Category: Supreme Court of India

NRC Updation Exercise: Supreme Court hearing today; stakeholders look for definite direction.

Source – sentinelassam.com GUWAHATI: With the Supreme Court going to have its hearing on the petitions filed on the updation exercise of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday, the stakeholders are looking forward for a definite direction from the apex Court. This is especially because several key issues concerning the citizens’ register still remain

Vijay Mallya’s petition in India won’t stop UK insolvency proceedings: Supreme Court.

Soouce – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that businessman Vijay Mallya, who faces charges of financial irregularities amounting to over Rs 9,000 crore, cannot use pendency of his plea regarding repayment plan in Supreme Court to stall proceedings in other jurisdiction. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde passed the order

P Chidambaram gets bail from Supreme Court, Karti Chidambaram tweets ‘Phew. At last’.

Source – hindustantimes.com Minutes after the Supreme Court granted bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case, his son Karti Chidambaram took to Twitter to express relief. “Phew. At last after 106 days,” tweeted Karti, a member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district. A top court bench of justices R Banumathi, AS

Supreme Court rules flouted in demand for damages.

Source – thehindu.com The Supreme Court had suo motu laid down 10-point guidelines for assessment of damages and liability in its judgment in Re: Destruction of Public and Private Properties Vs State of A.P and others on April 16, 2009. The assessment of “exemplary damages” for property destroyed in incidents of violence should be based on electronic media/private video

Tripura’s royal scion forms apolitical front to fight for indigenous people.

Source – hindustantimes.com Almost three months after resigning from the Congress, the former chief of the party’s Tripura’s unit and the state’s royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Deb Barman announced an apolitical forum to work for the rights of the indigenous people. He announced it through social media. The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or TIPRA

Supreme Court to Hear If Catholic Schools May Discriminate in Hiring.

Source – theepochtimes.com WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments from two Catholic schools in Los Angeles that maintain the religious exemption in the First Amendment shields them from employment discrimination lawsuits brought by two former instructors. The Supreme Court ordered Dec. 18 that the two cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St.