Employee Who Refuses Promotion Offer Not Entitled To Financial Upgradation Merely Because She Suffered Stagnation : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that if a regular promotion is offered but is refused by the employee before becoming entitled to a financial upgradation, she/he shall not be entitled to financial upgradation only because he/she has suffered stagnation.The court said that Central Government employees who have refused the offer of regular promotion are disentitled to the financial upgradation...

Calcutta High Court: Annual Digest 2021

As we step into 2022, LiveLaw brings to you a yearly Round-up of important updates from the Calcutta High Court. This yearly digest includes 182 orders and judgments divided into 21 different subject heads. Criminal Law 1. Section 173(8) CrPC No Bar For Writ Courts To Transfer Investigation To CBI [Jyotsna Roy v. State of West Bengal & Ors]Taking note of the wide gaps in a...

Telangana High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Deployment Of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) In Telangana

The Telangana High Court today issued a notice to the Telangana State Government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed challenging the deployment of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) in the State of Telangana.The notice has been issued by a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili on the PIL filed by a social activist from Hyderabad, S....

All Supreme Court 2021 Digests & Round-Up Reports In One Place

LiveLaw has published 26 annual round-up reports about Supreme Court decisions and happenings in 2021. All those reports are compiled here for the benefit of readers.100 Major Judgments (3 Parts)1. 100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2021 [Part 1, Judgments 1-52]2. 100 Major Supreme Court Judgments Of 2021 [Part 2, Judgments 53-75] 3. 100 Major Supreme Court Judgments Of 2021 [Part...

Power Of Judicial Review: How Supreme Court Caused Changes In Government Decisions in 2021

"If the judiciary does not have the power of judicial review, then the functioning of democracy in this country would be unthinkable", said the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana while speaking at a public event recently.The CJI explained that the Constitution has created three co-equal organs, namely the legislature, the executive and the judiciary and the judiciary has been given the role of reviewing the legality of steps taken by the other two organs. To brand "judicial review" as "judicial...

NEET-PG Counselling : Centre Decides To Retain Existing EWS Criteria; Files Affidavit In Supreme Court

In the cases related to the NEET-PG counselling, the Central Government told the Supreme Court that it has decided to retain the existing criteria for the Economically Weaker Section(EWS) reservation in the All India Quota, on the basis of the recommendations made by the expert committee.Changing the EWS criteria midway will lead to complications, opined the Committee. The Committee...

People's Chief Justice : Impactful Remarks Of CJI Ramana In 2021

The 8-month tenure of Justice NV Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India has witnessed certain refreshing changes in the judicial approach of the Supreme Court.Apart from his orders in cases like Pegasus, Tribunal vacancies, Lakhimpur Kheri etc., CJI Ramana has in his tenure of 8 months made some important observations and crucial remarks on various issues of contemporary relevance, both...

Supreme Court CPC Digest : Important Civil Law Judgments Of 2021

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [CPC] is an important law as far Civil law practitioners are concerned. Various High Courts have interpreted many provisions of the Code differently. The following are some of the important judgments delivered by the Supreme Court which deals with CPC.Appellate Court's Jurisdiction Under Section 96 CPC Involves Rehearing On Questions Of Law As Well As...

Karnataka High Court : Important Judgments Of 2021

CORPORATE ENTITIES 1: 'Tool Of Harassment' : Karnataka High Court Quashes UP Police Notice To Twitter India MD In Ghaziabad FIR Case Title: Manish Maheshwari v. State of Uttar Pradesh Case no: WP 11028/2021 Calling the notice issued by the Uttar Pradesh Police to the Managing Director of Twitter India as a "tool of harassment", the Karnataka High Court quashed the...

Hate Crimes Against Muslims On Rise In India : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Action

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking action against the repeated instances of hate speech across the country against Muslims. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a socio-religious organization of Muslims and Maulana Syed Mahmood Asad Madani, a religious scholar and social activist, are the petitioners.The petition narrates various instances of derogatory remarks made against...

NEET-PG Counselling : Why Criticism Against Supreme Court Intervention Is Misdirected?

Doctors across the country are protesting against the delay in conducting counselling for NEET-PG admissions. Certainly, the agony of the resident doctors - who dedicated themselves to selfless service as 'COVID warriors' during the pandemic - over the uncertain wait for much delayed postgraduate admissions is understandable. Fair-minded people will definitely stand in solidarity with the protesting doctors, as their cause is just.At the same time, there is a narrative that the Supreme...

Resist Being Co-opted By An Ideology Or The State; News Mixed With Views A Dangerous Cocktail : CJI Ramana To Journalists

Delivering the keynote address while awarding the Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Awards, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana spoke about the pressures faced by journalists in the age of cut-throat competition and social media amplification. Underscoring that press freedom was integral for the proper functioning of democracy, CJI Ramana reminded that journalists should resist being co-opted by...