Supreme Court comes down heavily against faulty Investigation and Prosecution again; Failure to send the Viscera to FSL is a serious lapse; Directions issued [Read Judgment]

After the landmark Judgment in State of Gujarat v. Kishanbhai which held that erring Prosecutors and Investigating Officers must be proceeded against in case of unmerited acquittals and wrongful convictions, Supreme Court delivered another Judgment expressing its great displeasure on the inefficiency and callousness on the part of Investigating officers and Prosecutors.The Supreme Court relied...

Supreme Court issues landmark guidelines relating to Death Penalty;

A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court issued landmark guidelines relating to Death Penalty, while allowing all the 13 Writ Petitions filed by 15 Death Convicts in various cases. The Bench consisted of Chief Justice P.Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gagoi and Justice Shiv Kirti Singh commuted the death sentence imposed on Suresh, Ramji, Bilavendran, Simon, Gnanprakasam, Madiah ,Praveen Kumar,...

Breaking; SC Commutes Death Sentences of 15 Prisoners including Rajiv Assassins and Veerappan aides. [Read Judgment]

In a landmark judgment Supreme Court held that delay in disposing mercy petition is a ground to commute the capital sentence in to Imprisonment for Life. Court Commuted death sentence of 15 condemned prisoners including four aides of Veerappan and Rajiv Gndhi assassins to life term mainly on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea by the government.The Supreme Court also held that a...

Supreme Court issues notice in a plea to hear review petitions in open court.

Supreme Court has issued notice in a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Order XL Rule 3 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966 which relates to the disposal of review petitions by circulation without oral hearing especially in respect of judgments passed by the Supreme Court in Writ Petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. Writ petition filed by M/s...

Delhi High Court refuses to stay LG'S Guidelines; Setback to Unaided school managements.

The Delhi high court has refused to stay a notification on the criteria for nursery admissions cancelling twenty percent of management quota.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw dismissed the plea of unaided private schools challenging notification of Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, fixing admissions criteria for nursery.The plea was filed challenging...

CBI Court Framed charges against Former Judge in cash-at-judge's door scam

Special CBI Court has framed charges against Former Punjab and Haryana high court Judge Nirmal Yadav in the infamous 2008 cash-at-judge's door scam after Supreme Court's dismissal of Yadav's plea for a stay on proceedings of the trial court.The cash-at-judge's door scam had reported after a packet containing Rs 15 lakh was allegedly wrongly delivered at the residence of Nirmaljit Kaur, who...

Omitted Section 438 Cr.P C for anticipatory bail [in UP] cannot be resorted to as back door entry via Article 226, Says Supreme Court.

Supreme Court observed that the power under Art.226 is not to be exercised liberally so as to convert it into Section 438, Cr.P.C. proceedings in an appeal seeking the direction in the nature of Mandamus to defer the arrest of the petitioner until collection of the credible evidence sufficient for filing the charge-sheet.Appellant, who alleged to have committed the offences punishable...

SC quashes proceedings against accused smuggling mobile in to prison as there was no prohibition at the time of commission [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a person who tried to smuggle mobile phone to Central Jail, Ferozepur.The accused had gone as a visitor to the Central Jail, Ferozepur on 17-09-2009 and a mobile phone and a charger were recovered from him on search. An FIR dated 24.09.2009 was filed at the Police Station Ferozepur, under Sections 42 and 45 (12) of the Prisons...

Remembering Justice Verma: The Man That Was

Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was the 27th Chief Justice of India. A Judge whose actions have always been commensurate with his position, he unfortunately passed away, during this time, last year and is now being considered for Padma awards posthumously. In this maze of judicial misconduct, he was one of the few men who lived and died with a notably good reputation.The man gave the Indian...

Committee does not fall under the category of Public Authority, Says CIC

The Central information Commission (CIC) has said that a Committee does not fall under the category of “Public Authority” as defined in the Right to Information Act, 2005.In an appeal before the First Appellant Authority(FAA), respondent was directed to obtain the information from a committee constituted by High Court in this regard. The Committee responded that they are not bound to...

Verdict on scrapping of coal block allocations reserved by Supreme Court

After holding lengthy arguments spanning over 16 months during which the Centre's role in awarding the natural resources to private companies was sharply criticized, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice R M Lodha, which had decided to inspect the alleged irregularities in coal block allocation on September 14, 2012, wrapped up the proceedings and reserved its verdict...

Central Government’s decision whether to have reservation in specialty and super specialty posts, says Supreme Court

A five-judge bench of Supreme Court headed by justice H.L. Dattu and comprising Jstices S.S. Nijjar, Ranjan Gogoi, M.Y. Eqbal and Vikramajit Sen favored the Centre in taking a call on providing reservation in appointment for faculty posts in specialty and super specialty posts in medical colleges including the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and held that it is...