Supreme Court Doubts Verdict Which Held Mere Inconvenience Of Parties As No Ground To Transfer Criminal Case

The Supreme Court has cast doubt on its recent judgment in Shri Sendhur Agro & Oil Industries vs. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd which held that "mere convenience or inconvenience of the parties may not by itself be sufficient enough to pray for transfer" of a criminal case from one state to another as per Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant(as he...

'Not A Single Litigation From Homebuyers In Gujarat': Justice Pardiwala Says Most Unauthorised Building Cases From Delhi & Mumbai

Justice JB Pardiwala of the Supreme Court on Friday observed that disputes arising from unauthorised constructions and building-plan violations are predominantly reported from Delhi and Mumbai, unlike other States. The remark came while the Court was hearing a real estate dispute involving a builder who had constructed additional floors near the Mumbai International Airport without obtaining...

Ex-Judges, Lawyers Write Letter To CJI Surya Kant Objecting To Remarks On Rohingyas

The signatories of the letter opined that the comments of the CJI were "contrary to core constitutional values."

NEET-UG : Supreme Court Grants Relief To TN Students Who Lost MBBS Seats After Missing Fee Payment Deadline

The Supreme Court today (December 5) granted relief to three NEET-UG candidates from Tamil Nadu who had lost their MBBS seats after failing to complete the fee payment within the stipulated time owing to technical glitches.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar permitted the students to make the payment by Wednesday (December 10), thereby restoring their chance to...

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Mumbai Civic Body's Proposal To Engage Reliance Industries For Landscaping Reclaimed Lands

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Expression of Interest (EoI) issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) inviting private agencies/voluntary organizations for landscaping work on reclaimed lands along the Mumbai Coastal Road.The petitioner challenges assignment of any work to Reliance Industries in pursuance to the aforesaid EoI and...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Life Convict Swami Shraddhanand's Plea For Expeditious Decision On Mercy Petition

"We don't understand why 6 adjournments were given in this case. Would have dismissed on first day," said Justice JK Maheshwari.

Temple Money Belongs To Deity, Can't Be Used For Survival Of Cooperative Banks : Supreme Court

The Court rejected the petitions filed by Kerala Co-operative banks challenging the HC direction to return the deposits of a temple devaswom.

Judges Are Careful In Using AI; We Don't Want AI To Overpower Judicial Process : CJI Surya Kant

While hearing a PIL seeking guidelines to check the misuse of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant observed that the judges are very careful in using AI.The bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition seeking the regulation of the 'unregulated' use of generative AI in Court proceedings. The CJI, objecting to the...

SEBI Cracks Down On Finfluencer Avadhut Sathe, Impounds ₹546 Crore For Providing Unregistered Investment Advice

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned finfluencer Avadhut Sathe from the securities market and impounded Rs 546.16 crore of unlawful gains after finding that he was providing unregistered investment advisory services in the garb of stock market education. SEBI also found that many participants who acted on his instructions suffered losses, while Sathe himself often did...

'Appalling' : Supreme Court Expresses Shock At 2-Year Custody Of UAPA Accused Without Chargesheet; Grants Bail

"How can you keep someone in custody for 2 years without chargesheet?", remarked Justice Sandeep Mehta.

Arundhati Roy's Memoir Doesn't Violate Law For Showing Cover Image Of Author Smoking: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea

'She is an eminent person, has her own name in the literary world,' CJI observed.

'We Will Appoint VCs If CM & Governor Can't Reach Consensus' : Supreme Court In Kerala Universities' Matter

The Supreme Court today(December 5) said that if the Kerala Government and the Kerala Governor cannot reach a consensus regarding the appointment of the Vice Chancellors of two State Universities, then the Court will make the appointment.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice PB Varale was hearing the matter related to the appointments of VCs of the APJ Abdul Kalam...