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Fill Up Vacancies In Central Administrative Tribunal : Supreme Court To Centre
While hearing a contempt petition preferred by Ajesh Luthra, President Central Administrative Tribunal ("CAT") Bar Association with respect to the non-compliance of the order dated January 4, 2021, wherein the Top Court had directed the Government to "expedite" the appointment of 4 posts to the CAT in accordance with the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and Other Authorities...
Arbitrator Cannot Grant Pendente Lite Interest If Contract Contains A Specific Clause Expressly Barring Payment Of Interest: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that an arbitrator cannot grant pendente lite interest if the contract contains a specific clause which expressly bars payment of interest.Such a contractual clause will not be a violation of Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari observed. The court said that the Arbitration and...
Plea For Model Builder-Buyer & Agent-Buyer Agreements Under RERA: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a batch petitions under Article 32 raising the grievances of flat-purchasers that in the absence of uniform Builder-Buyer and Agent-Buyer Agreements, the purchasers are left to the mercy of developers over the terms and conditions imposed.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and B. V. Nagarathna recorded that the string of...
Ex-Gratia For COVID Deaths, Death Certificates, Grievance Redressal : Supreme Court Issues Slew Of Directions
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a slew of directions in relation to the grant of ex-gratia compensation to the family of COVID victims and issuance of death certificates.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna issued the directions approving the guidelines framed by the National Disaster Management Authority and the Central Government. The guidelines were framed pursuant to...
Supreme Court Allows Student Rusticated For Attempting To Organise Anti-CAA Protest To Take Semester Exams
The Supreme Court today allowed a student who was rusticated from Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi Farsi University on the reasons that he was attempting to organize protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 to take the 6th Semester BA Hons Examination which is likely to be held in May 2022 or at a later date. Considering the peculiar facts of the case and on...
Breaking: Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha Remanded To NCB Custody Till October 7 in Cruise Ship Drug Case
Aryan Khan, son of actor Shahrukh Khan and Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha have been remanded to the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) until October 7 in connection with the seizure of drugs on a luxury cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. Khan has been booked under sections 8(C) read with 20, 35 and 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Additional...
'Easy To Criticize Govt & Court Without Being In Hot Seat' :Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking CBI Enquiry Into Oxygen Crisis During COVID Second Wave
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL filed seeking CBI probe in connection with lack of adequate availability of medical grade oxygen during course of second wave of Pandemic.The plea also sought setting up of a Commission of inquiry headed by former Supreme Court judge or Chief Justice of a High Court.While observing that the petition begins with an assumption which in...
First Appellate Court Should Deal With All Issues And Evidence And Follow Procedure Under CPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that it is the duty of the First Appellate Court to deal with all the issues and the evidence led by the parties before recording its findings.First appeals are to be decided after following the procedure to be followed under the Code of Civil Procedure, the bench of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna observed. In this case, the Trial Court dismissed a specific...
Aryan Khan Remand/Bail Hearing In Cruise Ship Drug Case- Live Updates From Mumbai Court
#AryanKhan and others, who were arrested yesterday to be shortly produced for remand before Mumbai court in Cruise Ship Drugs Case.Yesterday court remanded Khan and two others to NCB custody till today.The accused have arrived in the court compound, to be produced before the court anytime now....
Lakhimpur Kheri Incident- "When Such Events Happen, Nobody Takes Responsibility": Supreme Court
The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal on Monday mentioned the recent violent incident of Lakhimpur Kheri before the Supreme Court, calling it an 'unfortunate incident'. A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice CT Ravikumar orally observed that when events like these happen, no one takes responsibility." When such events happen nobody takes responsibility. Damage to property...
Farmers Protest : Supreme Court Issues Notice To 43 Protest Leaders In Plea Against Road Blockade
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to 43 leaders of farmers organizations who are leading protests against the three contentious farm laws passed by the Parliament last year.The State of Haryana had filed the application to implead 43 farm leaders as additional respondents in a writ petition filed by a Noida resident against the road blockade at Delhi-NCR border as part of the farm...