New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Justice AM Khanwilkar, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, retired on Friday after his six years old tenure in the apex court.

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Chandigarh [India], May 19 (ANI): Congress leader Navjot Singh Sindhu refused to comment after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a three-decade-old road rage case by the Supreme Court of India on Thursday.

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana has recommended to the Centre the names of six additional judges for appointment as permanent ones in the Calcutta High CourtIn a meeting held on April 19 the collegium which also comprised senior most judges U U Lalit and A M Khanwilkar approved the proposal for appointment of Justice Satyen Vaidya additional judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court as the permanent judge of the same high courtWoman judge Kesang Doma Bhutia and five other additional judges - Justice Rabindranath Samanta Justice Sugato Majumdar Justice Bivas Pattanayak and Justice Ananda Kumar Mukherjee would become permanent judges if the Centre approves the names recommended by the collegiumPTI SJK ZMN

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The Supreme Court Thursday said that municipal corporation of Faridabad is liable to pay solatium of Rs 2000 per month to those who are eligible to get EWS flats under a rehabilitation scheme for residents of Khori village where unauthorised structures coming under the Aravali forest area were demolished until issuance of possession letterThe apex court was informed by the counsel appearing for the civic body that 1027 applicants have been found eligible and they would be allotted flats on permanent basis by end of AprilA bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar was informed by the counsel appearing for some petitioners that flats given in the provisional allotment to the eligible applicants are not in habitable conditionSenior advocate Sanjay Parikh appearing for some of the petitioners said the payment of solatium which was for a period of six months must continue till the flats given are in a habitable conditionUntil permanent accommodation is offered to the eligible persons the corporation shall be liable to pay ex-gratia solatium amount of Rs 2000 per month until the date of issuance of possession letter by the corporation said the bench also comprising Justices A S Oka and C T RavikumarThe bench said the fact that the premises are in habitable condition be certified by the commissioner of the municipal corporation and possession letter can be issued only after it is certified that the premises allotted are in habitable condition and can be occupied immediatelyThe civic body had last year told the top court that they will be making a payment of rentsolatium of Rs 2000 per month to eligible applicants from November 1 2021 for six months or actual physical possession of flats whichever is earlierDuring the hearing on Thursday Parikh told the bench that nobody has occupied the flats which were allotted provisionally as they are in bad conditionThe corporations counsel said they had scrutinized around 5000 applications out of which 1027 applicants were are found eligible under the schemeHe said the corporation had made provisional allotment but nobody came to actually occupy the flatsThe corporations counsel said they had told the apex court last year that by April 30 2022 they would give them final possession of the flats The flats should be made habitable which you have not done so far the bench observed Those who are eligible and those who could not occupy the premises on the ground that flat is inhabitable they should be compensated it saidThe bench noted that it has been brought to its notice that the plot on which unauthorized structures were removed is being misused by the localsIt directed the Superintendent of Police Faridabad to provide necessary assistance to the corporation to ensure that no encroachment or misutilization of the area or plot in question takes place in futureThe bench said as the corporation is already working on a plan for development of the entire area the secretary of the forest department may issue appropriate instructions to facilitate plantation of trees thereIt has posted the matter for further hearing on April 26Meanwhile the bench reserved its judgement on the separate pleas which raises issues regarding forest and non-forest land in Haryana The apex court is seized of the pleas which raised the issue regarding forest and non-forest land in reference to interplay between provisions of the PLPA 1900 the Forest Conservation Act 1980 and the land which forms part of development plan under the Faridabad Complex Regulation and Development Act 1971In a status report filed earlier in the top court the municipal corporation of Faridabad had given details including that of the modified timeline for the process of allotment under the rehabilitation scheme to eligible applicants of Khori jhuggisOn June 7 last year the top court had directed Haryana and Faridabad municipal corporation to remove all encroachments consisting of around 10000 residential constructions in the Aravali forest area near the village saying land grabbers cannot take refuge of rule of law and talk of fairness PTI ABA SA

