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No Requirement To Publish Entire Environmental Clearance In Newspaper : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 19) observed that there's no requirement to publish entire Environmental Clearance (“EC”) in the local daily newspaper, and “it will be sufficient compliance, if the project proponent publishes the grant of the EC, and indicates therein the substance of the conditions and safeguards.”A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar made...
At UN Climate Conference In Brazil, Justice NK Singh Speaks Of Supreme Court's Environmental Jurisprudence
Justice N. Kotiswar Singh of the Supreme Court, speaking at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP-30) at Belém, Brazil, on November 13, said that the Court's environmental jurisprudence has undergone a significant shift over several decades. He stated that the judiciary has gradually moved from seeing nature primarily as a resource for human benefit to recognising it as possessing...
Shanti Bhushan Didn't Remove 'Secular' & 'Socialist' From Preamble Because Constitution Is Obviously Secular & Socialist: Justice Nariman
Former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman on Wednesday said that when Shanti Bhushan was Law Minister after the Emergency, he chose not to remove the words “secular” and “socialist” that had been added to the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment.Justice Nariman delivered the Shanti Bhushan Centenary Memorial Lecture, recounting the legal and political career of senior advocate and...
Presidential Reference On Bills' Assent Timelines : Supreme Court's Opinion | Live Updates
The Supreme Court will pronounce its opinion today on the Presidential Reference on whether timelines can be set for the Governors and the President for granting assent to Bills.A 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar will pronounce the verdict at 10.30 AM. The bench heard the matter...
Calcutta High Court Quashes EPFO Order Denying Higher Pension To Eligible Retirees, Calls It Abuse Of Law
The Calcutta High Court has set aside a series of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) orders rejecting joint options for higher pension submitted by employees of exempted establishments. Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) held that the EPFO acted contrary to Supreme Court rulings and relied on an “illegal” interpretation of Trust Rules to deny benefits.“Such thought process and conduct...
Supreme Court Deletes Direction To Ex-NUJS VC To Mention Dismissal Of Sexual Harassment Complaint In His Resume
The Supreme Court deleted a direction contained in its earlier judgment that Professor Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti, the former Vice Chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Science, should mention the dismissal of a sexual harassment complaint in his resume.A bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B Varale deleted the direction in view of the fact that...
Supreme Court To Give Opinion In Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will pronounce its opinion tomorrow(November 20) in the reference made by the President of India under Article 143, raising 14 questions related to the timelines for granting assent to Bills by the President and the Governor under Articles 200/201 of the Constitution.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice PS...
Assignment Of Decree For Specific Performance Of Agreement To Sell Doesn't Require Registration : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 19) held that a decree for specific performance of an agreement to sell can be validly assigned without registration, emphasising that such decrees do not themselves create any proprietary interest that would trigger the requirement of compulsory registration. “when the decree itself which is for specific performance does not create or purport to...
'Why Not Ask CBI To Investigate?' : Supreme Court Asks Haryana Police In Case Where Advocate Was Arrested
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the State of Haryana why the murder case in which an advocate was arrested should not be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a writ petition filed by Advocate Vikram Singh challenging his arrest and remand in the case. The advocate alleged that he...
Re-enactment Of Struck Down Provisions Shows Form Of Administration Is Inconsistent With Spirit Of Constitution : Supreme Court On Tribunal Reforms Act
While striking down the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021, the Supreme Court made a scathing criticism of the re-enactment of the very same provisions, which were earlier struck down by the Court. This, the Court said, showed that the "form of the administration” was inconsistent with the spirit of the Constitution.The judgment authored by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai referred to the famous...