A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the states to take appropriate steps to weed out corruption, black money generation and benami transaction and to improve India’s ranking in the Corruption Perception Index.
The Central government has replied a categorical “No”, to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s written question in Parliament today on the status of PM CARES vis-à-vis the RTI Act.
SC has released a user guide for limited physical court hearings in wake of the Covid 19 pandemic. The 17- page release provides a user guide for e-nomination of Counsel, e-nomination of clerk, e- application for special hearing pass and e-submission for health declaration.
Upadhyay has asked the Election Commission to issue directions as per the Supreme Court judgment of September 25, 2018. In that order the top court had directed the ECI to take appropriate steps to secure the fundamental rights of voters (right to know the candidate) guaranteed under the Article 19).
‘Judiciary, Judges and the Administration of Justice’, a book authored by Justice R. Banumathi, former judge of the Supreme Court, was launched virtually today by Chief Justice of India S. A. Bobde.
The ex-minister had just been granted interim bail by the Allahabad high Court for a two-month period on medical grounds. The case dates back to 2017. Prajapati was again arrested by Lucknow police yesterday, for allegedly striking a deal with the alleged survivor to drop the charges.
Justice Ved Prakash Vaish retires on June 26, 2021. This means he has less than ten months to settle affairs and to settle down into a well-earned retired life. His is a family of legal ‘achievers’, so to say.
In two orders, the Supreme Court has felt the need for urgent action on a long-delayed matter of construction of smog towers and waste management in Delhi. But was there a judicial overreach in overlooking a cost-effective solution and the rights of co-citizens?
At one time, it was said that political parties like the Congress were being excessively advised by lawyers at the expense of politics. Now power politics dominates. The law is only there to be observed in the breach
The Supreme Court has been approached by 16 slum dwellers seeking impleadment in the MC Mehta case in which a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra had ordered removal of jhuggis near the New Delhi area, to address environment related issues.