New Delhi Mar 22 PTI The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would not issue notice on the fresh petition filed in the matter pertaining to the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam as all the broad issues are already there in the main matter and it will consider themA bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar adjourned the hearing on the pleas after the counsel appearing for Tamil Nadu requested the apex court to take it up on Wednesday saying he intends to take instructions in respect of some documents which were filed by the other sideThe top court is seized of a batch of pleas raising issues pertaining to the dam which was built in 1895 on the Periyar river in Idukki district of KeralaThe bench also comprising Justices A S Oka and C T Ravikumar was told that a fresh petition has also been filed in the matter and the plea was listed for hearing on TuesdayNow we are not issuing any notice in any matter in the case The issue is already there All broad issues are there in the first matter We will consider it in the first matter itself the bench said adding the fresh plea will be listed along with the main matterAt the outset senior advocate Shekhar Naphade appearing for Tamil Nadu requested the bench to take up the matter for hearing on Wednesday saying the other side has served some documents to them this morning itselfAs requested by Mr Naphade not to be called out today as he intends to take instructions in respect of new documentsaffidavit filed by the other party which has been served on him today the bench saidThe bench observed it is willing to start hearing the matter right now but if there is some difficulty on one side the court has to accommodate all the partiesThe Tamil Nadu government had last month told the apex court that it is not justifiable to have a fresh review on the safety of the dam before carrying out the strengthening measures ordered by the top court earlierThe state had said this in its response to a status report filed in January by the Central Water Commission CWC and the supervisory committee which had said that a fresh review of the safety of the dam is now due and is required to be undertakenIn this water year 2021-22 water was stored in the dam at a level of 142 ft from November 30 2021 for about 18 days and all the parameters of the dam were found to be within limits Hence there is no ground or necessity to have a fresh review on the safety of the dam for storing water up to 142 ft now the state had saidIt had sought a direction to Kerala to cooperate and provide all necessary assistance in a time-bound manner so that the remaining strengthening and maintenance work as directed by the apex court in February 2006 and May 2014 as well as other decisions of the supervisory committee are implemented in letter and spirit during the next four months before the ensuing southwest monsoonIn a status report filed in the top court in January the CWC and the supervisory committee had said that aspects pertaining to the safety of dam were carried out during 2010 to 2012 by the empowered committee constituted under the directions of the apex court in 2010It had said the empowered committee based upon the investigations tests and studies carried out by apex national organisations and specialist expert agencies had concluded that Mullaperiyar dam was found to be safe in all respects -- hydrologically structurally and seismicallyOn January 11 the apex court had said that litigation about the dam is not adversarial as this is public interest litigation in the sense that safety security and health issues of the people staying around the dam are involved in the matterThe Kerala government had earlier told the apex court that no amount of rejuvenation can perpetuate the dam and there is a limit to the number of years one can keep dams in service through maintenance and strengthening measuresIt had said the only permanent solution for removing the eternal threat owing to the safety concerns of the dam and for protecting the safety of lakhs of people living the downstream of Mullaperiyar dam is to build a new dam in the downstream reaches of the existing damIn an affidavit filed before the apex court the Kerala government had urged that the proposal to fix the upper rule level of Mullaperiyar dam at 142 feet on September 20 as formulated by Tamil Nadu may be avoidedIn its response to the affidavit filed by Kerala Tamil Nadu had said that repeated assertion of Kerala and petitioners from there in the pleas filed from time to time seek to decommission of the existing dam and construction of a new dam which is wholly impermissible in the light of the apex court verdict on the safety of the damThe dam has been found to be hydrologically structurally and seismically safe Tamil Nadu had said PTI ABA SA

New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) will take a call on whether an extra attempt will be given to the UPSC aspirants who had missed out on their Civil Services exam due to COVID-19 and had sought for an additional attempt to appear in the exam or not, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Monday.

