Apoorva, Author at SCC Times

Allahabad HC sets aside Passport Authority’s order impounding a man’s passport due to pending criminal case

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 stays Delhi HC order granting divorce to Chef Kunal Kapur; Refers case for Mediation

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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Bar Councils cannot charge more than amount specified under S. 24 of Advocates Act as enrolment fees: Supreme Court

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 on Parliament’s power to impose limitations on State to levy tax on mineral rights

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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Explained | Supreme Court’s verdict on ‘royalty’ as tax and States power to levy cess on mining and mineral-use activities

“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 HC directs UPPSC to respond to candidate’s plea alleging marks disparity in U.P. Judicial Service Civil Judge examination 2022

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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‘Shocking that an advocate in robes is seeking protection to run brothel’; Madras HC directs Bar Council to ascertain genuineness of his enrollment and educational certificates

“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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Madras HC stays suspension of KFC operator’s license in Thoothukudi for reusing cooking oil

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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Supreme Court holds that States can levy cesses on mining and mineral-use activities; Justice BV Nagarathna dissents

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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Power to grant interim stay of operation of bail order can only be exercised in exceptional cases: Supreme Court

“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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Supreme Court sets aside Delhi HC order quashing summons issued to “The Wire” in criminal defamation case filed by former JNU Professor

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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Read why Supreme Court granted bail to Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

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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Candidate scoring minimum qualifying marks with no work experience will still be eligible to be appointed as City Manager under UDHD: Supreme Court

“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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‘Employer may pass order cancelling candidature on suppression of pending criminal case’; Allahabad HC upholds termination of candidate appointed to Class-IV post in District Judgeship

“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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No re-test for NEET UG 2024 as Supreme Court finds no material indicating vitiated results or systemic breaches

On 22-07-2024 the Supreme Court has asked the Director of IIT, Delhi to constitute a three-member expert committee to give their opinion regarding the correct answer to a multiple-choice question of NEET-UG 2024, for which the NTA awarded marks for two options.

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‘TC is a procedural tool to ensure child’s admission, cannot form basis for denying admission in school or to collect arrear of fees from parents’: Madras HC

“Payment of tuition fees is the duty of the parents towards the schools. Any default in the same ought to be recovered from the parents by the school concerned in the manner known to law. Instead, making entries of non-payment of fees on TC in the child’s name is humiliation for the child. ”

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‘No Work-No Pay’ principle is not applicable to Govt. employees for the period of absence, upon reinstatement after exoneration: Allahabad HC

By virtue of Rules 54(2) and 54(3), the petitioner is entitled to full pay and allowances for the period between 9-1-2020 to 29-9-2020 and his absence from service during the said period has to be treated as a period spent on duty for all purposes.

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Supreme Court sets aside withdrawal of prosecution of MLA accused of double murder in broad daylight

“The judicial system of our country often finds itself grappling with the pervasive issues of prolonged delay and suspected political influence within the legal proceedings.”

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Inside Supreme Court verdict on legality of State Governments levying and collecting Authorization Fee/Border Tax

Supreme Court said the petitioners must consider challenging the State provision in the Act and that they should have first approached their jurisdictional High Courts to challenge their respective State enactments.

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Madras HC issues guidelines on disposal of products of conception after MTP of a pregnant minor girl, and on disclosure of her personal details

Madras High Court made the Superintendent of Police of the District concerned responsible if the identity of the minor victim girl or the personal details are revealed to the outside world.