Idea Of Establishment Of SC Bench Outside Delhi Has Not Found Favour With Supreme Court: Law Ministry [Read Statement]

The Ministry of Law and Justice has reiterated that it has no plans to establish separate Benches of the Supreme Court, as the proposition has not been supported by Supreme Court itself. "Representations have been received from time to time from various quarters for establishment of Benches of Supreme Court in various parts of the country. The Law Commission, in its 229th Report had...

Caste And Privacy - A Note On Madras High Court Judgement

The rejection of information about persons selected as per their caste of backward class is invalid when quotas are based on a caste, which was accepted as a social group in identifying backwardness. The Public Information Officers (PIOs) are consistently rejecting the requests wherever 'caste' is referred as 'private' information. This case is a classic example. Muthian asked for the following information: a) Total number of vacancies called for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; b)...

'NLAT Reduced To A Farce; It Was Test Of Competence In Manipulation' : Petitioners Against NLSIU Test Submit In SC

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah heard on Wednesday the petitioners challenging the National Law Aptitude Test(NLAT), the separate admission test held by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru.Senior Advocate Nidhesh Gupta, appearing in the petition filed by Rakesh Kumar Aggarwalla (parent of a NLSIU aspirant)...

Full Bench Of P & H HC Set To Consider Whether Prisoners Detected Using/In Possession Of Cell Phone/SIM Card Inside Jail Premises Are Disentitled From Parole/Furlough [Read Order]

A full bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is set to consider the entitlement of prisoners who are "detected of using cell phone or in possession of cell phone/SIM card inside the jail premises" to parole or furlough .A bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Avneesh Jhingan on Monday, deeming that the law in this regard should be settled by a larger bench, referred the following question...

The Supreme Court's Greatest Gift Is the PIL and It Is Here to Stay, Whatever Critics May Say

Without PILs, corruption, nepotism and bias in executive actions will remain unchallenged. Courts must maintain a constant vigil, otherwise, all rights secured to citizens under our constitution will become worthless.

[Breaking] "You Cannot Target One Community And Brand Them In A Particular Manner": SC Restrains Sudarshan TV From Telecasting "UPSC Jihad" Show [Read Order]

"We order and direct, pending further orders of the court, Sudarshan News TV is restrained from telecasting the show in continuation of the shows already telecasted either under the same or a different caption"

'This Is So Insidious. Can This Be Tolerated In A Free Society?': Justice Chandrachud On Sudarshan TV's "UPSC Jihad" Show

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made some strong oral remarks taking objection to the show telecast by Sudarshan TV News about the entry of Muslims into the All India Services after clearing the UPSC exams."This program was so insidious. Citizens from a particular community who go through the same examinations and get interviewed by the same panel. This also casts aspersions on the UPSC...

[LIVE-UPDATES] SC Hearing In Plea Against Sudarshan TV's "UPSC Jihad ' Show

A Supreme Court Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra & KM Joseph is hearing the matterThey have now assembled over...

₹1.51 Lakh Crore GST Compensation Due To States; GDP Contraction, Lockdown, Etc., Reasons For Revenue Shortfall: Centre Tells Lok Sabha

The GST compensation due to states stands at over ₹1.51 lakh crore, said the Union Ministry of Finance on Monday in the Lok Sabha.The Ministry said that the nominal GDP for Q1 (April-June), 2020-21 shows a contraction of 22.6% which is one of the major reasons for the revenue shortfall in GST."The BE estimates for FY 2020-21 of GST in the Union Budget, 2020-21 were projected on the basis...

PM CARES Fund Not A 'Public Authority' Under RTI Act: Centre Tells In Lok Sabha

The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs has said in the Lok Sabha that the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund), though set up by the Central Government, is not a 'public authority' under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.This was told by Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, as a reply to...

Petitioner In Jail Because He Is Poor; Can't Deny Him His Freedom: U'khand HC Reduces Amount Of Sureties For Bail [Read Order]

While reducing the amount of sureties for Bail of a "poor person", the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday (10th September) observed that the petitioner could not get his freedom back because he could not arrange for sureties.The Single Bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani further remarked,"In the instant case petitioner is in jail because he is poor. It cannot be afforded, it should not happen...

"Accused Has Taken Names, If Released On Bail Evidence Will Be Destroyed"; Why Sessions Court Rejected Rhea And Showik's Bail [Read Order]

While rejecting bail to both Rhea Chakraborty and Showik Chakraborty, the Sessions Court last Friday observed that both the accused have named certain persons and investigation in respect of these persons is underway. So if they (Chakraborty's) are released on bail, they will alert these persons and evidence will be destroyed, Court reasoned.Judge GB Gurao was hearing the bail applications...