'We'll Go Ahead' : Madras High Court Says It Will Hear Challenge To IT Rules Despite Centre's Transfer Plea In Supreme Court

"Merely because you filed a transfer application, does that mean that proceedings before the High Court have stayed? We will go ahead with the matter. The Supreme Court will have the benefit of the opinion of the High Court", bench orally said.

Franklin Templeton : Consent Of Majority Shareholders Needed For Winding Up Funds After Publication Of Notices, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered the judgment in a batch of special leave petitions filed by Franklin Templeton against a judgment of the Karnataka High Court which had restrained Franklin Templeton from winding up the debt funds without obtaining the consent of investors. The Supreme Court has agreed with the views of the High Court. However, it said that the requirement for...

Two-Child Norm : Disqualified Councilor Attempts To Disown Third Child; Supreme Court Refuses To Accept

A municipal councilor from Maharashtra attempted to get over the disqualification for violating the two-child rule by showing the third child as belonging to someone else. However, the attempt to 'disown' the third child turned out to be unsuccessful, as the Supreme Court refused to accept the argument. Earlier, the Bombay High Court had also rejected the said defense.The issue related to...

Sedition : Army Veteran Moves Supreme Court Challenging Section 124A IPC; Plea To Be Heard Tomorrow

Army veteran Major-General SG Vombatkere (Retired) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code for being 'vague' and creating a 'chilling effect on free speech'. The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Petitioner to serve a copy of the plea to the Attorney-General for India. The matter will now...

Breaking: Allahabad High Court Issues Directions & Timeline For Disposal Of Bail Applications Under POCSO Act, 2012

The Allahabad High Court last week held that only the local police or Special Juvenile Police Unit [SJPU] could serve notice on bail application for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [POCSO Act]. It also prescribed a timeline to execute the different statutory functions by the respective authorities.A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot, alongside administered...

Tribunals Reforms Ordinance : Supreme Court Strikes Down Provisions Fixing Term Of Members As 4 Years

The Supreme Court on Wednesday by 2 :1 majority set aside the provisions in the Tribunals Reforms Ordinance 2021 which fixed the term of members of various tribunals as four yearsThe majority comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat held that this term violated the express direction given in the earlier judgments in Rojer Mathew and Madras Bar Association cases that the term...

BREAKING : 'Disturbed' By Uttar Pradesh Govt Decision To Allow Kanwar Yatra, Supreme Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RF Nariman on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of the decision of Uttar Pradesh Government to allow Kanwar Yatra amid the COVID pandemic.The bench has issued notice to Union Government and UP Govt. Matter will be heard on Friday.The neighboring state of Uttarakhand yesterday decided to call off the Kanwar Yatra, citing the pandemic risk. However,...

SC Grants Protection From Coercive Steps To Person Adjudged "Foreigner" To File Review On Basis Of Centre's Notification Exempting Migrants Of Specified Communities From Foreigners Act

The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim protection from coercive steps to a person declared a "foreigner", to enable him to file a review, when he sought to place reliance on the 2015 central government notification exempting migrants of specified communities from the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946. On September 7, 2015, by notification being GSR 686(E), Paragraph 3A of the...

Supreme Court To Hear On July 22 Andhra Pradesh Govt's Appeal Against High Court Stay On Amaravati Land Scam Probe

The Supreme Court will hear on 22nd July the appeal filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh to lift the stay imposed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on the probe into the Amaravati Land Scam case.A Bench headed by Justice Vineet Saran, after hearing the submissions of Senior Advocates Rajeev Dhavan and Harish Salve, proceeded to adjourn the matter to 22nd July. COURTROOM...

Is Gold Smuggling By Itself A 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA? Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued limited notice on the question of law and tagged the petition filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging order of the Kerala High Court wherein bail was granted to the 12 accused in the Kerala Gold Smuggling case.A Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, presided over the matter and stated...

Supreme Court Sets Aside MP HC Order To Disburse 1.96 Crore Deposited By Defence Ministry To Land Owners As Compensation

The Supreme Court set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court order that directed the disbursal of the amount of about Rs. 1.96 crore deposited by Defence Ministry with Collector as compensation to land owners.Land owners of about 51.57 acres in Jabalpur had filed the writ petition before the Madhya Pradesh High court alleging that they were being obstructed by the Defence Ministry from carrying...

Can State Govt Interfere With CBI's Power To Investigate Central Govt. Officials When The Offence Committed In State's Territory? SC To Hear On Sept 7

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for final hearing the issue of power of CBI to investigate Central Government officials when offences are committed within a State territory on September 7 at 2 PM.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and Hemant Gupta was hearing an SLP against the March, 2020 decision of the Calcutta High Court holding that the Central Government's power to investigate and...