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When Highest Court Of The Country Has Passed An Order, Collector Cannot Await Permission To Implement It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has disapproved of the practice of authorities delaying the implementation of the directions by seeking permission from their superior officers. When the highest court of the country has passed a direction, there is no basis in seeking permission to implement it, the Court stated recently. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/when-highest-court-of-the-country-has-passed-an-order-collector-cannot-await-permission-to-implement-it-supreme-court-221056

Interim Victim Compensation Cannot Be Imposed As A Condition For Bail: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that interim victim compensation cannot be imposed as a condition for bail. “Victim compensation is simultaneous with the final view taken in respect of the alleged offence, i.e., whether it was so committed or not and, thus, there is no question of any imposition pre-finality of the matter pre-trial”, the bench…

VRS Employees Cannot Claim Parity With Others Who Retired On Achieving Age Of Superannuation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that employees who retired under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) cannot claim parity with others who retired upon achieving the age of superannuation for the purposes of pay revision.   https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/vrs-employees-cannot-claim-parity-with-others-who-retired-on-achieving-age-of-superannuation-supreme-court-220683

‘Talent Is Not Monopoly Of Those Who Stay In Metropolitan Areas’: CJI Chandrachud While Inaugurating ‘Virtual High Courts’ In Odisha

Chief Justice of India Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud on Friday virtually inaugurated ‘Virtual High Courts’ in 10 different districts of Odisha.   https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/cji-chandrachud-hopes-for-decentralization-of-opportunities-through-virtual-courts-220702

Secular State Has To Prevent Hate Speech At Any Cost : Supreme Court

Emphasizing that India is a “secular state” and hate-speech cannot be allowed, the Supreme Court on Friday directed that the meeting proposed by ‘Sakal Hindu Samaj’ in Mumbai on February 5 should be videographed by the police and that the contents should be reported to the Court.

Right to Die: Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Persons To Opt For Passive Euthanasia; Simplifies 2018 Guidelines On Living Will/Advance Directive

The Supreme Court has modified the slew of directions relating to advance medical directives, or living wills issued in a 2018 judgement that had recognised the right to die with dignity as an inextricable facet of the right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution, and had, accordingly, upheld the legal validity…

Taj Trapezium Matter : Supreme Court Allows More Flights To Agra, Removes Restriction On Increasing Air Traffic https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/taj-trapezium-matter-supreme-court-allows-more-flights-to-agra-removes-restriction-on-increasing-air-traffic-220688

The Supreme Court has removed the restriction imposed on increasing air traffic in the Agra area. In December 2019, while granting permission to the Airport Authority of India to construct an additional terminal at the Agra airport, the Supreme Court had imposed a restriction that the air traffic should not be increased. The restriction was…

Teacher scolding, inflicting reasonable punishment on students not an offence under Section 324 IPC: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court at Goa on Thursday said that teachers scolding students and inflicting reasonable punishment on them would not attract the offence of voluntarily causing hurt under Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or under the Goa Children’s Act of 2003 [Rekha Faldessai vs State of Goa].   https://www.barandbench.com/news/teacher-scolding-inflicting-reasonable-punishment-students-not-offence-section-324-ipc-bombay-high-court

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Govt Managing Temple Properties

The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to entertain a petition, inter alia, seeking uniformity in endowment laws, as it found that the prayers and averments in the plea were not appropriate to grant relief. The petitioner had raised an objection that “States are running temples”. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-refuses-to-entertain-plea-against-govt-managing-temple-properties-220656

Transfer Of Property Act – Encroacher Cannot Claim Benefit Of Section 51 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an encroacher cannot be termed as a ‘transferee’ to seek benefit of Section 51 of the Transfer of Property Act. Where the owner of the land filed suit for recovery of possession of his and from the encroacher and once he establishes his title, merely because some structures are erected…