Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – May 2020
TOP STORIES COVID-19 No train or bus fare to be charged from migrant workers; SC issues interim directions SC takes suo motu
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Employee can be dismissed even after attaining the age of superannuation as per the Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules, 1978 : SC in a 2:1 verdict
Supreme Court: In a 2:1 verdict, the 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, MR Shah and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that the
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COVID-19| No train or bus fare to be charged from migrant workers; SC issues interim directions
Supreme Court: After taking suo motu cognizance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers who had been stranded in different parts of
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COVID-19| SC takes suo motu cognisance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers; Issues notice to Centre and States/UTs
Taking suo motu cognizance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers who had been stranded in different parts of the country, the
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Vizag Gas Leak| SC allows 30 LG Polymers personnel to access the plant till AP HC considers the matter
Supreme Court: In the plea challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order dated 22.05.2020 which directed the complete seizure of the LG
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COVID-19| Air India can operate full capacity flights till June 6 only: SC
Supreme Court: Considering the hardship of the passengers who are stranded on foreign soil at the airports after they were issued valid
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Supreme Court releases a list of 1239 matters likely to be heard from June 1
The Supreme Court Registry has notified the list of 1239 matters that are likely to be heard by the Supreme Court through
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Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| SC refuses to transfer the matter to CBI; Extends interim protection for 3 more weeks [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The bench Dr DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has refused to transfer to CBI the criminal cases lodged against
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COVID-19| No coercive action to be taken for one week in representative petition challenging MHA order on payment of full wages during lockdown
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and BR Gavai, JJ has issued notice in a number
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COVID-19| Supreme Court notifies new dress code for advocates
On 13.05.2020, the Supreme Court notified that all the advocates to wear “plain white-shirt/white-salwar-kameez/ white saree, with a plainwhite neck band” during
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No weddings & events in Jaipur’s Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh after 8:00 PM; SC partially upholds NGT’s order
Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has held that not be appropriate to permit the use
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In a first, Single-Judge bench to hear cases in Supreme Court from Wednesday
In furtherance of the amendment to the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 as published in the gazette of India on 18.09.2019, single-judge bench
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Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| Verdict reserved; Goswami’s interim protection extended till the delivery of judgment
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has reserved it’s judgment in the petition filed by Republic
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Article 370| SC refuses to restore 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir; Constitutes a 3-member committee to take a call
Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, R. Subhash Reddy and BR Gavai, JJ has constituted a three-member committee to look
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Bar under Order 23 Rule 3A CPC to challenge compromise decree extends to strangers as well
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that a decree passed on a compromise cannot be
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COVID-19| SC extends limitation prescribed under the A&C, 1996 and the NI Act,1881
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, Deepak Gupta and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ has directed extended the limitation prescribed under the
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Scandalous allegations against SC judges| All 3 advocates to undergo 3 months simple imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 2000
Supreme Court: After finding advocates Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha and Rashid Khan Pathan guilty of levelling scandalous allegations against Justice RF Nariman
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COVID-19| Indians stranded in Nepal to be brought back on May 7: Centre tells SC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and BR Gavai, JJ disposed of the petition seeking a direction to expedite
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228 advocates registered as Advocates-on-Record of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court: After 228 advocates have filed their application for registration as Advocate-on-record, Justice BR Gavai directed that the names of all
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SARFAESI Act applicable to Cooperative Banks: Constitution Bench
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has held that “’banking’
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