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PC Act | 'Validity Of Sanction Must Be Decided In Trial' : Supreme Court Criticises HC Order Quashing Case Under S.482 CrPC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 26) overturned the Madras High Court's decision, which quashed a disproportionate assets case against a bureaucrat at the pre-trial stage after noting there were "bleak conviction prospects" and "invalid sanction” to prosecute the bureaucrat. The bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra held that the High Court acted improperly by conducting...
Supreme Court Directs Central Adoption Resource Authority To Issue NOC In Plea Seeking To Ease Inter-Country Adoption
In a plea relating to ease the procedure for inter-country adoption, the Supreme Court (March 24) directed CARA to issue a No Objection Certificate in 4 weeks to steadfast the adoption process. The bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice SC Sharma was hearing a petition seeking the inter-country adoption of two children by a 49-year-old single Indian woman who resides in the United...
Karnataka High Court Orders Probe & Action Against Trial Judge Who Cited Non-Existing SC Judgments
The Karnataka High Court has directed to conduct a probe and take appropriate action against a trial court judge who relied on non-existing judgments on the records of the respective courts to pass an order rejecting the application filed for the return of plaint.Justice R Devdas said, “What is more disturbing is the fact that the learned judge of City Civil Court has cited two decisions...
Supreme Court Refuses Transfer To Another Bench PIL Seeking Lifelong Ban On MP/MLAs After Conviction
A Supreme Court bench led by Justice Surya Kant today refused to transfer to another bench a 2016 PIL seeking expeditious disposal of criminal cases against MP/MLAs and lifelong ban on the said class of politicians after conviction. A bench of Justices Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was requested by Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria (acting as Amicus) that the matter be listed before a bench of...
Supreme Court Asks Two UP Journalists To Avail Alternate Remedies Against FIR Over Articles On Caste Discrimination
The Supreme Court today(Wednesday) disposed of two writ petitions filed by journalists from Uttar Pradesh, Abhishek Upadhyay and Mamta Tripathi, seeking protection against the FIRs registered against him after he published an Article identifying people of a particular caste who were deployed in responsible positions in the State. Following the publication of the said Article and also after...
Need To Achieve 33% Tree/Forest Cover In Delhi NCT: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 26) emphasized the need to achieve a target of 33 percent or more green cover in Delhi, as proposed by the Forest Research Institute (FRI).A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing the MC Mehta case on the issue of enhancing the green cover of Delhi. “In paragraph 3 laying down the objectives, it is proposed for enhancing...
Land Acquisition |Large Areas Don't Get Same Price As Small Plots; Some Deduction Permissible Due To Largeness : Supreme Court
Observing that large areas do not attract the same prices as that of smaller areas of land, the Supreme Court recently justified the 10% deduction in market rates of the land on account of largeness in area while determining the compensation in a land acquisition proceeding. “It is also a settled principle of law that large areas do not attract the same price as is offered for the small...
Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Honey Trapping Of Karnataka Politicians & Judges
The Supreme Court today (March 26) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored investigation by CBI into the recent allegations of honey-trapping Karnataka's state legislators, political leaders and judges. The plea filed by Binay Kumar Singh relates to the recent instance shared by the State's Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna on March 20 over alleged attempts...
'If JAG Posts Are Gender Neutral, Why Fewer Women Allowed?' Supreme Court Questions Union
The Supreme Court today(Wednesday) questioned the rationale behind the low vacancy of women in the post of Judge Advocate General (JAG). It asked the Union why, despite its claim that the JAG post was gender-neutral, it preferred men over equally qualified women.In this writ petition, the petitioners challenged the notification dated 18.01.2023 for the JAG Entry Scheme 31st Course,...
Supreme Court Asks Members Of MP District Bar Association To File Unconditional Apology For Lawyers' Strike
The Supreme Court today (March 26) directed the senior members of the Seoni District Bar Association in Madhya Pradesh to file an unconditional apology for calling for a lawyers' strike in March 2024 in relation to allotment of court complex land without consulting the Association.The bench CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the challenge to the Madhya Pradesh High...