Tag: Supreme Court

Two Different orders – Are courts functioning in West Bengal, Supreme Court says yes and no

Source:- barandbench.com Two vacation Benches of the Supreme Court which sat today have taken diametrically opposite stances in relation to the factual position regarding the functioning of courts in West Bengal. This has led to the two Benches passing contrary orders, one granting relief and the second refusing relief in two petitions which had been filed

Supreme Court to hear government’s petition on black money law today

Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear the Centre’s plea against Delhi high court’s recent order that put on hold a government notification to make the 2016 black money law operational with retrospective effect from July 2015 to book and probe offenders. The appeal has also questioned the HC’s interim order that stops the

Supreme Court agrees to hear Muslim woman’s petition challenging talaq notices issued by husband

Source:- scroll.in The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition filed by a Muslim woman challenging two talaq (divorce) notices issued by her husband. The court said it will hear the matter on Friday, PTI reported. Advocate MM Kashyap, appearing for the woman, said she has been married for nine years. The complainant’s lawyer

Supreme Court, govt in fresh face-off on judges’ appointments

Source:- hindustantimes.com The collegium, which comprises the five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of India, reiterated its April recommendation that Jharkhand high court chief justice Aniruddha Bose and Gauhati chief justice AS Bopanna be appointed to the apex court. For the second time in 12 months, the Supreme Court collegium

Puducherry L-G challenges Madras HC verdict, seeks urgent hearing in Supreme Court

Source:- thehindu.com The Madras High Court in April had ruled that the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry could not interfere with the day-to-day administration of the Union Territory when an elected government was in place The Solicitor General appearing for Puducherry Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) on Wednesday sought an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court of a challenge to a Madras