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Right To Reject: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Direction To ECI To Nullify Election If Maximum Votes Polled To NOTA
The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL to direct the ECI to use its plenary power under Article 324 to nullify the election result and hold fresh elections, if maximum votes have been polled in favour of NOTA in a particular constituency, and restrict the candidates who have participated in the invalidated election from contesting the fresh election.The plea by Supreme Court lawyer and...
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'We Will Bend Our Backs To Do Justice, But Will Also Flex Our Jurisdiction If We Are Being Taken For A Ride': SC Pulls Up Petitioner For Suppression Of Record
"We will bend our backs to do justice, but we will also flex our jurisdiction if we are being taken for a ride", was Justice D. Y. Chandrachud's stern observation on Friday. The bench of Justices Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee was hearing a SLP against a September 18 judgment of the Delhi High Court, where the plea of the petitioner, a candidate for recruitment as a...
Proceedings U/s 34 Arbitration & Conciliation Act Not Maintainable Against Foreign Award: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act is not maintainable to challenge a foreign award, In this case, Jindal filed a petition before the Bombay High Court under Section 34 of the Act challenging the partial award. Though the single bench dismissed this petition, the Division Bench, referring to the Supreme Court decisions...
'Reservation Policy To Apply In Effecting Promotions To New Posts Created By Restructuring Of Cadres': Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday reiterated that, by virtue of its 2008 decision in Pushpa Rani's case, where the restructuring of cadres results in creation of new posts, the policy of reservation would apply in effecting promotions to those posts.The bench of Justices U. U. Lalit, Vineet Saran and Ravindra Bhat was hearing a Transferred Case arising out of a writ petition filed by the Union...
NDTV Promoters Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy Guilty Of Insider Trading, Holds SEBI; Asks Them To Pay Rs 16.97 Crores Plus Interest
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restrained NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy from accessing the securities market for two years, for making wrongful gain of over Rs. 16.97 crores, by insider trading in April 2008. The SEBI also prohibited them from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in securities, directly or indirectly, or being associated with...
"He Expresses Regret": AG Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan For His Tweet Over CJI 's MP Visit
Attorney General KK Venugopal has refused to grant his consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his recent tweet over CJI Bobde's visit to Madhya Pradesh. The AG said that Bhushan has already expressed his regret for making the impugned remakrs against the CJI by stating on Twitter that it was incorrect on his part to say that the...
Whether Food & Education Is Being Provided To Children Below 6 Years In Anganwadis? Supreme Court Directs Centre & States To File Affidavits
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre & States file affidavits on with regard to implementation of guidelines issued on operation of Anganwadi in the context of COVID-19."Let Government of India file a detailed affidavit with regard to implementation of the guidelines dated 11.11.2020. The States may also file an additional affidavit regarding the measures taken with regard...
National Tribunals Commission Will Improve Effective Functioning & Enhance Public Image Of Tribunals : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday, while issuing a slew of directions to the Centre to amend the Tribunal Rules, 2020, directed the Union of India to constitute a National Tribunals Commission to supervise the appointments and functioning of Tribunals. A Bench comprising of Justices L. Nageswara, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat, stated that till the Commission was constituted,...
Judgment Which Attains Finality Can't Be Challenged In Article 32 Petition: Supreme Court Rejects 1993 Bombay Blasts Convict's Plea Of Juvenility
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Muhammad Moin Faridulla challenging its March 21, 2013 decision upholding the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for life.Qureshi, who was 17 years and 3 months old when he loaded vehicles with explosives and fitted them with timers to devastating effect on March 12, 1993 in Mumbai, had invoked the provisions...