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Collegium of CM, LoP & Minister To Select DGP Not Workable, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday orally observed that the suggestion to constitute a collegium comprising the Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition and a minister to select Directors General of Police (DGPs) would not be workable.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joylamya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi made the observation while hearing applications seeking...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Ban On Animal Sacrifices For Religious Rituals
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking a ban on killing of animals in the name of religion.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order on a petition filed by Advocate Shruti Bist.Briefly put, the PIL has been filed seeking a direction to the Ministry of Animal Husbandry to amend Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
Supreme Court Closes Contempt Proceedings Against Telengana Speaker As All Disqualification Petitions Decided
The Supreme Court was informed today(March 12) that the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly has taken a decision on all pending disqualification petitions in connection with the defection of ten MLAs from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi to the Indian National Congress. The Court has disposed of the matter, asking the Speaker to supply a copy of his decision to the petitioners by tomorrow....
Sidhu Moosewala Murder Case : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Pawan Kumar Bishnoi, Jagtar Singh
The Supreme Court today granted bail to two accused - Pawan Kumar Bishnoi and Jagtar Singh - in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's murder case of 2022.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, while dealing with the accused's challenge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court order which denied bail. The High Court had denied bail noting that it would be appropriate to...
Seniority Of Direct Recruits Counts From Initial Appointment, Not Probation Completion : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court had ruled that the seniority of directly recruited Assistant Engineers in the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) must be counted from the date of their initial appointment, including the training period, and not from the date they commenced probation after completing training.A bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi set aside the Madras High Court's division...
Supreme Court Stays Bail Cancellation Of Accused In BSP Leader K Armstrong's Murder Case
The Supreme Court today stayed Madras High Court's cancellation of bail of 12 persons accused in BSP leader K Armstrong's murder case.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Atul S Chandurkar passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocates Gopal Sankaranarayanan and V Mohana. Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra appeared for respondent(s)."In the meantime, the extension of the order of stay...
UPSC Civil Service Exam : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Additional Attempt For Candidates Who Lost Last Chance Due To Covid
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking reconsideration of the age and attempt relaxation in respect of Civil Services Examination, 2026, for candidates whose last permissible attempt was affected due to Covid-19 pandemic (2020-2021).The petitioner, a civil aspirant and Covid warrior, was statedly denied leave to appear in the civil services exam in 2021. As such, he prayed for...
