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'Udaipur Files' Row : Supreme Court Asks Delhi HC To Decide On Monday Pleas To Stay Movie's Release
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 25) asked the parties objecting to the release of the controversial movie "Udaipur Files : Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder" to approach the Delhi High Court to challenge the Centre's revisional order which approved the movie's exhibition with 6 edits.The Court requested the High Court to take up the matter on coming Monday (July 28) itself for a...
Supreme Court Allows Kerala Govt To Withdraw Petitions Challenging Governor's Inaction On Bills; Rejects Centre's Objection
The Supreme Court today(July 25) allowed the State of Kerala to withdraw the two petitions filed by it n 2023 against the Kerala Governor over the delay in granting assent to the bills passed by the legislative assembly.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar passed the order rejecting the objections raised by the Centre to the State's bid to withdraw the...
'Very Bad' : Supreme Court On Exclusion Of Blind Persons From Uttarakhand Judicial Service Exam; Seeks PSC's Response
The Supreme Court today(July 25) issued notice to the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission on a writ petition filed by a blind candidate seeking to appear for the Uttarakhand Judicial Service Exams. She has challenged the exclusion of persons with blindness and locomotor disability, and also persons who are not domiciled in Uttarakhand, from being eligible for the Persons with...
Govt Has No Current Plan To Remove 'Socialist' & 'Secular' From Constitution's Preamble : Union Law Minister
Clarifying the Union Government's official stance, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said that there are no plans at present to remove the words "socialist" and "secular" from the Preamble to the Indian Constitution. Yesterday, in response to the Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman query on "official bearers of some social organisations" attempting to create an atmosphere for the removal...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea For Delimitation In AP & Telangana To Increase Assembly Seats, Says Comparison With J&K Baseless
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking directions for the Union to set in motion the delimitation process for increasing the number of assembly seats in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh delivered the judgment, after having reserved orders on April 30 in the writ petition filed by Professor (Dr.) K. Purushottam...
Foreign Entity Doing Business Through Temporary Premises In India Liable To Tax : Supreme Court Rejects Hyatt International's Appeal
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 24) ruled that the existence of a Permanent Establishment (PE) is sufficient to attract tax liability for a foreign entity in India, even in the absence of exclusive possession of a fixed place of business. The Court clarified that temporary or shared use of premises, when combined with administrative or operational control, is adequate to establish a...
S.482 CrPC | Second Quashing Petition On Grounds Available Earlier Not Maintainable : Supreme Court
Observing that the principle of constructive res judicata applies to quashing petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the Supreme Court yesterday (July 23) ruled that a second quashing petition cannot be filed on grounds available but not argued in the earlier petition. The Court reiterated that the second petition would be maintainable only when it is shown that a change arose in...
Plea In Supreme Court To Apply POSH Act To Political Parties
A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to apply the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") on political parties. Consequently, the writ petition also seeks the constitution of a grievance redressal mechanism as per the directions of the Supreme Court's judgment in its 2013 Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan.The...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Assam Chief Secretary In Contempt Petition Over Demolitions In Goalpara District
The Supreme Court today (July 24) agreed to hear a contempt petition against the Chief Secretary of Assam Government and Goalpara district authorities for alleged illegal eviction and demolition of structures in violation of the Court's guidelines in In Re: Directions in the matter of Demolition of StructuresThe bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran issued notice in the...
Udaipur Files Movie : Supreme Court To Decide Tomorrow On Extending Stay Of Release
In the matter pertaining to the controversial movie "Udaipur Files : Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder", the Supreme Court on Thursday (July 24) expressed that it would ask the parties objecting to the film to approach the Delhi High Court challenging the Centre's order which approved the movie's release with 6 edits.On whether the release of the film should be stayed till the parties approach the...
