Supreme Court Grants Last Opportunity To Election Commission To Submit Schedule For Conducting Bye-Poll At West Bengal Assembly Constituency

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) granted a last opportunity to the Election Commission of India to submit the schedule for conducting the bye-election at Manicktala Constituency in Kolkata, West Bengal after the assembly seat fell vacant due to the dismissal of the election petition filed by the returning candidate challenging the election of TMC MLA Sadhan Pandey.The Court was hearing...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Petitions Challenging Provisions Of CGST/SGST & Customs Act

The Supreme Court on May 16 reserved judgment in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity and interpretation of the provisions of CGST/SGST Act & Customs Act.The matter was before a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi, which began hearing it on May 1.While various lawyers led arguments on behalf of the petitioners, including Senior...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2024 On BAIL [January To March, 2024]

Bail - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest, 2024An accused, while joining investigation as a condition for remaining enlarged on bail, is not expected to make self-incriminating statements under the threat that the State shall seek withdrawal of such interim protection. Bijender v State of Haryana, 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 209Anticipatory bail cannot be granted merely because the accused is willing to pay...

Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Union, FSSAI On Plea Against Overuse Of Pesticides On Food Crops & Artificial Colouring

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) issued notice in a plea regarding the use and overuse of pesticides and other chemical insecticides on food crops and food items. The Court has sought responses from the Union and FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) regarding the excessive use of artificial chemicals in edibles. The bench, led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices...

Supreme Court Asks Manipur Govt To Provide Enhanced Allowance To UPSC Candidates From Disturbed Hill Districts For Travel To Exam Centres

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) directed that the state of Manipur provide enhanced financial aid to UPSC candidates residing in the disturbed hill districts of Manipur, to enable them to travel to any of the exam centres out of the state. Having regard to the prevalent law and order situation in the conflict-ridden state of Manipur, the Court observed that bus services be provided to...

'Polling Officer Doesn't Know Who Has Voted For Whom': Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Raising Doubts About Secrecy In Voting Process

The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed against the Election Commission, Union of India and others, raising doubts about secrecy in the voting process. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, passed the order, saying that the Court has already dealt with the issue [refer: EVM-VVPAT judgment] and there was no merit in the petition.During the hearing, Advocate Anuj...

Supreme Court Bids Adieu To Justice AS Bopanna

The Supreme Court today (May 17) bid adieu to Justice AS Bopanna who is retiring after serving a 5 years-long tenure as a Judge in the Apex Court. The Ceremonial bench held in honour of Justice Bopanna witnessed the string of appreciation for the warm personality and calm demeanour of the retiring justice. The CJI lauded Justice Bopanna for his humble attitude towards the lawyers and the...

Why Can't Form 17C Data Be Disclosed? Supreme Court Seeks ECI Response On Plea To Publish Voter Turnout Numbers Soon

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 17) gave one week time to the Election Commission of India(ECI) to file its response to an application seeking directions to the ECI to upload on its website the scanned copies of Form 17-C (which records the number of votes polled in a booth) soon after the elections.The application, jointly filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and Common Cause,...

Attempt Made For AoR Exam In 2021 Won't Be Treated As An Attempt Since It Was COVID Year : CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday (May 17) announced that the Supreme Court has taken a decision not to treat the attempt made in the Advocates-on-Record exam in 2021 as an attempt since it was during the period of COVID-19 pandemic.CJI made this announcement during the farewell function for Justice AS Bopanna."We have taken a decision which I am sure will do credit to Mr....

'Ignoring Precedent A Material Error' : Supreme Court Recalls Its 2022 Verdict For Not Considering Constitution Bench Judgment

The Supreme Court on May 16 recalled an earlier judgment passed it in 2022 after noting that a precedent laid down by the Constitution Bench was not applied in it.Reiterating the position of law laid down by the Five Judge Constitution Bench in Bhagat Ram & others vs. State of Punjab & others (AIR 1967 SC 927), the Court observed that if there exists a surplus land after providing...

NEET-UG 2024 : Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Declaration Of NEET Results Over Alleged Paper Leak

The Supreme Court today (May 17) refused to grant a stay on the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2024 exam, while agreeing to issue notice on the PIL seeking NEET UG exams to be conducted afresh in light of the alleged malpractices and paper leak of the exam. The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra agreed to consider...

ED Files Chargesheet Against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP In Liquor Policy Case Before Delhi Court

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet before a Delhi Court against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party in the liquor policy case. The central probe agency has made both AAP and Kejriwal as an accused in the seventh supplementary chargesheet in the money laundering case.Earlier today, the ED told Supreme Court that AAP will be made an...