SC assents to try Centre’s plea to grant quota for minorities

The Supreme Court on Wednesday assented to hear the Central Government’s plea that sought interim order for implementation of 4.5 per cent sub-quota for backward classes belonging to minorities in central educational institutions which was dismissed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.Justice K S Radhakrishnan, who headed the bench, notified to the government to file a proper application...

Breaking; Supreme Court finally set aside the 2009 Sinha Judgment which held 'kicking of daughter in law', not Cruelty;

Supreme Court yesterday set aside its own judgment in Bhaskar Lal Sharma and others Vs. Monica in which Justice Sinha held that "allegations that appellant No.2 kicked the respondent with her leg and told her that her mother to be a liar may make out some other offence but not the one punishable under Section 498A".The interesting facts of the case are follows; The respondent Monica, had filed...

For deciding mercy petition, delay should be made criteria, says Supreme Court to government

In the light of the recent verdict delivered by the Supreme Court by commuting the death penalty of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassins to life imprisonment on the ground of inordinate delay on government and President's part to decide their mercy pleas, the Supreme Court asked the government that while deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict, delay should be included as...

No use of word National, Bank & stock exchange in the names of Companies/LLPs

Taking a note of the instances where private entities are using the word 'National' in names while setting up companies or LLPs, the Corporate Affairs Ministry has come up with a latest move by stating that companies and limited liability partnership firms floated by private entities should not use the word 'National' in their names. Likewise, the Ministry has said only after...

Supreme Court gives Muslims right to adopt child

Despite their personal law barring them, Muslims have now the right to adopt a child as the Supreme Court in a landmark judgmentsaid till the country attains Uniform Civil Code as provided in Article 44 of the Constitution, the laws of land has to get priority over personal law.While hearing an 8 years old petition by ShabnamHashmi who had approached the apex courtfor framing of guidelines by...

Assassins' of Rajiv Gandhi not to be hanged, as Supreme Court delivers landmark verdict commuting death sentence to life term

The judgment which is expected by the students of human rights jurisprudence has finally come. The Supreme Court has granted relief to the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, by commuting their death sentence into life term on the grounds that the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petition by the Central government had a...

SC rejected plea against AP’s Bifurcation

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a special leave petition which challenged the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into two States to form a separate and independent state of Telangana.The apex court stated the plea against Telengana as “premature” and hence could not take a different stand which it had taken on February 7.The petitions for the February 7 judgement were filed by TDP MLA...

SC refrains from issuing order of SIT for Anti-Sikh riots

The Supreme Court withheld from issuing any notice on a petition filed by S Sudarshan Singh Wazir, seeking constitution a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the chronicles leading to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apex court asked the human rights activist to find out matters of events which have not yet been considered in the last three decades.The bench presided by Justice A...

Supreme Court extends bail to Maya Kodnani, convict in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case.

Supreme Court has extended the interim bail granted to former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani, convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case till February 24.The bench had earlier extended her interim bail which was expired on February 12. Ram Jethmalani who appeared for the convict appealed that the bail shall be extended on the ground that she is suffering from suicidal impulse. Court...

Penguin accuses IPC for removing Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History

Penguin Books India who is convinced over standing by its decision to publish American Indologist Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History and are upset with authors and the publishing fraternity for giving up easily in the legal battle, has maintained that the British-vintage Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) made it very challenging for any Indian publisher to...

Nokia India approaches Supreme Court in tax row case

As per reports, Nokia India the Indian arm of the Finnish handset maker has moved the Supreme Court challenging the February 5 order of the Delhi High Court, which asked the company to give an undertaking to fulfill the conditions relating to payment of tax dues and asked to abide by the order of December 12 last year. The High Court had paved the way for their sale to Microsoft,...

CBI to file chargesheet under Section 173 of Criminal Procedure Code in 6 cases, as ordered by Supreme Court in coal scam case

As per reports, a Supreme Court bench of Justices R M Lodha, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph has given a three weeks time to the CBI to file charge sheet, final reports under Section 173 of Criminal Procedure Code in the six cases relating to irregular allotment of coal blocks in which it has completed investigation. The CBI in its FIR has leveled allegations that to reinforce its claim for...