Recusing from hearing a case amounts to breach of duty vested in Judges, Says Justice Krishna Iyer

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice V R Krishna Iyer has said that the refusal of three Kerala High Court judges to hear the revision petition in the SNC-Lavalin graft case amounts to breach of duty vested in them. Further, he added that it should invite impeachment or termination proceedings.While expressing shock at the decision of three judges to negate themselves from hearing Lavalin case,...

Supreme Court to review ‘Hindutva’ judgment after eighteen years

Supreme Court proposes to reconsider its 1995 judgment, popularly known as Hindutva judgment, in which the court ruled that seeking vote in the name of Hinduism is not a corrupt practice. The court has decided to constitute a larger bench to re-evaluate its judgment “The Hindutva judgment” was delivered by Justice J.S. Verma on behalf of himself and Justices N.P. Singh and K. Venkatasami...

Two Complaints received by Supreme Court Sexual Harrasment Panel

With the nation celebrating the Law Day last year, Supreme Court witnessed the setting up of Supreme Court Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee, formed by the Chief Justice, P Sathasivam. It was a ten member panel headed by sitting Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, with a majority of women.This committee (GSICC) was constituted vide order dated 26/11/2013, under the...

Detailed Police Report within Two Weeks; Supreme Court's order in West Bengal Gang Rape Case [Read order]

Supreme Court, yesterday in regard to the Indian woman gang-raped on orders of village court, directed the District judge of Birbhum in West Bengal to furnish a detailed police report regarding the incident.Bench consisting of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justices Ranjan Gogoi and MY Eqbal said that the report filed by the district judge pursuant to the direction of Supreme Court dated...

Two new judges recommended for Supreme Court

A recommendation has been made by the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam that the Chief Justices of the Madras and the Delhi High Courts, Rajesh Kumar Agrawal and Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, be appointed as judges of the apex court.There are chances that in the year 2021, Justice Ramana can become the Chief Justice of India and if that happens, he will be...

Late Justice J S Verma’s family declines Padma Bhushan award

In a letter addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, late Justice J S Verma's wife Pushpa Verma expressed that she and her family declines to accept the Padma Bhushan award bestowed on him by the government posthumously as he was never a man to yearn or lobby for any acclaim, reward or favor.The letter dated January 29 read that for late Justice Verma it was always his country, which was...

Execution of Bhullar stayed by Supreme Court; issues notices to Centre and Delhi Government [Read the Order]

A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justices R M Lodha, H L Dattu and S J Mukhopadhaya stayed the execution of Khalistan Liberation Force militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who is on a death row after being convicted in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case and agreed to review its judgment by which it had rejected Bullar's plea to commute his death sentence to...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to face prosecution, Supreme Court directs trial in income tax case [Read Judgment]

In a major setback to the Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa, a Supreme Court bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikrihas orderedher prosecution to be started by the Income Tax department before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Court, Economic Offences-1, Egmore, Chennai, for failing to file income tax returns during the years 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94. If convicted, she...

Decision on fresh interpretation of term 'juvenile' reserved by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on the two petitions filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and parents of the victim of the December 16 gangrape, challenging the constitutional validity of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, which sought fresh interpretation of the term 'juvenile' in the statute and leaving it to the criminal court, instead of...

Death convicts appeal in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to be heard by Supreme Court today

Citing delay of over 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions by the President, the three death convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case seeking commutation of their death sentence to life imprisonment who filed a petition before the Supreme Court, will finally be heard by the apex court today.An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam rejected the plea of the Centre,...

If member of a sect dies in road mishap, compensation to be paid to the sect/organization: Supreme Court

According to a Supreme Court ruling, if a person who has renounced family to serve a religious organization or sect dies in an accident, other members of the sect/organization shall be entitled to compensation. A Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and S K Singh, while widely interpreting the law observed that due to the death of a volunteer there could be substantial loss to a...

"If compensation not paid to owner, land acquisition not valid", says Supreme Court

In alandmark judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki & Ors., it has been held that the acquisition would be deemed to have lapsed and would be covered under the 2013 law entitling the landowners to higher compensation, if compensation for land acquired under the 1894 Act has not been paid to the land owner or...