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Kapil Sibal and government's second topmost lawyer Tushar Mehta. A similar exchange was witnessed on Tuesday when SC ordered CISF security for doctors at RG Kar hospital. Sibal, appearing for the West Bengal government, remarked that it should be made clear that the onus of doctors' security will then be on CISF and not the state police.

Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to restrain the Interm resolution professional (IRP) of debt-ridden Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, the parent of online educational services company Byju's, from constituting a committee of creditors (CoC). A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud agreed to hear the case in detail on Thursday, including the bankrupt edtech company’s request to stall the formation of CoC. Requesting the apex court to direct IRP Pankaj Srivastava against constituting the panel before Friday, senior counsel AM Singhvi, appearing for the edutech firm, told the SC that it would be infructuous if the CoC was constituted within 48 hours.

Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (NCLAT) order, which approved the settlement between edtech firm Byju’s and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over unpaid dues of Rs 158 crore. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the BCCI, opposed the appeal against the NCLAT order. Mehta said that because of the stay, the BCCI’s settlement with Byju’s will go. The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asked BCCI to keep the settlement amount in a separate account till August 23 – the next date of hearing.

Mint. Tata Steel will explore legal options regarding any dues that may arise if the Supreme Court rules that its judgment will be applicable retrospectively, while Hindustan Zinc (HZL) will also knock on the doors of the courts if any immoderate demands are raised. On 25 July, a nine-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court upheld the rights of states to collect tax on mining activities and held that royalty paid to states on minerals does not qualify as tax.

Reserve Bank of India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Madras High Court order asking it to determine the value of shares, assets and investor bonds of the cash-strapped Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and the Indian subsidiary of DBS Bank of Singapore. The merger proposal of LVB and DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL), the Indian arm of the Singapore Bank, was approved in 2020.

Supreme Court seeking transfer of petitions filed by NEET-UG candidates before several high courts over alleged random grant of grace marks, paper leak and anomalies in evaluating answers to certain questions, the Delhi High Court was informed on Wednesday. A vacation bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, meanwhile, issued notice and asked the NTA to respond to four petitions filed by National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), 2024 candidates raising these grievances.

Supreme Court is poised to deliver an order today on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail in a money laundering case filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the Delhi excise policy case. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna hinted on Wednesday that it might decide on the interim relief for Kejriwal on Friday, informing the Enforcement Directorate counsel, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, of this possibility. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the now-defunct Delhi excise policy 2021-22.

Also Read: Excise Policy case: ED, CBI get four days time to file reply on Manish Sisodia's bail plea "Grant of interim bail merely for political campaigning would militate against and will be discriminatory to the rule of equality as work/business/profession or activity of every citizen is equally important to him or her," reported ANI quoting ED's affidavit. On May 7, the Supreme Court said that it did not want Delhi Chief Minister to perform official duties if he was granted interim bail in the case.

₹3,500 crore until July due to the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Representing the Union government and the IT department, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this undertaking before a bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih.

Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre over the procedure adopted for the appointment of election commissioners and asked how six names were shortlisted from 200 within a few hours. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said the selection committee should have been given more time to apply its mind on the appointment of the election commissioners. «For one vacancy, there were five names. For two, you send six names. Why not 10? This is the language of the statute — for one vacancy, five names have to be recommended. This appears from the record,» the bench told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre. «They (the search committee) can consider 200 names, but what is the time given, maybe two hours? Two hundred names to be considered in two hours? You could have been transparent,» it said.

Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant an interim stay on the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules of 2024 which effectively brought into force the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, however, issued notice to the central government on a slew of interim applications, as many as 20, seeking a stay on the implementation of the rules. The Centre has been given three weeks to respond to the petitions. The batch of petitions will come up for resumed hearing on April 9. Appearing on behalf of the Centre, solicitor general Tushar Mehta told the bench that CAA «does not take away citizenship of any individual». He added that it would be wholly wrong and «misleading» to equate CAA with the National Register of Citizens.

Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the hugely contentious issue of whether the royalty payable on minerals is a tax under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, and if only the Centre is vested with the power to levy such exaction or states also have the authority to impose levies on mineral bearing land in their territory. A nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard the matter on eight days, while dealing with a batch of 86 appeals filed by different state governments, mining companies and public sector undertakings. The bench, also comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Abhay S Oka, BV Nagarathna, JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma and Augustine George Masih, heard the arguments of various parties including the Centre. During the hearing, the top court had said the Constitution vests the power to impose tax on mineral rights not in Parliament alone but also the states and underlined that such authority should not be diluted.

New Delhi, 1st March, 2024: The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) announces the India-US Legal Services Summit, the first of its kind, scheduled to be held at The Lalit, New Delhi on 4th March 2024. Organized in collaboration with Bar and Bench, Society of India Law Firms (SILF), Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC), and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the summit aims to promote cooperation between legal professionals from India and the United States on corporate and legal issues. The Inaugural Session, set to be a distinguished gathering, will be graced by luminaries in the legal fraternity including the Attorney General, Mr.

Patanjali pulled up by the SC: Truth matters in advertising "The constitutional courts should not lay down a timeline to decide cases since grassroots issues are known to concerned courts only and such orders can be passed in exceptional circumstances only," said Justice A S Oka. "There cannot be an automatic vacation of stay," said Justice Oka, who wrote the judgment for himself, the CJI, and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

Wankhede after the ED took cognisance of a first information report (FIR) by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged ₹25-crore bribe demand from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son Aryan Khan in a drugs case. In the beginning of this month, the former NCB officer had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the ED's case. He has also sought, through an interim order, protection from any coercive action and a stay on the agency's probe.

Rahul Narwekar time till 15 February to decide on the disqualification of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs affiliated to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's group. The extension was ordered by a bench of justices comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The Supreme COurt bench took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the office of the speaker, that some more time will be needed to pass orders on the disqualification pleas.

Supreme Court on Monday extended time till February 15 for Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide pleas of the Sharad Pawar faction seeking disqualification of NCP MLAs affiliated to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's group. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the office of the speaker, that some more time will be needed to pass orders on the disqualification pleas.

Supreme Court on Thursday sought response of the Tamil Nadu government on a plea of the Enforcement Directorate seeking transfer of the probe in a case against its officer, arrested by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on charges of bribe, to the CBI. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and sought its response in two weeks.

has to have that particular data," the Supreme Court was quoted by Bar and Bench as saying. Advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the Bihar government, said the data, including the break-up, has been put in the public domain and anyone can see it on the designated website.

Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to furnish the number of individuals who have been conferred citizenship under Section 6A of the Citizenship Act and details of administrative steps taken to deal with illegal immigration into the country, particularly into northeastern states. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud also directed the government to submit the estimated inflow of illegal immigrants into India, including, but not confined to Assam, after March 25, 1971. Under Section 6A — a special provision inserted into the Citizenship Act, 1955, as part of the Assam Accord in 1985 — people who migrated to Assam between January 1, 1966, and March 25, 1971, were allowed to register themselves as citizens. The Supreme Court also demanded to know the number of foreigners detected under the orders of foreigners' tribunals between January 1, 1966, and March 25, 1971, during the resumed hearing of a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Section 6A. It also summoned information «in respect of persons who are alleged to have entered India after March 25, 1971, (a) the total number of foreigners' tribunals set up by the central government, (b) the total number of cases disposed of, © the number of cases pending as on date, (d) the average time taken for disposal of cases, and (e) the number of cases pending before the Guwahati High Court on such issues». The bench asked the Centre to explain as to why Assam was «singled out» for action against illegal migration, especially when West Bengal shares a much larger border with Bangladesh. «What is the government doing now to ensure an impermeable border?» the bench asked solicitor general Tushar Mehta,

Naresh Kumar for a period of 6 months. The MHA order came after the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave nod to the central government to extend the tenure of Naresh Kumar by six months. He was scheduled to retire on November 30.