"Conducting Offline Examination Will Be Irrational Unjust And Unfair": 521 Students Approach Supreme Court Seeking Cancellation Of CLASS XII Exams

Youth Bar Association of India on behalf of a group of 521 students has approached the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the plea filed for cancellation of Class XII CBSE and ICSE examination.The intervention has been sought in the PIL filed by Advocate Mamta Sharma seeking directions for setting aside the Notification dated 14th,16th and 19th April 2021 issued by CBSE and Council for...

Plea To Cancel CBSE, ICSE Class 12 Exams: Crucial Hearing Before Supreme Court Tomorrow

A division Bench of Supreme Court will tomorrow (Monday, May 31st), hear the plea seeking directions to cancel the Class XII CBSE and ICSE examination and devise an objective methodology to declare the result of class XII within a specific timeframe.A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had on Friday adjourned the case after noting that the petitioner had not...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up May 24 - May 30, 2021

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Section 313 CrPC Examination Not A Mere Procedural Formality; Trial Court Has To Question Accused Fairly With Care And Caution: Supreme CourtCase: Satbir Singh Vs. State Of Haryana [CRA 1735­-1736 OF 2010] Citation: LL 2021 SC 260The bench comprising CJI NV Ramana and Justice Aniruddha Bose expressed its concern over recording of statements under Section 313 of Code...

[Dumping of Covid19 Bodies In Rivers] Plea Before Supreme Court Seeks Three Tier Committee To Look After Disposal Of Dead Bodies With Dignity

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions for constitution of a three-tier committee at Centre, state and Panchayat level to look after disposal of bodies with dignity. The plea has also urged the court to declare Ganga river bed an ecologically sensitive area, to be protected and preserved.The plea filed by Advocate Vineet Jindal has impleaded the Centre,...

Sexual Offence Against Woman- Any Form Of Compromise/Marriage With Accused Shouldn't Form Part Of Bail Condition: Allahabad High Court

The Court while granting bail in the cases involving sexual offence against a woman should not mandate bail conditions, which is/are against the mandate of "fair justice" to the victim: Allahabad High Court

Breaking: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Businessman Navneet Kalra In Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to Businessman Navneet Kalra arrested in connection with Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding case.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg pronounced the order after hearing Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa and Advocate Vineet Malhotra appearing for Navneet Kalra and APP Atul Shrivastava appearing for the Prosecution.Court has granted bail to Kalra subject...

Supreme Court To Resume Hearing In Suo Moto COVID Case On May 31

A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court will resume the hearing on the suo moto case on COVID issues (In Re Distribution of Essential Services and Supplies During Pandemic) on May 31.The hearing was deferred until further notice on May 13 after Justice D Y Chandrachud, the presiding judge, tested positive for COVID-19.On April 30, the bench, also comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and S...

Section 313 CrPC Examination Not A Mere Procedural Formality; Trial Court Has To Question Accused Fairly With Care And Caution: Supreme Court

"Examination of an accused under Section 313, CrPC cannot be treated as a mere procedural formality"

'He Needs Treatment' : Bombay High Court Orders Transfer Of Stan Swamy To Private Hospital From Prison

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to transfer ailing Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old tribal rights activist - to the Holy Family Hospital from Taloja Central Jail for treatment. He is accused in the Bhima Koregaon - Elgaar Parishad case. In an urgent hearing, a bench of justices SS Shinde and NR Borkar allowed Swamy hospitalisation and...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Centre To Form Uniform National Level Policy To Protects Legal And Fundamental Rights Of Orphans

While highlighting the economic and social hardship faced by orphans, a PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to Centre to prepare a uniform national level policy to deal with the legal and fundamental rights of the orphaned.According to the petitioner, the orphans have been overlooked and ignored and have been deprived of the rights which are conferred upon the...

"Requests For Mentioning Fresh Matters Be Made By Email Only": Supreme Court Issues Rules For Hearing Matters Of Extreme Urgency By Vacation Benches

Supreme Court has on Thursday notified that requests for mentioning of fresh matters before Vacation Benches is to be made only by email. The email has to address the email id mention.sc@sci.nic.in in the prescribed format.The direction has been issued as part of the circular dated May 27th, notifying rules and arrangements made to facilitate the hearing of matters of extreme urgency,...

High Courts Can Grant Protection To Accused While Dismissing Anticipatory Bail Plea In Exceptional Circumstances: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a High Court, while dismissing anticipatory bail applications, can issue protective orders only when there are exceptional circumstances.The bench headed by CJI Ramana also observed that such orders should explain the reasons for issuing such protection."Even when the Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to an accused, there may be circumstances...