Supreme Court Judges Shocked To See Advocate Shirtless During VC Hearing

During the hearing of the Sudarshan TV case on Monday, the Supreme Court was shocked to see an advocate shirtless in the video conference meeting.When the session started, the image of a lawyer without shirt flashed on the screen for a few seconds.Visibly shocked, Justice D Y Chandrachud, the presiding judge of the bench, asked who the advocate was. Though the judge repeated the query...

Supreme Court Asks 2002 Gujarat Riots Victim Bilkis Bano To Approach Authorities For Job And Accommodation

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Bilkis Bano, who was gang- raped when she was five months pregnant during the 2002 Gujarat riots, to approach the authorities concerned with her grievances over the job offer and accommodation provided by the state. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asked advocate Shobha Gupta, representing Bano, to withdraw...

Lawyer Writes To Advocate General Of Maharashtra Seeking Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Kangana Ranaut

A Mumbai based lawyer has written to the Advocate General of Maharashtra AA Kumbhakoni seeking his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against actor Kangana Ranaut in Bombay High Court for her tweet allegedly undermining the judiciary (Magistrate Court).According to Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, the following tweet by the actor referring to a Bandra court ordering registration of...

Gujarat High Court Quashes Complaint Against Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja For Alleged Poll Code Violation [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (26th October) quashed and set aside a criminal complaint filed against State Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja for the alleged violation of the model code of conduct during the 2007 Gujarat Assembly polls when he fought elections from Asarwa seat in Ahmedabad as a BJP candidate.The Bench of Justice Ilesh J. Vora gave this order in a petition filed by...

Bombay HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail To Man Who Assaulted Cop & Violated Lockdown Orders [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court last Wednesday rejected an anticipatory bail application filed by a father and son duo who were accused of beating up a policeman who asked them to close down their shop in June at around 11 pm at night. Court observed that assault on a public servant on duty cannot be tolerated.Justice SV Kotwal was hearing the anticipatory bail application filed by Khwaja Qureshi...

Public Gatherings For Protests And Other Reasons Contributing To COVID-19 Spread In Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has said that public gatherings either for marking protests or for other reasons in the city of Bengaluru are contributing to the spread of Covid-19, the State government and all the authorities must come down on such breaches with heavy hands. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi noted that in August and September 2020, there...

HPC Extends Interim Bail Of Those UTPs Who Were Released As Per Its Criteria, Others To Surrender As Per Delhi High Court Order

The High Powered Committee has extended till December the interim bail of those undertrial prisoners (UTPs) who were released as per the criteria set out by the committee. Other UTPs, who were released on bail by the order of court, will have to surrender as per the timeline set by the Special Bench of the Delhi High Court in a suo moto matter. The said Committee has further noted...

High Courts Can Formulate Their Own Rules For Hearing Via Video Conferencing: Supreme Court [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday, modifying the directions issued on April 6 in suo moto matter pertaining to guidelines for functioning of Courts via video conferencing during the lockdown imposed in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, stated that High Courts may formulate their own rules for video conferencing. A Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, and Justices DY Chandrachud...

'Disabled Person Needs To Pay 5% Tax To Walk': Plea In SC Against GST On Disability Equipments

The Supreme Court on Monday heard a writ petition challenging the imposition of Goods and Services Tax(GST) on products meant for the aid of persons with disabilities(Nipun Malhotra v Union of India).'A normal person need not pay tax for walking. But a disabled person needs to pay 5% tax for walking' : Senior Advocate Pinaki Mishra, appearing for the petitioner, submitted before a...

Right To Default Bail Is Enforceable Even If Charge Sheet/Report Seeking Extension Of Time Is Subsequently Filed: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that where the accused has already applied for default bail, the Prosecutor cannot defeat the enforcement of his indefeasible right by subsequently filing a final report, additional complaint or report seeking extension of time.The bench comprising Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran, while allowing an appeal against...

[LIVE NOW] [Georgetown Law And SDR] Virtual Discussion On "The Right To Health And The Constitution" Justice Indu Malhotra

Georgetown Law, Washington D.C. & Society for Democratic Rights, New Delhi, in association with Livelaw are organising a virtual conversation between Indian Supreme Court Justices and American Jurists on "The Right To Health And The Constitution". The details of the discussion are as follows: GUESTSJustice Ms. Indu Malhotra, Judge, Supreme Court of IndiaProf. Lawrence Gostin,...

[NDPS] Mere Deficiencies In Investigation Or Chinks In Prosecution Case Can't Be Sole Basis For Concluding Bias By Investigating Officer: SC [Read Judgment]

Mere deficiencies in investigation or chinks in the prosecution case can't be the sole basis for concluding bias, the Supreme Court has observed while upholding conviction of the accused in an NDPS case.In this case, the accused was acquitted by the Trial Court. The High court, allowed the appeal of the state, and convicted the accused. Before the Apex Court, the contention of the...