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'If Supreme Court Clarifies Election Commission's Power To De-Recognise Political Parties, It Will Be Salutary Step: EC Tells SC
'If Supreme Court clarifies Election Commission's power to de-recognise political parties, it will be a salutary thing. If we do it for even one political party, it will have huge ramifications',Election Commission has submitted before the Supreme Court."Dr. B. R. Ambedkar expressed 2 regrets regarding the Constitution – one, that it could not be drafted in vernacular. And two, that there...
Right To Summon Document Has To Be Exercised When Trial Is In Progress And Not When Trial Is Completed: Supreme Court
The right to summon document(s) has to be exercised when the trial is in progress and not when the trial is completed, the Supreme Court observed.The court observed thus while allowing an appeal filed against a judgment of the Telengana High Court. The High Court allowed the revisional application and reversed the decision of the Trial Court in rejecting the application for summoning of...
Shifting Principal Benches Of Certain Tribunals Outside Delhi May Help Bar To Grow At Different Places: Justice Hemant Gupta
In his dissenting opinion in Madras Bar Association case, Justice Hemant Gupta highlighted the concern of lawyers and litigants about concentration of Tribunals in Delhi.The judge observed that shifting the principal benches of the certain Tribunals outside Delhi will help the Bar to grow at different places and would also resolve the challenge of scarcity of housing in the Capital. He added...
'Enhancement Of Superannuation Age A Policy Matter' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad HC Direction On Retirement Age In NOIDA
"Whether the age of superannuation should be increased and if so, the date from which this should be effected is a matter of policy into which the High Court ought not to have entered"
UAPA Offences Will Go Before Special Court Only When NIA Investigates : Maharashtra Govt To Bombay High Court In Sudha Bharadwaj's Plea For Default Bail
Opposing the default bail plea of Bhima Koregaon- Elgar Parishad accused Sudha Bharadwaj, on Thursday, the Maharashtra Government said that orders passed by the Pune Judge Kishore Vadane were not without jurisdiction even though he was a sessions judge and not a Special Judge under the NIA Act. During the last hearing Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar had said that the Court's records...
Judicial Independence Can Be Sustained Only When Incumbents Are Assured Fair Service Conditions, Security Of Tenure : Supreme Court
If "impartiality" is the soul of the judiciary, "independence" is the lifeblood of the judiciary, remarked the Supreme Court in its judgment in Tribunals case.The bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao observed that security of tenure and of service are core components of independence of the judiciary. The court added that any incursion into the judicial domain by the other two wings of...
Presumption Of Constitutionality Doesn't Apply To Pre-Constitutional Laws: Former Union Minister Arun Shourie Moves Supreme Court Against Sedition Law
"Sedition is a colonial law which was used expressly to suppress dissent by the British in India," says another plea filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124-A of IPC as being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(a), & 21 of the Constitution. Filed through Advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of former IT Minister Arun Shourie and NGO...
Breaking: Supreme Court Takes Suo-Moto Cognisance Of Delay In Release Of Convicts After Grant Of Bail
The Supreme Court Of India has taken suo moto cognizance of delay in the release of convicts after grant of bail. The Bench headed by CJI NV Ramana will hear the matter tomorrow.BREAKING: Supreme Court takes suo moto cognisance of delay in release of convicts after grant of bail.The Bench headed by CJI NV Ramana to hear the matter tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/LfojL6WqVb— Live Law...
BREAKING : Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad High Court's Blanket Ban On DJ Services In Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the 2019 order of the Allahabad High Court imposing a blanket ban on the use of DJ services in the state of Uttar Pradesh.A Division Bench of Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari clarified that music/DJ can be played only in accordance with law and after obtaining the requisite license/permission from the concerned authorities.The court...
Breaking: Denying Livelihood To People By Linking Their Employment To Their Getting Vaccinated Is Illegal: Manipur High Court
Restraining people who are yet to get vaccinated from opening institutions, organizations, factories, shops, etc., or denying them their livelihood by linking their employment, be it NREGA job cardholders or workers in Government or private projects, to their getting vaccinated would be illegal on the part of the State
Civil Services Exam : Can Candidates Who Cleared Mains But Submitted Degree Certificates Late Be Allowed To Attend Interview? Supreme Court To Examine
Update on July 16 : Supreme Court Permits 5 Civil Service Aspirants Who Cleared Mains But Were Disqualified For Submitting Degree Certificate Late To Attend UPSC Interview In an extraordinary move, the Supreme Court has decided to examine if the candidates who cleared the UPSC civil service examinations held this year but submitted their degree certificates after the cut-off date could...