RE: FELLING OF TREES IN AAREY FOREST (MAHARASHTRA)
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH IN RE: FELLING OF TREES IN AAREY FOREST (MAHARASHTRA) ( Before : Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and J B Pardiwala,…
HELD on SARFESAI writs to High courts – – When a statute prescribes a particular mode, an attempt to circumvent shall not be encouraged by a writ court. A litigant cannot avoid the noncompliance of approaching the Tribunal which requires the prescription of fees and use the constitutional remedy as an alternative.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. SOUTH INDIAN BANK LTD. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. NAVEEN MATHEW PHILIP AND ANOTHER ETC. ETC. — Respondent ( Before : Sanjiv Khanna…
Rajya Sabha Elections – Open Ballot System – In a case of “proportional representation”, voters are subject to party discipline – It is legitimately open to prescribe the methodology of an open ballot for conducting elections to the Council of States.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH LOK PRAHARI — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI., Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and…
Illegal manufacture and transportation of spurious liquor – State of Punjab is directed to continue the steps to stop the illegal manufacture and transportation of spurious liquor and to stop the illegal Bhatthis
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH TARSEM JODHAN AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ.…
Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 14 – Penalty imposed must be commensurate with the gravity of the misconduct, and that any penalty disproportionate to the gravity of the misconduct would be violative of Article 14 of the Constitution – In the armed forces of the Union, including the paramilitary forces, utmost discipline, unity of command et al are the sine qua non – That said, the doctrine of proportionality still holds the field.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH B. S. HARI COMMANDANT — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. R1: UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS R2: DIRECTOR GENERAL, BORDER…
RSS Route Marches in the State of Tamil Nadu – Permission to RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) is granted – Special Leave Petition against the order of the Division Bench of Madras High Court directing the State Police to grant permission to RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) is dismissed.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH K. PHANINDRA REDDY, I.A.S. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. G. SUBRAMANIAN — Respondent ( Before : V. Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal, JJ. ) Special…
Petition against “unnecessary hysterectomies” were carried out under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana as well as other government schemes related to healthcare. HELD all the States and Union Territories must take stringent action for blacklisting hospitals once it is detected that any unnecessary hysterectomy was carried out or that the procedure was taken recourse to without the informed consent of the patient. We direct that necessary action be taken in accordance with law.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DR NARENDRA GUPTA — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI. and J.B. Pardiwala,…
Media One case – while public interest immunity claims conceivably impact the principles of natural justice, sealed cover proceedings infringe the principles natural justice and open justice;
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MADHYAMAM BROADCASTING LIMITED — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI. and Hima Kohli,…
Classification of account as fraud – Borrowers have the right to be heard before classify their accounts as fraud – Principles of natural justice demand that the borrowers must be served a notice, given an opportunity to explain the conclusions of the forensic audit report, and be allowed to represent by the banks/ JLF before their account is classified as fraud under the Master Directions on Frauds
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. RAJESH AGARWAL AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI. and…
Determination of correctness of a caste or tribe claim – Affinity test is not a litmus test – While referring the case to Vigilance Cell, the Scrutiny Committee must record brief reasons for coming to the conclusion that it is not satisfied with the material produced by the applicant – Only after a case is referred to the Vigilance Cell for making enquiry, an occasion for the conduct of affinity test will arise.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MAH. ADIWASI THAKUR JAMAT SWARAKSHAN SAMITI — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay…