[Rajasthan Crisis] Inner Party Dissent Will Not Amount To Giving Up Membership : Sr Adv Salve For Sachin Pilot Camp

Expressing dissent against the party leadership, without switching over to any other party, will not amount to giving up of party membership, submitted Senior Advocate Harish Salve for the 19 dissident Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot before the High Court of Rajasthan on Monday."If a group of MLAs raise their voices against style of functioning of Chief Minister, that is not defection",...

[Sedition Case] SC Adjourns Journalist Vinod Dua's Plea To Quash FIR On Request Of SG Tushar Mehta

The Supreme Court adjourned the plea seeking for the quashing of an FIR alleging the offence of sedition filed against Journalist Vinod Dua, at the request of Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Himachal Pradesh police. A Bench headed by Justice UU Lalit heard the matter. The SG had sought for an adjournment of "1 or 2 days". However, the Bench, noting that...

SC Imposes Cost Of Rs. 1 Lakh on Each Petitioner Seeking Protection Of Artefacts Recovered At The Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Site [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday slapped a fine of Rs. 1 lakh each on all petitioners while dismissing two PILs seeking protection and conservation of ancient remains and artefacts which are found while digging the land around the birthplace of Lord Ram in Ayodhya during the construction of the temple. Miffed with the plea, the 3-judge Bench, comprising of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai...

"It Is The State's Duty To Uphold the Rule of Law": SC Suggests To Constitute Committee Headed By Former SC Judge To Probe Vikas Dubey Encounter

The Supreme Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to place on record a draft notification with a list of suggested names of retired Supreme Court judges and police officials, who are to be inducted into the Commission for investigating the alleged encounter of Vikas Dubey and his five co-accused. 

A Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, and Justice Bopanna and...

Supreme Court Directs Compassionate Appointment In 21 Yrs Old Case, Directs Rs. 2 Lakh Cost To The Widow Of Deceased [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a decision of the Calcutta High Court, directing Bharat Coking Coal Limited to grant compassionate appointment to the wife of its former employee, who was unheard of ever since his abduction in the year 1999, in the course of defending a theft at the company premises. A bench comprised of Justices DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph held...

[Rajasthan Crisis] 'Court Cannot Interfere Before Speaker Decides On Disqualification' : Sr Adv Singhvi Opposes Maintainability Of Sachin Pilot's Plea

Objecting to the maintainability of the petition filed by the dissident Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan High Court, Senior Advocate Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi submitted that the Court cannot interfere before the Speaker takes a final decision on the disqualification proceedings."There is no cause of action for the writ until the Speaker takes a decision on the...

Students Move Supreme Court Against UGC Directive To Wrap Final Year Exams By September 30

Over a dozen students from across the country have moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of UGC Guidelines dated July 6, whereby all the Universities/ Colleges have been instructed to conduct final year Examinations by September 30, 2020. The Petitioners, including a Covid positive student have pointed out that there are many final year students, who themselves or their family...

Rajasthan Crisis : Live Updates From HC Hearing On Sachin Pilot Camp's Plea

Rajasthan High Court starts hearing the petition filed by dissident Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot against the disqualification notices issued by Speaker. Follow live updates...

[Vikas Dubey Encounter] Petitioner Seeks Investigation Against High Echelons Of State Administration, Suspension Of Police Officers

Calling the "theory of the so-called encounter" by the police "entirely fake, concocted and bogus", an Interim Application has been filed in the plea seeking for investigation into the alleged encounter of Vikas Dubey's five co-accused, in a bid to place on record vital and relevant information/facts that have been made available to the Petitioner. The petitioner now seeks...

Encounter Not A Procedure Established By Law; Condoning It A Disservice To Nation & Constitution : Justice Deepak Gupta

"The brazeness with which the law is being flouted does not protend good things for the country coming up," former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Deepak Gupta remarked recently during an interview with The Wire. The remarks were made while referring to the "blatant" violation of procedure in the Vikas Dubey encounter case. Justice Gupta pointed out that after Dubey was arrested...

[Section 498A IPC] SC Quashes Matrimonial Cruelty Charges Against Husband Based On Compromise

The Supreme Court recently quashed charges of Cruelty by a wife against her husband basis an amicable settlement between them.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde & Justice R Banumathi held that considering that the complainant wife and accused husband have already compromised the matter, the FIR registered in the Criminal case viz. Sections 498A, 506, 323 & 406 stood quashed. Further...

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Week Commencing July 13 to July 19, 2020