Would Disrupt Lok Sabha Elections : Supreme Court On Refusal To Stay Election Commissioners' Act

At the outset, the Bench observed that the Constitution Bench judgment in Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India put in place the Selection Committee as a pro-tem measure till a law regarding the appointment of Election Commissioners was enacted by the Parliament in terms of Article 324 of the Constitution. Read More>>

Supreme Court Rebukes Telangana Police Again, Says Preventive Detention Must Not Be Applied Routinely Without Application Of Mind

“We hope that the State of Telangana takes what has fallen from this Court very seriously and sees to it that the orders of preventive detention are not passed in a routine manner without any application of mind.”, the court remarked. Read More>>

Exempting Earth Extraction For Linear Projects From Environmental Clearance Arbitrary : Supreme Court Quashes Centre's Notification

One of the reasons the Court provided was that there is no specification on how much quantity can be extracted based on this exemption. Moreover, the Court observed that “linear projects” have not been defined, thus making the term very vague. Apart from this, no authority decides whether a project is linear. Read More>>

Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Posting Allegedly Objectionable Tweets, Violating Model Code Of Conduct

A single judge bench of Justice Krishan S Dixit granted interim relief. It is alleged that on March 17, few men assaulted a shopkeeper in Nagarathpete area of Bengaluru on account of playing a religious song during Azaan at his shop in regard to which the police registered a case. Read More>>

Educational Institutions Can't Claim Lien Over Student's Certificate, Withhold It On Account Of Pending Dues: Madras High Court

“However, the settled position of law in this regard is that certificates of a student cannot be withheld for arrears of fees as the educational institution can claim no lien over the same,” the court observed. Read More>>