The Supreme Court has restored the proceedings initiated by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) against a nominee director of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) on the board of Bhushan Steel Limited (BSL) in a financial fraud case. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal set aside an order passed by the…
The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily against the Uttar Pradesh Police for invoking the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 in an alleged rape case, without any evidence. Hearing a bail petition filed by a man accused of alleged rape and unlawful conversion, the Bench of Chief Justice of…
The Madras High Court on Thursday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to continue the investigation against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) till March 25. The ED is probing a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Division Bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice N Senthilkumar issued the order…
The Supreme Court has granted interim protection from eviction to 19000 odd street vendors in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune in Maharashtra. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, taking in view the submissions made by the Counsel appearing for the respondent (Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation) that the exercise to accommodate the 19792 street-vendors or…
The administrative side of the Supreme Court has asked a Special Bench to review the Indira Jaising judgment of 2017, governing the designation of lawyers as Senior Advocates. Representing the Apex Court, Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta made arguments on Wednesday before the Special Bench of Justice AS Oka, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SVN…
The Delhi High Court has granted app-based transport aggregator Rapido four months to improve accessibility for disabled persons and in case of failure, they should pack up from India. The High Court further pulled the Central government for allowing the app to function without complying with the existing laws. It summoned the Joint Secretary of…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), directing it to come up with a roadmap within two weeks on how it planned to carry out investigation into the alleged builder-banks nexus in Delhi/NCR, which duped thousands of homebuyers in the region. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has registered 193 cases against current and former MPs, MLAs, MLCs, political leaders, and individuals affiliated with political parties in the past 10 years. This information was given by the Ministry of Finance and Revenue to the Parliament, during its ongoing Budget Session. Replying to a query by Member of…
The Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to enroll within two days, a Korean national as lawyer. The Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta noted on Tuesday that since there was no stay on the single-judge order allowing the plea of Daeyoung Jung for enrolment…
The Supreme Court has directed the States across the country to formulate guidelines and policies, ensuring that patients and their families were not exploited by hospitals, especially private hospitals. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotishwar Singh observed that since it would not be advisable for the Supreme Court to issue mandatory…