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Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Probe Into Alleged EVM Manipulations, Violations By ECI During Lok Sabha Elections 2024
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of a High-Powered Committee chaired by a retired judge of the Supreme Court to inquire into the allegations of manipulations of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) during the recent Lok Sabha elections. The petitioner also sought a probe into alleged derelictions by the Election Commission of India.The petition filed...
Manipur Violence : Supreme Court Extends Term Of Justice Gita Mittal Committee By 6 Months
The Supreme Court today (August 5) granted the extension of Justice Gita Mittal Committee for 6 months. The Committee is presently seeing several humanitarian aspects of the ethnic violence in Manipur.The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra passed the following order : "The committee chaired by Justice Gita Mittal stands extended by...
Banks Can't Classify MSMEs Loan Accounts As NPAs Without Following Procedure In Centre's 2015 Notification : Supreme Court
In an important ruling concerning the revival of the entities registered under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (“MSMED Act”), the Supreme Court observed that the Banks are not empowered to classify the loan accounts of the MSMEs, as Non-Performing Assets (NPA), without following the mandatory procedure laid down in the Instructions for Framework for Revival...
Kanwar Yatra : Supreme Court Extends Stay On UP, Uttarakhand Directives To Eateries To Display Owner & Staff Names
The Supreme Court today extended the interim order of status quo over Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments' directives that eateries along the Kanwariya pilgrim route must display names of the owners and staff.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and R Mahadevan was dealing with the petitions filed by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, TMC MP Mahua Moitra, Professor...
UPSC Aspirants' Deaths : Supreme Court Initiates Suo Motu Case On Safety Compliances Of Delhi Coaching Centres
The Supreme Court today (on July 05) initiated a suo motu case to ascertain the safety compliances of coaching centres in Delhi in the wake of the recent tragedy where three aspirants died in a flooded basement at Rau's IAS coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajendra Nagar. The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the Union Ministry of Urban Affairs as well as the...
Liquor Policy: Delhi High Court Upholds Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Arrest By CBI
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the corruption case in relation to the liquor policy case.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna disposed of Kejriwal's bail plea with the liberty to approach the trial court for the relief.It cannot be said that the arrest was without...
Supreme Court Appoints Nikhil Goel As Amicus To Determine Why FSL Reports In NDPS Are Not Filed On Time
The Supreme Court bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Rajesh Bindal has appointed Senior Advocate Nikhil Goel as the amicus curiae to consider the larger canvas of why States are not able to submit Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report along with Challan for the alleged recovery of the drug within the stipulated time under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On West Bengal Govt Plea Against HC Judgement Quashing OBC Classification Of 77 Communities
The Supreme Court today (on August 05), issued notice in a petition filed by the State of West Bengal against the Calcutta High Court's judgment which quashed the classification of 77 communities as Other Backward Classes (OBC) given under the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2012 and...
'We Have Taken Steps For Effective Implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act': UOI Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh recently heard a petition seeking directions to the Union Government, State Government, and Union Territories on the appointment, notification, and establishment of Protection Officers, Service Providers, and Shelter Homes under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA).It adjourned...
LG Can Nominate Members To Delhi Municipal Corporation Without Delhi Govt's Consent : Supreme Court
In a significant development, the Supreme Court today held that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi has the power to nominate aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi without the aid and advice of the Delhi Government.The Court ruled that the power was a statutory power flowing from the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and hence the Governor need not act as per the aid and advice...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (29 July-04 August, 2024)
Live Law has got you covered with all the latest updates of this last week. This digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the past week, providing a succinct overview. Orders/ Judgments Supreme Court Refuses To Stay HC Judgment Nullifying Bihar's 65% Quota Law At Present Stage, Agrees...