New Delhi Feb 23 PTI The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of offline board examinations for classes 10 and 12 to be conducted by the CBSE and several other boards this year saying such petitions give false hope and create confusion among students who are going to appear in these examsThe apex court observed that the petition is ill-advised and premature and the authorities are yet to take appropriate decision with regard to conducting exams of the various boardsSuch petitions give false hope to the persons who are going to appear in the examinations Those students will be misled by this petition Let the authorities take decision If the decision is wrong challenge that decision Here you want to pre-empt everything a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar told the lawyer appearing for the petitionersThis creates not only false hopes it creates confusion all over to students who are preparing said the bench also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T RavikumarThe counsel appearing for the petitioners said that most of the state boards have not yet declared the dates for examinationsWhenever examination is due they will declare those dates what is the problem the bench observedAt the outset the counsel appearing for the petitioners A S Sahai and others referred to the order passed by the apex court last year in the matter pertaining to board exams amid the COVID-19 pandemicThe bench said what had happened in the past cannot be the basis to pass order nowEntertaining such petitions is creating more confusion in the system Let the authorities take decision the bench saidWhat kind of petitions are being filed the top court said adding It is not that because they were entertained last year because of the peculiar circumstances and situation we will go on and this will become a norm The counsel argued that the Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE had conducted the first term board examination in December last year in offline mode and the results have not been published yetHe said that time limit for declaration of results is very importantThe counsel said the situation is highly uncertain for the students and the MBBS admissions for 2021 is not yet completeThe bench said the authorities will look into all the aspects and the petitioners can make representation there and they will take appropriate decision as per the prevailing situationWhen the counsel representing the petitioners said he would confine it to two prayers the bench said We will not issue any directions They are doing their job If that action is wrong you challenge that action we understand that It said there are rules and regulations in place and the authorities will be working in tandem on the issueThe counsel argued that classes were not properly conducted in most of the statesThe bench said the authorities are aware of the situations and they are supervising itAfter the counsel referred to the ongoing Assembly elections in some states including Uttar Pradesh the bench observed This is something which is unheard of What kind of public interest litigation is this The counsel argued that exam dates of most of the boards have not been declared yet and it would further delay the admissions processWho are you to decide that Who are you and who are we to decide those dates They know the ground realities They have to make logistical arrangements They will take overall view of the situation and then take a decision the bench saidWhen the counsel requested the apex court to keep the petition pending the bench initially observed that it will dismiss the plea with costIn our opinion this petition is ill-advised It is premature The authorities are yet to take appropriate decision with regard to conducting ensuing examinations in the respective boards the bench saidIt said if the decision is not in accordance with the provisions of the concerned Act and rules or applicable regulations it is open to the aggrieved persons to set up challenge in that regard which can be considered on its own meritsNothing more is required to be said Dismissed the bench saidThe top court observed that such kind of petition misleads and in the past three days it has seen there are news items everywhere on thisWhat kind of petitions are being filed and what kind of publicity is given to this issue it said adding This has to stopLet the students do their job and let the authorities do their job the bench observedThe plea had sought directions to the CBSE and other education boards which have proposed to hold board examinations for classes 10 and 12 in offline mode to devise alternate modes of assessmentThe CBSE has decided to conduct term two board exams for class 10 and class 12 from April 26The plea was mentioned before the bench on Tuesday for urgent listing and the court had said that it would hear the matter on WednesdayThe counsel appearing for the petitioners had told the bench that the apex court had passed orders in 2020 and 2021 regarding class 10 and 12 board exams and this year also the same problem is thereOn June 17 last year the top court had approved the assessment schemes of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations CISCE and the CBSE which had adopted the 303040 formula for evaluation of marks for students of 12th standard based on results of class 10 11 and 12 respectively PTI ABA SA

New Delhi Feb 21 PTI The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for hearing a plea seeking cancellation of offline physical board examinations for classes 10 and 12 to be held by CBSE and other several boards this year A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of a lawyer seeking early listing of the plea saying that the physical examination should not be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation This is regarding class 10 and 12 Board examinations Physical examination should not be held due to the pandemic lawyer Prashant Padmanabhan said Let the matter go before a bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar the bench said The lawyer mentioned the plea filed by one Anubha Shrivastava Sahai an activist seeking directions to CBSE and other education boards which have proposed to hold board examinations offline for classes 10 and 12 The plea has also sought a direction to education boards for devising alternate modes of assessment CBSE has decided to conduct term two board exams for class 10 and class 12 from April 26 PTI SJK SA

New Delhi Feb 19 PTI Chief Justice of India CJI N V Ramana along with 18 Supreme Court judges on Saturday visited the Mughal Gardens of the Rastrapati Bhavan here on the special invitation of President Ram Nath Kovind and first lady Savita Kovind The CJI and several judges including justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud attended tea hosted by the president an apex court official saidThe CJI accompanied by his spouse also presented the annual report of the Supreme Court to Kovind he said PTI SJK SJK ANB ANB