Plea In Supreme Court Against The Conduct Of UP Gram Panchayat Raj Elections Amid 'Exponential' Surge In COVID-19 Cases

A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court against the order of the Allahabad High Court allowing the Uttar Pradesh Gram Panchayat Raj Election to continue amid the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. "It is relevant to state that till 16.04.2021 State of Uttar Pradesh is everyday observing highest record breaking single day surge in cases of the COVID cases.The surge has...

Italy Yet To Deposit Rs 10 Crores Compensation, Centre Tells Supreme Court In Enrica Lexie-Italian Marines Case

The Republic of Italy is yet to deposit before the Central Government the Rupees 10 crores compensation in the Enrica Lexie case related to the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian Marines in 2012.This was informed by the Union of India before the Supreme Court on Monday.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India was hearing the application filed by the Centre seeking to close...

Supreme Court Stays All Proceedings In Delhi High Court On Amazon-Future Case

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed further proceedings before single judge and Division Bench of Delhi High Court in Amazon-Future-Reliance case. A bench comprising Justices RF Nariman, BR Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy passed the order in an special leave petition filed by Amazon.Com NV Investment Holdings LLC.Amazon has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order dated March 22 passed by a...

Supreme Court Forms Committee To Study Feasibility Of Under Grounding Of Over Head Power Lines To Protect Great Indian Bustard

The Supreme Court on Monday passed directions regarding the under-grounding of over head electric lines in Rajasthan and Gujarat in order to protect Great Indian Bustard from extinction.A High Level Committee has been constituted to examine the feasibility of under-grounding of over-head power lines. The Supreme Court ordered that the recommendations of the committee shall be implemented...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-61]

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Supreme Court Hands Over Gokarna Mahabaleshwar Temple Management To Committee Headed By Former SC Judge Justice BN Srikrishna

The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed over the management of Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple to an oversight committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna.The Court passed the interim order in an appeal filed challenging Karnataka High Court's judgment of 2018 which quashed the Government's order handing over management of Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [April 12 to April 18, 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Private Vehicle Is Not A "Public Place" As Explained In Section 43 NDPS Act: Supreme CourtCase: Boota Singh Vs State Of Haryana [CrA 421 OF 2021]Citation : LL 2021 SC 218The bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph observed that a private vehicle would not come within the expression "public place" as explained in Section 43 of the Narcotic Drugs and...

When Parties Change 'Venue Of Arbitration' By Mutual Agreement, Changed Venue Becomes 'Seat Of Arbitration' : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that when parties change the 'venue/place of arbitration' by mutual agreement, the new venue/place will become the 'seat of the arbitration'. Therefore, the Courts at the changed venue/place of arbitration will be having jurisdiction over the arbitral proceedings.A bench comprising Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Hrishikesh Roy gave this significant ruling in...

Supreme Court Grants Two Weeks Time To Centre, States For Providing Information On Pending Vacancies In Districts, State Consumer Commissions

The Supreme Court this week granted two weeks time to Union of India and States for providing information as regards to the pending vacancies in District and State Consumer Redressal Commissions across India under the suo moto proceedings initiated by the Court in February this year.A division bench comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta vide order dated 22nd...

'Civil Proceedings Mean Nothing To Parties, Because Courts Are So Lax' : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday orally remarked that parties are not taking civil proceedings seriously because of the laxity of the Courts."...Civil proceedings mean nothing to the parties. This is because the courts are so lax", observed Justice DY Chandrachud while hearing a civil appeal."Our (civil justice) system is a 'defendant' system. The reason is that the courts do not take the...

Chief Justices of Delhi & Punjab & Haryana High Court Test Positive For COVID-19

The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, D N Patel has tested positive for COVID-19, PTI has reported quoting Court Sources. He is currently in home isolation and the Sources have informed that he is asymptotic and doing fine.Earlier 3 judges of the Delhi High Court tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel tests positive for COVID-19, in...

Don't Deny Remdesivir To Covid Patients Admitted In Non- Covid Hospitals : Bombay High Court

Earlier this week, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court passed pertinent directions to deal with the city's crumbling health infrastructure owing to the exponential surge in Covid-19 cases, specifically on the non-availability of anti-viral drugs Tocilizumab and Remdesivir, oxygen supply, and beds. The division bench of Justices ZA Haq and Amit Borkar passed the orders in a...