Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Names Of 13 Advocates As Allahabad High Court Judges; Reiterates Names Of 3 Judicial Officers

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names of 13 advocates for elevation as the judges of the Allahabad High Court.The 13 lawyers recommended are: 1. Chandra Kumar Rai 2. Shishir Jain3. Krishan Pahal 4. Sameer Jain 5. Ashutosh Srivastava6. Subhash Vidyarthi 7. Brij Raj Singh 8. Shree Prakash Singh 9. Vikas Budhwar10. Vikram D Chauhan 11. Rishad Murtaza12. Dhruv Mathur, and 13....

Andhra Pradesh High Court Quashes Amaravati Land Scam FIR Against Former Advocate General & Others

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed the FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against former Advocate General Damallapati Srinivas and others in alleged Amaravati land scam.The FIR was registered alleging that the Srinivas and other accused had purchased large tracts of land in and around Amaravati, before it was announced as the new capital of the State of Andhra Pradesh after...

Challenge To 18% GST On DNB Doctors' Fee : Supreme Court Asks Petitioner To Approach Delhi HC

It was highlighted before the Court that the petitioner is a Delhi-based association.

Magistrate While Accepting Chargesheet Has To Invariably Issue Summons And Not Arrest Warrant: Supreme Court

"If a person has been enlarged and free for many years and has not even been arrested during investigation, to suddenly direct his arrest and to be incarcerated merely because charge sheet has been filed would be contrary to the governing principles for grant of bail."

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Dwarka Flyover Construction

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea filed against the development of National Highway in Dwarka by construction of flyover in Residential area allegedly without environment clearance. A Bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Hima Kohli observed that it cannot entertain the present special leave petition filed against the order of...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Judicial Officer's Plea Seeking Consideration For Elevation As Kerala High Court Judge

'Aspirations are not always fulfilled', the bench orally remarked.

Employee Not Estopped From Challenging Terms & Conditions Of Employment If It Violates Statutory Requirement: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that employee is not estopped from questioning terms and condition of employment at a stage where he finds himself aggrieved."It is open for the employee to challenge the conditions if it is not being in conformity with the statutory requirement under the law and he is not estopped from questioning at a stage where he finds himself aggrieved.", the bench of...

Plea On Compensation For Wrongful Detention of Manipur Activist Under NSA: Supreme Court Adjourns To September 17

Leichombam Erendro was arrested based on a Facebook post that was meant as a criticism of the acts of BJP politicians during Covid-19.

CBSE Has Committed To Declare Results Before September 30, Supreme Court Says In Plea Of Compartment, Private & Patrachar Students

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to 6th September the plea filed seeking directions to CBSE to declare results & change date sheet of Class XII Private, Patrachar & 2nd Compartment Students to ensure that proposed exams will not clash with other exams.A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice CT Ravikumar has asked the petitioners' counsel...

CBSE Compartment, Private & Patrachar Students Can Take NEET-UG Before Results; Results Needed Only For Counselling : NTA Tells Supreme Court

The non-declaration of the results of CBSE Private, Compartment and Patrachar exams for Class XII will not prevent those students from appearing in the NEET-UG exam, the National Testing Agency told the Supreme Court on Friday. On the issue of petitioner students being unable to appear for NEET UG exam scheduled on September 12, the NTA told the Supreme Court that the...

[BREAKING] 'Alarming Situation In Kerala' : Supreme Court Stays Kerala Govt Decision To Hold Offline Class XI (Plus One) Exams Amid Rising COVID Cases

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the decision of the Kerala Government to conduct offline exams for Class XI (Plus One) from September 6 amid the rising cases of COVID.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar noted that COVID cases are continuing to rise in Kerala, with over 30,000 cases being reported daily, which accounts for nearly 70% of the...

Delhi Police Chargesheet Reads Like Script Of 'Family Man' Series; Communal Narrative Given To CAA Protests: Umar Khalid In Bail Hearing

Seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case involving charges under UAPA, student activist Umar Khalid's lawyer argued before a Delhi Court that the entire charge-sheet filed by Delhi Police in FIR 59/2020 reads like a script of Amazon Prime show 'Family Man', having no evidence to support the allegations.Senior Advocate Trideep Pais argued before Additional Sessions Judge...