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LIVE UPDATES- Gujarat Riots Case- Supreme Court Hearing On Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi
Gujarat Riots Case: Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of...
Gujarat Riots - No Appeal Filed Against Maya Kodnani's Acquittal; VHP Persons Appointed Prosecutors In Many Cases : Kapil Sibal Tells Supreme Court
On Wednesday, to demonstrate the lack of proper investigation by the SIT in the Gujarat riots conspiracy case, Mr. Kapil Sibal pointed out to the Supreme Court that SIT has not challenged the Gujarat High Court's decision to acquit Maya Kodnani, former BJP MLA from Naroda, who was identified as the 'kingpin' in the Naroda Patiya massacre of 2002 by the trial court. Kodnani was named as a...
Land Acquisition | 2 Year Period For Lapse Of Proceedings Under 1894 Act Won't Apply After Notification Of 2013 Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the 2 year period prescribed under the Land Acquisition Act 1894 for the lapse of land acquisition proceedings for not delivering the award will not apply to an award passed after the notification of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013The limitation period for passing/making of an...
Gujarat Riots | 'No Investigator With A Sense Of Justice Will Discard These Evidence': Sibal Slams SIT Probe Giving Clean Chit To Narendra Modi & Ors
Sibal argued that the SIT did not question the accused, seize their phones, collect their call records and ignored evidence showing conspiracy and hate speech and discarded the Tehalka sting reports, though the same were used for prosecution by SIT in the Naroda Patya case.
Char Dham Highway Expansion-There Is No Defence Needs Versus Civilian or Environmental Concerns, Have To Balance Both: Supreme Court
"There is no defence versus environment at all. What you do for the defence is not contrary to the civilian needs or environmental needs", observed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Wednesday.The bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath, was hearing the plea challenging the Char-Dham Highway expansion project.Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, for the petitioner-NGO Citizens for...
Notable Interventions Of Madras HC Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Now Proposed To Be Transferred To Meghalaya HC
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee to the Meghalaya High Court. The recommendation, which was made in the Collegium meeting held on September 16, was published only on November 9.Chief Justice Banerjee who hails from the Calcutta High Court was appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court on January 4, 2021. He is...
Sec 138 NI Act - Merely Because Complaint Mentions Managing Director's Name First, It Can't Be Held That Complaint Is Not On Behalf Of Company : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a complaint filed on behalf of a company under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is not liable to be dismissed for the sole reason that it stated the name of the Managing Director first followed by the company's name.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundersh held that though this format may not be perfect it cannot be...
'Sorry State Of Affairs In Tihar' : Supreme Court Directs Centre To Take Immediate Steps To Enhance Prison Management
Citing sorry state of affairs in Tihar Jail in the wake of the connivance of prison officials with the accused in the Unitech case, the Supreme Court today observed that there was urgent need for prison reforms and enhanced prison management. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah directed the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs to take necessary steps in pursuance of para 3 &...
BREAKING : Karnataka High Court Upholds Centre's Notification Treating OCIs As NRIs For College Admissions; Terms It "Protective Discrimination" For Natives
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the validity of the Central Government notification dated March 4, by which Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders are not to be eligible for admission in professional courses against any seat reserved exclusively for Indian citizens. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit, while dismissing a bunch of petitions said, "These...
Consumer Commission Vacancies : Supreme Court Warns States Of Exemplary Costs If Status Report Is Not Filed In A Week
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned that costs in the range of Rupees 1 to 2 lakhs will be imposed on States which fail to submit status report within a week regarding the vacancies in State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission. The Court added that the costs will be recovered from the concerned officials.A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M Sundresh made the above observations...
'Communal Violence Like Lava, Leaves Earth Fertile For Future Revenge' : Kapil Sibal In Gujarat Riots Case
During the arguments in the Gujarat riots case before the Supreme Court, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal got emotional talking about the dangers of communal violence and recalled that he had lost his maternal grandparents in the violence during the aftermath of partition.Sibal was appearing for Zakia Jafri, the widow of Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who got killed in the 2002 Gujarat Riots, in...