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SC said it has not given any adjudicating authority to the panel
The country's apex electricity regulator was under suspension since August 2020 when the power ministry failed to appoint a mandatory member (Law) in CERC's quorum
The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its 2018 verdict which had upheld the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but struck down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar, by a majority of 4:1, rejected the review pleas against the apex court's September 26, 2018 verdict. Justice D Y Chandrachud, one of the five-judges of the bench, dissented with the majority order and said that review petitions be kept pending until a larger bench decides the question related to certification of a bill as a money bill. Justice Chandrachud, in his famous dissenting verdict in 2018 in the case, had held that Aadhaar Act should not have been passed as money bill as it amounts to a fraud on the Constitution and is liable to be struck down. It was argued earlier in the apex court by the petitioners challenging the provisions of
The top court told the lawyers appearing for farmers unions that all it wanted is the resolution of the impasse and peace
The High Court is hearing the petition filed by CCI for the probe against e-commerce firms Amazon and Flipkart. The matter will be heard next on January 21, 2021
While SP group sources said the verdict and debt rejig plans are unrelated, lenders said the group will be able to raise substantial sums if the SC allows it to pledge its shares in Tata Sons
Previous rounds of talks have so far failed to mollify tens of thousands of farmers who have been camping out on the outskirts of Delhi for more than two months
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The SC collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of four additional judges of Karnataka High Court as permanent judges
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the move comes at a time when an appeal in the matter is pending before the Supreme Court
On Monday, the top court had already said that Delhi Police are the first authority to decide on the rally
The move comes after the Supreme Court said 'it is a police matter'
The top court also clarified that a company which is facing insolvency proceedings under the IBC can move an insolvency petition against other companies which owe it money
Rahul Gandhi says new acts will destroy country's agriculture; V-P Naidu calls for keeping farmers' welfare in mind while framing farm policies
He also asked the BJP government not to use the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against farmer leaders, saying the NIA was used to counter terrorism and should not be misused
Justice Joseph, who wrote the 465-page judgement for the bench, upheld the amendments made in Sections 3, 4 and 10 of the IBC (Amendment) Act 2020
Since the lockdown in March last year, a large section of the legal profession and litigants has found that virtual courts (VCs) are a beneficial innovation and should be institutionalised
On January 12, the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the Centre's three farm laws
The Supreme Court Tuesday sought a report from a committee, set up by the National Green Tribunal