No Obligation On Airlines To Escort Passenger To Boarding Gate After Issuing Boarding Pass: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that there is no obligation on the airlines to escort every passenger after issuing him/her a boarding pass at the check-in counter until he/she reaches the boarding gate.Indigo Airlines had approached the Apex Court against Consumer Commission's decision to pay compensation to two passengers who missed their flight to Agartala. The State Consumer Commission,...

Nirbhaya Case : 'Mercy Rejection Cannot Be Challenged Saying That President Acted Fast', Submits SG; SC Reserves Order On Mukesh's Plea

Four days ahead of the scheduled execution of death penalties in the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved orders on the plea filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts, against the rejection of his mercy plea by the President.A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna heard the plea and reserved it for pronouncement...

Journalist Ziya Us Salam Seeks Impleadment In Plea For Entry Of Muslim Women Into Mosques Pending Before SC[Read Application]

Senior journalist Ziya Us Salam has sought impleadment in petitions seeking a direction to permit the Muslim women to enter and offer prayers inside mosque. The Applicant has pointed out that while there is no explicit ban for women to enter mosques in India but, there is a tacit ban inasmuch as there is no separate entry for women, no separate ablution area for them,...

No IBC Provision That Resolution Plan Should Match Liquidation Value; Approved Resolution Plan Can't Be Withdrawn Under S12A : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that there is no requirement under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code that the resolution plan should match the liquidation value of the corporate debtor.This was held by a bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and Aniruddha Bose in the case Maharashtra Seamless Ltd(MSL) v Padmanabhan Venkatesh and others.The bench was considering the legality of an order of...

Sabarimala Reference : SG Urges SC To Consider Re-Framing The Issues As Lawyers Could Not Reach Consensus

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Monday told the CJI-led bench that the lawyers could not reach a consensus on the framing of issues to be considered by the 9-bench judges on the larger questions of faith and fundamental rights referred in the Sabarimala review case.The SG urged the bench to consider re-framing the issues, and handed over a draft containing suggestions.CJI said that the...

Non Sending Of Report U/s 57 NDPS Act Within 48 Hours Of Arrest Of Accused Will Not Vitiate Entire Proceedings: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that merely because the report contemplated under Section 57 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was not sent within two days of arrest of the accused, the entire proceedings will not be vitiated. Section 57 of the NDPS Act provides that whenever a person makes any arrest or seizure, he shall, within forty-eight hours next after such arrest...

Allegations Of Police Atrocities Against Anti-CAA Protestors: Allahabad HC Asks UP Govt. To Submit Report

The Allahabad High Court on Monday asked the state government to submit a report on allegations of police atrocities against anti-CAA protesters by February 17, the next date of hearing.A two-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Verma passed the order hearing a number of public interest litigations.The court asked the state government to mention how...

Public Employment: Can Reservation Claims Be Considered Even If Caste Certificates Were Not Produced Before Cut Off Date? SC Refers To Larger Bench [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has observed that allowing the applicants to public posts to submit certificates in proof of their claim of reservation subsequent to the notified cut-off date would create administrative chaos. The bench of Justices Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and R. Subash Reddy referred the matter to a larger bench to reconsider the observations made in Ram Kumar Gijroya vs Delhi Sub....

'NPR-NRC Process Violates Right To Privacy' : Plea In SC [Read Petition]

A Supreme Court bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, J BR Gavai and J Surya Kant today issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by three farmers seeking a direction for the process of updation of the National Population Register (NPR) to be declared void as unconstitutional. The petitioners Udagar Ram, Bimalesh Kumar Yadav and Sanjay Safi have challenged the vires of Section 14-A of...

Jaising, Dave, Sibal Reject Allegations On Receipt Of Money From PFI For Anti-CAA Protests

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising issued a statement denying receipt of money from Popular Front of India for conducting protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.The statement issued by Jaising categorically states that various media platforms have been circulating information that she had received Rs. 4 lakhs from PFI in relation to anti-CAA protests.Zee News had published a...

District Judge Selection : SC Urges Madras HC To Expeditiously Decide Plea Against Upper Age Limit Reduction [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday 'requested' the Madras High Court to expeditiously decide in a time-bound manner a plea challenging the reduction of upper-age limit for reserved categories for District Judge selection in Tamil Nadu.A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna declined to intervene with the interim order of the Madras High Court which rejected the petitioner's...

Plea In SC To Debar Persons With Criminal Antecedents From Contesting Elections On Party Ticket [Read Petition]

"Legislator is not only a Law Maker but also a superior public servant. When a person against whom charges have been framed even in normal cases, cannot become a Doctor, Engineer, DM, SP or Judge, then allowing such person to become MLA, MP and Minister, who is supposed to discharge larger public and constitutional duties faithfully, is arbitrary irrational unreasonable and violative...