BREAKING - 'Serious Allegations' : Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Of Maharashtra Govt, Anil Deshmukh Against CBI Enquiry On Param Bir Singh's Allegations

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions filed by Maharashtra Government and its former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh challenging the Bombay High Court direction for CBI preliminary enquiry on the allegations raised by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta dismissed the petitions by observing :"Given...

Supreme Court Allows Deportation Of Rohingyas To Myanmar As Per Procedure Prescribed [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant relief in a petition challenging the detention of Rohingya refugees in Jammu and the move to deport them back to their parent country Myanmar."It is not possible to grant the interim relief prayed for. However it is made clear that the Rohingyas in Jammu, on whose behalf the application has been moved, shall not be deported unless the...

Supreme Court Mulls Guidelines For Appointment Of Ad-Hoc Judges Under Article 224A; Seeks Views Of High Courts

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it was intending to lay down guidelines for the appointment of ad-hoc judges in the High Courts under Article 224A of the Constitution to tackle the problem of mounting case arrears.While considering a PIL filed by an NGO named Lok Prahari seeking the use of Article 224A, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul...

Ad Hoc Judges Can Be Appointed Only After Filling Regular Vacancies, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Central Government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the appointment of additional judges on ad-hoc basis in High Courts under Article 224A of the Constitution can be done only after the filling up of regular vacancies of judges.This submission was made by Additional Solicitor General of India RS Suri before a bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices S K Kaul and Surya Kant. The...

'Advocate General Is Considered Part Of Government, What AG Thinks Is What Govt Thinks' : CJI Bobde

The Chief Justice Of India on Wednesday, during a hearing observed that an advocate general is considered to be part of the government, and what the Advocate General thinks is what the government thinks.The observation was made in response to submissions made by Senior Counsel AM Singhvi, in the plea challenging Karnataka High Court's order quashing a Government's order handing over management...

Supreme Court Reserves Order On Interim Relief In Gokarna Mahabaleshwar Temple Management Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order for interim relief in the appeal filed challenging Karnataka High Court's judgment of 2018 which quashed the Government's order handing over management of Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna to Ramchandrapura Math. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian clarified that it will only...

BREAKING : SEBI Imposes ₹ 25 Crore Penalty On Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani & Family For Irregularities In RIL Shareholding

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of Rupees 25 Crores on prominent members of the Reliance family Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Nita Ambani, Tina Ambani and few other individuals.The penalty has been imposed for violations of the provisions of Regulation 11(1) of the Takeover Regulations over irregularities relating to the issue of 12 crore equity shares in...

Hindu Undivided Family - No Presumption That Business Run By Karta In Tenented Premise Is Joint Family Asset : Supreme Court

'The contract of tenancy is an independent contract than the joint Hindu family business'

Quality Of Reasons Matters The Most: Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted To Accused In Dowry Death Case

While the reasons may be brief, it is the quality of the reasons which matters the most, the Supreme Court observed while setting aside an Allahabad High Court which granted bail to a man accused in a dowry death case.In this case, after recording the rival submissions, the High Court allowed the bail application, observing thus: "Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the...

Droplets Released By Car Driver Can Infect Other Occupants Even After Hours, Says Delhi HC To Make Mask Compulsory For Lone Passengers

While holding that wearing of face masks is compulsory even when a person is driving a car alone, the Delhi High Court observed that droplets carrying coronavirus released by a car driver can infect other occupants who may enter the car even after a few hours.Dismissing four petitions filed by different advocates challenging the fine imposed by Delhi authorities for not wearing facemasks...

"We Are Not a One Stop Solution For Every Problem In The Country": Supreme Court Declines Plea Seeking Directions To Hold Bye Elections In Manipur

Supreme Court has on Wednesday declined to entertain the plea filed by BJP politician Okram Henry Singh seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to hold bye elections to the post of MLA of 15-Wangkhei Assembly Manipur.A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian has granted Singh the liberty to withdraw the plea and approach the High Court. ...

"Cannot Bring Everything To Supreme Court; There Has To Be A Cap, Lest A Collapsing System Collapse Completely": Justice SK Kaul

"Everything cannot be brought to the Supreme Court! You will make a collapsing system collapse completely!", remarked Justice S. K. Kaul on Wednesday.The bench of Justices Kaul and Hemant Gupta was transversing through its board with 11 miscellaneous matters on it, at-least 4 SLPs of which, in the opinion of the Court, did not warrant its interference."There has to be a cap on the number of...