New Delhi: The Karnataka Government has moved the Supreme Court questioning the Karnataka High Court (HC) judgement declaring ownership of 1,561.31 acres of land at Mysuru in favour of Mysore Royal family. The Government contended that the HC order went against the Accession Treaty of 1950, signed between the Maharaja of Mysore and Dominion of…
Judge who served in Mysuru elevated to HC
February 7, 2021Bengaluru: The Supreme Court (SC) Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of a Senior Advocate and two Judicial Officers as Judges of the Karnataka High Court (HC). The Senior Advocate is Aditya Sondhi and the two Judicial Officers are Rajendra Badamikar and Khazi Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin. Badamikar is currently serving as Registrar General of the…
SC upholds HC’s order MLC Vishwanath not to become Minister
January 28, 2021New Delhi: In a major setback to BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath, the Supreme Court (SC) today upheld the Karnataka High Court’s (HC) order of barring Vishwanath from becoming a Minister as he is a nominated member of the State Legislative Council. With this, Vishwanath’s hopes of becoming the Minister have been dashed. The miffed MLC…
SC grants bail to actor Ragini in drug case
January 21, 2021New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) today granted bail to Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi, who was arrested in the Sandalwood drug case. Ragini has been in custody since September and in November, the Karnataka High Court had dismissed her bail plea. But the Apex Court Bench headed by Justice Rohinton F Nariman has set aside…
SC suspends implementation of Farm Laws
January 12, 2021New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) today suspended the implementation of the recently introduced Farm Laws until further orders. The SC will form a committee to hold talks for resolving the issue. The Court also asked the agitating Farmer Unions, which have been protesting for over a month at the Delhi border, seeking repealment of …
Convicted netas cannot be barred for life from polls: Centre
December 4, 2020New Delhi: Convicted lawmakers cannot be debarred from contesting elections for life, the Centre told the Supreme Court yesterday in response to a petition that sought convicted legislators to be treated on par with convicted bureaucrats, who are debarred for life from Government service. Making a distinction between bureaucrats and Members of Parliament (MPs) or…
Tiring Justice
November 28, 2020Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivering its reason behind granting interim bail to Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, in the abetment to suicide case, held that Courts should, “ensure that criminal law does not become a weapon for selective harassment of citizens.” Phew! Thank you SC for that judgement…but what’s the use? All we can…
Apex Court allows Centre to go ahead with ‘Voluntary Disclosure Scheme’ to protect owners of exotic animals
November 21, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed the Union Government to go ahead with its amnesty scheme to protect owners and possessors of exotic animals and birds from prosecution, if they make the voluntary disclosure about it. A Bench, presided over by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice S.A. Bobde, upheld the Allahabad High…
Two tear drops for Arnab Goswami, wounded journalist
November 12, 2020Two drops of tears rolled down my cheeks at 4.15 pm yesterday, Wednesday, 11th November, as I was watching the Republic TV. It was the moment the Supreme Court announced the grant of bail to Arnab Goswami, Chief of Republic TV. As we know, he was jailed for the last eight days in a case…
Can’t prosecute Upper Caste person just because complainant is from SC/ST: Apex Court
November 8, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court has opined that a person belonging to an upper caste can’t be deprived of exercising their legal rights just because their opponent happens to be a member of the SC/ST community. “Offence under the SC/ST Act is not established merely on the fact that the informant is a member of…
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