[Breaking] Enrica Lexie Case: Permanent Court Of Arbitration Holds Italy Liable To Compensate India; Asks India To Drop Prosecution Against Marines

The Permanent Court of Arbitration, in Enrica Lexie case, has unanimously held that India is entitled to claim compensation from Italy. It also held (by 3:2 majority) that the Marines are entitled to immunity in relation to the acts that they committed during the incident of 15 February 2012, and that India is precluded from exercising its jurisdiction over the Marines.The Tribunal pronounced...

TN Moves SC For Implementation Of 50% Reservation For Backward Classes In Medical College Seats [Read Petition]

The Tamil Nadu government has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Supreme Court against the non-implementation of reservation for Backward Classes in admission to those seats shared by the State to the All India Quota (AIQ) in medical colleges in Tamil Nadu. Discontented with the inaction of the Centre, the State government had moved the Apex Court earlier, which had, on June...

Right To Grant Visa A 'Sovereign Right' Of State, Tabligh Members Can't Be Deported Unless Criminal Trial Completed: Centre Tells SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday took note of the affidavit filed by the Centre in reply to the plea filed by foreign nationals who have been blacklisted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for their alleged "Tablighi Jamaat Activities" at Delhi's Nizammudin.The Centre responded to the Court's query pertaining to visa cancellation processes towards the foreign nationals raised on June 29,...

Tablighi Jamaat : Individual Orders Of Visa Cancellation Passed Against Foreign Nationals, Centre Tells SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till July 10 the hearing on the plea challenging blacklisting of foreign nationals by the Ministry of Home Affairs for their alleged involvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities at Delhi's Nizammuddin Markaz in March.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjiv Khanna took note of the Centre's affidavit which stated that...

[Breaking] Tough To Hold CA Exams Due To Rise In COVID-19 Cases, ICAI Tells SC; Seeks Time Till July 10 To Assess Ground Situation

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on Thursday told the Supreme Court that there were operational difficulties in holding the CA Exams - scheduled to start from July 29 - on pan India level on account of the spike in COVID-19 cases in several states such as Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.Senior Advocate Ramji Srinivasan, appearing for the ICAI, sought time to contact the exam centres...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Uniform Maximum Relief In The School Fee For Lockdown Period [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking "uniform maximum relief" in the school fee for the period of national lockdown. The Petitioner, Advocate Reepak Kansal has approached the court stating that it is "illegal" for the schools to demand fee and expenses, without rending service. It is stated that there is no Force Majeure clause in the school admission forms (contract)...

[Force Majeure] Taking Cue From Courts: What Worked, What Didn't

Till not so long ago 'Force Majeure' was a concept that was seldom used and largely overlooked and the force majeure clause, if incorporated in an agreement, was largely skipped over by lawyers hurrying to read a contract. All that has changed in the space of a few months and there is no concept more important now than the humble 'Force Majeure'. That the jurisprudence on Force Majeure...

Bombay HC Directs IT Department To Refund Over Rs.833 crores To Vodafone Idea Limited Within Two Weeks Without Fail [Read Order]

In a huge relief to Vodafone Idea Limited, the Bombay High Court last Friday directed the income tax department to refund Rs.833 crores to the telecom operator within two weeks "without fail." Division bench of Justice RD Dhanuka and Justice Madhav Jamdar pronounced a 14-page oral order via video conference granting relief after hearing the petitioner Vodafone Idea and the Assistant...

Indian Students In Qatar Move SC Seeking NEET Centres in Foreign Countries or to Postpone It till COVID-19 Subsides

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking for allocation of Test Centres for NEET in foreign countries or to postpone the examination until the COVID-19 pandemic subsists.The petition, filed by Advocate-on-Record Pallavi Pratap on behalf of parents of students who are applicants for the NEET UG 2020 entrance examination and reside in Doha, Qatar, challenges the Kerala...

If Free Press Dies, Then Democracy Doesn't Have A Chance : Seema Chishti

"Earlier, till the point of the murder of Gauri Lankesh, people were going after journalists in an unlawful manner. But, now, people are using the law to go after them", said Deputy Editor of Indian Express, Seema Chishti at an e-seminar organized by the LiveLaw on the topic "Shooting the Messenger: The 'Chilling Effect' of Criminalising Journalism"."At the risk of sounding over the top, if...

Plea In Supreme Court Against Non-Medical Consumption Of Alcohol [Read Petition]

"State like Gujarat, Bihar, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Nagaland and Manipur has already taken steps to prohibit the liquor and other intoxicating drinks and drugs. Other States should also take steps to check the menace of liquors and other intoxicating drinks and drugs in spirit of Article 47 read with Article 21, 38, 39, 46, 47 and 51A." BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has moved the...

SC Rejects Anti-Sikh Riots Convict Mahender Singh Yadav's Plea For Interim Bail

While rejecting the plea, Justice Banerjee stated that differential treatment cannot be meted out just because Yadav is under detention.