SC Directs A UP Medical College To Deposit Five Crores For Intentionally Violating Medical Council Regulations While Admitting Students

]Supreme Court has on Wednesday directed Saraswati Medical College to deposit an amount of Rupees Five Crores to the Supreme Court's Registry for intentionally violating the Medical Council Regulations by granting admission to students not allotted by the Director General Medical Education. The Court refused to condone the violation made by College in providing admission to 132 students...

'State Can Provide For Election Of More Than One Member From A Ward' : SC Upholds Gujarat Municipal Law Amendment

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 5(3) (iii)(a) and Section 29A of the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949, which provides multi member representation from a Ward in the Municipal Corporation/Municipality.Articles 243R and 243S of the Constitution of India does not contain any limitation to the effect that there shall be only one member from one...

Giving Extra Chance For A Few In UPSC Exams Will Have A Cascading Effect On Other Examinations :SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking for an additional chance for Civil Services candidates who had exhausted their last attempt in October 2020 at giving the UPSC examination. The judgement, authored by Justice Ajay Rastogi, notes that the Petitioners had approached the Court for an additional attempt when they failed to achieve their goal of...

Grant Of Essentiality Certificate By State Government To Establish Medical College Is Not Simply A Ministerial Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that grant of Essentiality Certificate by the State Government and Consent of Affiliation by the University is not simply a ministerial act.The court held that essentiality Certificate is mandatorily required by a person before he receives permission for establishment of a Medical College.The State Government has power to withdraw the EC where it is obtained by...

Delhi Riots- Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Facebook VP Ajit Mohan's Plea Challenging Delhi Assembly Summons

"In the noisy times of the present, right to silence is a virtue. And leave it to me to decide, whether or not I want to go and lay down that the summon is an invitation and no more." Salve concludes as Supreme Court reserves judgment in the plea.

Supreme Court Discusses Concept Of Separate Magistrates Cadre To Monitor Evidence Collection By Police

The Supreme Court on Wednesday discussed the feasibility of creating an independent and separate cadre of Judicial Magistrates for monitoring evidence collection during criminal investigation.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat orally observed that supervision by a Magistrate can ensure fool-proof collection of evidence at...

'A State Can Invoke Article 32 To Protect Fundamental Rights Of Citizens' : UP Govt In Plea To Transfer Mukhtar Ansari From Punjab

The State of Uttar Pradesh has filed Written Submissions in its plea seeking for transfer of custody of BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari, currently lodged in a prison in Punjab, to face trial in UP in ten cases involving murder, extortion etc. The Written Submissions lay out the following: 1. The Writ Petition by the State is maintainable under Article 32. It has been submitted by the...

Supreme Court Adjourns By Two Weeks Batch Of Pleas Seeking NIA Probe Into Palghar Lynching Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned by two weeks a batch of pleas seeking for a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Palghar Lynching case wherein two Sadhus were lynched to death in Palghar.A Bench headed by Ashok Bhushan directed the State of Maharashtra to file before the Court the second chargesheet and proceeded to adjourn the matter thereafter....

Delhi Court Adjourns Till Tomorrow Bail Plea Of Shantanu Muluk In Toolkit Case

A Delhi Court on Wednesday adjourned till tomorrow the hearing in the anticipatory bail application filed by Shantanu Muluk, co accused in the toolkit case in connection with the farmers protests. Additional Sessions Judge, Dharmender Rana adjourned the matter on the request of the Additional Public Prosecutor, Irfan Ahmed to adjourn the hearing to a physical hearing date. Advocate Sarim...

No Extra Chance For UPSC Exams; Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Last Attempt Civil Service Candidates

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition seeking extra chance in UPSC civil service exams for the candidates who had exhausted their last attempt in October 2020.The petitioners, who had given their last attempt in Civil Service Examination 2020, had sought for an extra chance citing difficulties created by COVID-19 pandemic and the national lockdown. The petitioners argued that...

Appellate Court Cannot Permit Production Of Additional Evidence Unless & Until Procedure Under Order XLI Rules 27-29 CPC Is Followed: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that unless and until the procedure under Order XLI Rules 27, 28 and 29 are followed, the parties to the appeal cannot be permitted to lead additional evidence and/or the appellate court is not justified to direct the court from whose decree the appeal is preferred or any other subordinate court, to take such evidence and to send it when taken to the Appellate...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest: January 2021

Judgments/ Order: 1. Supreme Court Upholds Centre's Plan For The Central Vista Project by 2:1 Majority, Justice Khanna Dissents [Case: Rajeev Suri v. DDA & Ors.; Citation: LL 2021 SC 1] Order dated January 5, 2021 The Supreme Court upheld the Central Government's plan for construction of the Central Vista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament...