Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Setting Up International Task Force Of Experts On CoVID Deaths

A plea seeking directions to the Centre to set up an international task force of experts comprising of National and International experts (including from China)- reporting to this Top Court for determining if the Delta Variant could be a synthetic pathogen and steps to be taken for preventing the third wave has been filed in the Supreme Court It has been argued that India owes...

Justice Nariman Advises Youngsters To Do Diverse Studies : 'More You Take Things Outside Law, More It Helps You With Law'

Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman advised young lawyers and students to do as much diverse studies as they can of things outside the field of law."The more diverse your experience in life, the more you have to do with subjects other than the law, the more it helps you in the law. Peculiar as it may sound. Because the law is greatly interconnected, and you realize this as...

Suspended IPS Officer Moves Supreme Court Seeking Transfer Of Sexual Harassment Case Out Of Tamil Nadu

The suspended IPS officer contends that Madras High Court's intervention was "biased" and a source of prejudice which destroyed the presumption of his innocence.

Supreme Court Requests NALSA To Consider Issuing Country-Wide SOP For Protecting Rights Of Convicts To Secure Pre-Mature Release

In pursuance of this, Advocate Dr Rajiv Nanda was appointed as the Amicus and requested to continue and assist the court in the matter of uniform SOP.

'SLP Cannot Lie Against Only A Review Order': Supreme Court Raps Petitioner For Approaching Court With Over 56 Years Delay

Emphasizing the fact that an SLP could not lie against only a review order, the Supreme Court today rapped the petitioner for approaching the Court by way of a review application with a delay of 56 years and 6 days. The Division Bench of Justice SK Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy while hearing a plea against the order passed by the Patna High Court on March 29, 2019, remarked...

'Men's Lives Matter': Law Students Move Supreme Court Seeking 'Gender Neutral' Provisions On Sexual Offences

The petitioners argue that the IPC provisions need reconsideration as they are being misused by women.

UP Ad Hoc Teachers' Plea : Supreme Court Directs State's Response On Need To File Salary Details To Apply For TGT/PGT Exam

The teachers' contended that they could not complete the online application process as they were required to fill in salary details.

Payment Of Gratuity Act - No Retrospective Effect For 2010 Amendment Enhancing Gratuity Upper Limit As Rs 10 Lakhs : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that 2010 amendment of Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 is not retrospective.As per the 2010 amendment, the upper-limit of amount of gratuity payable as per Section 4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 was increased as Rupees 10 lakhs from Rupees 3.5 lakhs.The appellants before the Supreme Court were former employees of Coal India Limited, who were paid gratuity...

'Online Classes Not Feasible In Long Run': Class 12 Student Moves Supreme Court To Reopen Schools

A Class XII student from Delhi has moved Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and States to consider and take a time-bound decision with regard to the physical re-opening of schools and conduct of offline teaching.The petitioner Amar Prem Prakash is aggrieved by the indecision and vacillation on the part of the Union Government and several State Governments and Union Territories in...

Governor Has Duty To Decide On Recommendations Of Council Of Ministers For MLC Members Nomination Within Reasonable Time : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Friday held that it is the Governor's duty to speak and let the Chief Minister know his reservations regarding recommendations made by the Council of Ministers to the Legislative Council within a reasonable time; otherwise, the statutory intent would stand defeated. The court disposed of a PIL against the Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari's " inaction "...

Wife Seeking Aid From PM Cares Fund For Husband's Treatment: Supreme Court Asks Hospital If Cost Can Be Reduced

The Bench was hearing the wife's plea for approximately 1 crore from PM Cares & State CM Relief Funds as financial assistance for getting her husband a lung transplant.

Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Services Rules 2017 Has No Retrospective Operation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Services (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2017, has no retrospective operation.The roster shall be prepared and maintained only after the commencement of operation of the Rules, the bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose observed. After the introduction of the 2017 Rules, seniority inter-se direct...