Tag: Supreme Court

Noida land allotment case: Supreme Court upholds conviction of ex-UP chief secretary

Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and IAS officer Rajiv Kumar in connection with the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) land allotment case. The bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and R Banumathi, however, reduced their sentence from 3 to 2 years. Yadav

ON AUG 3 2017 India’s Supreme Court orders firms to pay 100% penalty for illegal mining in Odisha

Source – mining-technology.com The Supreme Court of India has ordered mining firms operating in the state of Odisha without environmental approval to pay a 100% fine on the price of large quantities of unlawfully extracted iron ore and manganese ores. The firms have been directed to pay the penalty to the state for mining illegally from

Supreme Court constitutes bench to hear Ayodhya dispute

Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court has constituted a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case from August 11. The bench, whose other members are justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer, would adjudicate the dispute over ownership

Note ban: Supreme Court seeks response on Tamil Nadu based cooperative bank plea

Source – financialexpress.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the finance ministry, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and others on a petition filed by Villupuram District Central Cooperative Bank, seeking permission to deposit Rs 21.56 crore in demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. The Tamil Nadu-based co-op bank claimed that the amount

Cauvery water dispute: Supreme Court to hear plea today

Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear the Cauvery water issue dispute involving Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Dipak Misra, had earlier directed the Karnataka Government to provide 200 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu till its further order. The top court, earlier

No need to clarify liquor ban order: Supreme Court

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said that there was no need to further clarify its order on prohibiting liquor vends within 500 metre of the national and state highways across the country. Recently, the apex court has modified its order and allowed the sale of liquor within 500 metre alongside highways in

Cattle sale restrictions: Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Madras High Court stay order

Source – firstpost.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court’s stay order on provisions of the Centre’s 23 May notification banning sale and purchase of cattle from markets for slaughter. The apex court, however, modified its earlier order and vacated its stay on Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Case

Supreme Court refuses to quash NEET 2017, directs CBSE for common question papers in all languages

Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court today observed that there should be a common question paper for the medical examination – NEET. Hearing a plea filed by a student over the difficulty level of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, the apex court ruled that CBSE, conducting body, has to file an affidavit informing what mechanism they