A day after media reports about the National Green Tribunal banning chanting of mantras and jayakaras in Amarnath, the Tribunal on Thursday clarified that it is only while standing in front of the Amarnath Ji Maha Shivling – a natural formation in the cave — that a devotee shall maintain silence, barring during aartis, and that
Hotels and restaurants can continue to sell packaged mineral water bottles above ‘MRP’ rates as the Supreme Court has observed that no prevailing law prevents such a sale. A bench of Justice RF Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha observed that neither the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, read with the Standards of Weights
A bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao directed that the students whose admissions have been cancelled shall be accommodated by the state of Madhya Pradesh in such colleges as possible with their merits. The bench also issued notice to the college to showcause why an order to compensate the students for having
The five-judges Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linkage of Aadhaar number with all services and schemes including bank accounts and mobile numbers, to March 31, 2018. In respect of bank accounts , the deadline had been extended to March 31, 2018, with leniency in so far as
The Supreme Court today categorically said it cannot direct the state legislature of Jammu and Kashmir to legislate for formation of minority commission for the state and asked the Centre to “deliberate” on it. “How can we ask or direct the state legislature to legislate in a particular manner.The Centre says they will deliberate on
A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has sought the appearance of Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal in a PIL seeking directions to restrict candidates from contesting from two constituencies simultaneously. Proposals to amend Section 33(7) of the Representation of People Act (RPA) were sent to the government. It was
“NO TWO LEAVES ARE ALIKE, YET THERE IS NO ANTAGONISM BETWEEN THEM OR BETWEEN THE BRANCHES ON WHICH THEY GROW.” – M K GANDHI When a newborn child enters a family, a spirit of happiness runs into the bloods of every person of the family. Parents feel blessed to have a new member in their
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra today posted all petitions relating to deportation of Muslim Rohingya refugees for detailed hearing on January 31. The bench had on October 13 just stopped short of staying the deportation of Rohingya refugees till it decided the petitions challenging the action but asked the Centre to strike
Ms. Shrivastava is a retired IAS Officer from the 1982-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre and will succeed incumbent Anoop Mishra, who will relinquish the post on 30 November. She will hold office until 30 November, 2018. Besides having been appointed as Secretary, Department of Justice earlier last year after having served in the Ministry of Finance
Jyoti Singh, whose husband was allegedly thrown off the moving train when he tried to film Railway Protection Force (RPF) constables allegedly indulging in extorting money from vendors in the train, has approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Central government and Railways to ensure the safety of train passengers. When her plea came for
What is the long-standing Ayodhya/Ram Mandir dispute all about? The Ayodhya dispute is a political, verifiable and socio-religious verbal confrontation in India, focused on a plot of land in the city of Ayodhya, situated in Faizabad locale, Uttar Pradesh. The primary issues rotate around access to a site generally respected among Hindus to be the
If we found that any Judge is Corrupt or with bad behaviour then Advocate need not to give him respect. – Supreme court High Court of Karnataka Vs. Jai Chaitanya Dasa and Ors. ) Status of an Advocate as an officer of justice does not mean that he is subordinate to the Judge. They are two
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a plea filed by four infants led by Arjun Gopal seeking a complete ban on fireworks across the country and a slew of other measures to curb pollution and sought response within four weeks. “Complete ban on the use, manufacture, licensing, sale, resale or distribution
A Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a common education system, i.e. common syllabus and common curriculum for all children aged 6 to 14 years. The Petition, filed by Ms. Neeta Upadhyay who herself is an Assistant Teacher at a Primary School in Ghaziabad, contends that the current education system does not
