SC To Hear Tomorrow 11-Year Old Contempt Case Against Prashant Bhushan

A 11-year old criminal contempt case against Advocate Prashant Bhushan is listed tomorrow in the Supreme Court for hearing.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishnan Murari will be considering the suo-moto contempt case, which was registered on the basis of a complaint made by Senior Advocate Harish Salve.The subject matter of the case is an interview given by Bhushan...

Conditions For Transferring Cases from High Courts Under Article 139A To Apex Court: SC Explains [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has withdrawn to itself a writ petition pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging a notification issued by the State of Haryana providing for 10% vertical reservation for economically backward persons in general category in certain fields of public employment. One Sunil Rathee had approached the Apex court by filing a transfer petition contending that...

Plea Seeking Directions To Goa Assembly Speaker For Disqualification Of 10 MLAs: SC To Hear Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the disqualification petition against 10 MLAs who defected from the Congress to the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party.The hearing, which was scheduled to August 7 by an order dated June 16, wherein a bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & MR Shah had issued "early notice" returnable within four weeks, to Speaker Rajesh Patnekar and the 10...

SC Takes Note Of "Appalling Situation" And Directs Centre To Fill Up Vacancies At NGT At The Earliest [Read Order]

Taking note of the "appalling situation" regarding vacancies in the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone) [NGT], the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to expedite steps to ensure that all vacancies are filled at the earliest. A 3-judge Bench, comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, had been apprised of the fact that the Tribunal...

Period Of Service As Ad-hoc Judge Will Not Count For Seniority: SC Dismisses Review Petitions Filed By Judicial Officers [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petitions filed against its judgment which held that the period of service as an adhoc judge will not count for the seniority of District Judge."All the submissions advanced in said Writ Petition and connected matters were dealt with in detail by this Court in its Judgment dated 29.04.2020. We have gone through the Review Petition and do not find...

[Breaking] Centre Issues Formal Sanction For Permanent Commission For Women Officers In Indian Army [Read Press Release]

The Central Government has reportedly issued formal sanction letter for grant of Permanent Commission to women officers in Indian Army.The order specifies grant of Permanent Commission to Short Service Commissioned (SSC) women officers in all ten streams of Indian Army in addition to the existing streams of Judge and Advocate General (JAG) and Army Educational Corps (AEC).Indian Army...

SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Development & Broadcast Of "COVID Yoga Protocols"

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking a direction upon the Union Ministry of AYUSH to develop standard Yoga protocol to enhance COVID resistance among people, in addition to customised Yoga Protocols to control most common diseases like diabetes, fever, infections and cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive diseases.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy &...

'Matter Is Under Consideration Of Concerned Authority": SG Tells SC On J&K HC Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom's Habeas Plea Against Detention Order

The Supreme Court has adjourned the plea filed by Senior Advocate and J&K Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom, which challenged the 28th May, 2020 Order of the J&K High Court which had dismissed his habeas corpus petition and upheld his detention under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978. A 3-Judge Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul heard the matter and...

SC Seeks Action Plan On Disposal Of Bio-Medical Waste By Delhi Pvt Hospitals; Compliance Of Installation Of Smog Towers In Delhi [Read Order]

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court expressed concerns over indiscriminate dumping of bio-medical waste by some private hospitals, near open forests areas in Delhi, especially amid the Covid crisis. While hearing an application moved by DU law student, Harshita Singhal, the bench comprised of Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and MR Shah observed, "The tracking of biomedical...

"There Are Enough Directions Already": SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Issuance Of Directions To Ensure Supply Copy Of FIR To Accused Within 24 Hours

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed seeking issuance of directions to the Director General of Police of States and respective Home Secretaries for devising a mechanism of ensuring supply of certified copy of FIR to accused within 24 hours of the same being sought.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash Reddy & MR Shah was not inclined to entertain the plea filed by Avishek Goenka,...

Voices Of Dissent Cannot Be Suppressed In A Democracy : Justice Arun Mishra While Hearing Rajasthan MLAs Case

Voice of dissent cannot be suppressed in a democracy, observed Justice Arun Mishra, while hearing the matter related to the disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident Congress MLAs of Rajasthan led by Sachin Pilot.Justice Mishra's comments came in response to the submission made by Rajasthan Speaker's counsel, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, that anti-party statements and refusal to...

[Central Vista Project] SC To Take Up Plea Challenging Centre's Decision Of Redevelopment & Renovation Of Lutyens' Delhi On July 29

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the plea seeking for a stay against the Central Vista project which sets out to build a new Parliament and other Central Government offices in Lutyens Delhi.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjiv Khanna took note of the Solicitor General's submission that he shall not be able to account for time to make arguments today.In light...