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Different Retirement Age For AYUSH & Allopathic Doctors Not Justified : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that there is no rational justification for different age of retirement for doctors practicing AYUSH system of medicines and allopathic doctors. The Court observed that the mode of treatment by itself will not qualify as an "intelligible differentia" between two categories as far as retirement age is concerned.A division bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao...
Plea In Supreme Court Against Kerala HC Judgment Quashing Govt. Scheme Allotting 80% Minority Scholarships To Muslims
The Minority Indians Planning and Vigilance Commission Trust has moved the Supreme Court against the decision of the Kerala High Court quashing Orders of the Kerala Government announcing scholarships to Muslim students and Latin Catholic/Converted Christians in the ratio 80:20.The High Court had allowed the PIL filed by the respondent herein, consequently quashing three Government Orders by...
![[BREAKING] Judge Uttam Anand Death Case Goes To CBI : Jharkhand High Court Accepts States Recommendation](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2021/07/29/500x300_397518-judge-uttam-anand-jharkhand-hc.jpg "[BREAKING] Judge Uttam Anand Death Case Goes To CBI : Jharkhand High Court Accepts States Recommendation")
[BREAKING] Judge Uttam Anand Death Case Goes To CBI : Jharkhand High Court Accepts State's Recommendation
Accepting the recommendation made by the Jharkhand Government, the Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into the death case of Dhanbad district judge Uttam Anand at the earliest. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad gave this direction during the hearing of the case today.Uttam...
"Centre Misled Court By Blatant Lies": Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Constitutionality Of PM CARES & PMNRF
A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed before the Supreme Court against the dismissal of a PIL by the Allahabad High Court which challenged the validity of the PM Cares Fund and Prime Minister's National Relief Fund [PMNRF] in light of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The SLP notes that the High Court was misled to conclude that PMCARES Fund does not receive any budgetary support or...
Witness Cannot Be Prosecuted For Perjury U/s 193 IPC For Mere Inconsistency In His Statements: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a witness cannot be prosecuted for perjury under Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code merely because he made inconsistent statements before the Court.The bench led by CJI NV Ramana observed that the prosecution for perjury cannot be ordered if there is no intentional falsehood uttered. Mere reference to inconsistent statements alone is not...
State Cannot Plead Financial Burden To Deny Salary For Legally Serving Doctors : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the state cannot be allowed to plead financial burden to deny salary to legally serving doctors. Allowing such an excuse raised by the state would amount to violation of fundamental rights under Articles 14(right to equality) , 21(right to life) and 23(right against bonded labour) of the Constitution."The State cannot be allowed plead financial ...
Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Legality Of Attaching DRTs In One State To Those In Other States
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre on a plea filed against Delhi High Court's order deferring by 6 weeks the challenge to validity and legality of the notification issued by the Union Ministry of Finance transferring & attaching the jurisdiction of Debt Recovery Tribunal, Jabalpur to Debt Recovery Tribunal, Lucknow in the absence of availability of presiding officer...
"It Will Otherwise Apply Across India": SG Urges SC To Quash HC Order Granting Anticipatory Bail On The Sole Ground Of Apprehension of Death Due To COVID
The state of UP had moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court to Grant Anticipatory bail on account of the looming danger to life from Covid-19.
West Bengal Post Poll Violence- Calcutta High Court Reserves Judgment
Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reserved orders on a batch of petitions pertaining to the alleged post-poll violence in the State of West Bengal. A 5 Judge Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justices I.P Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar heard concluding arguments from the concerned parties on Tuesday. The West Bengal government made...
"We Are Not In Position To Take A Call On Account Of Uncertain COVID Situation": Justice Nageswara Rao On Resumption Of Physical Hearings In Supreme Court
Justice L. Nageswara Rao on Tuesday remarked that on account of the uncertain COVID situation, the Supreme Court is "not in a position to take a call" as to when and how to resume physical hearings. Justice Rao, sitting with Justice Aniruddha Bose in the Supreme Court premises, had asked Senior Advocate P. S. Narsimha if the latter prefers to argue virtually from the confines of...