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Bail Should Not Be Granted Ordinarily In Serious Offences Like Rape & Murder Once Trial Starts: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that in serious offences like murder, rape, dacoity etc., bail applications of the accused should not be ordinarily entertained by the Trial Courts and the High Courts."Ordinarily in serious offences like rape, murder, dacoity, etc., once the trial commences and the prosecution starts examining its witnesses, the Court be it the Trial Court or the High Court...
Can NCDRC Technical Member Sitting Singly Preside Over Bench? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court recently stayed proceedings in a consumer case pending before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, on challenge to an order passed therein by a Technical Member alone.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sandeep Mehta granted stay upon hearing Senior Advocate Trideep Pais for the appellant, who contended that the impugned order suffered from the vice of...
'You're A Corrupt Person' : Supreme Court Says While Reserving Order On Ex-WB Minister Partha Chatterjee's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court today reserved order on the bail petition filed by former West Bengal Education Minister and now MLA Partha Chatterjee in the money laundering case arising out of the West Bengal cash-for-jobs scam.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the matter.Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, for the Enforcement Directorate, opposed the grant of bail citing the role...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Senior Advocate's Plea To Quash FIR Alleging That He Took Rs. 7 Crore From Client To Influence Judges
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 2) issued notice in an SLP filed by senior advocate Vedula Venkataramana seeking to quash an FIR registered against him for allegedly taking Rs. 7 Crores from a client to influence high court judges for favourable outcome in a case.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih issued notice in the SLP against the judgment of the...
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Supreme Court Urges Punjab Govt To Consider Relief For 39 Families Unable To Prove They're Genuine Riot Victims
The Supreme Court recently directed the Punjab State to explore the possibility of providing alternative accommodation to 39 families occupying flats in SAS Nagar Mohali Phase-XI for the last 40 years, meant for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims, as they do not have red cards given to identify the genuine victims of the riots. A special leave petition has been filed claiming that 39 families...
Supreme Court Allows West Bengal BJP Leader Kabir Shankar Bose's Plea For CBI Probe Of Assault Cases Against Him
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 4) ordered a CBI investigation into two assault and sexual harassment cases arising from an incident on December 6, 2020, against West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kabir Shankar Bose.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Pankaj Mithal delivered its judgment today in the writ petition filed by Bose alleging that false criminal...
Supreme Court Seeks Union's View On Bihar Election Commission's Plea Against Election Of Nepali Citizen As Panchayat Mukhiya
The Supreme Court recently called for Union's response on Bihar State Election Commission's plea challenging a direction that citizenship issue of a Mukhiya in the state be referred to the Union. The said Mukhiya was disqualified by the Bihar SEC on a view that he was a Nepali citizen when the elections took place.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order for impleadment...
Budaun Mosque Row: 'Suit Barred By Places Of Worship Act; It's Waqf Property', Masjid Committee Tells Local Court; Next Hearing on Dec 10
In the ongoing Budaun Shamsi Shahi Mosque dispute, the Masjid Committee on Tuesday submitted before a local court that a suit filed seeking permission to worship at the Shamsi Shahi Masjid, claiming that it was NeelKanth Mahadev temple, is barred by the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, and that the property in question is a waqf property. The counsel for the...
Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Petitions Challenging Places Of Worship Act
[Update : The matter has been deleted from tomorrow's list.]The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Places of Worship Act (Special Provisions) Act 1991.A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar will hear the matter.The lead petition (Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India) was filed in 2020 in which...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Validity Of Rule Excluded Visually Challenged Candidates From MP Judicial Service
The Supreme Court today (December 3) reserved the judgment on suo motu matter regarding a rule in the State of Madhya Pradesh that excludes visually impaired and no-vision candidates from seeking appointment to judicial services.The Rule in question is Rule 6A of the Madhya Pradesh Services Examination (Recruitment and Conditions of Services) Rule 1994, which completely excludes visually...
Charge Sheet Can't Be Filed When There Is Interim Order Restraining Coercive Action Against Accused : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that a charge sheet cannot be filed after a court passes an interim order restraining the state from taking coercive action against the accused in a criminal case,A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih discharged contempt notices issued to three officers of the Jharkhand Police after they apologised for filing charge sheet despite...