Eminent Jurist Fali S Nariman Passes Away

Eminent jurist and Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman passed away. He was aged 95 years.A distinguished constitutional lawyer, Fali S Nariman has argued several landmark cases, including the famous NJAC verdict. He also appeared in the important SC AoR Association case (which led to the collegium system), TMA Pai case (on the scope of minority rights under Article 30) etc. In June 1975, he...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Delhi Metro's Curative Petition Against Arbitral Award Favouring DAMEPL

The Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) on Tuesday (February 20) submitted before the Supreme Court that reopening the decision on an arbitral award under a curative jurisdiction would be akin to opening a Pandora's box considering the restricted scope the Court has in a curative petition.The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...

Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Ex-JNU Professor's Defamation Case Against 'The Wire'

The Supreme Court (on February 20) resumed its hearing in the defamation case filed by Ex-JNU Professor Amita Singh against 'The Wire.' The case was listed before Justices M.M. Sundresh and S.V.N. Bhatti. Ex-JNU Professor Singh has filed a criminal defamation case over a report published in 'The Wire' that she prepared a dossier allegedly depicting JNU as a “Den of Organised...

NewsClick Case | Supreme Court Expresses Surprise At Delhi Police's Statement That Medical Report From Jail Officer May Not Be Reliable

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 20) adjourned until February 27 (next Tuesday) the hearing of a plea by NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha challenging his arrest/remand in the UAPA case. The Bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta was hearing Purkayastha's challenge to a Delhi High Court decision, upholding his arrest by the Delhi Police in a case...

Chandigarh Mayor Election | Supreme Court Initiates Criminal Proceedings Against Presiding Officer For False Statement That Ballots Were Invalid

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, came down heavily upon the Presiding Officer (PO) of the Chandigarh Mayoral Elections, Mr Anil Masih in light of his deliberate attempt to meddle with the election results during the vote counting process. Setting aside the election results and declaring Mr Kuldeep Kumar of the AAP-INC Alliance as the rightful mayor of Chandigarh, the Court also initiated...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Prosecution Of Former Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana Under PC Act

Today (on February 20), the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking the prosecution of former Special Director of the CBI, DG of BSF, and former Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The petition was filed by Chandigarh-based dentist Mohit Dhawan, who made allegations of extortion against Asthana. Initially, Dhawan had approached the...

Sheena Bora Murder: Special Court Rejects CBI's Plea To Stall Docuseries On Netflix Featuring Indrani Mukerjea

A Special Court on Tuesday rejected CBI's plea to stall a documentary series titled the “Buried Truth – The Indrani Mukerjea Story” featuring Indrani Mukerjea, accused of murdering her daughter Sheena Bora. The series featuring several persons closely connected to the case will premier on streaming platform 'Netflix,' on February 23, 2024. On Tuesday, Special CBI Judge S P...

Supreme Court Declares AAP Councillor As Chandigarh Mayor, Finds That Presiding Officer Deliberately Defaced Ballots

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 20) declared Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Kuldeep Kumar as the Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.The Court declared the results announced by the Presiding Officer Anil Masih on January 30, 2024, whereby the BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Sonkar was declared as the winner, to be illegal and set it aside. The Court found...

Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya Removed From Deputy SG Post At Calcutta High Court

Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya has been removed from the post of Deputy Solicitor General of India, for the Calcutta High Court.The notification dated 16th February 2024 reads: The President is pleased to discontinue the term of Shri Billwadal Bhattacharyya, Deputy Solicitor General of India for High Court of Calcutta (PB) at Kolkata, with immediate effect. The name of Shri...

'Murder Accused-BJP President' Remark | Sultanpur Court Grants Bail To Rahul Gandhi In Defamation Case

An MP/MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district today granted bail to Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case lodged against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making a 'defamatory' statement against present Union Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018.Rahul Gandhi secured bail on a surety of Rs 25,000 and a personal bond of the same amount. During the court proceedings,...

Judge Can't Retain Case File After Demitting Office : Supreme Court Quashes Judgment Released By HC Judge After Retirement

The Supreme Court recently quashed a judgment of the Madras High Court on the sole ground that the judge released it after retirement.Observing that a judge retaining the case file after demitting office is a gross impropriety, a bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan remitted the appeal to the High Court for its fresh consideration.In this case, the single judge of the High...

NDPS Act | Supreme Court Directs ADG (Narcotics Wing) Of MP To Inform In How Many Cases FSL Report Isn't Filed With Challan

The Supreme Court expressed dissatisfaction with the State of Madhya Pradesh for not filing the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) along with Challan in an NDPS case. In view of this, Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Sanjay Karol directed the Additional Director General of the Police (Narcotics Wing) to file an affidavit outlining how many matters the FSL report was not filed along with the...