The Supreme Court put a hold sale of fire crackers in Delhi and NCR region stating that sale will get implemented only from November 1, 2017. A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said it wanted to test the effect of the ban on air quality after Diwali noting that each year festival leaves the air in Delhi thick
The Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to place on record the steps taken by them to enhance the security in the Courts within four weeks. This order was issued by a Bench comprising Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara in a case in which the witness was shot dead while the police was escorting him to the lock-up. Shikha TiwariI
The Supreme Court has taken Suo Motu Cognizance of question paper leak in the Haryana Judicial Service Examination 2017 and transferred the matter to Apex Court. The registrar of the office Dr. Balwinder Kumar Sharma was the conspirator. The Haryana High Court Creation Committee recommended registration of an FIR and disciplinary action against him, as well as his transfer from
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a plea filed by kids Arjun-Gopal and others tomorrow seeking restoration of its last years decision of prohibiting fire crackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The plea has also sought recall of apex court verdict dated September 12 which had temporarily lifted the order of suspending permanent licences for sale of firecrackers
The Chief Justice Dipak Misra led a bench of the Supreme Court referred to a constitution bench for the issue of formulating a law on action to be taken against individuals in authority or holding a public office or governance in-charge making irresponsible statements. Earlier the court also framed four questions while a petition had been filed against Samajwadi
The Supreme Court on dealing with an appeal filed against the judgment of Calcutta High Court which had set aside the arbitration award passed a judgement stating that Relying on Section 31(7)(a) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, the arbitrator cannot grant interest for the period between the date of cause of action and date of award, if the parties by
The Supreme Court has decided that it will hear the Constitution Bench Matters from October 10. As per a notice issued the cases include NCT Delhi vs Union of India, Common Causes vs Union of India (euthanasia), Kalpana Mehta and Others Vs. Union of India and Others, The State Of Jharkhand vs M/S Hindustan Construction Company and National Insurance
A meeting of the Supreme Court collegium was held on September 22. In this meeting the decision to transfer four judges to their Parent High Courts. Justice Rajiv Shakdher of Madras High Court and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu who is currently the judge of Kerela High Court maybe transferred. Shikha TiwariI am a law student who is a pluviophile and
Congress MP Rajiv Satav moved a private member’s bill proposing Audio and Video recording of Supreme Court proceedings and making the same available online to the public. The Bill proposes establishment of a ‘Supreme Court Secretariat’ by the Centre after consultation with the Chief Justice of India. The Secretariat will function to ensure effective implementation of the provisions. Shikha TiwariI
