Supreme Court Dismisses Maharashtra Govt's Plea To Direct Centre To Share Raw Caste Census Data Of SECC 2011

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the writ petition field by the State of Maharashtra seeking to direct the Union Government to share the raw census data collected in the Socio-Economic Caste Census(SECC) held during 2011. The State Government sought the raw census data for implementing reservation for Other Backward Classes(OBC) in the local body elections.A bench comprising Justices...

Breaking: Karnataka High Court Confers Senior Designation On 53 Advocates

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday has conferred senior designation on 53 advocates in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 16(2) of the Advocates' Act, 1961 and Rule 6(9) of the High Court of Karnataka (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2018. Only two of the designees are women. The notification issued by the Registrar General of the High Court lists out the name of...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Over 'Unmindful' Sharing Of Facebook Post; But Directs Accused To Compensate Police For Time Spent On Probe

The Court asked the accused to pay Rupees 20,000 to Police Welfare Fund while quashing the FIR.

Applications To Condone Delay In Filing Version In Consumer Cases Pending On 04.03.2020 Not Impacted By CB Judgment : SC Clarifies

Settling a conflict between two division bench judgments, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that the applications to condone the delay of more than 45 days in filing the version of the opposite party in consumer cases, which were pending as of March 4, 2020, will not be impacted by the ruling of the Constitution Bench judgment in the case New India Assurance...

Supreme Court Allows Defence Ministry's Plea To Allow Double Lane Widening Of Char Dham Highway Project

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed an application filed by the Ministry of Defence for the double-lane widening of roads that are part of the 899-km Char Dham project in Uttarakhand.A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Vikram Nath pronounced orders in the application filed by the Ministry of Defence seeking modification of the order dated September 8,...

'Granting Bail On Humanitarian Grounds Not Legally Tenable': Meghalaya High Court In POCSO Case

The Meghalaya High Court on Friday observed that granting of bail on humanitarian grounds is not legally tenable while setting aside the bail granted to an accused under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act). Justice W Diengdoh was adjudicating upon a criminal revision petition seeking to set aside the bail granted to an accused who had allegedly kidnapped,...

What Is India's Judges to Population Ratio?

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha by a written reply that the nation currently has 21.03 judges per million population. The statement was in response to question posed by members of Parliament seeking the Law Minister's response on the judges-to-population ratio. Mr. Rijiju stated in his response that as on 31.10.2021 the judge to population ratio (Judge...

Has Not The Apex Court Done Violence To Section 149 IPC?

I chanced to peruse a Judgment dated 23-11-2021 by a two – Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India in Criminal Appeal No: 31 of 2019 (Viram @ Virma v. State of Madhya Pradesh), forwarded to me by a senior Advocate of the Supreme Court. Even though the judgment is shown as "non-reportable", there cannot be any doubt that it has equal binding force as any other judgment of the Apex Court. 2. The two-Judge Bench was disposing of an appeal by A2 to A4, A7 to A11, A18 and A20. Out of...

What Ranjan Gogoi Omits To Say In His Memoir 'Justice For The Judge'?

Whatever be Gogoi's protestations, the fact of the matter is that there are valid and strong grounds for criticism against several of his decisions and (in)actions.

Can An Accused Seek To Be Subjected To Narco Analysis Test To Prove His Innocence? Kerala High Court Answers

In a recent judgment, the Kerala High Court has declined to allow the plea of an accused in a POCSO case where he voluntarily submitted to undergo a narco analysis test to prove his innocence in the matter. Observing that even if allowed, the statements obtained through the test are not admissible in law, Justice M.R. Anitha held:"The revelations brought out during Narco Analysis under...

Whether Service Tax To Be Levied On Card-Issuing Bank For Interchange Fees : Supreme Court Delivers Split Verdict

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court took a divergent view on the issue, whether the card-issuing bank charging an interchange fee for credit card transaction is to be subjected to service tax for the same. Justice K.M. Joseph was of the opinion that the interchange fee is received for the service rendered by the card-issuing banks, hence liable to be subjected to service tax. Justice...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Haryana State's Law On 75% Job Quota For Locals In Pvt Sector

A Writ petition challenging the vires of the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020 has been moved by the Faridabad Industries Association (FIA) before the Punjab and Haryana High Court.It may be noted that the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020, which was notified on November 6, 2021, seeks to provide 75 percent reservation for local candidates in...