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Safety Measures In Courts | Supreme Court Directs High Courts To Submit Responses On CCTV Footage Installation To Amicus Curiae
Amid rising concerns over the safety of judges, lawyers, and litigants in courts across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday directed all high courts to submit their responses on the progress with respect to the installation of CCTV cameras in court premises to senior advocate and amicus curiae Siddharth Luthra. A bench of Justices Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta was hearing a...
"Misconceived" : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Declare 2019 Congress Manifesto Unfair
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking to declare the Congress manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha polls as unfair. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala remarked that the petition was "misconceived" and "devoid of any merit". Accordingly, the petition was dismissed. The petition filed by Adarsh Kumar Agrawal and Dr Seema Jain...
Pronouncing Operative Portion Without Preparing Entire Judgment Is Unbecoming Of A Judicial Officer: Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of Civil Judge
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the penalty of dismissal from service for a Civil Judge on account of gross misconduct, setting aside the order of the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court.The Apex Court opined that the appeals were allowed by the High Court through “a very strange order," in which not only the order of penalty was set aside along with the findings of the...
Mere Delay In Remittance Of TDS Doesn’t Attract Penalty Under S 271C Income Tax Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that no penalty is leviable under Section 271C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on mere delay in remittance of the tax deducted at source (TDS) after the same has been deducted by the assessee.The bench of Justices M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar observed that the relevant words used in Section 271C(1)(a) are “fails to deduct”, and the same does not speak about...
Kaali Poster Row : Supreme Court Transfers To Delhi Police All FIRs Against Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai; Interim Protection To Continue
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 10) transferred to the Delhi Police all the FIRs against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai over the poster of her documentary titled "Kaali". The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala added that until a report was filed by the Investigating Officer under Section 173 of the CrPC, the ad–interim order...
Telangana Governor Gives Assent To 3 Bills; Refers 2 To President; 3 Under Active Consideration : Statement In Supreme Court
In the plea filed by Telangana Government seeking directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to clear ten bills passed by the legislative assembly, which were awaiting her assent, the Supreme Court on Monday was informed of the updated position of the bills, some of which had been assented to by the Governor. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice...
Menstrual Hygiene | Supreme Court Directs Union Government To Frame National Policy On Free Sanitary Napkins & Safe Disposal Mechanisms In Schools
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 10) directed the central government to frame a National Policy on menstrual hygiene for school-going girls in the country. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala stated that the said policy must ensure low cost sanitary napkins and safe disposal mechanisms of sanitary napkins in schools. The bench was...
'Fake' Encounters : Supreme Court To Consider Gujarat Govt's Objection To Sharing Records With Petitioners
In a case wherein the Supreme Court is monitoring 22 alleged 'fake encounters' conducted by the Gujarat Police between 2002 and 2007, it indicated, on Monday, that it would consider the reservation expressed by the State of Gujarat in sharing records of three encounters with the petitioners. The report filed by retired judge of the Supreme Court, Justice HS Bedi found prima facie evidence of...
Plea To Safeguard Copyright Of Live-Stream Videos In YouTube : Supreme Court Allows Petitioner To Give Suggestions
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed off an application filed by former RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya seeking a mechanism to preserve the copyright of the live-stream videos of hearings streamed through YouTube. A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala disposed of the application giving liberty to the petitioner to give his suggestions to...
Alleged Lack Of Jurisdiction Of Court No Ground To Transfer Case : Supreme Court Dismisses PFI Student Wing Leader's Plea
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by KA Rauf Sheriff, the General Secretary of the Campus Front of India (the student wing of the banned Popular Front of India), seeking transfer of the money laundering case against him from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to Ernakulam in Kerala.The money laundering case was registered in 2018 by taking a UAPA case relating to a PFI arms...
View That There Cannot Be Police Custody Beyond 15 Days From Date Of Arrest Should Be Reconsidered : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Monday, opined that its decision in CBI v. Anupam J. Kulkarni, wherein it was observed that there cannot be police custody beyond 15 days from the date of arrest, requires to be re-considered.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar granted permission to CBI to have 4 days’ police custody remand of an accused whose remand was originally granted by...
Plea Against Identifying Minorities At National Level: Supreme Court Grants Last Opportunity To States, UTs That Are Yet To Submit Responses
The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted last opportunity to the State Governments and Union Territories that are yet to file their response stating their point of view regarding identification and notification of religious and linguistic minorities. The Apex Court directed them to submit their response to the Union Government within a period of six weeks. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul...