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...

'Reinforces Prejudice Against Transgenders' : SC Issues Notice On Petition Challenging Transgender Persons Act [Read Order & Petition]

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Government on a petition which challenges the constitutional validity of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019.As per the petition filed by transgender activist Swati Bidhan Baruah, the Act passed with the stated objective of protecting the rights of transgender community in effect negates their rights.Under the Act,...

DRT Has No Power To Condone Delay In Filing Review Application Under RDB Act : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that the Debts Recovery Tribunal has no power to condone the delay in filing application for review under the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act 1993(RDB Act)The Court held that the provisions of Limitation Act, including the provision to condone delay under Section 5 of it, apply only to original applications filed under Section 19 of the RDB Act and not to...

Muslim Personal Law Board Moves SC Seeking Impleadment In Petition Challenging Polygamy And Nikah Halala [Read Application]

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Monday sought impleadment in the challenge to the constitutionality of the practices of 'Nikah halala' and polygamy which is pending before the Supreme Court.Urging that its viewpoint be considered as it has been "working continuously for protecting the Muslim personal law which is part of the Islamic culture and tradition", it stresses that the...

"It Is A Matter Of Top Priority If Someone Is Going To Be Hanged On Feb-1": CJI On Nirbhaya Convict Mukesh's Plea

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Monday said, "It is a matter of top priority if somebody is going to be hanged on February 1"Chief Justice was responding to a plea for urgent listing of petition filed by Mukesh, one of the death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case, challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. In exercise of...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Electoral Bonds: SC Gives Two Weeks Time To Election Commission To Reply [Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. v. Union of India Cabinet Secretary & Ors.] The Supreme Court declined to grant an immediate stay on the 2018 Electoral Bonds Scheme ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls, granting the Election Commission two weeks' time to reply. "A stay was not given by this...

[Criminal Trial] Law Does Not Taboo Adopting Of The Alternate Pleas By Accused: SC [Read Judgment]

The law does not taboo adopting of the alternate pleas, remarked the Supreme Court while observing that a murder accused can take a plea that he was not at all involved in the act which resulted in the death of the deceased, but that does not deprive him/her of the right to establish the fact that the case against him would still be embraced within any of the exceptions under Section...

Section 32 Registration Act Doesn't Require Presence Of Parties During Registration Of Sale Deed: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that Section 32 of the Registration Act, 1908, does not require presence of both parties to a deed of sale when the same is presented for registration. However, it may be noted that Rules framed by States may provide for such presence of both seller and buyer, and in that case, presence of parties may be required. In this case, the Trial Court decreed the...