J&K 4G Ban : Special Committee In Violation Of SC Direction For Periodic Review Of Internet Curbs, Contempt-Petitioner Tells SC [Read Rejoinder]

The Special Committee stated to have been constituted by the Central Government to review the 4G internet ban in Jammu and Kashmir is in violation of the Supreme Court directions for periodic review of internet curbs in J&K every seven days, stated the Foundation for Media Professionals in their rejoinder filed in the contempt petition filed in the SC.The rejoinder was filed in response...

[CBI v CBI] AK Bassi Withdraws Plea Challenging Transfer Order By Nageshwar Rao As SC Refuses To Interfere [Read Order]

On Tuesday, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer, AK Bassi withdrew his petition challenging his transfer to Port Blair ordered by then interim Director, Nageshwar Rao on January 11, 2019, as the Supreme Court refused to interfere in the matter. The Bench comprising of CJI SA Bobde along with Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian however, granted Bassi liberty to approach...

[Breaking] 'No Right Minded Person Will Think He Is Biased': SC Dismisses Plea To Remove Former UP DGP KL Gupta From Commission Probing Vikas Dubey Encounter [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed two petitions which sought to remove K L Gupta, former Director-General of Police of Uttar Pradesh, from the SC-appointed inquiry commission to probe into the genuineness of the encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde, did not accept the arguments of the petitioners that Gupta was biased and prejudiced...

[Breaking] Karnataka HC Directs Govt To Reconsider Decision To Conduct Common Entrance Test(CET) Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases

The State has been asked to place the decision before the court tomorrow at 2.30 PM.

Centre Says It Needs To Verify Statements Of J&K LG Favouring Restoration Of 4G Services; SC Adjourns Hearing Till Aug 7

The reported statements of Lieutenant General of Jammu and Kashmir, GC Murmu, favouring the restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir need to be verified, submitted Attorney General, K K Venungopal, before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The AG, representing the Central Government, made the submission in the contempt petition filed by Foundation for Media Professionals(FMP),...

PIL In SC Challenges Jharkhand Govt.'s Decision To Transfer Incumbent DGP, Appoint "Favourite" As Acting DGP [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the JMM-Congress-RJD government in Jharkhand to transfer the DGP upon coming into power in December, 2019, and appointing an acting DGP, on the grounds that it violates the court's Prakash Singh ruling regarding fixed tenure and seniority of state police chiefs. The petition, by social activist Prahlad Narayan...

[Maratha Reservations] SC Refuses To Interfere In PG Admissions, Maharashtra Govt. Undertakes That No Recruitments Will Be Conducted Till Sept-15

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that it shall consider the issue of whether reservations viz. the Maratha Community as per the Socially & Educationally Backward Classes Act shall apply in Undergraduate medical Courses on September 1."Admissions to undergraduate medical courses without applying reservation as per the impugned legislation will be considered at the next date of...

[Vikas Dubey Encounter] SC To Hear Today The Plea Seeking Initiation Of Contempt Proceedings Against Yogi Adityanath

The Supreme Court will hear today at noon, a plea seeking initiation of Suo Motu contempt proceedings against the Chief Minister of State of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and for registration of FIR agains him for the alleged offences of committing murder of Vikas Dubey & his 5 aides.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun shall take up the...

[Motor Accident Compensation]Future Prospects On Advancement In Life And Career Also To Be Considered In Multiplier Method :SC

The Supreme Court has observed that while applying the multiplier method in computing Motor Accident Compensation, future prospects on advancement in life and career are also to be taken into consideration.In 2011, the bus, in which E.Priya was travelling collided with a lorry and she suffered a disability of 31.1% of the whole body. She filed ed a claim petition before the Motor Accident...

SC Makes Filing Of Soft Copies Of Petitions Mandatory Along with Physical Filing [Read Circular]

The Supreme Court of India has intimated that from now on Advocates-on-Record and Party-in-Person will have to file a soft copy of the petition as well as the accompanying documents, apart from physical filing at the filing counter of the SC Registry. "Filing of e-Copy shall be a mandatory requirement for listing of the matter before the Hon'ble Courts," the Circular states. It...

[Section 68 FERA] Liability For Offence Depends On Role One Plays In Company Affairs And Not On Mere Designation Or Status: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that, for proceeding against a Director of a company for contravention of provisions of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973, the necessary ingredient for proceeding shall be that at the time offence was committed, the Director was in charge of and was responsible to the company for the conduct of the business of the company. The liability to be proceeded with...

'Nudity Per Se Not Obscenity': Rehana Fathima, Booked For Video Showing Her Children Painting On Her Semi-Nude Body, Moves SC For Bail

Controversial Kerala activist Rehana Fathima, who was booked over a video showing her children painting on her semi-nude body, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court's judgment which refused her pre-arrest bail.The High Court had prima facie observed that the video amounted to obscene representation of children for the purposes of 'sexual gratification',...