Supreme Court Acquits Two Death Row Convicts, Perplexed At Trial Court & HC Awarding Capital Punishment Despite Loopholes In Evidence

After noting "yawning gaps" in the evidence and "infirmities" in the prosecution, the Supreme Court recently acquitted three persons in a case for murder and kidnap of a teenager. Two of the accused were awarded death sentence by the Trial Court, which the High Court had affirmed. The third accused was awarded life sentence.While setting aside the conviction and sentence of all the...

NDPS Act | Confession To NCB Officials Not Admissible In Evidence; Possession Must Be Established To Draw Presumption Under S.54 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (22.09.2023) held that an officer invested with powers under Section 53 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, is a 'police officer' within the meaning of Section 25 of the Evidence Act, and thus a confessional statement of an accused recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act cannot be used in a trial under the NDPS Act as a...

Former CJI UU Lalit To Teach "Affirmative Action In India: A Brief Constitutional History" At IIT-Bombay

The former Chief Justice of India Justice UU Lalit will be teaching a new course titled "Affirmative Action in India: A Brief Constitutional History" in IIT Bombay. Justice Lalit is a distinguished visiting professor at the Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies of IIT Bombay.This is not the first time that the former Chief Justice has decided to teach a course in a University. For the...

Supreme Court To Organise Two Day National Annual Stakeholders Consultation On Child Protection

On 23-24 September, 2023, the Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare, in partnership with UNICEF India is organizing a two-day national consultation on best practices followed in states and the way forward to strengthen justice systems for children in conflict with the law. The event will be organised at the Supreme Court. The Inaugural Session of the Consultation will...

Revision Of OBC Reservation List In Kerala: Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Centre, Kerala Govt & KSCBC

The Supreme Court on Friday (September 22) issued notice in a contempt petition which alleged that the Union Government, the State of Kerala and the Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes(KSCBC) have not complied with directions to conduct socio-economic study for revising the reservation list for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes in the State.A 3 judge bench of the Supreme...

Chandrababu Naidu's Plea For Quashing FIR Dismissed, Andhra Pradesh HC Says Use Of Public Funds By Authority For "Own Benefit" Not Official Function

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today dismissed the quashing plea filed by former state Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the multi-crore Skill Development Scam case.Justice K. Sreenivas Reddy observed that no sanction to prosecute Naidu is required as use of public funds "under the colour of authority but really for his own benefit" cannot...

Bengaluru Court Issues Summons On Defamation Suit Filed By 'The News Minute' Against 'Karma News', 'The Hindu Post' Etc.

A Civil Court in Bengaluru on Thursday issued summons to operators of news portals Karma News, Indus Scrolls, Hindu Post and Malayala Manorama reporter Binnu Vijayan Vijaykumari, for allegedly publishing defamatory content against The News Minute and its co-founder and director Dhanya Rajendran.Additional City Civil and Session Judge while hearing the suit filed by Spunklane Media, which...

SARFAESI Act No License For Bank Officers To Act Against Law : Supreme Court

In a recent judgement, the Supreme Court underlined that all litigants, including banks, were duty bound to follow provisions of law and that banks would not be treated on a different footing than other litigants. The Court said that the the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) does not give any "license to the...

Women Reservation Bill Cleared By Parliament, Rajya Sabha Passes Constitution Amendment Unanimously

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday (September 21) unanimously passed the Bill proposing to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha, the state legislatures, and the Delhi legislative assembly. The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-eight Amendment) Bill 2023 was introduced by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in the upper house today, after the Lok Sabha passed it yesterday...

'Sanātana Dharma-Untouchability' Remark | Another Complaint Filed In Bihar Court Against TN Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin

Another private complaint has been filed before a court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Bihar's Muzaffarpur against Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his alleged remark that if Sanatana (Dharma) is destroyed, untouchability will also be destroyed. The Complaint has been filed by a lawyer named Sudhir Kumar Ojha stating that Stalin made the said statement for the...

SARFAESI Act | Borrower's Right To Redeem Mortgage Extinguishes Once Bank Publishes Auction Notice For Secured Asset: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 21) pronounced a judgement holding that the borrower's right of redemption of mortgage under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) will get extinguished once the bank publishes an auction notice for the sale of the secured asset. The judgement delivered by a bench of...

Stray Dog Issue | 'Want To Issue Concrete Guidelines' : Supreme Court Lists For Hearing On Oct 18

The Supreme Court on Thursday orally remarked that it does not intend to issue any interim directions in the matter relating to the curbing of stray dog attacks in the country and that it wants to hear the matter on merits and issue concrete guidelines. A bench of Justice J K Maheswari and Justice K V Viswanathan was considering a batch of matters including the plea filed by the Kerala...