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Supreme Court Transfers Petitions Pending Before Various HCs Against IT Rules 2021 To Delhi High Court
The Supreme Court today transferred to the Delhi High Court matters pending before different High Courts across the country against the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). The order was passed to enable an analogous hearing on the issues, considering that a large number of petitions were already pending before Delhi...
Inability Of State Police To Tackle Law & Order No Excuse To Invoke Preventive Detention : Supreme Court
In a notable ruling, the Supreme Court has summarised the important points relating to preventive detention. The Court stated that the Inability on the part of the state's police machinery to tackle the law and order situation should not be an excuse to invoke the jurisdiction of preventive detention.While setting aside the preventive detention of an alleged chain snatcher under the...
BREAKING | PIL To Remove Arvind Kejriwal From Post Of Delhi Chief Minister Filed In High Court
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Chief Minister of Delhi. Kejriwal has been arrested by Enforcement Directorate in the liquor policy case. Hearing of ED's application seeking his remand is currently underway at city's Rouse Avenue Court.The plea has been moved by one Surjit Singh Yadav, a Delhi resident claiming to be a...
Supreme Court Declines To Entertain Early Hearing Request In Plea Regarding Gender Imbalance In Judge Advocate General's Recruitment
Without passing any order, the Supreme Court on Thursday (March 21) refused to entertain an early hearing request in the plea regarding gender imbalance in Judge Advocate General's (JAG) recruitment.The matter was before a Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra on a listed mentioning as the next recruitment drive is to take place in April.During the hearing, counsels for...
ED Must Furnish Grounds Of Arrest To Accused In Writing : Supreme Court Dismisses Union's Review Against 'Pankaj Bansal' Judgment
The Supreme Court dismissed the Union's petition seeking review of Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India, in which it held that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) must furnish the accused with the reasons for arrest in writing. The Bench of Justices AS Bopanna and PV Sanjay Kumar dismissed the review petition, stating that the decision does not contain any error that warrants...
Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Kerala's Plea For Interim Relief In Original Suit Challenging Centre's Borrowing Curbs
The Supreme Court on Friday (March 22) reserved its verdict on the State of Kerala's plea for interim relief in its original suit challenging the Union of India's borrowing curbs.The plea was heard by a bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan, which has been trying to find a solution to the state's urgent financial needs before the end of the current financial year on March 31,...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Congress Party's Pleas Against Tax Re-Assessment Proceedings
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the pleas moved by the Indian National Congress against the initiation of income tax re-assessment proceedings against it for three years (2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17) by the tax authorities.A division bench comprising Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said that Congress had chosen to approach the court only a few days...
After Supreme Court Rap, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Agrees To Swear In K Ponmudi As Minister
The Tamil Nadu Governor Mr RN Ravi today informed the Supreme Court that he has duly invited MLA K Ponmudi to swear in as the state cabinet minister at 3:30 PM today. The Attorney General (AG) Mr R Venkantaramani submitted to the bench led by CJI Chandrachud that the Governor conveyed that he " had least intent to disregard the Court". The AG submitted that as per the Governor, he only took...
BREAKING | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Withdraws Petition In Supreme Court Against ED Arrest, Says Will Fight Remand
In a turn of events, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has withdrawn from the Supreme Court his petition challenging arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case.Although a Special Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi was set to take up the plea later in the day, Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal,...
Breaking | Karnataka High Court Paves Way For State To Conduct Board Exams For Classes 5, 8, 9 And 11
The Karnataka High Court has set aside a single bench order which stopped the State government from conducting board exams for students of 5, 8 and 9 and 11 standard of the schools affiliated to the State Board.A division bench of Justice K Somashekhar and Justice Rajesh Rai K thus allowed the State's appeal and directed the government to hold remaining Assessment for classes 5,8,9...
Allahabad High Court Declares 'UP Board Of Madarsa Education Act 2004' As Unconstitutional
In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has declared the 'UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004' as UNCONSTITUTIONAL violating the principle of Secularism. A detailed Judgment is awaited.While declaring the law as Ultra Vires, the Division comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi also directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to frame a scheme...