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WB SSC Scam | Supreme Court Sets Aside Calcutta HC Direction For CBI Investigation Into Govt Decision For Supernumerary Posts
The Supreme Court today (April 8) set aside the Calcutta High Court's direction for CBI investigation into the supernumerary posts created by the West Bengal Government during the pending challenge to the 2016 WB SSC Appointments in the High Court. Notably, the Apex Court on April 3 had upheld the decision of the Calcutta High Court, which invalidated nearly 25000 teaching and non-teaching...
"Pocket Veto Impermissible" : Supreme Court Lays Down Timelines For Governor's Actions On Bills Under Article 200
In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 8) set time limits for the decisions by the Governors under Article 200 of the Constitution on the bills sent to them by the State Legislative Assemblies.The Court made it clear that the Constitution does not permit the Governor to exercise "absolute veto" or "pocket veto" by not taking any action on the bills...
'Moral Policing Not Court's Function': Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Order Imposing Costs For Tweets Against Jain Priest
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 8) set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that imposed cost of Rs. 10 Lakhs each on musician Vishal Dadlani and activist Tehseen Poonawala for allegedly insulting Jain Saint Tarun Sagar on Twitter, despite quashing the FIR registered against them.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the High Court should not have...
Bombay High Court Seeks Maharashtra Govt's Response On Kunal Kamra's Plea To Quash FIR Over Alleged Defamatory Video On Eknath Shinde
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (April 8) asked State to get instructions on comedian Kunal Kamra's plea for quashing an FIR lodged against him following his satirical video and "gaddar" comment purportedly made against Maharashtra's Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.During the hearing senior advocate Navroz Seervai appearing for Kamra, was asked by a division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and...
Supreme Court Sets Aside TN Governor's Decision To Reserve 10 Bills For President's Assent; Says He Acted Without Bona Fides
The Supreme Court today (April 8) held that the action of the Tamil Nadu Governor Dr RN Ravi withholding assent for 10 bills, the oldest of them pending since January 2020, and reserving them to the President after they were re-enacted by the State Legislature is "illegal and erroneous" in law and liable to be set aside.Any consequential steps which might have been taken by the President on...
Supreme Court's Judgment In Tamil Nadu Govt's Plea Against TN Governor Over Delay In Assenting Bills - LIVE UPDATES
The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment today on the petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Government against TN Governor RN Ravi for withholding assent on bills passed by the Assembly.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan will pronounce the verdict.Follow this page for live...
Insurance Claim Cannot Be Denied For Breach Of Impossible Condition : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that an insurance company cannot reject a claim on the grounds of breach of a condition in the contract that was impossible to fulfill. A bench comprising Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma upheld the insured's marine claim, which New India Assurance Co. Ltd. had rejected on the grounds that the insured breached a condition requiring the voyage to start...
'Alarming Interference With Religious Affairs' : NGO APCR Files Petition In Supreme Court Challenging Waqf Amendment Act
Following several petitions challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, now the NGO Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court challenging the law as violating Articles 14, 25, 26 and 300A of the Indian Constitution.The petition terms the new Act as an "alarming interference" into the religious affairs of the Muslim community,...
SEBI Can't Pass Multiple Orders On Same Cause Of Action; Res Judicata Principle Applies : Supreme Court
Reiterating that the principle of res judicata applies to quasi-judicial proceedings, the Supreme Court today (April 7) upheld the Securities Appellate Tribunal's decision, which held that SEBI's subsequent disgorgement order was barred by res judicata, as its earlier order had not directed disgorgement. The Court invoked the principle of constructive res judicata (as per Explanation IV...
Does The Term 'Regulate' In S. 79(1) Electricity Act Cover Regulation Of Trade In Electricity Industry? Supreme Court To Decide
In the context of certain clauses of Section 79(1), Electricity Act 2003, the Supreme Court is set to consider the issue as to whether the word "regulate" used therein is limited to framing of regulations or subordinate legislation, or can it extend to regulation of trade in the electricity industry."Our attention is drawn to paragraphs 53 to 55 of the Constitution Bench judgment of this Court...