Gavaskar to replace Srinivasan as BCCI chief, suspend CSK and RR from IPL: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, which will pass its interim order on the IPL spot fixing and betting scandal on Friday, has in the meantime, proposed that Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals should not be part of IPL 7. It further added that till it gives final verdict in the matter Sunil Gavaskar should be interim President of BCCI in place of Mr. Srinivasan. It has also been suggested by the court...

Supreme Court must formulate the mechanism for inquiring in to the sexual harassment allegations against Judges; SC Panel

A lot has been said and done about sexual harassment cases and the need to investigate it, especially with instances of sexual harassment complaints against Judges.The Supreme Court appointed panel comprising senior advocates Fali Nariman and P.P. Rao, which was appointed by a Bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, hearing a writ petition from a law intern leveling allegations of...

No CBI investigation into Muzaffarnagar riots, says Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Although the Supreme Court held the UP government led by AkhileshYadav prima facie responsible for negligence in averting communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and neighboring areas, it declined to direct a CBI or SIT investigation into the cases. A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam passed a slew of directions for proper investigation in the cases and for rehabilitation...

Prasant Bhusan demands investigation into 6500 Crore money transfer to Reliance Companies from Singapore

Interesting developments of great public interest are happening in ongoing hearing of Reliance KG Basin Gas case being heard by the Supreme Court. The gas contract and pricing is being questioned by two Public Interest Petitions (W.P(C)No.513/2013 and W.P(C)No.728/2013)filed by Gurudas Dasgupta, a veteran leader of Communist Party of India and Common Cause, an NGO of repute.The PIL is being...

CJI directs Supreme Court registry to ignore the direction of CJI, if it is contrary to Supreme Court Rules

Perturbed by the allegations of improper listing of matters in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice Sathasivam unprecedentedly opened up  in a  function organised by AOR Association of the Supreme Court  in honour of Justice H L Gokhale, who just retired . The function was attended by many sitting and former judges of Supreme Court. While speaking at the occasion, the CJI mentioned...

Defense personnel get Supreme Court consent to register as voters in place of posting

Defense personnel can now vote as general voters as a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices R M Lodha and Kurian Joseph opened the doors for defense personnel in peace stations to get registered as voters in constituency of their posting and questioned the Election Commission for its strict stand which was acting as an obstacle for the right to vote of service personnel. Shifting from...

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...