Category: LEGAL NEWS

The Centre on Monday opposed in the Supreme Court the arguments that people are losing their jobs and rations allegedly due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandates issued by various states and authorities, saying nobody is losing anything . Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told this to a bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai that was hearing a matter in which issues including disclosure of data on clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine mandates have been raised. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner, said the aspect…

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The Supreme Court Tuesday voiced concern over degradation in the quality of legal education in the country and said that improvements are needed in the system at the entry-level. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by the Bar Council of India against a Gujarat high court order which allowed a single mother to enroll as an advocate without resigning from her job. “I want to also mention something on the responsibility of the BCI to hold proper exams and make recommendations on how to improve the system at…

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Two Hindu organisations, Hindu Sena’ and Hindu Front for Justice, have moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene as parties in a pending plea in which notices have been issued to the Centre and others on allegations of hate speeches made against Muslim communities at Haridwar and New Delhi. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana, on January 12, had sought responses from the Centre, Utttarakhand and Delhi Police on the PIL filed by journalist Qurban Ali and former Patna High Court judge and senior advocate Anjana Prakash…

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The National Green Tribunal has formed a committee to submit a report on conditions subject to which Lakhwar Multipurpose Project in Uttarakhand can be allowed. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel constituted the independent expert committee headed by Additional Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources. The domain experts will look into their respective fields, to be collated collectively by the committee. The meeting of the committee may be called within one month. Further study may be completed within two months in the light of available data…

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The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would consider listing for hearing the fresh plea of activists seeking implementation of an earlier order on ensuring food security and other welfare measures for migrant workers who are again in distress in the third COVID-19 wave triggered by omicron variant and consequential curbs imposed in parts of country. Let me see, Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana told advocate Prashant Bhushan who sought urgent hearing on an interim application filed by three activists, Anjali Bharadwaj, Harsh Mander and Jagdeep Chhokar, in…

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The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would consider listing for hearing the fresh plea of activists seeking implementation of an earlier order on ensuring food security and other welfare measures for migrant workers who are again in distress in the third COVID-19 wave triggered by omicron variant and consequential curbs imposed in parts of country. Let me see, Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana told advocate Prashant Bhushan who sought urgent hearing on an interim application filed by three activists, Anjali Bharadwaj, Harsh Mander and Jagdeep Chhokar, in…

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COVID-19 inoculation guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry do not envisage forcible vaccination without obtaining the consent of an individual, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The Health Ministry in an affidavit filed before the top court submitted that India’s vaccination programme is the largest in the world and as on January 11, 2022, a total of 1,52,95,43,602 doses have been administered. It said that 90.84 per cent of the eligible adult population has received their first dose of the vaccine and 61 per cent has received their…

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The Supreme Court has directed a Patna local court to complete the trial within three months in the case of gunning down of the head of a traders’ association in Bihar’s Bihta in 2017. A bench of justices L Nageswara Rao and Hrishikesh Roy, which had earlier cancelled the bail granted by the Patna High Court to an accused in the murder case, was perturbed over the slow pace of the trial. The top court took note of the submission of lawyer Smarhar Singh, appearing for Ajay Kumar, brother of…

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 Passenger vehicle exports from India increased 46 per cent in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, with Maruti Suzuki India leading the segment with dispatches of around 1.68 lakh units, as per the latest data by SIAM. The total passenger vehicle (PV) exports stood at 4,24,037 units in April-December 2021-22 as compared with 2,91,170 units in the same period a year ago. Passenger car shipments saw 45 per cent growth at 2,75,728 units while utility vehicle exports rose 47 per cent at 1,46,688 units during the period…

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 The Delhi High Court Thursday agreed to examine former Union Minister M J Akbar’s appeal against the trial court order acquitting journalist Priya Ramani in his criminal defamation case over her allegations of sexual harassment. Admit. List in due course, said Justice Mukta Gupta who had issued notice to Ramani on the appeal in August last year. Lawyer Bhavook Chauhan appeared for Ramani before the court and sought time to file a response to Akbar’s plea. He said that submissions have to be made on the aspect of leave to…

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