'Why Should All Students Suffer Because Of Inconvenience Of Some?' : SC Refuses To Entertain Plea To Postpone Foreign Medical Graduates Exam

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking the postponement of the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) scheduled on August 31.The petitioner submitted that several students who are struck abroad are not in a position to return to India for the exams.Not inclined to entertain the petition, Justice Mishra, the presiding judge of the bench, observed "Why do...

SC Refuses To Stay Proceedings Against DK Shivakumar's On Tax Evasion Charges, IT Dept. To File Reply

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant a stay in the plea filed by Karnataka Congress President, DK Shivakumar on the Income Tax Evasion Case against them.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun allowed the Income Tax department to file their reply in the case and adjourned the case for further consideration after four weeks.On the last...

SC Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Madras HC DB Stay On Order Restraining Patanjali Ayurved From Using 'Coronil' Trademark

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain the petition filed by Arudra Engineers challenging the order of division bench of Madras HC which stayed the single bench direction restraining Patanjali Ayurved from using the trademark 'Coronil'.A bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun allowed the petitioner(s) to withdraw the plea with the liberty to pursue...

Pleas Of Title And Adverse Possession Cannot Be Advanced Simultaneously And From The Same Date: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that plea of title and adverse possession cannot be advanced simultaneously and from the same date.In this case, the plaintiff filed a suit claiming that he is the full and absolute owner of the schedule property and also sought a direction to remove the temporary structure put up by the defendant on the schedule property. The defendant claimed that the...

SC Reserves Order In Vijay Mallya's Review Plea Against 2017 Contempt Verdict

Supreme Court has reserved the judgement in the Review plea filed by fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya against the May 2017 order of the SC holding him guilty of contempt of court for transferring money to his children in violation of the Court's order. A Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit and Ashok Bhushan presided over the matter and observed that there were allegations of failure...

[Breaking] Is Sub-Classification Permissible Within SC-ST Reservation? SC 5 Judge Bench Refers Matter To Larger Bench; Says 'EV Chinnaiah' Decision Needs Reconsideration

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that the decision of a coordinate bench in E V Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh requires to be revisited and referred the matter to the Chief Justice for placing it before an appropriate larger bench.The bench expressed the view that once a State Government has the power to make reservation, it also has the power to...

Pensionary Provisions Must Be Given Liberal Construction As A Social Welfare Measure: SC [Read Judgment]

"The very basis for grant of such pension must be kept in mind, i.e., to facilitate a retired Government employee to live with dignity in his winter of life and, thus, such benefit should not be unreasonably denied to an employee, more so on technicalities."

Dr. A R Lakshmanan, Former Supreme Court Judge, Passes Away

Dr Justice AR Lakshmanan(78) , former judge of Supreme Court of India and former Chairman of Law Commission of India passed away today morning .Cremation will take place at his native place Devakottai (Tamil Nadu) today at 11.30 AM.He studied law in Chennai. Before his elevation to the Supreme Court in 2002, he served as a judge on the Madras High Court and Kerala High Court. He was also...

Is Sub Classification Of SC-STs Permissible ? SC Constitution Bench To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the issue whether it should revisit the decision in E.V. Chinnaiah Vs. State of A. P. (2005) 1 SCC 394 in which it was held that sub classification or sub division of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe by State Legislatures is unconstitutional.The five judge bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, MR...

PIL In SC Seeks Centre To Nominate Sunni Members of Govt To Trust Entrusted With Mosque Construction In Ayodhya [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for the Centre to create a Trust, comprising of members from the Union and State Government of Uttar Pradesh belonging to the Sunni Muslim community, to oversee the construction of a Mosque in Ayodhya. Filed by advocates Shishir Chaturvedi and Karunesh Kumar Shukla, the petition urges Court...

Maratha Quota Case: Whether 50% Reservation Limit Can Be Breached? Reference To Larger Bench Sought

The Supreme Court heard arguments with respect to reference to an 11-Judge Bench of the issue pertaining to whether the State had the power to exceed the 50% reservation cap, as dictated in the 9-Judge Bench in the case of Indira Sawhney. A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat heard the matter as Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi, Kapil Sibal, CU Singh...

Plea Seeking Consent To Contempt Proceedings Against Swara Bhaskar 'Misconceived': SG Declines Consent Citing AG's Decision

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday said that the tactic of approaching him seeking consent to initiate contempt proceedings against actress Swara Bhaskar is "misconceived" inasmuch as the same has been declined by Attorney General KK Venugopal. Accordingly, he declined to grant his consent under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act to prosecute Ms. Bhaskar for her remarks...