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Delay In Filing Appeal Before DRT Against Recovery Officer Order Cannot Be Condoned U/Sec 5 Limitation Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the delay in filing appeal before Debt Recovery Tribunal against the order passed by the Recovery Officer cannot be condoned by invoking Section 5 of the Limitation Act.Section 5 of the Limitation Act shall not be applicable to the appeal against the order of Recovery Officer as provided under Section 30 of the Recovery of Debts due to Banks and...
'You Misinterpreted Our Order' : Supreme Court To Allahabad HC For Creating Only Sessions Courts For Cases Against MP/MLAs
The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the Allahabad High Court misinterpreted the Top Court's order by not creating Magisterial Courts for trying cases against MPs/MLAs and by designating only Sessions Courts for such purposes.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant was hearing the applications filed by SP leader...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Directions To IITs To Follow Reservation Policy For Faculty Recruitment, Research Degree Admissions
The Supreme Court today issued notice to Centre and IIT's in a writ petition seeking direction to all the twenty-three Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to follow the reservation policy in the admission in research degree program and recruitment of faculty in the IITs.The matter was listed before the bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna.The petition filed by Dr....
'Virtual Courts Cause Problems To Lawyers In Lower Rung' : Advocates Move Supreme Court For Complete Resumption Of Physical Hearing
114 practicing lawyers, who are members of the Supreme Court Bar Association, have moved the Supreme Court by way of an intervention application seeking resumption of complete physical hearing that was prevailing prior to March 16, 2021.The intervention application has been filed in the writ petition filed by All India Jurist Association seeking to declare virtual court hearing as a...
Witness Testimony Inconsistent With Medical Evidence : Supreme Court Alters Conviction For Murder
The Supreme Court has converted the conviction of appellants from Murder (S.302/149) to Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons (326/149) under the Indian Penal Code on the basis of inconsistencies between oral testimony of witnesses and medical evidence on record.A Bench of Justices L.Nageswara Rao and B.V.Nagarathna relied on Amar Singh v State of Punjab, wherein the...
Don't Wait For Delhi Air Quality To Become Severe; Take Advance Measures Based On Scientific Model : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that advance measures must be taken with respect to the Delhi's air quality crisis, on the basis of anticipation about wind pattern and scientific model based on the air pollution levels in different seasons, instead of waiting for taking emergency steps after the air quality has become severe.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana,...
Gujarat Riots : Mukul Rohatgi Defends SIT Clean Chit To Narendra Modi - Live Updates From Zakia Jafri's Case In Supreme Court Hearing
Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter. Taking the Court through a range of voluminous documents and notes, Senior Advocate...
CA Exams December 2021 : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks 'Opt Out' Option For Symptomatic Students Without Insisting RT-PCR Test
A CA aspirant have approached the Supreme Court seeking various directions to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICA) with respect o the December cycle exams.The application seeks directions to make alternative arrangements for the symptomatic students/ having fever to appear in the upcoming exams scheduled to be conducted in December 2021.The application filed by Sanjeev K Arora,...
Land Acquisition Act 1894 -Section 17(4) Notification Liable To Be Quashed If State Fails To Show Exceptional Circumstances Justifying Urgency : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the urgency clause under Section 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 can be invoked only in exceptional circumstances.Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 gives power to the land acquisition authorities to take immediate possession of the land before the proceedings related to award of compensation are over. As per Section 17(4), the authority...
Allegations Against Anil Deshmukh Based On Hearsay : Param Bir Singh's Lawyer Tells Inquiry Commission
Ex- Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's lawyer told an inquiry commission on Tuesday that his corruption allegations against the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh were based on "hearsay" material and therefore even if he deposed as a witness it would have "no value." Advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, representing Param Bir Singh, made this submission before the one-member commission...
Jayalalithaa's Death: Adequacy Of Appollo Hospital's Treatment Within Scope Of Commission Enquiry, TN Govt Tells Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave appearing for State of Tamil Nadu argued before Court today that allegations of bias by Apollo Hospitals is premature and that the scope of the inquiry undertaken is within the jurisdiction of the Commission. The bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari was hearing a special leave petition filed by Apollo Hospitals against Madras High...
'This Is A Case Where The Majesty Of Law Has Been Deeply Injured': Kapil Sibal Concludes His Arguments Before Supreme Court In Gujarat Riots-Zakia Jafri Matter
"The Republic is like a ship... that ship has to be made steady. It is your task to keep the Republic steady. It would be steady only if the majesty of law prevails. This is a case where the majesty of law has been deeply injured...Despite actionable evidence, the court has chosen not to look at it and misread the order of SC. In this case, violence has been perpetrated through design which is reflected in the documents...I leave it then to your lordship to decide."