Category: Supreme Court

Source: telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court, majority of whose 2,200-strong employees hail from northern India, has decided to cast its net wide to make its administrative wing “pan-Indian”. Plans are afoot to recruit more personnel from the east, the Northeast, the south and the west without discriminating against candidates from the north, sources said. Chief Justice

Source:www.opindia.com The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by two Rohingya men on illegal immigrants and whether they can be granted the status of refugees. The apex court Tuesday agreed to hear the petition against the Central government’s plan to deport about 40,000 Rohingyas members back to their homes in Myanmar. The Rohingyas fled their home

Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea of a claimant to the disputed Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land that the mediation proceedings triggered by the court to heal hearts and minds is making no headway. In an urgent mentioning before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, the claimant asked

Source: indianexpress.com The Supreme Court has drawn up a plan to enlist services of officers of the CBI and Delhi Police to ensure that only clean recruits enter its service. These officers, who will be on deputation, will be designated as Additional Registrars, Branch Officers etc in the Registry and will “coordinate between the court

Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court yesterday held that when an accused in a case did not enter appearance before High Court, the High Court should not have decided the case on merits. Instead, it should have issued second notice to the accused or directed the High Court Legal Services Committee to appoint an advocate or

Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court has ordered the Kerala government to pay ₹5 lakh compensation to four minors affected by the toxic pesticide Endosulfan in the State within two months. If the victims are not paid the money within the period, they are at liberty to revive the contempt action against the Kerala government, the court said. Thousands affected The order

Source: indiatoday.in Anon-profit organization engaged in promoting financial literacy has moved the Supreme Court, alleging cheating, especially of senior citizens, by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) through its Jeevan Saral policy, in which nearly 5 crore policy holders have “lost a big chunk on their principal investment”. The Mumbai-based Moneylife Foundation said it has received

Source: dnaindia.com The Maharashtra government’s petition against an order of the Bombay High Court that tied the hands of the state’s planning authorities from regularising any unauthorised construction got admitted in the Supreme Court on Friday. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose issued notice on

Source: hindustantimes.com A 60-year-old Supreme Court lawyer was found murdered inside her bungalow in Noida Sector 31 on Tuesday night. Police said two of the lawyer’s domestic helps — husband and wife — who had been hired last week were absconding and were suspects in the case. The victim, Kuljeet Kaur, was found dead with

Source: morungexpress.com The Supreme Court of India, on July 2, has reportedly dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging certain sections of the “Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 which gives unbridled power to a State to prescribe ILP.” Upadhyay contended that Nagaland has only eight per cent Hindu population