The Bombay High Court refused to cancel the MBBS admission of a doctor, who gained her entry into a Mumbai medical college under the OBC-Non-Creamy Layer Certificate based on false information. The Court noted that the ratio of doctors to the population is very low in India, and hence revoking her admission now will be … Read more
On Monday (29th April), the Uttarakhand government informed the Supreme Court that it has revoked licences for 14 products offered by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved and Divya Pharmacy. The declaration included an apology from the State Licencing Authority (SLA) and a commitment that it would not perform any deliberate or willful act that would violate any Supreme Court orders. … Read more
On 28th March, 600 prominent lawyers, including Harish Salve, Manan Kumar Mishra, Adish Agarwala, Chetan Mittal, Pinky Anand, Hitesh Jain, Ujjwala Pawar, Uday Holla, Swaroopama Chaturvedi and others wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India. They expressed their concerns over attempts to undermine the integrity of the Judiciary in the country. In the letter, they … Read more
The High-Level Committee on ‘One Nation One Election’ chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan and submitted its report on Thursday. The Report comprises of 18,626 pages and is an outcome of extensive consultations with stakeholders, experts and research work over 191 days, since its constitution on September … Read more
A seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday (4th March) ruled that an MP or MLA cannot claim immunity from prosecution on a charge of bribery in connection with the vote or speech in the Parliament or Legislative Assembly. In a unanimous view, the SC’s Constitution Bench overruled the 1998 judgement in the PV Narasimha … Read more
Former Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph has stirred a controversy by asking the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to drop the Supreme Court’s motto “Yato Dharmastato Jaya” (Where there is Dharma, there is Victory). Speaking at an event organised by left-liberals and the controversial portal The Wire, Former Justice Joseph suggested that the Supreme Court’s motto diverges … Read more
Supreme Court quashes verdict of former Madras High Court judge who delivered judgement 5 months after his retirement… The Supreme Court recently quashed the verdict of a Madras High Court judge noting that the latter had delivered a detailed judgement 5 months after his retirement. The apex court also criticised the retired Judge T Mathivanan, stressing that a … Read more