Removal of 3 judges for unwelcome activities sought by Patna High Court

As per reports, a recommendation for dismissing Komal Ram, the then judicial magistrate at Araria and now sub-judge at Nawada court, Jitendra Nath Singh the then additional district and sessions judge at Ara and at present ad hoc district and sessions judge at Ara and Hari Niwas Gupta, the then principal judge at family court, Samastipur, and at present principal judge, family court,...

Nido’s Death; Delhi High Court slams Centre, CBI and AIIMS for delay in furnishing Autopsy Report

Annoyed by the delay in submission of the Autopsy report of Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Taniam, who died in the capital last week, the Delhi High Court on Friday rebuked police, the CBI, the Centre and AIIMS, criticising their lethargic approach and the manner in which investigation into crimes were being conducted.Earlier this week, the court had taken suomotucognisance of the issue...

Supreme Court declined to stay tabling of Telangana Bill in Parliament

Supreme Court today refused to stay tabling of the Telangana bill in Parliament, saying that it is not going to interfere at this stage.A bench consisting of justices H L Dattu and S A Bobde refused to pass directions to the Centre on a bunch of petitions challenging the formation of new state of Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh.As per the reports court clarified that the averment made in the...

Supreme Court issues notice to Arvind Kejrival in a Defamation Case

Supreme Court today issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a petition challenging a Delhi High Court order in a defamation case against him.The defamation case was based on a press conference in a May 15, 2013 in which Kejriwal, while alleging conflict of interest, had said that Amit Sibal had appeared in the Supreme Court for Vodafone while his father Kapil Sibal was...

No blackout in Delhi, as Supreme Court directs NTPC not to cut supply to BSES till March 26

Striking a balance of interests of  Reliance controlled BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd. and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. power distribution companies, the consumers and distributors, the  Supreme Court bench of Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and Justice A.K. Sikri directed the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to continue supplying power to these companies till March 26, thus preventing a...

Validity of Majithia wage board upheld by Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

A victorious day for working journalists and newspaper employees, as Supreme Court upheld the validity of the Majithia wage board, saying that its proposal are based on sincere consideration. The newspaper organizations' challenge to the constitutional validity of the working journalists and newspaper employees act, was also dismissed by the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P...

No obscenity and no offence in publication of Boris Becker and fiancée’s nude picture; Supreme Court. [Read Judgment]

In a befitting reply to critics of Indian Supreme Court on its progressive quotient, a bench consisting of Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice A K Sikri has come out with a judgment which may not be well received by Indian Moral police. It is also a great reprieve to those who are shocked by its regressive judgment and dismissal of review in the case of same sex relationship.  A two...

Unfair trade practices by NMDC ruled out by Competition Commission of India

The allegations leveled against National Mineral Development Corporation for anti-competitive practices with respect to mining activities and production of iron-ore in Karnataka has been ruled out by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), on the ground that there is absence of any evidence/material to lead to a prima facie conclusion that opposite party (NMDC) was abusing its control to...

Government can withdraw appeals, but cannot alter its stand on Jal Mahal case: Supreme Court

The Supreme court’s judgment on the validity of land lease for Jal Mahal project in Jaipur has been reserved by a bench of Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh and allowed the state to withdraw its appeals filed against the Rajasthan High Court order. It is however, made clear by the apex court that the stand of the state already taken in the high court and later...

Complete protection to bureaucrats conflicting to anti-graft law: Supreme Court

A five-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Justices R M Lodha, A K Patnaik, S J Mukhopadhaya, Dipak Misra and F M I Kalifulla questioned additional solicitor general L Nageshwar Rao, who was trying to defend the protection given to a small band of bureaucrats of joint secretary and above rank, and observed that the very object of the Prevention of Corruption Act was being hampered due to...

SC to hear plea of power distribution companies In Delhi against NTPC tomorrow

Reliance Group-owned BSES power distribution companies in Delhi has approached Supreme Court against National Thermal Power Corporation's notice threatening to cut off power supply for not paying the dues.NTPC had last week issued notices to BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna owned by Reliance group on the issue of payment security mechanism and non-payment of outstanding dues to the...

Supreme Court correcting itself? Supreme Court will re-hear the 2009 Death Appeal decided on the basis of a wrong precedent.

Finally Supreme Court of India has started its effort to rectify a grave error committed by some of its earlier benches in the interpretation of the doctrine of “rarest of rare”. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Ibrahim Kalifulla admitted the petitions filed by Ankush Maruti Shinde and others, accepting the arguments of Senior Advocate Soli Sorabjee that the case –‘Ankush...