Can Motor Accident Claim Petition Be Entertained At The Place Of Claimant's Residence? SC To Examine [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has issued notice in a special leave petition to consider the question of whether a motor accident claim petition can be entertained at the place of residence of the claimant.In this case, the accident took place at district Siwan, Bihar, and the claim petition was filed in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The tribunal at Bareilly had rejected the preliminary objection raised by...

SC Refuses To Stay NGT Order Allowing Reopening Of Sterlite Plant

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the green tribunal's order of setting aside the Tamil Nadu government's decision to close Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin. A bench, headed by Justice R F Nariman, sought response from Vedanta on the state government's appeal against the National Green Tribunal's (NGT's) order to reopen the plant.Tamil Nadu government filed the...

SC Issues Notice To WB Govt. on BJP's Plea Against Denial Of Permission For Rath Yatra

The Supreme Court bench of Justices L. Nageshwar Rao and S. K. Kaul on Tuesday issued notice to the state of West Bengal on the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) appeal challenging the Calcutta High Court order restraining it from holding its proposed Rath Yatras in the State of West Bengal. The matter is now scheduled to be heard on January 15. BJP had planned three rath yatras from...

Breaking : SC Reinstates Alok Verma As CBI Director; Orders Of CVC & DoPT Quashed [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the October 23 orders of the Central government and the CVC divesting CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma of the charge of the probe agency, reinstating him to the post with immediate effect. However, the judgment authored by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi restrains Verma from taking any major policy decisions until such time his case is finally disposed off...

SC Explains Five Material Questions To Be Answered In Specific Performance Suit [Read Judgment]

“The issue of readiness and willingness, in our view, is the most important issue for considering the grant of specific performance of the contract.”

Dismissal Of Plaintiff's Application To File Suit As Indigent Person Won't Bar Him From Seeking Permission To File Appeal As Indigent Person: SC [Read Judgment]

“The applicant to whom the permission was granted or declined by the trial court is entitled to apply before the appellate court to allow him to continue with the status or grant the status so as to enable him to prosecute the appeal as an indigent person.”

High Court Cannot Stay/Quash An Order In Anticipation, Before It Is Passed: SC [Read Judgment]

“The higher judiciary must avoid as far as possible from making any disparaging harsh remarks and strictures against any judicial/administrative officer while examining their action/order impugned in the judicial proceedings.”

Teachers Cannot Claim Gratuity Under Payment of Gratuity Act: SC [Read Judgment]

"The High Court was, therefore, not justified in making a distinction between the "teachers working in the primary schools" and the "teachers working in other educational institutions"

SC Restrains Karnataka Govt From Pumping Secondary Treated Water From Sewage Treatment Plants To Irrigation Tanks

The Supreme Court today stayed the Karnataka High Court order which permitted the Government to pump secondary treated water from Sewage Treatment Plants(STP) to the irrigation tanks in Kolar, which is being carried out with the purported objective of recharging ground water level.The Karnataka Government was carrying out this activity under the scheme "K&C Valley Project", which envisages...

Lok Sabha Passes Personal Laws (Amendment Bill) To Remove Leprosy As Ground For Divorce [Read the Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Personal Laws (Amendment Bill), 2018, which seeks removal of leprosy as a ground for divorce.To this end, it seeks to amend five Acts: (i) the Divorce Act, 1869, (ii) the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939, (iii) the Special Marriage Act, 1954, (iv) the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and (v) the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.The Amendment...

CBI -Alok Verma Case : SC To Pronounce Verdict Tomorrow

The Court had reserved orders on December 6.

SC Issues Notice On Plea For Cross-Verification Of VVPAT Trails In At least 30% Polling Stations

The Supreme Court, on Monday, sought response from Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition demanding counting and cross verification of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPAT) in at least 30% (randomly chosen) of all polling stations within each Assembly Segment/ Constituency.The notice was issued by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on...