Bilkis Bano Case | Judgment Directing Gujarat Govt To Decide Remission Was Obtained By Fraud; It's Also Bad In Law : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8), while setting aside the premature release of eleven life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, declared its May 2022 judgement - which directed the Gujarat Government to consider the remission applications of the convicts- as a nullity since the petitioner (one of the convicts) was found to have "played fraud" by suppressing material facts and...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea Against Collegium System; Lawyer Cites Interview Of Justice Kaul On 'Faults' In System

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) agreed to constitute a bench to hear a plea raising concerns regarding the collegium system in place for the appointment of judges in the Supreme Court and Higher Judiciary.Advocate Mathews Nedumpara mentioned the petition, which seeks to abolish the collegium system, before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing. The lawyer said that...

Telangana State Appoints Youngest & First Minority Additional Advocates General (AAG)

Telangana has appointed two new Additional Advocates General. ("AAG")Advocate Tera Rajinikanth Reddy has been appointed as 2nd AAG after the creation of State of Telangana. His G.O. for appointment as AAG was issued on 14.12.2023 and he assumed charge on 18.12.2023. Advocate Reddy hails from a rural background and is a first-generation advocate. He completed his LLB in Sultan ul Ulloom...

Bilkis Bano Case | Gujarat Govt 'Acted In Tandem' With Convict, Breached Rule Of Law, Usurped Power : Supreme Court

While setting aside the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) slammed the Gujarat government for acting in tandem with the convict who had moved the top court seeking a direction for the consideration of his premature release application. In response to the convicts writ petition, the court had in May 2022 held the State of Gujarat to be...

Supreme Court Stays HC Direction To ECI To Hold Bye-Election For Pune Lok Sabha Seat

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) stayed the direction issued by the Bombay High Court to the Election Commission of India to hold bye-election for the Pune Lok Sabha seat, which has been vacant since the death of MP Girish Bapat on March 29, 2023.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra passed the interim order while issuing notice...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Remission Of 11 Convicts In Bilkis Bano Case; Asks Them To Surrender In Prison

In a highly anticipated judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) set aside the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.The court held that the State of Gujarat was not the "appropriate government" to decide the issue of remission as the trial was held in the...

'No Hope For Future, Let Me Die In Prison': Jet Airways Founder Naresh Goyal To PMLA Court

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, currently in judicial custody in a money laundering case, broke down before a PMLA court in Mumbai on Friday and pleaded not to be sent to JJ Hospital, expressing hopelessness and a preference to die in prison.Special Judge MG Deshpande assured Goyal that he would receive proper physical and mental healthcare, and recorded:“He is continuously weeping...

Supreme Court Asks Central Pollution Control Board To Examine Issue Of Pollution By Stone Crushing Units, Calls For Report

In an appeal by Ministry of Environment, the Supreme Court has called for a report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the issue of pollution by Stone Crushing Units and as to whether these Units should be brought under the Schedule of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, thereby necessitating obtaining of environmental clearance.A Division Bench of...

Understanding Timelines Set By BNSS (New CrPC) For Investigation, Trial Procedure, Judgment Etc

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which seeks to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, has prescribed strict timelines for several procedures for speedy trial. This includes submission of reports, qua examination of rape victims, by the medical practitioners, and pronouncing of judgments within stipulated timelines.Timeline For Preliminary Enquiry before...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (2nd- 6th January, 2024)

With another week gone at the Supreme Court of India, Live Law is back with its Supreme Court Weekly Digest, dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of the most recent legal developments in the country's apex court. This digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the past week, providing a...

Supreme Court Death Penalty Digest 2023

In 2022, the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence in two cases. However, in 2023, no death penalties were affirmed by the Supreme Court, although it declined to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa terrorist convicted in the 1995 assassination of Punjab's then-chief minister, Beant Singh, allowing the Centre to decide a mercy petition filed on his...

Kerala Assistant Public Prosecutors Association To Host Symposium On Newly Enacted Criminal Laws

The Kerala Assistant Public Prosecutors Association (KAPPA) will be organizing a symposium on the three 'Newly Enacted Criminal Laws' on January 20, 2024 (Saturday) in Cardinal Parecattil Memorial Renewal Centre, Kaloor at 10 AM.The laws, viz. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita are set to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code...