Right to know your candidate: A Fundamental Right

One more supreme step towards purity of elections. The true and meaningful democracy develops through the quality of the legislators people elect. Right to know about of your candidate and his antecedence is a fundamental right. The Chief Justice P.Sathasivam has authored another landmark judgment, along with Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice Ranjan Gogoi,The Supreme Court got an...

It’s too early to say anything on Judicial Appointments Commission or Committee: CJI

The Chief Justice of India, P Sathasivam today defended the present collegium system for appointment of judges in higher judiciary but said it is a prerogative of the Centre to bring a bill to change it.  Justice Sathasivan, while inaugurating a seminar on Rule of Law, said "Now as a Chief Justice of India, I am not going into the contents of the bill and how it was passed as it is...

Delhi Gangrape Case: Death Penalty for all the Four Convicts

A fast track Court today awarded death sentence to the four convicts in the Delhi gangrape case. Legal fraternity as well as the general public has welcomed the verdict.The order read as, "The convicts, namely, convict Akshay Kumar Singh @ Thakur, convict Mukesh, convict Vinay Sharma and convict Pawan Gupta @ Kaalu are sentenced to death for offence punishable under section 302...

SC Collegium recommends mass transfer of High Court judges

Indicating a major reshuffle in the higher judiciary, the Supreme Court Collegium has decided that Justice Dhananjay Y Chandrachud be shifted from the Bombay High Court to Allahabad HC as its Chief Justice, it is reported.Other notable transfers include Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar from Himachal Pradesh High Court to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh as its Chief Justice; Justice Mansoor Ahmed...

SC directs Centre to furnish details of all meetings on coal blocks since 1993

The Supreme Court has asked the Central Government to furnish minutes of every Screening Committee meeting for allocation of coal blocks since the year 1993. The Apex Court also wanted to know the mode, manner and procedure for allocation of coal blocks to private players prior to competitive bidding and whether the “captive use” clause was strictly adhered to.Hearing two PILs – one...

Delhi Gangrape Case: Four men guilty; Sentence hearing commences tomorrow

A fast track Court today convicted the four accused, for rape and murder of a woman in a moving bus in Delhi. These four men have been found guilty of 13 offences including murder, gangrape, dacoity, unnatural offence, kidnapping, conspiracy and destruction of evidence.Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna will hear arguments on sentencing from 11:00 AM tomorrow. Advocates A P Singh, V K...

December 16 Delhi gangrape case: Fast track court verdict expected today

The verdict in the trial of the four men accused of raping and killing a 23-year-old paramedic student is to be delivered in a Delhi court today. The case was put on a fast-track hearing, but it has taken seven months and 130 hearings to reach the verdict stage.In all, 85 prosecution witnesses were presented to prove the charges against the accused, which includes murder, attempt to...

Ten new legislations passed in 2013 Monsoon session of Parliament

Parliament sessions are increasingly becoming synonymous with disruptions and adjournments. While most sessions of the Parliament in recent past have been wasted, the 2013 monsoon session of the 15th Lok Sabha which has just concluded witnessed passage of as many as 10 legislations, including the Food Security Bill, Land Acquisition Bill and Pension Fund Regulatory Bill.Infact this...

SC gets 12 new Senior Advocates; includes 8 retired judges and 3 women lawyers

In the Full Court meeting presided by Chief Justice P Sathasviam, on 3rd September, 2013 Supreme Court has designated eight retried High Court Judges and four Advocates on Record as Senior Advocates. Among the four AOR’s, three of them are women.Among the retired judges, two each are from High Courts of Madhya Pradesh and Allahabad. One each is from High Courts of Calcutta, Kerala, Madras...

Supreme Court changes its procedure of listing cases from 17th September onwards

Supreme Court has issued a circular, changing its listing practice followed for years. As a matter of practice, the fresh matters such as Special Leave Petitions, Writ Petitions, Interlocutory Applications are listed on Monday and Friday and old Civil and Criminal Appeals are listed on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursday. Off late, the Judges on request of lawyers started listing Special...

Haryana Additional Advocate General quits

Following CNN-IBN report on judges relatives being appointed as ‘Law Officers’, the Haryana Additional Advocate General Aditya Singh has resigned from his post. Aditya Singh is the son of Justice Alok Singh of Uttarakhand High Court and son-in-law of Justice R K Garg of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.The issue of Judges kith and kin practicing in the same court has always been discussed...

Parliament asserts Supremacy: Passes Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013

The parliament has hurriedly passed the Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013, clearly stating that the same is brought to negate a Supreme Court order.  It is an open and plain assertion of legislative supremacy in law making process.The statement and objects and reasons behind the amendment is seen stated in unequivocal terms. It says:“A Division Bench of...