Creamy layer concept does not apply to SC/STs, Centre to Supreme Court
The Centre today submitted before the Supreme Court that the concept of creamy layer does not apply to persons belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities (SC/ST). Centre was...
View ArticleStay of proceedings in trial, civil or criminal, to automatically lapse in...
In an all-important judgment, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India has held that stay of proceedings in a pending trial, whether civil or criminal, will automatically lapse after six...
View ArticleIf High Court remains without permanent Chief Justice, speedy justice...
The Supreme Court today once again took note of the troubles plaguing the appointment of judges to higher judiciary, particularly the non-appointment of permanent Chief Justices to High Courts. A Bench...
View ArticleRecusal Watch: Justice AM Sapre recuses minutes after bench issues notice
In this edition of Recusal Watch, we find that last week (March 19 to 23) saw 13 recusals by nine Supreme Court judges. Justice AM Sapre recused on March 19 from a case in which he was on the Bench...
View ArticlePetition filed in Supreme Court seeking mandatory use of Mic-System
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the indulgence of the Court to put into mandatory use, the pre-installed mic-system. The petition filed by a law student, Kapildeep Agarwal and...
View ArticleCBSE re-exam for Mathematics, Economics challenged in Supreme Court
Two Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the decision taken by the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) to re-conduct the Mathematics Paper for Class-X and Economics...
View ArticleCannot accommodate mosque inside premises, Allahabad High Court to Supreme...
Allahabad High Court today made it clear that it cannot permit a mosque of UP Sunni Central Waqf Board to continue in its premises. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for High Court today told...
View ArticleSC/ST judgment: Potential for misuse not a valid ground to read down statute,...
The Central government has wasted no time in seeking a review of the controversial judgment by the Supreme Court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan vs. State of Maharashtra. A review petition was filed...
View ArticleSC/ST judgment: Supreme Court to hear review petition at 2 pm today in open...
The Supreme Court will hear the review petition filed by the Central government against the judgment on the SC/ST Act, at 2 pm today. Attorney General KK Venugopal initially mentioned the matter before...
View ArticleRationalizing of Tyranny: Should Legislators be allowed to practice?
M Rishi Kumar Dugar “…We should avoid relying on high-profile lawyers (with political inclinations) because with their argumentative skills, they are able to rationalize all forms of tyranny.” India’s...
View ArticleAadhaar: Failure rate is 8.54 percent for Iris, 6 percent for finger print,...
The Chief Executive Officer of UIDAI submitted his response to the questions raised by petitioners in the Aadhaar case in Supreme Court. The response by the CEO divulges many interesting contours of...
View ArticleSupreme Court red signal to ‘Karnataka origin’ criterion for Govt seats in PG...
The Supreme Court today held that a condition mandating ‘Karnataka origin’ as a criterion to be eligible for government seats in post-graduate Medical courses is unconstitutional. The judgment was...
View ArticleUnpaid for fifteen years: Supreme Court directs four states to pay ₹127...
The Supreme Court today directed the States of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal to make an interim payment of approximately ₹127 crores to tea garden workers whose legal dues have remained...
View ArticleHas Andhra Pradesh been given a raw deal? PIL in SC seeks Centre’s compliance...
While a political battle on the same is already playing out, a public interest litigation has now been filed in Supreme Court by a lawyer seeking directions to be issued to the Central government to...
View ArticleSC Collegium recommends four names for elevation to Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium today recommended the names of three Advocates and one Judicial Officer for appointment as Judges of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court. The three lawyers are Wasim Sadiq...
View ArticleState PSC, SSB selection process should be videographed, Supreme Court [Read...
The Supreme Court has directed that selection process conducted by State Public Service Commissions (PSC) and State Selection Boards should be videographed. The order was passed by a Bench comprising...
View ArticleDevil’s Advocate v. Judge: Full transcript of Justice Jasti Chelameswar...
“Your smiles, silences and ‘Mmmms’ speak volumes”. It was literally Devil’s Advocate v. Judge at the Constitution Club of India yesterday. Faced with a volley of questions by noted journalist Karan...
View ArticleWinking forbidden in Islam, says Intervention Application in Priya Prakash...
An application has been filed in the Supreme Court by two persons, seeking to intervene in the petition filed by actress Priya Prakash Varrier concerning the viral hit song “Manikya Malaraaya Poovi” in...
View ArticleBreaking: #Hadiya- Strength of Constitution lies in acceptance of plurality
The Supreme court has delivered its reasoned judgment in the Hadiya case. The judgment was rendered by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud a month after it had set...
View ArticleBreaking: SC notice to Centre in challenge to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
In a significant development in relation to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the Supreme Court today issued notice to the Central government in a petition challenging the vires of various...
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