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Supreme Court Declines Plea Seeking Regulation Of AI Use By Central And State Governments; Asks Centre To Consider Representation
The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking judicial guidelines to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the Union and State Governments, including safeguards for high-risk AI systems used in areas such as welfare, policing, surveillance and content moderation.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana observed that the issue falls within the policy domain and asked the Centre to consider a representation already...
Supreme Court Warns Against Fake Websites Impersonating Its Official Website
The Supreme Court of India has issued a fresh public notice warning the public against a fraudulent website allegedly impersonating the Court's official online presence and being used for targeted phishing.In the advisory dated August 13, the Supreme Court Registry identified sp-court-in.com as a newly detected fraudulent domain designed to mimic the official website of the Supreme Court of India. The notice cautioned that cybercriminals operating through the fake website could attempt to...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging RTE Act Exemption To Madrasas, Vedic Pathshalas & Religious Education Institutions
The Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a public interest litigation challenging the validity of Section 1(4)&(5) of the Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which exempts minority institutions from its applicability.As per Section 1(4), the application of the RTE Act will be subject to the rights of minorities guaranteed under Article 30 of the Constitution. As per Section 1(5), the Act does not apply to Madrasas, Vedic Pathsalas and educational institutions...
Retired Judges Appointed In Central Industrial Tribunals Can't Claim Pay Parity With Other Tribunal Members : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 12) dismissed a writ petition filed by ex-judicial officers, who were re-employed as Presiding Officers of Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts, seeking pay scales equivalent to those granted to other National Tribunals under the 6th Pay Commission recommendations. A bench of Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice NV Anjaria justified the differential pay scales to the petitioners equivalent to that of officers in the District Judiciary as per...
Composite Appeal Against Common Judgment In Suits By Same Plaintiff Is Maintainable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 12) held that a composite appeal against a common judgment passed in the suits filed by the same plaintiff would be maintainable. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar set aside the Karnataka High Court's judgment, which had interfered with the First Appellate Court's decision to entertain a composite appeal filed by the Appellant against a common judgment adjudicating two suits instituted by the Appellant (plaintiff). “…we are...











