Category: Supreme Court of India

SC fines Bengal over rural court lapse.

Source:- telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on seven states, including Bengal, for failing to file their response on setting up “Gram Nyayalayas” to take the administration of justice to the doorsteps of people. The other states to be fined are Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab and

High Court notice to to Centre, Delhi govt over New Pension Scheme.

Source:- tkbsen.in New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Centre and the Delhi Government on a petition filed by Delhi Judicial Service Association challenging the new pension scheme (NPS) for the judges in the national capital. Justice A K Chawla issued the notices on the petition filed by Delhi

Abortion Limit Increased To 24 Weeks As Centre Okays Changes In Pregnancy Termination Law.

Source:-abplive.com The Bill will be introduced in the ensuing session of Parliament starting January 31. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar shared the information after the decision taken into the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which proposed extension of

Supreme Court Suggests Amending Constitution Over Powers Of Speaker To Disqualify MPs, MLAs.

Source – New Delhi: In a path breaking ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said Parliament should “rethink” whether the Speaker of a House should continue to have powers to disqualify lawmakers as such a functionary “belongs to a particular political party”. Parliament may seriously consider amending the Constitution to substitute Speaker of Lok Sabha and

SC allows Centre to takeover Unitech management; grants two months to prepare resolution plan.

Source – businesstoday.in The Supreme Court of India has accepted the Centre’s proposal to take over the management control of Unitech Limited. Under this arrangement, the government will appoint 10 nominee directors on the Unitech board and complete pending projects of the company for providing relief to around 12,000 hassled homebuyers. The Supreme Court bench, led

Cong-ruled Chhattisgarh moves SC against NIA Act enacted by Cong-led UPA.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Congress-led Chhattisgarh has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the validity of the National Investigation Agency Act that was hurriedly drafted by the previous Congress-led UPA after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. P Chidambaram, who was brought in as home minister after the 2008 terror attacks, had pushed for creation of India’s