Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [May 01 to 10]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 340 to 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 360BankRecipients of a fixed deposit cannot suffer at the cost of the criminal conduct of the Bank officials and that, in such an event the Bank would be held vicariously liable for the conduct of their employees. Leelawati Devi v. District Cooperative Bank Ltd., 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 346Bar AssociationThe Supreme Court directs minimum...

'He Is Ex-CM, Not Some Tom, Dick & Harry' : Karnataka High Court Stays Arrest Of BS Yediyurappa In POCSO Case

The Karnataka High Court has restrained the police authorities from arresting former CM BS Yediyurappa in connection with a POCSO case registered against him.The Court has however asked him to cooperate with the investigation and appear before the investigating officer on June 17th.The order was passed by a single bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit while considering an appeal against an order by...

Will Ensure Safety Of Hoardings Near Mumbai Railway Lines : Railways Tells Supreme Court

The railways undertook before the Supreme Court on Friday (June 14) to ensure that no collapse of hoardings in the central and western railway lines of Mumbai will happen during the Monsoon rainy seasons.The development happened after the Court raised a concern last week about the safety of hoardings in the light of the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident.The bench of Justices PV Sanjay...

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Demolition Of Shiv Temple At Yamuna Bank, Says Temple Built With Cement Can't Be Ancient

The Supreme Court today (June 14) rejected the interim relief against the demolition of the Pracheen Shiv Mandir by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The temple is situated near the city's Geeta Colony and the Yamuna Flood Plains. The matter was placed before the Vacation Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih. To provide a brief background, recently on May...

Bhima Koregaon Case : Mahesh Raut Approaches Supreme Court For Interim Bail To Attend Ceremonies Related To Grandmother's Funeral

Bhima Koregaon case accused Mahesh Raut has approached the Supreme Court to seek interim bail for attending the ceremonies relating to the last rites of his grandmother. The vacation bench of Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and AG Masih which was hearing the matter has adjourned the case till 21st June at the request of the National Investigating Agency (NIA). The counsel for the NIA has sought time...

NEET-UG 2024 | 'Conscious That It's About Future Of 24 Lakh Students' : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For CBI Probe On Alleged Paper Leak

The Court reiterated that it is not staying the counselling process.

Constitution Doesn't Prescribe Reservation, Written Tests For HC Judge Appointment; Collegium Is Judge-Made Law But Binding: MP High Court

In a recent development, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that though the collegium system owes it's existence to "Judge-made law", it is binding on every court, executive and the legislature as per Article 141 of the Constitution.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Amar Nath (Kesharwani) thus dismissed the plea moved by a lawyer to quash the...

NEET-UG 2024 : NTA Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Transfer Of Petition In HC Over Alleged Paper Leak

The Supreme Court on Friday (June 14) issued notice on a transfer petition filed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) seeking to transfer to the Top Court a petition filed before the Delhi High Court alleging paper leak and irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG exam on May 5, 2024.The vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta tagged the NTA's transfer petition along with...

Supreme Court Judges Work 7 Days A Week; Vacations Utilised To Reflect On Pending Constitutional Issues : CJI DY Chandrachud

CJI DY Chandrachud during his address at Cambridge University on the theme of transformative constitutionalism had also shed light on the ever-revolving debate over Supreme Court vacations and workload of the judges. He expressed how it was important for Supreme Court judges to take time and reflect on larger constitutional issues posed to them.During his interaction with the students...

SC/ST Act | Cognizance Against Public Servant For Offence Of Neglect Of Duty Cannot Be Taken Without Administrative Enquiry Report: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that the absence of a recommendation by an administrative enquiry to initiate a case against the public servant would bar taking cognizance of an offence of dereliction of duty against the public servant under the Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (“Act”). Reversing the findings of the High Court, the bench comprising Justices...

Gujarat High Court Stays Release Of Aamir Khan's Son Junaid Khan's Film 'Maharaj'

The Gujarat High Court has stayed the release of the film "Maharaj," featuring Junaid Khan, son of actor Aamir Khan, until the next hearing. The movie, produced by Yashraj Films and slated for release on Netflix today, has been halted by an ad-interim order issued by Justice Sangeetha K Vishen. The court has also issued notices to Yashraj Films, Netflix India, and others...

Tanker Mafia Operational On Haryana Side Of Yamuna, Haryana Police Must Explain Actions : Delhi Govt Tells Supreme Court

Today (on June 13), the Delhi government, in its status report filed in the water crisis matter, submitted that the “tanker mafia” is operational on the Haryana side of the Yamuna River. The report also stated that the Delhi government lacks jurisdiction to act against the same, and it is for Haryana to explain what steps it was taking to preserve the full supply of water to Delhi between...