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Constitution

Medical Council of India Regulations, 2000 – Regulation 9 – Power to make any provision for reservation, for in service candidates in Post Graduate Medical Course – Medical Council of India which has been constituted under the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 is the creature of the statute in exercise of powers under Entry 66 List I and has no power to make any provision for reservation

Sep 1, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CONSTITUTION BENCH TAMIL NADU MEDICAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Arun Mishra, Indira…

Constitution

Punjab Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (Reservation in Services) Act, 2006 – Section 4(5) – Constitution of India, 1950 – Articles 14, 15, 16, 338, 341, 342, and 342A – Permissibility of Sub-Classification within Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes Reservation – State Government has the power to make reservation and make such sub – classification and that would not amount to tinkering with lists. Matter referred to larger bench.

Aug 27, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CONSTITUTION BENCH THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. DAVINDER SINGH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet…

Constitution

Vikas Dubey Encounter Case – Allegations of bias made by petitioner against inquiry commission merely on the basis of newspaper reports – There is no other material on record to confirm the truth or otherwise of the statement made in the newspaper – Allegations liable to be rejected – Appeal Dismissed.

Aug 20, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH GHANSHYAM UPADHYAY — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. A. Bobde, CJI, A. S. Bopanna and…

Constitution

REHA CHAKRABORTY – CBI – HELD Appropriate to invoke the powers conferred by Article 142 of the Constitution. As a Court exercising lawful jurisdiction for the assigned roster, no impediment is seen for exercise of plenary power in the present matter. Therefore while according approval for the ongoing CBI investigation, if any other case is registered on the death of the actor Sushant Singh Rajput and the surrounding circumstances of his unnatural death, the CBI is directed to investigate the new case as well.

Aug 19, 2020 sclaw

HELD Appropriate to invoke the powers conferred by Article 142 of the Constitution. As a Court exercising lawful jurisdiction for the assigned roster, no impediment is seen for exercise of…

Constitution

Authority of the “Monitoring Committee to seal the residential premises on the private land” particularly when they are not being used for the “commercial purpose” in Vasant Kunj and Rajokari area. HELD whether the premises are authorized or unauthorized, can be regularized or not, compounding can be done, or whether there is any deviation made. The report of the Monitoring Committee and findings recorded by it are of no use as it had no such authority to go into such questions. Properties de-sealed.

Aug 14, 2020 sclaw

We are not going into the merits of the other submissions, whether the premises are authorized or unauthorized, can be regularized or not, compounding can be done, or whether there…

Constitution

Senior Citizens Living Alone Amidst COVID-19 – HELD the elderly people should be given priority in the admission in the Government hospital looking to their vulnerability for Covid 19. In event of any complaint made by the elderly people, the hospital administration concerned shall take immediate steps to remedy their grievances.

Aug 4, 2020 sclaw

Senior Citizens Living Alone Amidst COVID-19 – HELD the elderly people should be given priority in the admission in the Government hospital looking to their vulnerability for Covid 19. In…

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I P C

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Corporate

ESI – The definition of ‘principal employer’ under Section 2(17) is wide and includes not only the owner or occupier of a factory (or head of department in government establishments) but also the managing agent or any person responsible for the supervision and control of the establishment — Designation is immaterial if the person functions as a managing agent or supervises/controls the establishment

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Anticipatory Bail

Habitual Offender/Criminal Antecedents — Consideration of Nature of Current Offence — While the criminal antecedents and alleged status of an accused as a habitual offender are extremely relevant factors that ordinarily weigh against the grant of anticipatory bail, the High Court’s discretion in granting such bail may not warrant interference

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Circumstantial Evidence I P C

Murder (Filicide) vs. Suicide — In cases based on circumstantial evidence where the question is whether the death was homicidal (filicide) or suicidal, the prosecution must establish a complete chain of circumstances that points exclusively to the guilt of the accused and is inconsistent with any hypothesis of innocence

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