Bilkis Bano Case Convict Moves Supreme Court Seeking 4 Weeks Extension Of Time To Surrender In Jail

A convict in the Bilkis Bano case has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking an extension of time by four weeks to surrender before the jail authorities.The application is filed by Govindbhai Nai, one among the eleven persons who were convicted for gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murders of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. On January 8, the Supreme Court had set aside...

'When Question Of A Person's Liberty Is Involved, Even A Day's Delay Counts' : Supreme Court Criticises HC For Dragging Habeas Corpus Plea

Setting at liberty a 25-year old woman detained by her parents, the Supreme Court today (January 17) expressed anguish at the callous approach shown by the Karnataka High Court in the matter. Despite the woman stating that she wished to return to Dubai from where she had been taken by her parents, the High Court did not set her at liberty with immediate effect and rather postponed the...

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Elections Of SCBA Multi-State Cooperative Housing Society, Results Subject To Court Orders

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) refused to stay the elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Multi-State Cooperative Group-Housing Society Ltd, scheduled to take place tomorrow, i.e. January 18, 2024.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard the matter today urgently after the petition was orally mentioned by...

Bhima Koregaon Case | Supreme Court Directs Tagging Of Jyoti Jagtap's Bail Plea With Shoma Sen's Appeal

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) directed the bail plea of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap to be tagged with co-accused Shoma Kanti Sen's appeal and heard together.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar was hearing Jagtap's petition challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to reject her bail application. She has been lodged in jail since September...

Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On AAP Leader Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case

After four days of hearing, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) reserved its verdict on Aam Aadmi Party leader and PMLA-accused Satyendar Jain's bail plea.Jain was arrested by the central agency in May 2022 on charges of money laundering. He, along with others, were accused of laundering money through three companies during 2010-12 and 2015-16. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi...

Gujarat High Court Designates Seven Lawyers As Senior Advocates

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 16 (2) of the Advocates' Act, 1961 read with Rule 19(1) of the High Court of Gujarat-Designation of Senior Advocates Rules, 2018, the Chief Justice and the Judges of the Gujarat High Court in the Full Court Meeting designated seven Advocates as Senior Advocate.The following are the Name of the Designated Senior Advocates: Mayoor Dulerai...

Supreme Court Lawyers Write To CJI DY Chandrachud Seeking To Revive Practice Of Circulating Adjournment Letters

281 lawyers have written to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud objecting to the Supreme Court's decision to discontinue until further orders the practice of circulating adjournment letters or slips one day before a matter is listed.Last year, ahead of the annual winter break, the top court notified a change in the process of seeking adjournment "in the interest of litigants". The...

Special POCSO Court In Odisha Sentences Uncle To Life Imprisonment For Rape Of 15-Month-Old Niece

A Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (the 'POCSO Act') in Odisha's Sambalpur district has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for committing rape on his 15-month-old niece.Taking into consideration the age of the victim, the Additional District Judge-cum-Special Judge (POCSO), Sambalpur Mr. Abhilash Senapati observed –“The apathy in these type...

Supreme Court Surprised At 4-Year Delay By Income Tax Department In Filing Appeals; Asks About Action Against Officials

Taking serious note of the gross delay of over four years on the part of the Income Tax Department in filing statutory appeals before the High Court, the Supreme Court has called for an affidavit from the concerned officer to explain the inquiry made and action taken regarding the delay."...we direct that the concerned authority to file an affidavit before this Court explaining as to what...

Chandrababu Naidu Case : Why Supreme Court Judges Differed On Retrospective Application Of Section 17A Prevention Of Corruption Act?

In the petition filed by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, the Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict on the retrospective application of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) to offences which existed before the 2018 amendment, which inserted Section 17A. Justice Aniruddha Bose held that the mandate for previous approval under S. 17A...

LMV Driving License Issue : Supreme Court Defers Hearing Of 'Mukund Dewangan' Reference After AG Says Consultations Are Going On With States

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) adjourned till April the Constitution Bench hearing of the reference on the issue whether a person holding a driving licence in respect of a “light motor vehicle”, could on the strength of that licence, be entitled to drive a “transport vehicle of light motor vehicle class” having unladen weight not exceeding 7500 kg, gave time to the Union...

Supreme Court Directs Authorities To Ensure No Hate Speech Takes Place In Rallies Of BJP MLA T Raja Singh, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 17) directed the district magistrates at Yavatmal, Maharashtra and Raipur, Chhattisgarh to take 'appropriate steps' after concerns were raised over potential hate speeches at rallies planned by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Bharatiya Janata Party legislator T Raja Singh later this week. While declining to stop the rallies, the Court directed the...