Supreme Court Lists Godhra Carnage Appeals For Final Hearing On February 13

The Supreme Court today (January 16) stated that it is not going to further adjourn the criminal appeals pending in the 2002 Godhra train burning matter. It has now posted the appeals for final hearing as item no. 1 on February 13.A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar expressed displeasure about the parties seeking adjournment in this matter. Justice Maheshwari said: "We...

Supreme Court Grants Bail to JJM Scam Accused Padam Chand Jain In PMLA Case, Clarifies That Bail To Manish Sisodia Was Not Granted Under Article 142

While granting bail to Jal Jeevan Mission scam accused Padam Chand Jain in a money laundering case, the Supreme Court today clarified that the order granting bail to former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was not passed in exercise of powers under Article 142 of the Constitution.The matter was before a bench of Justices BR Gavai, AG Masih and K Vinod Chandran, which noted that Jain has...

Supreme Court To Reconstitute Bench On Coal Block Allocation Cases After Justice KV Viswanathan's Recusal

Supreme Court Judge Justice KV Viswanathan today (January 16) recused from the hearing the batch of pleas relating to the 2014 Coal Block Allocation cases. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan was hearing the applications filed by the Enforcement Directorate in ML Sharma Coal Scam case. Justice Viswanathan revealed that he had appeared as an advocate in...

Calcutta High Court Orders Compensation Over Pregnant Lady's Death Due To 'Contaminated Saline', State Hands Probe To CID

The Calcutta High Court has directed the state of West Bengal to provide compensation to the family of a pregnant lady who had died due to being given allegedly contaminated saline at a government hospital. Four other pregnant women were reportedly in intensive care after being administered the same solution.These observations were made by a division bench comprising Chief Justice TS...

Limitation Period For Husband's Plea To Annul Child Marriage Starts From Age 18 Or 21? Supreme Court To Decide

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition raising the issue as to whether the age of 'majority' - for males - when computing limitation period for filing a petition seeking annulment of marriage under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), should be 18 years or 21 years.A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed the order, while dealing with...

Justice K Vinod Chandran Takes Oath As Supreme Court Judge

Justice K Vinod Chandran was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court today. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna administered the oath to Justice Vinod Chandran.It was on Tuesday (January 14) that the Central Government notified the appointment of Justice Vinod Chandran, who was the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as a Supreme Court Judge, following a recommendation made by the...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Judicial Officers As Judges Of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has passed two separate resolutions recommending the elevation of four judicial officers as Judges of the High Court of Telangana and two judicial officers as Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.Telangana High Court.The Collegium in its meeting held on 11th January, 2025 has approved the proposal for the appointment of the following Judicial Officers, as Judges...

West Bengal SSC Recruitment | HC Qaushed Appointments On Casual Enquiry, Without Forensic Reports : Appointees Tell Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today (January 15) heard the arguments of the petitioners in the West Bengal Teachers SSC Recruitment Scam. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Calcutta High Court's order setting aside the appointments by the WB School Selection Commission to over 24,000 teaching and non-teaching posts in...

Duty Of Government & Local Authorities To Provide Basic Toilet & Sanitation Facilities Within Court Premises : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (today on January 15), while issuing a set of directions for the construction of toilet facilities in Court premises across India, noted that the same would protect privacy and remove threats to ladies and transgender persons.The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan, passed this order while deciding a writ petition filed by Rajeeb Kalita in 2023. The...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On PIL To Implement CNAP To Allow Mobile Phone Users Know Identity Of Callers

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 15) sought a response from Union in a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to Telecom network operators to implement CNAP (Calling Name Presentation Service). The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar issued notice in the PIL considering the prevalence of the problem of cyber fraud. CNAP was introduced by the Telecom...

'Will Pull You Up' : Supreme Court Asks GST Department To Rectify Issues Over Fake Invoices, Asks How Genuine Purchasers Are Liable

The Supreme Court on Wednesday flagged a recurring problem in GST matters whereby genuine purchasers who paid Goods and Services Tax (GST) face issues because their suppliers raised fictitious bills to evade crediting the GST to the department.The Court orally wondered how could the purchaser be held liable for the incorrect GST registration of the suppliers when they have genuinely...

Supreme Court Closes Contempt Proceedings Against IMA President Accepting His Apology For Remarks Against Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 15) closed contempt proceedings against the Indian Medical Association (IMA) President, Dr. RV Asokan, over his remarks made in a media interview against the court's observations on unethical practices by IMA members.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan accepted an apology tendered by Dr. Asokan and concluded that no further action...