The Supreme Court has instructed the Election Commission of India to strictly not nominate officers against whom disciplinary proceedings have been initiated in any key position in any district in the approaching Gujarat Assembly Elections. Attorney General K.K. Venugopal also made submission before the court that the ECI has already issued appropriate guidelines in this respect. Shikha TiwariI am a
The Supreme Court has asked for a re-deposition of eye witness while considering the bail application of former BJP MP Dinubhai Solanki who stands accused in the cold blooded murder of Amit Jethwa outside the Gujarat High Court in 2010. SC has also ordered Solanki to be arrested and held in confinement until the cross-examination of the eight eyewitnesses is
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay for granting Minority status to Hindus in 8 States of the country. Mr. Upadhyay stated that Hindus are treated as majority in Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Punjab despite of being a minority in population and are deprived of
The Kerala State Nurses Association has filed an application in the Supreme Court regarding the revision of salaries of nurses in private hospitals of Kerala. The Association stated that the private hospitals are trying to get away from implementing the recommendations of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Nursing Section) in compliance of the Supreme Court judgment and they should
The Supreme Court adjourned the PIL filed by Pankaj Kumud Chandra Phadnis seeking re-investigation of the Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in the understanding of some new evidence for four weeks after Advocate Amendra Sharan demanded more time to gather information about the case. Gandhiji’s great grandson Tushar Gandhi also sought the courts permission to intervene in the case opposing the re-investigation.
The Supreme has taken a step ahead in the famous Hadiya Case by ordering Ashokan, a 24 year old woman Hadiya’s father to produce her in front of the court on November 27 at 3 pm to determine whether she, an adult, after her conversion had willingly agreed to marry Shafin Jahan, a criminal. It has decided to speak to
The Supreme Court reprimanded Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal government for questioning the Constitutional viability of the Aadhaar Act under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution. It stated that no state can challenge a law passed by the parliament. SC also issued a notice to the Department of Telecom to stop distorting people by informing them about Aadhaar being the only
The Supreme Court while hearing appeals seeking compensation at par with that granted to others involved in the same notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which was earlier dismissed on the basis of delay, rejected the order and sent the matter back to the Collector for re-determination of compensation in view of its observations. It also stated that detain in
The Supreme Court while hearing a petition filed by Mr. Sadaullah observed that the Jharkhand High Court rejected to hear the petitioners appeal while observing that there are much older cases pending for more than thirteen and a half years. SC deplored that pendency of criminal appeals before high courts and has asked the centre to suggest remedies to ensure
The Supreme Court has abandoned the plea filed by Prince Lenin, general secretary of We The People, against the decision taken by Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court of rejecting the plea to direct the CBI to conduct a detailed inquiry into the allegations of food scam behind the murder of the IAS Officer Anurag Tiwari. Shikha TiwariI am a
