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“Royalty is in the nature of a tax or an exaction. It is not merely a contractual payment but a statutory levy under Section 9 of the MMDR Act.”
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Supreme Court noted that this is not a case of pre-planned murder as the incident started with a fight between children for “mangoes” which unfortunately flared up when the adults of the families also got involved which ultimately led to the deceased, the father of one of the children, being killed.
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Supreme Court noted that petitioner assails the impugned order on ground that the High Court failed to appreciate that the post of PE Teacher stands on a different footing than a teacher in other subjects, as there is no separate category of “Pass Graduate or Hons. Graduate” and there is only one examination for the ‘Pass Graduate’ category for the post of PE Teacher.
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Supreme Court requested the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to assign the hearing of the petition under Section 34 to a Judge other than the Judge who heard and passed the impugned order.
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Madras High Court took note of the affidavit filed by the petitioner, wherein he regretted for his conduct, and he has recorded his regards to M.K.Stalin in unequivocal terms. Further, he said he will not subscribe to or endorse the alleged message in any way.
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“If the Government School is named as “Tribal School”, then what would be the impact in the society. It is painful that even in the 21st century the Government is allowing to use such words in the Government Schools, functioning from and out of public money”
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Allahabad High Court: In a writ petition challenging the communication issued by the Regional Passport Officer, whereby he has been informed that
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Supreme Court has referred the case to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre to explore the possibility of any out-of-court settlement.
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Supreme Court declared that the judgment would have a prospective effect, thus the Bar Councils are not required to refund the enrolment fees collected more than the statutory amount so far.
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Supreme Court said that authorizing the Central Government to lay down the terms of mining leases and grant approval to concessions, the MMDR Act seeks to ensure that there is uniformity in the terms for working of mines and extraction of minerals.
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“The payments made to the Government cannot be deemed to be a tax merely because the statute provides for their recovery as arrears”.
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Allahabad High Court noted that the final result was declared on 30-8-2023. Almost 11 months have passed since then, the petitioner had not approached the Court any earlier.
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“The Tamil Nadu Government to prevent the exploitation of women and trafficking of women, has enacted an Act, viz., the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956. This Act has been enacted with an aim to prevent the commercialisation of vices and the trafficking of females. This Act does not declare sex work as illegal. However, it prohibits running of brothel centres.”
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There is also prima facie merit in the Sapphire Foods contention that Magnesium Silicate Synthetic far being a prohibited agent is a permitted filtration agent.
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This matter was the oldest pending nine-judge Bench case before the Supreme court. The Bench had reserved its judgment in the matter on 14-03-2024
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“An order granting a stay to the operation of the order granting bail during the pendency of the application for cancellation of bail should be passed in very rare cases”
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In March 2023, the Delhi High Court quashed the summoning order, stating that there is nothing therein that could be defamatory against former Professor
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In Lakhimpur Kheri violence, four farmers, one journalist, the driver of one of the vehicles, and two others, were killed. Nearly ten farmers suffered major and minor injuries
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“The only criteria for minimum qualifying marks have been mentioned in the Bihar City Manager Cadre (Appointment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2014 and the advertisement, which states that 32 % for women is the minimum qualifying marks for the written test (70 marks) and not out of 100 marks as interpreted by BSSC.”
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“A candidate seeking an appointment in the District Court judgeship should be of impeccable character and high integrity, and his antecedents should be clean and if a person whose integrity is doubtful or his antecedents are not clean is appointed, that can damage the institution.”
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