ED Moves Supreme Court Against Madras HC Order Restraining Probe Under PMLA Into Alleged Illegal Sand Mining

The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court judgment which restrained it from carrying out investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining.The matter was listed today before a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar which, without issuing notice at...

Couldn't Appoint Women Judges To Supreme Court As There Was No One Senior Enough For Elevation : CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday (November 4) revealed that the Collegium under him could not appoint a woman judge to the Supreme Court as there was no one holding a seniority position among the High Court judges for elevation.The outgoing CJI, in his last working week, was talking at a discussion hosted by the Indian Express. Vandita Mishra, the Opinion Editor of the...

Can Private Property Be Redistributed As 'Material Resources Of Community' As Per Article 39(b)?Supreme Court To Deliver Verdict Tomorrow

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench will tomorrow (November 5) deliver its judgment on the issue of whether private resources form part of the 'material resource of the community' under Article 39(b) of the Constitution.The 9-judge bench which considered the issue comprises Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Hrishikesh Roy, B.V. Nagarathna, Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.B. Pardiwala,...

Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow On Validity Of UP Madarsa Education Act

The Supreme Court will tomorrow pronounce its decision on the challenge to Allahabad High Court's judgement which held the 'Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004' to be constitutionally invalid. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandracuhd, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard the challenge to Allahabad High Court's March 22 judgment striking down the 'Uttar...

'Public Service Commission Must Not Resort To Falsehoods' : Supreme Court Slams KPSC's Inconsistency On LDC Post Qualification

The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) for its inconsistent stances which led to prolonged litigation impacting the hopes and aspirations of nearly twelve hundred candidates who appeared for the recruitment exam for the Lower Division Clerk (LDC) post in the Kerala Water Authority. The bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Sanjay...

“Even Basic Amenities Are Lacking” : Supreme Court Directs Assam Government To Provide All Facilities In Transit Camp Within One Month

The Supreme Court today (November 4) criticized the Assam government over the poor conditions at the Matia Transit Camp, which houses foreign nationals in Goalpara, Assam, and directed it to provide all facilities within one month.“To say the least, the condition of the transit camp is far from being satisfactory. Even basic amenities are lacking, as can be seen from the detailed...

HC Judges Elevated From Service & Governed By NPS To Get Lesser Pension & PF Than Judges From Bar : Patna HC Judges Tell Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (November 4) was informed that those High Court judges elevated from the district judiciary under the New Pension Scheme were to get less pension and provident fund benefits compared to their colleagues who are elevated from the bar. The bench comprising the Chief Justice, DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the batch of matters relating...

Government Entity Can't Be Given Differential Treatment While Staying Operation Of Arbitral Award : Supreme Court

Recently, the Supreme Court disapproved of a High Court's decision to exempt a government entity from depositing other amounts in addition to the arbitral award amount as a condition precedent for seeking a stay on the enforcement of the award just because the government entity was not a flight risk.The bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud,Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...

How Will Investors Have Confidence If Courts Are Defunct Due To Lawyers Strikes? Supreme Court

Expressing dismay at the 'culture' of lawyers' abstention from work in Uttar Pradesh, Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court today underlined that judicial work should not suffer even for an hour and the practice of lawyers' strikes in UP should be tackled to prevent undue agony to litigants."We want some effective mechanism where their grievances are also timely addressed. At the same time,...

Domestic Violence Act Meant For Quick Remedy, Yet Cases Drag On Like Other Family Court Matters: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 4) orally expressed concerns at the slow pace of progress in cases under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA), saying that they are moving like regular Family Court cases.The bench comprising Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal observed that though the PWDVA Act was supposed to be a "quick remedy", the cases filed under...

'Air Pollution At All-Time High During Diwali, Explain Steps Taken To Enforce Firecracker Ban': Supreme Court To Delhi Govt & Police

The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi Government and the Police Commissioner of Delhi to file affidavits stating steps taken to implement the ban on firecrackers in Delhi as well as proposed steps to ensure compliance with the ban next year.“There cannot be any dispute that the ban was hardly implemented. Moreover, the effect of non-implementation of the ban is very apparent from...

CBI Moves Supreme Court Against Karnataka Govt's Withdrawal Of Consent For Probe Against Dy CM DK Shivakumar

The Supreme Court was today informed that the Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a Special Leave Petition before it challenging the Karnataka government's withdrawal of consent for probe against Congress leader and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing another plea assailing the withdrawal of consent, filed...