Migrant Workers: Fresh Plea In SC Seeks Directions For Identification Of Displaced Migrants Pan India, Allay Their Hardships

A PIL has been preferred in the Supreme Court seeking directions to local administrations and police authorities pan India to identify displaced migrant workers and equip them with basic amenities during subsistence of the national lockdown.The plea has been moved by a lawyer Nachiketa Vajpayee and filed by Advocate Deepak Prakash. It takes into account the hardships faced by migrant workers...

'State Should Not Be Impulsive Like An Ordinary Citizen In Defamation Matters And Invoke Sec 199(2) CrPC To Throttle Democracy' :Madras HC Quashes Cases Against N Ram & Ors [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment underscoring the importance of press freedom, the Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the criminal complaints filed against a group of editors and journalists such as N Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nakkeeran Gopal etc.The complaints were lodged in 2012 alleging "criminal defamation against State' over few reports against J Jayalalitha,...

How To Apply Rate Of Conversion In Compensation Claim With Respect To Earnings In Foreign Currency? SC Explains [Read Judgment]

In a case related to compensation arising out of the 2010 Mangalore flight crash, the Supreme Court had occasion to consider principles of conversion of claim into Indian currency from foreign currency.The claim in the case Triveni Kodkany and others vs Air India Ltd, was pertaining to the death of one Mahendra Kodkany, an expat who earned in Arab Emirates Dirham (AED).The claim was made by...

[Breaking] Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal Resigns As Judge Of Delhi HC; Set To Take Charge As President, Delhi SCDRC

[Updated]The Central Government on Thursday accepted the resignation tendered by Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, judge of Delhi High Court with effect from May 30."Smt. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal has tendered her resignation from the office of Judge, Delhi High Court, in pursuance of proviso (a) to clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution, with effect from 30 May, 2020", said...

'Litigants Unable To Get Justice Through Virtual Courts' : Bar Council Of India To Hold Consultations On Resumption Of Physical Functioning Of Courts

"We cannot expect an effective hearing in this process. The public and Advocates are in the dark as to what is really going on in various Courts of the Country", BCI said.

'Govt Owes Crores As Advertisement Dues; No Relief Packages Announced For Media' : INS & NBA Tell SC In Plea By Journalists Against Wage Cuts

Responding to notices issued to them by the Supreme Court, the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) and News Broadcasters Association (NBA) have both sought the dismissal of a PIL filed by 3 Journalist Bodies against alleged ill-treatment towards employees by media organizations. Both INS and NBA contend that a writ cannot be issued against them since they are private bodies who do...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Check Fake News & Instigative Content On Twitter [Read Petition]

"Twitter and social media companies are profit making companies and expecting them to have safeguards for making social media safe and secure is important. The logic and algorithms that twitter usage should be shared and vetted by Indian government authorities or competent authority for screening anti India tweets." BJP leader Vinit Goenka has moved the Supreme Court seeking a...

CAA Challenge: SC Issues Notice In Fresh Batch Of Petitions, Tags Them With 160 Pending Pleas Seeking Similar Prayer

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA).A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna & Hrishikesh Roy while issuing notice to the batch of petitions, tagged them along with the other 160 petitions pending considering before the top Court.Advocate...

'Zoom' Breaches Privacy, Infringes Upon Security Of Users: Plea In SC Seeks Ban On Software Application

A PIL has been preferred in the Supreme Court seeking a ban on usage of the software application "Zoom" by the Indian public until formulation of an appropriate legislation.The petition primarily rests on the lack of internet safety of the app and states that application is not safe and does not have end-to-end encryption and is violating the information technology act 2000 and...

'Approach High Court' : SC In Plea Seeking Utilization Of West Bengal CM Relief Fund For Migrant Workers

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking the Top Court's intervention for directions seeking utilising a portion of the State of West Bengal's CM Relief Fund for the well-being of stranded migrant workers.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices A.S. Bopanna & Hrishikesh Roy told the petitioner to approach the Calcutta High Court for purposes of the the plea which...

Labour Without Welfare Measures Constitutes 'Forced Labour' Under Article 23 Of Constitution : Plea In SC Against Dilution Of Labour Laws [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the notifications/ ordinances issued by various State Governments, suspending the operation of certain labour laws with respect to working hours, wages, health and safety conditions. The PIL has been filed by a law student, Nandini Praveen through Advocate Nishe Rajen Shonker,...

Accident Compensation - Income To Be Assessed Based On Employee's Entitlement, Without Deduction Of Allowances : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the largest compensation in an individual case related to the 2010 Mangalore Air Crash - Rs. 7,64,29,437 . Further, the judgement in the case Triveni Kodkany vs Air India Ltd and others discussed and applied the principles related to computation of compensation laid down by the Constitution Bench in the case National Insurance Company Limited v....