The Supreme Court has expressed its strong disapproval over the non-implementation of the Punjab Privately Managed Affiliated and Punjab Government Aided Colleges Pensionary Benefits Scheme, 1986, by the State of Punjab, despite repeated assurances given to the High Court. The Bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice N Kotiswar Singh further pulled up the State…
The Union of India assured the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it would try its level best to resolve the battle of egos that sometimes cropped up between civil servants belonging to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Police Service (IPS), and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). The matter came up before the Bench…
The Delhi High Court has stayed till April 2, the suspension of seven students of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University, who were banned from entering the varsity, over their participation in a protest related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The single-judge Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice to the varsity and…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to UK-based arms consultant Christian James Michel in a case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam. The single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma granted bail to Michel in the case registered by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia to appear before the Punjab Police on March 17 for interrogation in a drugs case. The Bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Aravind Kumar passed the interim order on an application filed by the Punjab Police challenging the Punjab and Haryana…
The Union of India on Tuesday gave its nod to the appointment of three additional judges of the Bombay High Court as permanent judges of the same High Court. The judges, who have been made permanent, include Justice Shailesh Pramod Brahme, Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla and Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain. The Central government further extended…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the vacancy of judges in the district judiciary, saying that it was resulting in delay of trials at Special Courts created to hear offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. Hearing the suo motu case initiated to address the systematic flaws…
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed a special court order directing to register a first information report (FIR) against former Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, along with other officials of SEBI & Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), in connection with a listing fraud case. The single-judge Bench of Justice…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Olympic medalist wrestler Sushil Kumar in the murder case of junior wrestler Sagar Dhankar. The single-judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula granted bail to the Olympic medalist on a bond of Rs 50,000, along with two sureties of the same amount. Appearing for Kumar, Advocates RS…
The Supreme Court on Monday permitted YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, commonly known as BeerBiceps, to resume hosting his podcast, The Ranveer Show, without breaching the general standards of morality and decency. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice NK Singh passed the order on a petition filed by Allahabadia in connection with multiple FIRs lodged…