Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to pay Rs 5 lakh each to seven Hajtour operators as compensation for disqualifying them in 2016 for non-compliance of the clauses for which they were exempted. A bench comprising justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul termed the action of Ministry of External Affairs as “mindless action” and
Source – livemint.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay a 2 May Delhi high court order which held that plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented under Indian law by companies like Monsanto Inc., and that royalties on genetically modified (GM) technology would be decided by a specialized agency of the agriculture ministry.
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: In a bid to halt attempts to polarise and politicise the Kathua rape-murder, the Supreme Court on Monday shifted the trial outside Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in Punjab, ordered day to day in-camera proceedings and said it would continue to monitor progress of the case. Accusing Kathua bar association members of attempting to prevent
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on the plea of two condemned convicts–Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta–seeking a review of the 2017 verdict by which they, along with two others, were awarded death penalty in the sensational December 16, 2012 (Nirbhaya) gangrape cum murder case here. The apex court had on
Source – hindustantimes.com Close on the heels of the government promulgating an ordinance that provides for death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12, the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) has made a representation to the Prime Minister’s Office, seeking chemical castration as additional punishment for child rapists. The PMO
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Two prime accused in the Kathua gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl on Friday told the Supreme Court that the probe in the case should be handed over to the CBI so that justice can be meted out to the victim. They also opposed a plea seeking transfer of trial to
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court refused again on Thursday to stay its March 20 judgment diluting the provision of mandatory arrest under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, brushing aside the Centre’s charge that the verdict marked an intrusion into the sphere of the legislature and rewriting of the law. Attorney general K K Venugopal said the
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions to all the high courts of the country regarding trial in sexual assault cases involving children. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all high courts to ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children to be fast-tracked and decided by
Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: “The couldn’t-care-less and insouciant attitude of the Union government with regard to litigation has gone a little too far,” the Supreme Court said and castigated the Centre for repeatedly filing appeals on identical questions of law despite being fined earlier for clogging the justice delivery system with frivolous cases. Ticking off the Centre for snail-paced efforts to
Source – thehindu.com The Supreme Court has asked a PIL petitioner to submit a representation to the government to reschedule office hours and provide drinking water and medical facilities to the public and in educational institutions to beat the heat wave sweeping across the country. A Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that it
