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Colocation case: Sebi likely to challenge SAT's relief to NSE in SC

Legal experts cite 'inconsistencies' in Tribunal's order

SC sets aside Allahabad HC order refusing to entertain YES Bank's plea

The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside the Allahabad High Court order refusing to entertain the Yes Bank plea challenging police investigation into an FIR lodged by the Essel Group in connection with the bank-Dish TV dispute on pledging of shares. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala also directed that its earlier order of November 30, 2021 staying police investigation in the FIR shall remain in operation till the high court has disposed of the Yes Bank's plea against the FIR. The top court remanded the case to the high court for fresh disposal on merits within a period of two months after the receipt of the certified copy of its order. We are of the considered view that the Allahabad High Court was not justified in not dealing with the petition (of Yes Bank) on the ground that the alternative remedy was available under section 451 and 457 of the CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure). The high court ought to have addressed itself the ..

SC panel questions need to revive oil palm plantations in Andamans

Oil palm plantations raised in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the past have proven to be a total commercial failure, the Supreme Court-constituted Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has said, questioning the need to revive the commercial crop in the archipelago. In a note submitted to the apex court on January 12, the committee said any permission for diversion of forest land for red oil palm plantation in the archipelago in violation of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, "is bound to open flood gates in all the states for similar agricultural purposes on forest lands". The CEC also said oil palm plantation might lead to encroachment of forest lands in the islands group and asked why the production of palm oil could not be taken up on the mainland. The Union Territory administration, in January 2019, moved the Supreme Court seeking revocation of its 2002 ban on commercial and monoculture plantations on forest land in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The proposal is part of the .

GM Mustard: It's risk factor which concerns us more, observes SC

The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday it is more concerned about the risk factors than anything else when it comes to the conditional approval granted by the Centre for environmental release of genetically modified (GM) Mustard. On October 25 last year, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) under the Union environment ministry had approved the environmental release of transgenic mustard hybrid DMH-11 and the parental lines containing barnase, barstar and bar genes so they can be used for developing new hybrids. The apex court is hearing separate pleas by activist Aruna Rodrigues and NGO 'Gene Campaign' seeking a moratorium on the release of any genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the environment pending a comprehensive, transparent and rigorous bio-safety protocol in the public domain conducted by agencies of independent expert bodies the results of which are made public. The matter came up for hearing on Tuesday before a bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and B

Rs 60 lakh fee per day for Karnataka's legal team in border row case in SC

As per the January 18 order, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi will be paid Rs 22 lakh per day for appearing before the apex court and Rs 5.5 lakh per day for conference and other works

Tech-tonic shift: Google reworking terms of mobile app distribution

Sources say that Google will place the new licence agreement before the CCI for its endorsement

Supreme Court dismisses plea against UP CM Yogi Adityanath in 2018 case

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking direction for registering of a case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for an alleged objectionable speech during an election campaign in Rajasthan's Alwar in 2018. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath said it was not inclined to interfere in the matter. "Such litigations are only for page 1 (of newspapers). Dismissed," the bench said. The petitioner had moved the top court against an order of the Allahabad High Court which had dismissed his plea and imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on him. The petition was filed by Naval Kishor Sharma of Mau district. According to the petitioner, Adityanath had on November 23, 2018, in an election speech in Alwar hurt his religious sentiments. Before moving to the apex court, the petitioner had filed a complaint against the speech before the district court of Mau, which was rejected. He had then filed a revision petition before a higher court, which too was dismissed on t

SC to hear journalist Rana Ayyub's plea in money laundering case on Jan 25

The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear on January 25 the petition of journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued to her by a special PMLA court in Ghaziabad in a money laundering case lodged by the ED. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and Justices V Ramasubramanian and J B Pardiwala, posted the matter after senior advocate Vrinda Karat mentioned it. Karat told the court that the Bench which was scheduled to hear the matter Monday was not available, and requested the bench to post the matter for hearing later today at 2 pm. "We will keep this day after tomorrow before an appropriate bench. Today will be difficult," the bench said. On January 17, a bench led by CJI Chandrachud had agreed to consider listing the plea of Ayyub for urgent hearing after taking note of the submissions of advocate Vrinda Grover who appeared for her. Grover had said a summons was issued by the special court in Ghaziabad against Ayyub for January 27 and therefore the matter be listed .

SC to consider setting up 3-judge bench to hear Hijab ban case in K'taka

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider setting up a three-judge bench to adjudicate the case related to wearing of the Islamic head covering in Karnataka schools following its split verdict. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandarchud, and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala, took note of the submissions of senior advocate Meenakshi Arora that an interim order was needed keeping in mind the practical examinations, scheduled for some classes from February 6 in the state. "This is the headscarf matter. The girls have practical examinations from February 6, 2023 and this matter needs to be listed for interim directions so that they can appear. The practical examinations will be held in government schools," the senior lawyer said, appearing for some students. "I will examine it. This is a three judge bench matter. We will allot a date," the CJI said. A two judge bench of the apex court had on October 13, last year delivered opposing verdicts in the hijab ...

'Constitution hijacked by SC': Rijiju says this is sane view of majority

The law minister also said that "actually majority of the people have similar sane views"

As vacancies pile up in high courts, gloves are off in Centre-SC showdown

The Central government is aggressively pursuing to have more say in judicial appointments claiming it will infuse transparency in the mechanism

Just because institutions have power to do something, should they do it?

The real problem is not that govts behave badly. It's that they can behave badly. There are virtually no constitutional restrictions on their conduct

Indian startups laud Supreme Court's ruling in Google-CCI case

As per CCI's order, Google shall not deny access to its Play Services Application Programming Interfaces to disadvantage OEMs, app developers and its competitors

Google Play Store policies: CCI files caveat before Supreme Court

The NCLAT, on January 11, refused to stay the CCI order and asked Google to "cease and desist" from abusive Playstore practices

Charge sheet not 'public document', cannot be put in public domain: SC

The Supreme Court held that charge sheet filed in criminal cases by investigating agencies cannot be put in public domain for free access

SC to set up fresh bench to hear pleas against polygamy and 'nikah halala'

The Supreme Court said that it will set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and 'nikah halala' practice among Muslims

SC declines to entertain petitions against caste-based census in Bihar

The petitions sought a direction from the apex court to quash the Bihar government's notification to conduct caste-based census

Ban on road rallies: SC remits back to Andhra HC state govt's plea

At the outset of a brief hearing, Vaidyanathan referred to the sequence of events in the high court and highlighted the procedural infirmities

Reviewing SC decision, will cooperate with CCI on way forward: Google

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea by Google challenging a NCLAT order, which refused to stay operation of the CCI order imposing Rs 1337.76 crore fine

Android dominance: Supreme Court turns down Google's plea on CCI penalty

Google has been given an additional week's time to comply with the CCI order, which includes paying 10 per cent of the penalty imposed by CCI