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Supreme Court Expunges Rajasthan HC's Critical Remarks Against Magistrate Over Bail Order
The Supreme Court granted relief to a Judicial Officer from Rajasthan, by expunging the adverse commens passed against him by the High Court in an order.The High Court, while rejecting a bail application, passed strictures against the Officer, a Judicial Magistrate, criticising the manner in which bail was granted to a co-accused in the case. The High Court observed that bail was granted in...
'How Many Times High Courts Are To Be Reminded?' : Supreme Court Anguished At HC Not Quashing FIR Over Civil Dispute
The Supreme Court criticised the Allahabad High Court for directing a film producer to pay Rs. 25 lakh to a complainant as a precondition for referring a dispute to mediation while dealing with a plea for quashing of a cheating FIR, despite the dispute being civil in nature.A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan observed that the High Court seems to have forgotten...
Make Rule Mandating Disclosure Of Antecedents & Earlier Pleas In Bail Applications : Supreme Court To High Courts
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 18) suggested to all High Courts to incorporate a rule that accused persons should mandatorily mention in their bail applications the earlier bail applications, if any, filed by them, and also their criminal antecedents.The Court cited a provision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Rules as an example. The said Rule, Rule 5 of Chapter 1-A(b) Volume-V of...
Supreme Court Asks BCI If AIBE Registration Fees Can Be Relaxed For Poor Law Graduates
The Supreme Court on July 18 asked the Bar Council of India to consider having a policy for fee exemption for those candidates who cannot pay the All India Bar Examination fees.The bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandukar was hearing a writ petition over the exorbitant fees of Rs. 3500/- charged for All India Bar Examinations which is contrary to the Court's earlier decision on...
Campus Suicides : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Smoothen NTF's Functioning
The Supreme Court on July 14 passed certain directions for the National Task Force ("NTF"), instituted by the Court to investigate the increasing suicide rates in college students, to carry out its work efficiently. It has also passed orders seeking an update on the investigations in connection with the suicide of two IIT Delhi students, one IIT Kharagpur student, and one case in...
'Mere Cash Discovery Doesn't Establish Guilt': Justice Yashwant Varma In Supreme Court Petition
In his writ petition before the Supreme Court, Justice Yashwant Varma has contended that the mere recovery of cash from the outhouse of his official residence does not establish his culpability, as the in-house inquiry committee has not determined the ownership of the cash or how it was removed from the premises.He questioned the in-house committee's findings by contending that they were...
Russian Woman Seems To Be In India; Russian Embassy Assisting In Search: Centre Tells Supreme Court In Indian Man's Child Custody Case
In the case where the Supreme Court ordered authorities to immediately trace a Russian woman who has seemingly gone missing with her child during pendency of a custody battle with her Indian husband, Union government informed the Court today that the woman does not seem to have left the country, at least through legal channels.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was given...
SARFAESI Act | Tenant Cannot Resist Eviction Without Establishing Tenancy Was Created Before Mortgage : Supreme Court
In a key ruling favouring secured creditors, the Supreme Court held that a tenant cannot resist eviction under the SARFAESI Act unless the tenancy is established before the mortgage creation. The bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi allowed the appeal filed by PNB Housing Finance Ltd., overturning a Calcutta High Court decision that had restored possession of a...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging BPSC Chairman's Appointment, Rebukes Petitioner For Inaccurate Facts
The Supreme Court today (July 18) took a stern view over a lawyer who challenged the appointment of the Bihar Public Service Commission Chairperson, without mentioning accurate facts in the plea. While the court initially imposed costs of Rs.10,000/- on the lawyer, it was subsequently removed. The bench remarked that one has to work towards Public Interest Litigation with sincerity and not...
Andhra Pradesh Liquor Scam: Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To YSRCP MP PV Midhun Reddy
The Supreme Court today(July 18) dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Andhra Pradesh multi-crore liquor scam accused and a member of Parliament from Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party, PV Midhun Reddy, after the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday denied him bail. Appearing for Reddy, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, tried to convince a bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and...