PM Cares Fund Run By Trusteeship Of Council Of Ministers Itself, Without Statutory Support U/A 53(3)(b): Review Plea In SC Against Dismissal Of PIL For Transferring Funds To NDRF [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has been moved in a Review Petition has against its August 18 judgment disposing of a PIL filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking to transfer the funds from PM CARES to National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) created under the National Disaster Management Act, 2005.Dismissing the plea, the court had held that there was no need for a fresh...

Short Notice & Technological Requirements For NLAT Deprived Large Number Of Students To Participate In The Test: SC Reasons To Quash NLAT [Read Judgment]

"Common Law Admission Test for all the Law Universities is both in the national interest as well as in the interest of the education."

SC Stays Interim Bail Granted To POCSO Gang-Rape-Accused Politician Gayatri Prajapati

Supreme Court has stayed the short-term bail granted to Former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Pradesh Prajapati by Allahabad High Court, in connection to a gang rape case registered against him.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy & MR Shah has issued notice in the plea by the State of Uttar Pradesh against the short-term bail order on medical grounds, granted by the HC...

"Need Of The Hour Is To Regulate Web-based Digital Media First As It Is Completely Uncontrolled": Centre Tells SC In Sudarshan TV Case [Read Affidavit]

The Central Government has urged the Supreme Court to not lay down any guidelines for the regulation of mainstream electronic and print media, and to leave the same to be dealt with by the competent legislature. It has highlighted that the "self-regulatory mechanism" for redressal of complaints against electronic broadcast channels are, by and large, "effective and...

Farmers' Bills Chaos : Rajya Sabha Suspends 8 Opposition MPs

Eight Opposition MPs were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for remainder of the Monsoon Session, on account of their "unruly behavior" and "grossly disordered conduct" in the House yesterday. Chair Venkaiah Naidu has suspended the following MPs after a motion moved in that direction was passed by a voice vote: Derek O' Brien (TMC)Sanjay Singh (AAP)Rajeev Satav...

Sudarshan TV's "UPSC Jihad" Show Undermines The Status And Rights Of Muslims As Equal Citizens In A Democracy: Petitioner Tells SC In Rejoinder

The Petitioner in the ongoing case against Sudarshan TV for telecasting a show titled 'Bindass Bol', about the alleged Muslim infiltration in the Civil Services, has told the Supreme Court that the case cannot be treated as a private litigation as it has wide ramifications on the public in general. In a rejoinder affidavit filed before the Top Court, it has been asserted that the...

[Breaking] SC Quashes NLSIU's Decision To Hold NLAT; Directs It To Admit Students Based On CLAT [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the decision of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru to hold a separate admission test by way of the National Legal Aptitude Test (NLAT).The NLSIU has been directed to admit students for the present academic year (2020-21) based on the scores of the CLAT.The Court directed the Consortium of the National Law Universities to hold...

"Sudarshan TV's Bindas Bol Show Perpetuates Islamophobia": Zakat Foundation Files Intervention Petition In the Matter [Read Application]

In the ongoing case against Sudarshan TV for telecasting a show, about the alleged Muslim infiltration in the Civil Services, Zakat Foundation has filed an intervention application in Supreme Court.Zakat Foundation is at the centre of the controversy and has been accused of deriving foreign funds from terror-linked organisations by Sudarshan TV in its show bindas bol with the tagline...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-32]

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Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing September 13, 2020 to September 20, 2020

[N.I Act]Court Within Whose Jurisdiction The Bank Branch Where The Payee Maintains The Account Is Situated, Can Try Cheque Bounce Complaint: SC [Read Order]

The court within whose jurisdiction the branch of the bank where the payee maintains the account is situated, will have jurisdiction to try the offence, if the cheque is delivered for collection through an account, noted the Supreme Court while dismissing a transfer petition.In this case, Himalaya Self Farming Group had approached the Apex Court by filing a petition under Section 406 of...

BS IV Compliant Public Utility Vehicles Purchased Before 31st March Can Be Registered: SC [Read Order]

"But such cases shall be scrutinized by the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA)", the bench added.