Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday banned the sale and registration of Bharat Stage (BS)-III emission norm-compliant vehicles from April 1, saying the health of millions was more important than commercial interests. The decision could deal a Rs 12,000-crore blow to auto manufactures as about 820,000 vehicles, most of them two-wheelers, are lying unsold.
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court refused on Friday to entertain a PIL that alleged that political organisations were resorting to hartals to hoodwink repeated judicial pronouncements banning strike and bandh calls, which paralysed normal life. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said, “Hartals can never be
Source:- thehindu.com The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking to restrict lawmakers from practising any other profession, saying though the petitioner has a valid point the issue is beyond the realm of its jurisdiction. “The prayers made in this petition do not fall within the realm of our jurisdiction under Article 32 of the
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to relax an earlier order banning liquor vends along national and state highways, but gave relaxation for areas with population less than 20,000. The top court modified its order for areas having a population of up to 20,000 and reduced the distance norm in these
Source:- hindustantimes.com After fixing three important cases involving constitutional questions the Supreme Court has prepared a roll of over 5,000 cases to be listed during the forthcoming summer break. These matters would be heard by the two regular vacation benches – comprising two judges each – that would sit from May 11 to July 2.
Source:- business-standard.com In what could ease the judicial load on the market regulator, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that circulars issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) cannot be challenged before the Securities and Appellate Tribunal (SAT). Circulars, which can be administrative and legislative orders, are not quasi-judicial in nature and
Source:- oneindia.com A petition has been filed in the challenging the decision to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns. A petition was moved by Kerala Communist Party of India leader Binoy Viswam in the SC questioning the introduction of Section 139 AA of the IT Act to link Aadhaar with PAN. “I did
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it would soon formulate a regulatory regime, similar to one existing for all telecom operators, for Over-The-Top (OTT) services like WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype, WeChat and Google Talk. The department of telecom’s main argument was that OTTs use the network of telecom service
Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Following a widespread impact of Supreme Court’s order banning the sale of liquor along National and State Highways, banquet halls, marriage gardens and tent associations have decided to challenge SC’s decision. The move comes up after the excise department decided to stop issuing one-day liquor licenses for marriages and parties held in banquet
Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the Karnataka government’s plea seeking review of its verdict by which it had abated the proceedings in a disproportionate assets case against late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. “Applications for personal hearing of review petitions before the court are rejected. “We have considered the review petitions
