Apoorva, Author at SCC Times

‘Employer may pass order cancelling candidature on suppression of pending criminal case’; Allahabad HC upholds termination of candidate appointed to Class-IV post in District Judgeship

“A candidate seeking an appointment in the District Court judgeship should be of impeccable character and high integrity, and his antecedents should be clean and if a person whose integrity is doubtful or his antecedents are not clean is appointed, that can damage the institution.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No re-test for NEET UG 2024 as Supreme Court finds no material indicating vitiated results or systemic breaches

On 22-07-2024 the Supreme Court has asked the Director of IIT, Delhi to constitute a three-member expert committee to give their opinion regarding the correct answer to a multiple-choice question of NEET-UG 2024, for which the NTA awarded marks for two options.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘TC is a procedural tool to ensure child’s admission, cannot form basis for denying admission in school or to collect arrear of fees from parents’: Madras HC

“Payment of tuition fees is the duty of the parents towards the schools. Any default in the same ought to be recovered from the parents by the school concerned in the manner known to law. Instead, making entries of non-payment of fees on TC in the child’s name is humiliation for the child. ”

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‘No Work-No Pay’ principle is not applicable to Govt. employees for the period of absence, upon reinstatement after exoneration: Allahabad HC

By virtue of Rules 54(2) and 54(3), the petitioner is entitled to full pay and allowances for the period between 9-1-2020 to 29-9-2020 and his absence from service during the said period has to be treated as a period spent on duty for all purposes.

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Supreme Court sets aside withdrawal of prosecution of MLA accused of double murder in broad daylight

“The judicial system of our country often finds itself grappling with the pervasive issues of prolonged delay and suspected political influence within the legal proceedings.”

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Inside Supreme Court verdict on legality of State Governments levying and collecting Authorization Fee/Border Tax

Supreme Court said the petitioners must consider challenging the State provision in the Act and that they should have first approached their jurisdictional High Courts to challenge their respective State enactments.

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Madras HC issues guidelines on disposal of products of conception after MTP of a pregnant minor girl, and on disclosure of her personal details

Madras High Court made the Superintendent of Police of the District concerned responsible if the identity of the minor victim girl or the personal details are revealed to the outside world.

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SC sentences couple to 6-month simple imprisonment; calls ‘Imprisonment till rising of Court’ a flea-bite sentence for a serious offence of Bigamy

“The deserved punishment proportionate to the gravity of the offence is a continuous and continuing demand based on civic sense and unfailing in categories of serious offences where more than individual interest is also involved, the above rule of proportionality in providing punishment should not failed as otherwise it will impact the society.”

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[NEET UG 2024] Supreme Court directs NTA to upload results of all students, city and centre-wise, after masking their identities

Supreme Court directed NTA to complete this exercise till Saturday noon.

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Army Welfare Education Society not “State”; Service dispute between its educational institution & employees cannot be adjudicated in writ petition: Supreme Court

“Legitimate expectation, jurisprudentially, was a device created to maintain a check on arbitrariness in state action. It does not extend to and cannot govern the operation of contracts between private parties, wherein the doctrine of promissory estoppel holds the field.”

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Supreme Court discharges man accused of criminal conspiracy for his cashier’s custodial death

Supreme Court said that the finding of the Trial Court on the ground to proceed against the accused is based on suppositions and suspicions, having no foundational support from the materials produced by the prosecution.

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Certificates issued by Arya Samaj and Registrar are not sole proof of a valid Hindu marriage without customary rites and ceremonies: Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court opined that marriage between the appellant and respondent as per Hindu rites and customs in terms of Section 7 of the HMA 1955 itself is not proved and the Trial Court has gravely erred in not considering this aspect of the matter which was implicit in the issues framed by it.

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[2021 Nagaland killings] Supreme Court issues notice to Defence Ministry in Nagaland’s plea to prosecute 30 Indian Army personnel

In 2022, the Supreme Court had stayed the criminal prosecution against the accused Army men, after noting that the sanction under AFSPA has not been obtained.

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‘The idea is to carry out reforms’; Supreme Court considers forming a committee to help streamline SCBA reforms

In the previous order, the Supreme Court also directed the Executive Committee to compile all the suggestions received from members of the Bar and place it on record

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Supreme Court upholds CIC’s power to frame Regulations pertaining to constitution of Benches, as such powers are within the RTI Act

“Administrative bodies must have the freedom to establish and implement internal procedures and regulations that best suit their unique mandates and operational needs”

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Inside Madras High Court verdict on election of syndicate member to Bharathidasan University

“An electoral outcome represents the will of the electorate and that it cannot be casually or easily disrupted. A strict approach is warranted. An election result is not a low hanging fruit to be plucked with ease.”

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[Contempt of Court] Madras HC holds Sub Registrar and litigant guilty for fabricating Court documents; Sentences them to 2 months imprisonment and fine

Madras High Court: In a Suo Motu Civil Contempt Proceedings initiated against the contemnors for fabricating documents which were produced in court

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Madras High Court stops re-release of Kamal Hassan starrer movie ‘GUNAA’ due to copyright infringement claims

Madras High Court said that the applicant has made out a prima-facie case for grant of ad-interim injunction as prayed for in this application

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[Noon Meal Scheme] Madras HC quashes Govt. Order excluding male heirs from compassionate appointment as illegal and violative of Art. 14 and 16 of Constitution

If 100% of the vacancies in a particular department is reserved only for women, then, the applications have to be forwarded to the District Collector or to the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department as the case may be, to be considered under the general pool for being appointed in other suitable posts for compassionate appointment.

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[Second National Judicial Pay Commission] SC summons Chief Secretaries & Finance Secretaries of States over Judicial Officer’s arrears of pay and allowances

On 04-01-2024, the Supreme Court directed the States to implement the recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission regarding pay and allowances for judicial officers, and to pay the arrears by 29-02-2024.