission formed by the Apex Court has already submitted its report on issue of pay, pension and allowances and service conditions with reference...

Fire Accident Can't Be Termed 'Act Of God' If It Did Not Happen Due To External Natural Forces : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a fire accident cannot be said to be an 'act of God' if it did not happen due to the operation of any forces of nature."When nothing of any external natural force had been in operation in violent or sudden manner, the event of the fire in question could be referable to anything but to an act of God in legal parlance.", the court said in a judgment delivered...

COVID Omicron : Supreme Court To Hear Only Urgent Matters; Virtual Hearing From Residential Offices Of Judges

In wake of the the sudden upsurge of Covid-19 cases , the Supreme Court of India has decided to hear all the matters in virtual mode with effect from 7th January with the Benches sitting at the Residential OfficesFurther only urgent matters will be taken up by the Courts from 10th January.It has been notified through an official Circular that only extremely urgent 'mentioned' matters,...

[BREAKING] UPSC Civil Services: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea To Postpone Mains Exam Amid Rising Covid-19 Cases

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea seeking postponement of UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination, 2021 scheduled from January 7 to January 16, 2022, in view of Covid-19 third wave and spread of the new Omicron variant.Justice V Kameswar Rao said,"I find, the press release do indicate that the UPSC is conscious of the prevailing situation and the safety and convenience of the...

No Physical Hearings Likely In Supreme Court For 4-6 Weeks Due To COVID-Omicron Threat : CJI

"At least for 4-6 weeks we may not be able to have physical hearings" the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Thursday.The CJI was referring to the ongoing spread of Omicron variant of Covid-19 and the sudden surge in the number of Covid cases which has resulted in the Supreme Court reverting back to virtual mode of hearings.The remark was made by the CJI while hearing the case pertaining...

Breaking: Delhi High Court Dismisses BJP MP Subramanian Swamy's Challenge To Air India Disinvestment Process

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL filed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, seeking to quash the Air India disinvestment process.The division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh rejected the argument made by Swamy that the bidding process was tailor made to facilitate Talace Private Limited acquiring Air India by entertaining a bid on behalf of...

Petition Is An Abuse Of Process Of Law And Manifestly An Outcome Of Some Personal Vendetta Against Rakesh Asthana: Centre Submits Before Supreme Court

In response to NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation's challenge to the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that the petition is "an abuse of process of law and manifestly an outcome of some personal vendetta against incumbent police commissioner entertained by the petitioner"The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and...

NEET-PG Counselling : FORDA Approaches Supreme Court; Says Revision Of Reservation Criteria Now Will Delay Process

"..it is the first time in the history of the independent India, that the nation has had a Zero Session qua the Post Graduate Courses (MD/MS)", FORDA tells SC

BREAKING | Security Lapse During Prime Minister's Punjab Visit Mentioned Before CJI; Supreme Court To Consider Plea For Probe Tomorrow

The security lapse during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Punjab was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India today morning.Senior Advocate Maninder Singh mentioned the matter before the CJI and requested the Court to take up a writ petition seeking a judicial probe into the incident urgently. The CJI asked the senior counsel to serve the copy to Punjab Government and agreed...