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Supreme Court Agrees To Give Urgent Listing For Plea Challenging HC Order Against RBI's Master Circular On Fraudulent Accounts
The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it will allow urgent listing of SBI and RBI's special leave petitions filed against Telangana High Court's order which held that the principles of natural justice have to be read into the Master Circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India on the classification of bank accounts as fraud accounts.A request for urgent listing of the case was made...
MP High Court Raps State Police Dept. For Its Failure To Execute Summons, Warrants Issued Against Police Personnel
The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) on Wednesday rapped the State Police department for its failure to execute bailable warrants/warrants of arrest issued against its own police personnel.Essentially, the Court was dealing with the bail application filed by one Gaurav Yadav, charged for robbery (Section 392 IPC) who has been behind the bars for more than four years as the trial in...
Supreme Court Directs Grant Of Permanent Commission To 39 Women Army Officers
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to tender a statement in tabulated form indicating reasons for the denial of permanent commission to 25 women officers, together with an affidavit expressly stating that no reasons independent of the directions issued by the Court have weighed in the grant/refusal of PC to the total 72 petitioners."In other words, once the final judgement and...
Testimony Of Witness Who Identified Accused In Court Cannot Be Discarded Merely Because TIP Was Not Conducted: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the testimony of a witness who has identified the accused in the Court cannot be discarded merely because Test Identification Parade was not conducted.In a given case, there may be otherwise sufficient corroboration to the testimony of the witness, the bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka said.The court observed thus in a judgment allowing the...
Juvenility Claim Can Be Raised Even After Conviction: Supreme Court Directs UP Govt To Verify 23 Agra Prisoners' Claim
The Supreme Court today observed that it is well settled that claims of juvenility can be raised even after conviction & even before this court. The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari was hearing a writ petition preferred by 23 prisoners who have been undergoing imprisonment in Agra Central Jail for over 6 years & 20 years. Prisoners in their writ filed...
Abolish Consumer Protection Act If Commission Vacancies Can't Be Filled : Supreme Court Expresses Anguish
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed anguish at the mounting vacancies in the consumer commissions. "The very purpose of settling up these tribunals and providing consumer remedy goes if these tribunals are not being manned. If the government feels it doesn't want them then abolish the Act. But if you put the Act in place you must man the tribunals." A Bench of Justice Sanjay...
"Rape Has Ability To Destroy Whole Personality Of Survivor": Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Raping His Daughter In Law
Observing that the act of rape has the ability to scar the mental psyche and destroy the entire personality of the survivor, the Delhi High Court has denied bail to a 65 years old man accused of raping his own daughter in law. Justice Subramonium Prasad denied bail and observed thus:"Rape is not merely a physical assault; it is often destructive of the whole personality of the survivor. The...
'A Very Dangerous Trend': Kerala High Court Cautions Officer With Contempt Charges For Repeatedly Circumventing Its Orders
The Kerala High Court on Thursday warned an Assistant Educational Officer of contempt proceedings under Article 215 of the Constitution, for his repeated circumvention from the orders of the Court. Justice Devan Ramachandran pulled up the AEO for proceeding with contempt despite being given several opportunities:"When this court notices obstinate belligerence from the respondent answering...
Can't Have Impartial Probe With Subodh Kumar Jaiswal As CBI Director, Maharashtra Govt Seeks SIT Probe In Anil Deshmukh FIR
The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that the CBI cannot conduct an impartial investigation into the police transfers and postings case against former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh with Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the CBI Director, as he was a part of the Police Establishment Board overseeing transfers and postings in the State during Deshmukh's tenure as the Home Minister....
High Court Closes Swami Chakrapani's Plea For Restoration Of Z-Security On Delhi Police's Assurance
The Delhi High Court on Friday closed the plea filed by National President of Hindu Sant Mahasabha, Swami Chakrapani, seeking restoration of his Z security cover fearing threat from associates of Dawood Ibrahim, Chota Shakeel and other antisocial elements.Chakrapani had alleged that his security was withdrawn by the Centre in an abrupt and arbitrary manner.Justice Rekha Palli disposed of the...
Limitation Period For Appeal Under Section 61 IBC Starts Running From Date Of Pronouncement; Delay In Uploading Won't Exclude Limitation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the period of limitation for filing of appeal against an order as per Section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code will start running as soon as the same is pronounced, and that it is not dependent on the date when the order is uploaded.So, a party who failed to file an application for the certified copy of the order immediately cannot raise a plea to...