The Supreme Court said Today (July 24) it will hear West Bengal’s plea against the Calcutta High Court’s stay on its new OBC list. The case affects lakhs of students and job aspirants across the state.
The Supreme Court on Thursday (Dec 19) emphasized the need for parity in inheritance rights between male and female members of scheduled tribe (ST) communities. A Bench of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Sanjay Karol held that denying equal rights to women from ST communities is unjustifiable, particularly in light of the Constitution of India’s guarantee of the right to equality. The Court also highlighted that when a daughter from a non-tribal community is entitled to such a right, there is no reason to deny the right to daughter belonging to ST community.
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In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government, the Supreme Court last week refused to interfere with a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that transferred the investigation of a drug seizure case from the local police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The top court observed that the police officer who caught the haul was being “victimised” by the state.
The Supreme Court Today (Oct 21) sought the response of the Union government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea challenging uncontested elections when there is only one candidate contesting the election. The petition contends that rules allowing the same prevent voters from rejecting the sole candidate using the NOTA option.
The Supreme Court granted the benefits of 6th Central Pay Commission including pensionary benefits to the persons who for over three decades managed the Saving Scheme Deposits (SSD) Fund of the Special Frontier Force (SFF). “We are of the opinion that the denial of pensionary benefits to the appellants is not tenable or justifiable in the eyes of law as the same is arbitrary and violates the fundamental rights as guaranteed by Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India,” the Court said.
