Supreme Court says Srinivasan must step down as BCCI president

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik stating that there were very serious allegations made in the report against BCCI president N. Srinivasan asked him to step down for a free and fair investigation in the betting and spot-fixing scandal involving his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and some cricketers as unless the BCCI president steps down, no fair inquiry can be conducted....

Fresh charges framed by court against three common accused in Shakti Mills photojournalist gang-rape case

By accepting an additional charge to mark three rapists as repeat offenders in the case of the gang rape of a young photojournalist at the deserted Shakti Mills compound in Mumbai, a trial court made a landmark order as the charge now gives the prosecution the option of seeking death sentence for the trio, the youngest aged 19, as according to the amendment made last year which introduced...

Supreme Court issues notice to the Centre over misuse of defence land

Acting on a public interest litigation filed by NGO Common Cause seeking investigation into encroachment of two lakh acres of defense land for private interest and commercial exploitation without any revenue gain to the exchequer, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued notice to the Centre seeking its response on the PIL. The apex court benchgave...

Senior Counsel Dushyant Dave raises the issue of improper listing of Cases in the Supreme Court

Once, former Chief Justice Kapadia, during the hearing of a matter informed the lawyers present in the Court that he had stopped possibility of manual intervention in listing of cases before various judges of the Court.  It goes into the credit of Justice Kapadia for bringing a system by which the cases are listed before the Judges as per the Subject category, randomly picked up by the...

Justice AK Patnaik denies friendship with accused of a murder case

Justice AK Patnaik of the Supreme Court, faced with unsubstantiated allegation of his friendship, told the court that he was not a friend of Suresh Bijlani, the main accused in a murder case. Though the Judge wanted to avoid unwanted criticism, the mere act of his posting the matter before another bench has invited criticism. The members of the Bar  are  of the opinion that such allegations,...

Supreme Court asks Centre to withdraw orders making Aadhaar compulsory for any service

While hearing the petitions, which challenged the Constitutional, validity of Aadhaar card with those opposing the mega project saying no statute supported it and it also compromises with national security, the Supreme Court asked the Government of India to remove all orders, which make the Aadhaar card obligatory for availing any service and also directed the Unique Identification Authority...

Unitech Ltd Managing Director gets relief from Supreme Court in 2G case

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice H.L. Dattu declined to cancel the bail granted to Unitech Ltd Managing Director Sanjay Chandra, an accused in 2G spectrum case, for allegedly trying to disrupt the trial and rejected the plea of CBI, which had approached the apex court for cancellation of bail after Chandra was allegedly caught on tape trying to influence A.K. Singh, the then...

Bombay High Court says, discharging on parole not an absolute right

While rejecting petitions challenging the validity of the rules restricting a prisoner from applying for parole before the completion of one year from the expiry of his last parole, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and A.S. Chandurkar observed in their judgment that there was no merit in the challenge to the validity of the amendments to the Prisons...

Live Law Exclusive: Justice K T Thomas writes to CJI seeking action on Dushyant Dave's Letter

Followed by Justice V R Krishna Iyer's letter, former Supreme Court Judge, Justice K T Thomas has also written to Chief Justice of India seeking action on allegations raised by Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave regarding the disposal of a 12 year old land allotment case by a two-judge bench headed by Justice C.K.Prasad, which was actually listed before another three Judge Bench.Justice...

GNLU organizes an Exhibition titled “1857: The First Spark of Independence” and introduces the first of its kind blog on Legal Heritage

Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) Gandhinagar, in collaboration with Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, is organizing a fortnight-long exhibition titled “1857: The First Spark of Independence”. The Exhibition was inaugurated by Air Marshal Daljit Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of SWAC Gandhinagar on March 18, 2014. The Exhibition will go on till April 12, 2014. The Exhibition willdelineate the story behind the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 through replicas of lithographs and photographs of the...

Non-filling up of prosecutors' vacancies appalling, says the Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has termed as "intriguing and appalling" the Delhi government's "apathy" in not filling up vacant posts of prosecutors in criminal trial courts and asked the authorities to take prompt action.Justice Kailash Gambhir, who issued various directions on the issue, directed the Home department of Delhi government and the CBI to file a compliance report within four weeks."One...

Centre to file a curative petition against SC judgment commuting death penalty to life term of 15 convicts

The Centre is planning to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court (SC) against its order to commute to life term the death penalty of 15 convicts on grounds of delay in disposal of their mercy petitions by the President. A review petition filed on the subject was dismissed by the apex court last week.The Centre wants to oppose the SC order as it is of the opinion that the apex...