Supreme Court releases Android App for displaying case status

The Supreme Court of India has released an Android App for displaying the Supreme Court case status. The app is a replica of the display board present in the Supreme Court. Like the display board, the app will indicate the respective item number which is being heard across all the Courts.This application has been developed by C-DAC, Mumbai in consultation with e-Committee, Supreme Court of...

SC reserves order on Lalu Yadav’s plea to transfer trial court judge in Fodder scam

The Supreme Court has reserved its order on Lalu Prasad Yadav’s plea seeking transfer of trial court judge hearing the case against him in the multi-crore Fodder scam in Jharkhand. In his plea, the RJD chief has asked for transfer of the case to another judge.Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani appearing on behalf of the RJD Chief argued that there is apprehension of bias as the judge is related...

PIL filed in Supreme Court against suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court against the suspension of Uttar Pradesh (UP) IAS officer, Durga Shakti Nagpal.According to the petition (a copy of which is with Live Law) filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, “Nagpal’s victimization is a new low in a long process of the subversion of bureaucracy. The India Civil Service, modelled on the Westminster model,...

No sand mining from riverbeds without environmental clearance: National Green Tribunal

As the war of words over the suspension of UP cadre IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal in connection with illegal sand mining in UP heats up, the National Green Tribunal has restrained sand mining from riverbeds throughout the country without obtaining environmental clearance from the Union Environment Ministry.The Tribunal has issued notice to Chief Secretaries of all states and said that...

PIL filed against Dr. Justice K G Balakrishnan in Supreme Court [Download Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court by NGO Common Cause seeking the removal of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr. Justice K G Balakrishnan as Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission.In an earlier petition filed by Common Cause, the Supreme Court on 10th May 2012 had directed the Government to take a decision on the representation against Justice Balakrishnan, and...

Fresh Writ Petition filed against Ranbaxy Laboratories

Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma has today filed a fresh petition against pharma company Ranbaxy Laboratories for allegedly manufacturing and supplying 30 drugs under insanitary conditions with inferior materials in India.Central Drug Standard Control Organization and the Central Bureau of Investigation have been made respondents in the present petition.The present petition seeks to:1. To direct...

Cabinet approves draft amendments to RTI Act to keep politicians outside RTI scrutiny

The Union Cabinet has approved draft amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act that will keep the six national political parties outside the ambit of the Act. The government will introduce the amendment to the RTI Act in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning August 5.In its order in June, the CIC, in response to petitions by several RTI activists, had ruled that six national...

SC agrees to hear PIL relating to juvenile culpability and mental maturity

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a PIL [Special Leave Petition (Criminal) 1953 of 2013] demanding that a juvenile's culpability should be determined on his mental maturity rather than physical age.The Petition filed by Dr. Subramanian Swamy seeks court trial of the 17-year-old juvenile accused in the Nirbhaya gang rape case and demanded a fresh interpretation of the term...

'Sankalp' to file review petition in Supreme Court for NEET Case

'Sankalp', the Delhi based NGO which had represented the medical student community in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Examination (NEET) case will file a review petition soon before the Supreme Court.‘Sankalp’ will be represented by Advocate Prasanth Bhushan.Addressing media persons, Dr (Major) Gulshan K Garg (Retd), President of 'Sankalp', has said that to safeguard the interest...

Exclusive: Justice U L Bhat - First Martyr of the Collegium System; Justice Bhat not elevated to the SC for being irreverent to his Seniors

The collegium system of appointment of Judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts was introduced by a Judicial 'Legislation' by a majority Judgment in the 'Second Judges Case'. It was held that "in matters relating to appointments in the Supreme Court, the 'opinion' given by the Chief Justice of India in the consultative process has to be formed taking into account the views of the two...

Kerala High Court invites quotation for supplying 'Almanac' to the library

The Kerala High Court has invited quotation from book sellers/publishers for supplying 11 books to the Kerala High Court library. The quotation notice has now become controversial for the inclusion of an Almanac in the list of 11 books required. The High Court notice indicates that, the library needs 'Yogakshema Panchangam' by Kanippayur Narayanan Namputhiripad (2013 Edition).According...

Justice Altamas Kabir seeks apology from Justice Sathasviam, if remarks in JP Associates case are true

Former Chief Justice of India, Justice Altamas Kabir spoke to Karan Thapar in Devil's Advocate on CNN-IBN. Live Law brings to you the full text of the interview along with the video.Karan Thapar: First, we shall be speaking of the issues connected to your Chief Justice tenure, before we come to wider issues connected with the judiciary. It has been alleged that the recent ‘NEET judgment’...