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'Chief Minister's Promise In Press Conference Enforceable' : Delhi High Court Directs To Implement Kejriwal's Assurance On Rent Payment For Poor
In a notable judgment, the Delhi High Court has held that a promise or assurance given by the Chief Minister in a press conference amounts to an enforceable promise and that a CM is expected to exercise his authority to give effect to such a promise.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Pratibha M Singh observed thus:"The promise/assurance/representation given by the CM clearly amounts to...
Supreme Court Urges UPSC To Take 'Lenient View' On Plea For Extra Chance; Allows Civil Service Aspirants To Make Representation
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass directions to the Central Government and the Union Public Service Commission to grant one-time age-relaxation to those candidates who could not appear in the 2020 examination due to COVID-related difficulties and restrictions.However, the bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna gave the candidates liberty to submit...
Bombay High Court Rejects Ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's Plea To Quash CBI FIR In Corruption Case
The Bombay High Court, on Monday refused to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) corruption FIR against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar reserved for orders Deshmukh petition seeking quashing of the FIR on July 12, 2021. CBI had registered the FIR against Deshmukh and unknown otherson April 21,...
'CBI Can Investigate Transfers & Postings By Anil Deshmukh' : Bombay High Court Dismisses Maharashtra Govt Plea
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the State of Maharashtra challenging the portions of CBI FIR relating to the transfers & postings made by the former Home Minister Anil Deshkmukh, who had resigned following corruption allegations made by ex-Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh.The petition filed by the State of Maharashtra had sought to quash...
Amaravati Land Scam Case:Supreme Court Allows Andhra Govt To Withdraw Its Plea To Lift Stay On Investigation
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the state of Andhra Pradesh to withdraw its petition filed against the stay imposed by the AP High Court on the probe into the Amaravati Land Scam case.The issue relates to the Special Investigation Team probe ordered by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government into allegations of large-scale scam through the sale of lands near Amaravati, in anticipation of...
West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Rejects State's Request To Disclose Details Of NHRC Report On Rape Allegations
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted time to the West Bengal state government till July 26 to submit a reply to the final report submitted by the Committee of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The matter is slated to be heard next on July 28 at 11am. The Court also took on record the autopsy report of deceased BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar and the DVD containing the video...
'Chargesheet Runs Into 20,000 Pages' : Supreme Court Allows Student Activists To Produce Pendrive In Delhi Police's Appeal
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the filing of pen drive in place of the physical copy of the chargesheet in the appeal filed by Delhi Police against the Delhi High Court order granting bail to three student-activists, Devangana Kalita, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in the Delhi Riots conspiracy case.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Devangana Kalita and...
'Very Unlikely, But You Can Try' : Supreme Court To Delhi Police On Plea To Set Aside Bail Granted To Activists In Riots Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday orally told the Delhi police that it is "very unlikely" to be convinced to set aside the bail granted by the Delhi High Court to three student-activists, Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in the Delhi Riots conspiracy case.At the same time, the bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta orally said that it may have a...
"We Cannot Have Two Parallel Legal Systems, One For Rich And Powerful And The Other For Common Man": SC Pulls Up MP Govt. For Protecting Murder Accused
"There cannot be two parallel legal systems, one for rich and powerful and the other for common man, and that the existence of a dual system will only chip away the legitimacy of the law", Supreme Court said
BREAKING : PIL Filed In Supreme Court Seeking Court-Monitored SIT Probe Into Pegasus Snooping Allegations
Serial PIL litigant Advocate ML Sharma has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team into the reports of alleged snooping by government agencies using Israeli spyware Pegasus over journalists, activists, politicians etc.Sharma is known for rushing to the Supreme Court with PILs in sensational matters such as Rafale deal,...
'Unconstitutional Attack On Freedom Of Speech & Press' : Editors Guild Seeks Supreme Court-Monitored Probe Into Pegasus Snooping Allegations
"How can a constitutional democracy survive if governments do not make an effort to protect freedom of speech and allows surveillance with such impunity?", the Guild asked.
