The Supreme Court held that a son or daughter adopted by the widow of a deceased government servant, after the death of the government servant, cannot be included within the definition of ‘family’ under Rule 54(14)(b) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 to claim family pension. The definition Read more
The Supreme Court reiterated that excessive conditions cannot be imposed while granting bail/suspension of sentence. The conditions of bail cannot be so onerous that their existence itself tantamount to refusal of bail, the bench of Justices Krishna Murari and V. Ramasubramanian observed while setting aside conditions imposed by Rajasthan High Read more
On Monday, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner apprised the Bench comprising Justice K.M. Joseph and Justice B.V. Nagarathna that the petitioner has received the counter filed by the Election Commission of India on Saturday and in view of the Read more
Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to bring the office of Chief Minister in the purview of Lokayukta Act of the State of Uttar Pradesh. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. Read more
The Jaipur Bench of Rajasthan High Court has stayed the arrest of a man accused of pronouncing triple talaq upon his wife. Issuing notice to the State and the woman, Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand listed the matter for hearing on January 23. “Till then, the petitioner shall not be arrested,” Read more
“In my experience, whenever there is a financial scam and the CBI or the ED come into the picture, there is a delay. It takes years together. You tell us in how many financial scam cases it has come to a logical end?”, demanded the Supreme Court on Thursday. The Read more
Rachna Reddy Bollu designated as one of Telangana High Court’s youngest ever woman senior advocates. She received an undergraduate degree in law from ILS Law College, Pune and enrolled as an advocate in 2005. She went on to receive her Masters in Law from the University of California, Los Angeles, Read more
Lt. Colonel Prasad Purohit asked the court to make a ban over the entrance of press and media inside the court. Lt. Purohit requested such because the crucial information about the accused in the Malegaon Blasts, was shared by media due to which Pakistan using it in the creation of Read more
The Bombay High Court Wednesday adjourned a plea seeking postponement of the JEE Mains 2023 (Session 1) to after it noted that the petitioner has failed to file on record the brochure of the exam. The case was adjourned to Tuesday. “You have not filed the rules that you are Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, refused to entertain the plea filed by Samajwadi Party Leader Azam Khan seeking to transfer his cases from the State of Uttar Pradesh. The matter was heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice PS Narasimha. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Azam Khan, Read more