No bail for AAP leader Satyendar Jain as Supreme Court orders immediate surrender
Satyendar Jain was arrested in May 2022 pertaining to offences under PMLA.
Justice Bela M Trivedi
‘Non-compliance of Section 173(2) of CrPC raises many legal issues’; SC discusses police report procedure and contents in detail
“The form of the police report under Section 173(2) of the CrPC is prescribed by the State Government and each State Government has its own Police Manual to be followed by the police officers while discharging their duty.”
‘District Collectors summoned under S. 50 PMLA to respect and respond to summons’; SC stays Madras HC decision staying summons by ED
The District Collectors of several Districts of Tamil Nadu were summoned by the Directorate of Enforcement for various offences under the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, including some of them being scheduled offences.
Man accused of killing 2.5-yr-old nephew to walk free after 21 years as SC sets aside High Court’s decision reversing acquittal by Trial Court
“The High Court, in exercise of appellate powers, may reappreciate the entire evidence, however, reversal of an order of acquittal is not to be based on mere existence of a different view or a mere difference of opinion”.
‘NFSA and welfare Schemes already in force’; SC leaves open to States/UTs to explore alternative welfare scheme; refuses to direct setting up Community Kitchens
Directions were sought from the Supreme Court against the States to formulate scheme for community Kitchens to combat hunger, malnutrition and starvation and the deaths resulting thereof.
SC sets aside Allahabad HC’s stay on investigation and blanket orders restraining arrest of IndiaBulls officers
“Judicial comity and judicial discipline demands that higher courts should follow the law. The extraordinary and inherent powers of the court do not confer any arbitrary jurisdiction on the court to act according to its whims and caprice.”
Point-wise Breakdown of Supreme Court’s split verdict on S. 17A of PC Act and its application in Chandrababu Naidu’s plea in Skill Development Scam
Section17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, introduced with effect from 26-07-2018, bars any enquiry or inquiry or investigation by a police officer into any allegations against public servant, without the prior approval of the authority concerned.
‘Discriminated and arbitrarily deprived of the fruit of selection’; SC directs appointment of 50-year-old as Postal Assistant after 28 year wait
“If the candidature is not rejected at the threshold and candidate is allowed to participate in the selection process and ultimately his name was there in the merit list, though such candidate has no indefeasible right to claim appointment, he does have a limited right of being accorded fair and non-discriminatory treatment”.
Supreme Court dismisses PIL praying for declaring Manual Scavengers Act unconstitutional; Grants liberty to move to High Court
A PIL on the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 is pending before the Supreme Court.
Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Bela Madhurya Trivedi
Justice Bela M. Trivedi, who was appointed as a Supreme Court Judge in 2021, is the first woman Judge from Gujarat High Court to be elevated to the Supreme Court and a Limca Book of Records holder.
Here’s why Supreme Court upheld DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi’s election from Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudy
DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi’s election was challenged on the ground that she had intentionally supressed the information about the payment of income tax of her spouse.
Ad-hoc judicial service does not count as ‘judicial service’ for elevation as a High Court judge: Supreme Court
Some members of the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Service had claimed that the service rendered by them as District & Sessions Fast Track judges on Ad-hoc basis was not considered for elevation to the Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Know Thy Judge| Justice Bela Madhurya Trivedi
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