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Govts Must Not Extract Regular Work From Ad-hoc Workers; Must Create Sanctioned Posts For Recurring Jobs : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 19) set aside the Allahabad High Court's decision that had denied regularization of long-serving ad-hoc employees who performed perennial nature of work at the U.P. Higher Education Services Commission, solely on the ground that they were initially appointed as daily wagers and no sanctioned posts were available. The appellants'- five Class-IV employees and...
Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-2 : Live Updates
A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the SupremeCourt will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter, wherein...
Supreme Court Directs Haridwar Collector To Inquire Into Maa Chandi Devi Temple Trust Management; Allows BKTC's Interim Supervision
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 19) directed the District Collector of Haridwar to conduct a personal inquiry into the management of the Maa Chandi Devi Temple Trust, Haridwar.The Supreme Court also refrained from disturbing the interim arrangement put in place by the Uttarakhand High Court by which the management of the trust was directed to be under the supervision of the...
Supreme Court Dismisses NHAI's Appeal Against Kerala HC Suspending Toll Collection At Paliyekkara In NH-544 Due To Bad Condition
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) challenging the Kerala High Court's judgment which suspended the toll collection in Paliyekkara toll booth in Thrissur district due to the bad condition of the Edappally-Mannuthy stretch in the National Highway 544.The Court also dismissed the appeal filed by Guruvayoor Infrastructure Ltd,...
Indian Telegraph Act | Supreme Court Recommends Creation Of Statutory Appeal Over District Judge's Compensation Order Under S.16(3)
The Supreme Court today (Aug. 19) recommended to the Union Government to consider introducing a statutory appeal against the compesnation awarded by the District Judge under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 for land used to lay down power transmission lines.The dispute concerned damages arising from the erection of transmission towers and overhead lines, where compensation is governed by the...
Supreme Court Directs ASI To Supervise Repair & Restoration Of Ancient Dargahs In Delhi's Mehrauli
The Supreme Court today (August 19) directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to take under its supervision the repair and renovation of the 14th-century Ashiq Allah Dargah and Chillagah of Baba Farid in Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Delhi.The bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing a challenge against the Delhi High Court's order, which refused to pass...
If Governor Keeps Bills Pending For Long, What Is The Recourse? Supreme Court Asks AG In Presidential Reference
During the hearing of the Presidential Reference on the questions relating to granting assent to Bills, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 19) orally remarked that the judgment by the two-judge bench in the Tamil Nadu Governor case might have been given to "handle an egregious situation" created by the Governor keeping the Bills passed by the State Legislative Assembly pending for a...
'Be Loyal To Constitution, Not Bosses': Supreme Court Reprimands Bihar IPS Officer For Filing Affidavit Supporting Murder Convict
The Supreme Court today (Aug. 19) reprimanded Bihar IPS officer Ashok Mishra for filing a "shockingly irresponsible" affidavit supporting an accused in a murder case, contradicting the state's prosecution stance. A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and SVN Bhatti had earlier taken serious exception to Mishra's affidavit, which effectively gave a "clean chit" to the accused in a case...
'We'll Be Just Expressing A View On Law, Not On TN Governor Decision' : Supreme Court On Presidential Reference Over Bill Timelines
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, which is hearing the Presidential Reference on the issue relating to Bills, orally observed during the hearing on Tuesday (August 19) that it was only sitting in an advisory jurisdiction and not in appeal over the judgment in the Tamil Nadu Governor case which laid down timelines for the President and the Governor to act on Bills submitted for...