Children Of Invalid Marriages Have Right In Their Parents' Share In Hindu Joint Family Property : Supreme Court

The Court clarified that such children cannot be treated as a coparcener by birth in the HUF family.

'Might Set Wrong Precedent': Supreme Court Doubts Earlier Order Allowing House Arrest For Bhima Koregaon Accused Gautam Navlakha

The Supreme Court on Friday doubted its November 2022 order allowing human rights activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Gautam Navlakha to be released from detention and placed under house arrest on grounds of his deteriorating health. Such an order, the court orally observed, might set the 'wrong precedent'. A bench Justices MM Sundresh and JB Pardiwala was considering Navlakha’s...

Supreme Court Sentences Former MP Prabhunath Singh To Life Imprisonment In 1995 Double Murder Case

The Supreme Court on Friday sentenced former Member of Parliament (MP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment in the double murder case of 1995. The Apex Court also directed compensation of Rupees 10 lakh each for both the deceased and Rs 5 lakhs each for the injured in the incident, to be paid by the Bihar Government and the convict separately. The Court...

Supreme Court Judge PK Mishra Recuses From Ex-Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea; Interim Bail Extended Till Sep 12

Supreme Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra recused himself on Friday from hearing a bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi government cabinet minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case. Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in May 2022 and was granted interim bail due to medical reasons earlier this year.A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Mishra...

Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 14]

Today is the 14th day of hearing of the Article 370 case before the Supreme Court.A Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant will hear the matter.Live-updates from the hearing can be tracked...

Article 370 A Political Compromise, President Had Broad Powers To 'Pull The Plug': Respondents Tell Supreme Court [Day 13]

On the thirteenth day of the constitution bench proceedings concerning the abrogation of Article 370, the bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices SK Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant heard arguments raised by the respondents. Impossibility Cannot Paralyse President's Powers: AGThe first limb of the arguments raised by the AG was that the law does not compel one to do what...

'Far-Fetched, Vague Allegations' : Supreme Court Quashes Sec 498A IPC Case By Wife Against Mother-in-Law & Brothers-in-Law

'The Supreme Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated at the instance of a wife against her in-laws for the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code after noting that the allegations were "mostly general and omnibus in nature".The woman had lodged the FIR against her mother-in-law and two brothers-in-law (one of them a judicial officer). The accused...

Magistrate Can Take Cognizance Of Protest Petition After Rejecting Police Final Report : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that on the receipt of final report, Magistrate can exercise his discretion to treat protest petition as a complaint case.The bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Dipankar Datta noted that on the receipt of the police report under Section 173 Cr.P.C., the Magistrate can exercise three options. Firstly, he may decide that there is no sufficient ground for...

Manipur Violence | Supreme Court Directs IT Ministry To Create Website For Public To Give Information To Court-Appointed Committee

Last week, while transferring the sexual violence cases related to the Manipur ethnic clashes currently being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - now 27 in number - to Assam in view of the 'overall environment' in Manipur and the need to ensure a 'fair process of criminal justice administration, the Supreme Court issued a slew of directions. The court's directives...

'Rampant Corruption In Judiciary' Remark: Lawyer Files A Complaint In Bihar Court Against Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

A private complaint has been filed before a court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district concerning Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's remark alleging 'Rampant Corruption' in the Judiciary.The Complaint has been filed by a lawyer named Sudhir Kumar Ojha stating that by making the statement in question, Gehlot deliberately played with the reputation of the advocates...

Bilkis Bano Case| Does Non-Deposit Of Fines By Convicts Have Bearing On Remission? Supreme Court Asks

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked whether the non-payment of the fine imposed as a part of the sentence would have an effect on the remission of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. This question was posed to Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra, when he informed the bench that recently, the full amount owed by the convict he is representing, has been paid to a sessions court in Mumbai.A bench...

‘Do Not Become Adjournment or Pass Over Counsel, Become Arguing Counsel Yourself’: Justice BV Nagarathna To Young Lawyer

Supreme Court judge BV Nagarathna on Thursday stressed the importance of junior lawyers beginning to argue in court early on in their career. This remark was made during today’s court proceedings, when a junior lawyer requested a bench of Justices Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan to adjourn the hearing of a case, citing the ill-health of the ‘main counsel’. “You are there, so...