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Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing In Umar Khalid's Bail Plea After Delhi Police Seeks More Time to File Counter-Affidavit
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in the bail plea of former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid, who has been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged involvement in the larger conspiracy surrounding the communal violence that broke out in February 2020 in the Indian capital. Khalid has been behind bars since September 2020,...
'Adipurush' Movie Makers Approach Supreme Court Against Allahabad HC Direction For Their Personal Appearance
The makers of 'Adipurush' movie have approached the Supreme Court challenging the direction of the Allahabad High Court seeking the personal appearance of the director, producer and the dialogue writer of the movie while hearing petitions seeking a ban on the film.The counsel for the petitioners mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing."This is...
Persons With Disability Act 1995 Mandated Reservation In Promotions Too : Supreme Court Grants Relief To RBI Employee
Recently, the Supreme Court invoked Article 142 of the Constitution of India to direct RBI to extend the benefit of reservation in promotion to an employee with disability, who was denied the same for a long time(Reserve Bank of India v. A.K. Nair And Ors).The challenge in the petition pertained to securing promotion to the post of Assistant Manager in the RBI under Persons with...
Regularizing Service Of Few Employees And Not Others Despite Eligibility Is Violative Of Article 14: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that act of regularizing the services of only some employees and not of other entitled employees, is discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax had found 65 employees entitled to regularization of employment but only 35 could be regularized, since only 35 posts were available. The Bench comprising...
Supreme Court Says Its Permission Not Needed For High Courts To Transfer Presiding Officers Of Special MP/MLA Courts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that its permission is not required for the High Courts to transfer Presiding officers of Special Courts dealing with cases pertaining to MPs/MLAs. The same was done by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra to ensure that the administrative work of the High Courts does not suffer.In August 2021, the...
Doesn't Appear That ECI Requires Authorisation Of Union Govt For Delimitation In 4 North Eastern States : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday, while hearing a petition seeking for delimitation in four north-eastern states of India, namely, Manipur, Assam, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh, orally observed that it seemed that the Election Commission of India did not require the authorisation of the Government of India to conduct the exercise of delimitation. The matter was listed before a...
Nullification Of Court Direction By Legislation Impermissible Without Altering Basis Of Judgment : Supreme Court In ED Director's Case
While holding the extensions given to the term of ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra, the Supreme Court reiterated that a legislative act to nullify a judgment, without taking away its basis, is an impermissible exercise.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol noted that ignoring the direction given by the Supreme Court in the 2021 judgment in the case Common Cause...
'A Message To The Nation That Collegium Is Vibrant, Active & Committed' : CJI DY Chandrachud On Recent Appointments To Supreme Court
Speaking at the felicitation function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association in honour of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice K V Viswanathan who were recently appointed as judges of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said,“We must also accept the fact that the government is also a stakeholder in the process and these recommendations that have comes...
'Fair, Precise, Truly Done As Officer Of Court' : Supreme Court Appreciates Advocate Nizam Pasha For Suggestions To Mitigate Manipur Situation
The Supreme Court today, while hearing the batch of petitions pertaining to the ongoing violence in the State of Manipur, lauded Advocate Nizam Pasha for his valuable and "fair" suggestions aimed at mitigating the ongoing crisis. Yesterday, stating that the Court cannot take over the control of law and order from the elected government, the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud...
Bhima Koregaon Case : Supreme Court Adjourns Jyoti Jagtap's Bail Plea; Judgments On Pleas Of Vernon Gonsalves & Arun Ferreira Expected Next Week
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the bail plea of activist and Bhima Koregaon case accused Jyoti Jagtap, saying that the judgments on the bail applications of co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira are expected to be delivered next week. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar was hearing Jagtap’s petition challenging the Bombay High...
Ballistic Expert's Evidence Important In Cases Of Murder Caused By Firearms: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that, in cases where injuries are caused by firearms, the failure to examine Ballistic Expert would be a glaring defect when the prosecution case is based on circumstantial evidence.In this case, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, had upheld the conviction of the accused in a murder case. The conviction based on on the last seen theory and the...
Bilkis Bano Case | Supreme Court Bench Led By Justice BV Nagarathna To Hear Plea Challenging Remission Granted To Convicts On July 17
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to July 17, the hearing in a clutch of pleas against the premature release of the life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, directing it to be listed for directions on that day. After the retirement of Supreme Court judge KM Joseph, a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Prashant Kumar Mishra will now be hearing the challenge against the decision...