Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Annual Digest 2024

Supreme Court:Jail Superintendents Should Make Special Efforts To Identify Women Prisoners Eligible For Release U/s. 479 Of BNSS: Supreme CourtCase Title: In Re-Inhuman Conditions In 1382 PrisonsCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 908The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 19) directed Jail Superintendents to make special efforts to identify women prisoners who may qualify for release under Section 479...

Deoghar Airport Case : Supreme Court Affirms Quashing Of Jharkhand FIR Against BJP MPs, Asks Aircraft Act Authority To Decide On Filing Complaint

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 21) dismissed the appeals filed by the State of Jharkhand against the Jharkhand High Court's decision to quash an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari, and other persons related to the 2022 Deoghar Airport incident.The Court however granted liberty to the State of Jharkhand to forward the materials collected by them during investigation to...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: January 13, 2025 To January 19, 2025

Nominal IndexCitationsNational Insurance Company Ltd. v. Maya Devi and Others, Civil Appeal Nos. 15016-15017 of 2024 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 58Vijay Prabhu v. S.T. Lajapathie & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 59State (GNCT of Delhi) v. Vipin @ Lalla 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 60Abdul Nassar v. State of Kerala 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 61State of Punjab v. Hari Kesh 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 62M/S Utkal Highways Engineers...

Supreme Court Disposes Of PIL Questioning Quality Of Anti-Rabies Vaccines, Allows Petitioner To Approach Union Health Ministry

The Supreme Court on January 20 disposed of a writ petition seeking to constitute an independent expert committee to study the efficacy of the Intra Dermal Rabies Vaccines (IDRV) currently being administered to Humans and Rabies Veterinary Vaccine, administered to dogs in India. The Court however granted liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to the Union Ministry of Health...

Order Passed On Oral Consent Given By Counsel Can't Be Reviewed On Ground That There Was No Written Consent : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 20) emphasized that all constitutional courts in India accept oral statements made by counsels on behalf of parties, and an order cannot be reviewed solely on the ground that consent was not provided in writing.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan set aside an order of the Calcutta High Court that allowed a review petition in a...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Specified Ministry For Senior Citizens, Allows Petitioner To Approach Govt

The Supreme Court on January 20 refused to entertain a writ petition as withdrawn seeking direction for the Union Government to consider establishing a dedicated Ministry for senior citizens of the country. The Court allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition and make an appropriate representation to the concerned ministries of the Government.The writ petition was heard by a bench...

'Greeshma Killed Sharon Inch By Inch, Gave A Message That Lover Cannot Be Trusted': Kerala Court While Granting Death Sentence

Additional Sessions Court of Neyyattinkara while giving death penalty to Greeshma for the offence of murdering her boyfriend Sharon Raj observed that the convict is beyond reformation as she “ actively sought to prolong the victim's suffering, designed to cause extreme pain before death.”.As per the case, Greeshma to get out of the romantic relationship with her boyfriend planned to...

[RG Kar Rape-Murder] Hospital Authorities Tried To Show Death As Suicidal, Police Officers Kept Incident 'Behind Curtain': Kolkata Court

The Court sentenced sole accused Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment for his role in the brutal rape and murder of the trainee doctor on August 9th.

Senior Designations | No Scope To Reduce Marks If Candidate Has Integrity Or Character Issues : Supreme Court Expresses Concerns

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern about the lack of scope to reduce marks if there are doubts regarding the integrity and character of a candidate for designation as a Senior Advocate in the procedure provided in the authoritative judgment of the Court in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India.“For 20 years of practice, he (candidate) gets 20 marks. But there is no scope to...

Atul Subhash Case : Supreme Court Disposes Of Habeas Corpus Petition Filed By Mother Of Subhash To Know Whereabouts Of Child

The Supreme Court today (January 20) disposed of a habeas corpus petition filed by Anju Devi, mother of Karnataka-based techie Atul Subhash, to know about the whereabouts of her grandson. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the matter in in-camera proceedings to maintain the privacy of the child. After the Court interacted with the child, it disposed of...

Supreme Court Criticises Uttar Pradesh Govt For Non-Compliance With Order To Investigate Illegal Filling Of Water Bodies

The Supreme Court recently (January 17) expressed displeasure over the non-compliance by the State of Uttar Pradesh with the Court's direction to investigate and submit a report on instances of illegal filling of water bodies in Bijnor District.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that despite orders passed on July 16, 2024, and November 22, 2024, the Committee failed...

'Such Persons Should Be Barred From Contesting' : Supreme Court Judge On Tahir Hussain's Plea For Interim Bail For Delhi Elections

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate and Delhi Riots case accused Mohd Tahir Hussain has approached the Supreme Court seeking interim bail in order to campaign for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.His plea was listed today before a bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ahsanuddin Amanullah which could not take it up for hearing. However, when the matter was mentioned at the...