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Supreme Court Holds Police Inspector & Magistrate Guilty Of Contempt For Arrest & Remand Of Accused Violating SC Order
In a major development, the Supreme Court today (on August 07) held a Police Inspector and a Chief Judicial Magistrate from Gujarat guilty of Contempt of Court for arresting and remanding an accused ignoring an interim anticipatory bail order passed by the Supreme Court."we hold R.Y. Raval, Police Inspector, Vesu Police Station, Surat(contemnor- respondent No.4) and Deepaben Sanjaykumar...
Delimitation Commission's Orders Aren't Immune From Judicial Review : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that nothing precludes the constitutional courts from checking the validity of orders passed by the Delimitation Commission on the touchstone of the Constitution if an order is found to be manifestly arbitrary and irreconcilable to constitutional values.“Therefore, while the Courts shall always be guided by the settled principles regarding scope, ambit and limitations...
Supreme Court Provisionally Allows Candidates From Andhra Not Enrolled In Telangana Bar Council To Appear For Telangana Civil Judges Exam
The Supreme Court on August 6 temporarily allowed candidates from Andhra Pradesh, who had not enrolled in the Telangana Bar Council, to appear for the mains of the Telangana Civil Judges Exam. The petitioners, who had cleared the preliminary exam, were unable to submit documents for the main exam because they lacked enrollment certificates from the Telangana Bar Association.It may be noted...
'Redesignation Not Regular Appointment' : Supreme Court Denies CAS Relief To Research Assistants Designated As Lecturers
The Supreme Court has held that those redesignated from Research Assistant to Lecturer and subsequently as Assistant Professor cannot be considered as regular appointments to extend the benefits of the 'Career Advancement Scheme' (CAS).The bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said: “...the very usage of the term/phrase “regular appointment” has to be given its...
Senthil Balaji's Bail Plea | Can Trial In PMLA Case Proceed Without Trial In Predicate Offence? Supreme Court Asks
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 6) while hearing former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's bail plea asked whether the trial under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) could proceed without the trial of the predicate offence.The MLA and former Minister was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in June last year in a cash-for-jobs money laundering case. He has challenged...
Can't Entertain Petitions To Fast Track Hearings In High Courts : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 6) orally expressed that it cannot entertain petitions seeking fast-tracking of hearings in High Court.Justice Abhay Oka cited the experience he faced as a judge of the High Court while saying that the Supreme Court should not be passing orders to the High Court for time-bound disposal of matters. Justice Oka opined that the High Courts have huge case...
Show Proof Of Applying For Certified Copy While Seeking Exemption From Filing Certified Copy Of Judgment With SLP : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, recently (on August 05), has passed a practice direction with respect to filling of Special Leave Petitions, to come into effect from August 20. As per the direction, if any SLP includes an application seeking exemption from filing a certified copy of an impugned order, the same must also attach a receipt from the High Court confirming the request for making an...
Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over P&H High Court Order Criticising SC's Stay Order
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of an unusual order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court criticising a stay order passed by the Top Court.A 5-judge comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy will hear the case tomorrow.The suo motu case titled "In Re : Order of Punjab and Haryana High Court Order...
Supreme Court Forms Special Bench To Hear Review Petitions Against Judgment Upholding PMLA Provisions, Hearing Tomorrow
A special bench of the Supreme Court will hear tomorrow petitions seeking review of the 2022 judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v.Union of India which upheld the various provisions of the Prevention Money Laundering Act (PMLA) relating to arrest, search, seizure, bail etc.The bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, CT Ravikumar and Ujjal Bhuyan will hear the matters at 2 PM tomorrow. The...
'Court Can't Declare Equivalence Of Qualification' : Supreme Court Affirms View That B.Sc(Polymer Chemistry) Isn't Equal To B.Sc (Chemistry)
The Supreme Court has affirmed a judgment of the Kerala High Court that B.Sc(Polymer Chemistry) degree cannot be treated as equivalent to to B.Sc(Chemistry) for recruitment to the post of High School Teacher for Physical Science as per a notification issued by the Kerala Public Service Commission in 2008.The Court observed that it is for the recruiting authority to state whether a...