"Your Lordship Must Stop Him": SG Tushar Mehta Vs Prashant Bhushan -Courtroom Exchange in Zinc Disinvestment Matter

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Monday, while objecting to a statement made by Advocate Prashant Bhushan before Supreme Court, asked Bhushan to not abuse 'every individual and every institution'.The statements were made before a three-judge Bench led by CJI during arguments in the Hindustan Zinc disinvestment case. SG Mehta also asked Bhushan to not make allegations against people not...

Won't Let Artificial Intelligence Do Decision Making; Judges' Autonomy & Discretion Will Be Retained : CJI Bobde

The Supreme Court's Artificial Intelligence Committee on Tuesday launched its Artificial Intelligence portal SUPACE(Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court's Efficiency). Judges.The event was attended by CJI Bobde, CJI designate Justice NV Ramana and Justice Nageswara Rao, who is also the Chairman of the Supreme Court's AI Committee, and High Court Judges.While launching the...

Hindustan Zinc Disinvestment Case: Supreme Court Decides To Examine Status Report By CBI, Adjourns Hearing To Tuesday

Supreme Court has on Tuesday observed that it will examine the status report submitted by CBI in matter regarding disinvestment of the Government's shares in Hindustan Zinc Limited in 2002A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian has decided to go through the Status report and take up the matter on Tuesday. The Court was hearing a plea by...

Parliament Intended GST As Citizen-Friendly Tax Structure, But Its Purpose Lost by The Manner In Which It Is Enforced: Supreme Court

"The Parliament had intended the GST to be a citizen-friendly tax structure. The purpose of the Act is lost by the manner in which tax law is enforced in our country ", observed Justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah were dealing with contours of the power of provisional attachment of property, including bank accounts, to protect revenue, under...

CBI Headed By Interim Director, Legality Of Which Is Sub-Judice : Anil Deshmukh In Plea Before Supreme Court

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has raised the issue of legality of the appointment of interim director for the CBI in his petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order for preliminary enquiry by the national probe agency into the extortion allegation raised by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh."Presently, the CBI today is being...

Goa Assembly Speaker Agrees To Pass Orders On Disqualification Of 10 MLAs Who Moved From Congress To BJP: SG Tells Supreme Court

Supreme Court has on Tuesday been told that the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly has agreed to pass its final order regarding disqualification of the MLAs who moved from Congress to BJP. A three-judge Bench led by CJI was hearing the plea filed a plea filed by Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar seeking for a direction to the Goa Assembly Speaker to dispose of the...

'Consider Meritorious Women Lawyers As High Court Judges': Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association Moves SC

The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking directions to consider meritorious women lawyers practicing in the SC and the High Courts for appointment as judges in the High Courts.Through this application, the SCWLA seeks to intervene in the case M/s PLR Projects Pvt Ltd v Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd and others in which the Supreme Court...

Quantity Of Narcotic Substance Recovered Is A Relevant Factor To Impose Punishment Higher Than The Minimum: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that quantity of narcotic substance recovered is a relevant factor that can be taken into account for imposing higher than the minimum punishment under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed that the Court has a wide discretion to impose the sentence/imprisonment ranging between 10...

Breaking: Maharashtra Govt, Anil Deshmukh Move Supreme Court Against Bombay HC Order For CBI Probe On Param Bir Singh's Allegations

The Maharashtra Government has approached Supreme Court Challenging the Bombay High Court Order directing CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry in to the corruption allegations made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh. The Special Leave Petition filed by the Maha Vikas Agadi government seeks to set aside the High Court order for preliminary enquiry into the extortion allegations...

"Tweets Prima Facie Show Disregard Against Muslim Women": Andheri Court Orders Police Inquiry Against Actor Payal Rohatgi Over Her Tweets On Safoora Zargar

A Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Andheri, Mumbai, has ordered a 202 inquiry by Police arrest against Payal Rohatgi for her tweets from June 2020, in the context of Jamia Student Safoora Zargar's arrest.The Court has observed that the tweets prima facie show disregard against Muslim women and the community as a whole. Significantly, Metropolitan Magistrate Bhagawat Zirape said that...

"Trial Must Not End In A State-Sponsored Encounter"; BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari's Wife Moves SC Seeking Protection Of Husband's Life

BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari's wife, Afshan Ansari, has moved the Supreme Court seeking protection and safety of her husband's life as he remains lodged in Banda Jail in the State of Uttar Pradesh and attends trial.Stating that Ansari is a well-known political figure who has contested elections successfully in opposition of BJP, the current ruling party in UP, the plea submits that there is...

Supreme Court Adjourns SNC-Lavlin Case Hearing For Two Weeks; Says No Adjournment On Next Date

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the SNC-Lavlin case by two weeks.A batch of petitions including the ones filed by the CBI against the discharge of the present Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and few other officials and also other petitions filed by accused persons challenging the rejection of their discharge pleas are before the Supreme Court.Today, a bench...