‘Custody' Under Section 167 CrPC Includes Custody Of Other Investigating Agencies Such As ED, Not Just Police: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday held that ‘custody' under Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 includes custody of other investigating agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate and not just the police alone.The said observation was made by a division bench of Justice A S Bopanna and Justice M M Sundresh while dismissing Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's plea challenging...

Supreme Court Dismisses Go First Airline RP's Plea Against Delhi HC Order Permitting Lessors To Access Aircrafts On Lease

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the appeal filed by the Resolution Professional of Go Airlines India Ltd against the Delhi High Court order which had permitted various lessors to carry out inspection and interim maintenance tasks of their aircrafts, which are currently on lease with crisis-hit Go First airline. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala,...

ICMAI Proposes Draft on Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Regulations, 2023; Invites Stakeholder Comments

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) on 01.08.2023 vide notification no. CWR(1)/2023 notified proposed amendments to the Cost and Works Accountants Regulations, 1959. The draft on “Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Regulations, 2023.”The proposed draft comprises significant changes to the existing regulations aimed at modernizing and streamlining the practices of...

'GNCTD Amendment Bill Perfectly Valid; Basic Structure Doctrine Has A Debatable Jurisprudential Basis': Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi In Rajya Sabha

In his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha as a Nominated member of the Upper House, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi today called the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 as a "perfectly legitimately valid, correct and right""What is permissible need not necessarily be right. To me, the Bill is right but if someone disagrees, his conscience...

Do Men Who Committed 3 Gangrapes & Murdered 14 People Including Kids Deserve Leniency? Bilkis Bano's Lawyer To Supreme Court

Do the men convicted for brutally gang-raping Bilkis Bano and killing her entire family in front of her eyes deserve the leniency they have been accorded, Advocate Shobha Gupta asked the Supreme Court of India on Monday, while arguing that the punishment befalling the convicts ought to be proportional to the nature and seriousness of the crime committed by them. A bench of Justices...

Kerala Court Acquits MP Hibi Eden, LoP VD Satheeshan, 6 Other Congress Leaders In 2020 Case For Participating In Protest During COVID-19

A Kerala Court recently acquitted eight Congress leaders in the case alleging that they had organized themselves into an unlawful assembly in the year 2020, so as to spread COVID-19, thereby flouting then in force government orders and guidelines of the health department in this regard. The case was registered in June 2020 against Member of Parliament Hibi Eden, Leader of Opposition...

Bihar Caste 'Census' | Supreme Court Adjourns Pleas Against Patna HC Upholding State Govt's Survey; Says, 'No Status Quo Order Now'

The Supreme Court of India on Monday adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by non-governmental organisation 'Ek Soch Ek Prayas' against the decision of the Patna High Court to uphold the Bihar government's caste-based survey. This verdict was delivered by a division bench of the high court, which rejected the contention that an attempt to collect data on the basis of caste amounted to...

Manipur Violence Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear today at 2 PM the cases related to Manipur ethnic violence. The Manipur Director General of Police has been asked by the Court to be personally present.On the last hearing, a bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud had slammed police investigation as "tardy". The bench, also comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, had noted that the FIRs were registered several...

'Bogus Petition' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Probe Into Alleged Voice Clips Of TN Minister PTR

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking judicial probe into the alleged voice clips of Tamil Nadu Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan in which he had allegedly made remarks about the amassing of wealth by the family of TN Chief Minister MK Stalin.A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud termed the petition as "bogus" and said that the Court cannot be made...

Supreme Court Dismisses TN Minister Senthil Balaji's Plea Challenging ED Custody

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's plea challenging the custody by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case. The Court allowed the Directorate of Enforcement to have Balaji's custody till August 12 in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam.A Bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh dismissed the petitions filed by Balaji and...

Chief Justice Muralidhar Inaugurates 57 More Paperless Courts In Odisha; Fulfils Promise Of 100 Paperless Courts Ahead Of His Retirement

Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar inaugurated 57 more Paperless Courts across various Districts of Odisha last week. He also dedicated 4 newly established Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) at Cuttack, Puri, Jajpur and Bhubaneswar to deal with cases under the POCSO Act and other rape cases.While addressing the National Conference on Digitization, e-Initiatives...

Lok Sabha Restores Rahul Gandhi's Membership After Supreme Court's Order Staying Conviction In 'Modi-Thieves' Defamation Case

The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a notification restoring the membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in view of the Supreme Court's August 4 order suspending his conviction in the criminal defamation case over the "why all thieves have Modi surname" remark. The Top Court's order had paved the way for his reinstatement as a Lok Sabha MP.Gandhi, who represents Wayanad (Kerala) in the Lok...