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Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2024 - Civil Minor Acts
Agricultural Produce and Livestock Markets Act, 1966 (Andhra Pradesh)Ghee as a product of livestock – The inclusion of “ghee” as a livestock product cannot be faulted merely because it is not directly obtained from milk, which is a product of livestock, it would still be a “product of a product of livestock”. 'Ghee' is derived out of 'milk' by undergoing a process, yet it still...
MBBS : Supreme Court Asks Medical Board To Examine If Candidate With Speech Disability Can Complete Medical Education Course
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 2) directed the constitution of a medical board by the Dean, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Pune to examine whether a student suffering from speech and language disability beyond 40% would be eligible for admission to MBBS Course. The bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan was hearing a challenge against the order of the Bombay...
Supreme Court Questions Remission Condition That Convict Must Behave "Decently"
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 3) expressed surprise at a condition imposed to grant remission to a convict that he should behave "decently". The Court orally said that vague conditions cannot be imposed.While reserving judgment in the case, the Court also remarked that principles of natural justice should be read into the provisions of section 432 of the CrPC.“Principles of...
'Lawyers' Strike Gross Contempt' : Supreme Court Comes Down On Faizabad Bar Association Over Resolutions To Abstain From Work
Expressing serious displeasure at the Faizabad District Association, Uttar Pradesh for allegedly calling strikes and abstaining from judicial work, the Supreme Court yesterday called on its officer bearers to file an affidavit, undertaking that they shall never pass any such resolution in future.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing the Association's plea against...
RG Kar Case | Centre Moves Supreme Court Alleging Non-Cooperation By West Begal Authorities With CISF, Seeks Contempt Action Against State
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has filed an application in the ongoing suo motu case in the Supreme Court pertaining to the RG Kar Hospital Rape-Murder seeking better accommodation and facilities for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel stationed at the hospital and hostels of resident doctors. The MHA has contended that due to long distance between the...
Supreme Court Explains Procedure For Admitting Insufficiently Stamped Instruments Under Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957
The Supreme Court recently explained the procedure related to admission of insufficiently stamped instruments as evidence as per Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957.A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice SVN Bhatti extracted the steps to be followed as per Sections 33, 34, 35, 37, and 39 of the Act in the following manner:[Note: In Karnataka, District Registrar acts as the Deputy Commissioner...
MP High Court Tells Supreme Court That It Has Reinstated 4 Out Of 6 Women Judges Whose Services Were Terminated
The Supreme Court today (September 3) heard the suo motu writ petition registered regarding the simultaneous termination of services of 6 female civil judges in Madhya Pradesh. The bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh was informed that the full court bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reconsidered the terminations of the 6 officers and has agreed to re-instate 4 out of the...
Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Space Allotted To Senior Advocates Council At Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 2) ordered status quo on the allotment of space for the Senior Advocates Council at the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the interim order while issuing notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Senior Advocates Council challenging the High Court's judgment which resulted in...
Consider Objections Before Giving Clearance Certificate To Movie 'Emergency' : Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs CBFC
Today, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) submitted before the Madya Pradesh High Court that an application for certification of the Kangana Ranaut-starrer movie Emergency is pending consideration and no certificate has yet been issued to the film, which was earlier scheduled to release on September 6.The Deputy Solicitor General, appearing for the Union of India,...
'If Canada Willing To Take Him, You Shouldn't Object' : Supreme Court To Union On Plea Of Myanmar National Detained In India Since 2012
The Supreme Court yesterday sought Union government's response in a plea filed by a detained Myanmar national, claiming that Canada is willing to take him in as a refugee, but the process is stuck as he is detained in a Manipur detention centre since 2012.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati (for Ministry of Home Affairs) to...
West Bengal Govt Passes 'Anti-Rape Bill' In State Assembly, Proposes Time-Bound Trial & Death Penalty For Those Guilty Of Rape
The West Bengal government has passed an anti-rape amendment bill titled 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024', seeking to amend the punishment for sexual crimes such as rape and to impose time-bound limits for the conclusion of investigation and trial in rape cases. The bill is set to come into effect from 5th September, 2024.The Bill proposes "to create...