Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court today held that a private vehicle plying on public road will fall within the definition of “public place” under Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act 2016 (Act). The judgment was rendered by a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph in an appeal against a decision of the Patna High Court.
Source: barandbench.com Can a University be considered an office of Central government or State government for fixing responsibility under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Supreme Court will decide this issue in a petition filed by Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU). A Bench of Justices NV Ramana and Ajay Rastogi said that it will hear the
Source: business-standard.com A man who suffered permanently disability in an accident while driving the car of the thenD leader and Punjab cabinet minister Kanwaljit Singh in 2009 was on Monday awarded Rs 49.9 lakh compensation by the Supreme Court. Singh, who was Punjab Cooperation Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal’s General Secretary, had died on March
Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court Monday issued a show cause notice to the West Bengal government on a contempt plea over the delay in releasing the BJP activist who was arrested for allegedly posting a meme on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on social media. In the petition, it has been alleged that there was a
Source: business-standard.com The Supreme Court Monday set aside the Telangana High Court’s orders fixing fee structure of unaided minority and non-minority institutions for engineering courses for 2016-17 and 2018-19 academic years. Restoring the fees fixed by Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC), the top court was severe in its criticism of the high court’s
Source: wionews.com The Supreme Court on Monday asked petitioner and lawyer, Anuja Kapur, to approach the Delhi High Court for redressal of her plea seeking a direction to the Union of India for framing the necessary guidelines along with appropriate laws to consider marital rape as a ground of divorce. A two-judge bench of the
Source: huffingtonpost.in NEW DELHI — Upon reopening on 1 July after a six-week summer vacation, the Supreme Court will deal with very sensitive issues, including the Ayodhya land dispute, review pleas in Rafale case and the contempt case against Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the court his “chowkidar chor hai” slogan. The top court,
Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court will reopen tomorrow after the summer vacation. The Court was closed for summer vacation on May 13 with the summer vacation lasting for 49 days. The Vacation Bench, sitting in different combinations functioned throughout the summer holidays. Two Important judgments both related to the same larger controversy, Rafale, is pending
Source: tribune.com.pk ISLAMABAD: Terming the appointment of Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera as Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) against the rules and regulations, Ministry of Law and Justice has said that there is no need of filing a reference in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) or issuing a show cause notice for his termination. The law ministry quoted an
Source: heraldextra.com PATNA, India (AP) — India’s Supreme Court on Monday directed state and national authorities to file reports to the court on an encephalitis outbreak in the eastern state of Bihar this month in which 152 children have died. A senior health department official in Bihar, Sanjay Kumar, said the epidemic is showing signs
