The Supreme Court issued notices to the Central government and 23 IITs on a petition seeking directions to implement reservation policy in admission to research degree programmes and recruitment of faculty. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, B R Gavai and BV Nagarathna was hearing a petition filed by academic-cum-researcher Sachchidanand Pandey, who has sought directions for the Centre
The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared the divestment in Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL). HZL has ceased to be a government company as the government, an ordinary shareholder, has a 29.5 percentage residuary stake, SC added. The court added that the government was entitled to make a decision on divestment shareholding, as long as the process is transparent and realizes the
“If the Court is satisfied that the underlying objective of the Act would not be contravened or diminished even if the felony in question goes unpunished, the mere fact that the offence is covered under a ‘special statute’ would not refrain this Court or the High Court, from exercising their respective powers under Article 142 of the Constitution or Section
The Supreme Court held on Friday that Preliminary Enquiry (PE) is not mandatory before FIR registration by the CBI under the Code of Criminal Procedure or Prevention of Corruption Act or the investigative agency’s manual and the accused cannot insist on it as a right. The court said that in case the information received by the CBI, through a complaint
In the case of Vijay Kumar Jain vs. Standard Chartered Bank & Ors., the Apex Court held that the members of the suspended Board of Directors of a corporate debtor are vested with right to receive insolvency resolution plans submitted before the resolution professional so that they could effectively participate in the meetings of Committee of Creditors (CoC). The Supreme Court
