Supreme Court Stays Order Sentencing Major General of Indian Army And Defence Estates Officer To Civil Imprisonment

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of an order sentencing a Major General of Indian Army and Defence Estates officers to civil imprisonment for 2 months for alleged violation of a decree in a civil suit .A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian passed the order after a mentioning was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.The...

Delhi High Court Upholds Emergency Award Passed In Favour Of Amazon Against Future-Reliance Deal, Imposes Rs 20 Lakhs Cost On Future

The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the application field by Amazon to enforce the emergency award against the Future-Reliance deal.The High Court held that the emergency arbitrator is an arbitrator for all the intents and purposes under Section 17(1) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act and an order passed by such an emergency arbitrator is enforceable under sec. 17 (2) of the Act.A...

Courts Should Avoid Patriarchal & Stereotypical Notions About Women: Supreme Court Issues Guidelines For Dealing With Sexual Crimes

While setting aside the "rakhi-for-bail" order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the Supreme Court issued a set of guidelines to be followed by Courts while dealing with sexual crimes."Using rakhi tying as a condition for bail, transforms a molester into a brother, by a judicial mandate. This is wholly unacceptable, and has the effect of diluting and eroding the offence...

TRP Scam : Prima Facie Nothing Substantial On Record Against Arnab Goswami & Republic TV Even After 3 Months Of Investigation, Observes Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court, on Thursday, indicated that even after three months of investigation by the Mumbai Police's Crime Branch, prima facie, there is nothing substantial on the record against Republic TV's editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and Republic TV. The division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale further said that they will examine if the case falls under any of...

'Advocates Can Only Earn Livelihood If They Come Into Contact With People' : SC Says Lawyers' Demand For Vaccine Priority Need Consideration

The Supreme Court on Thursday orally observed that the concerns of the legal fraternity regarding priority for COVID-19 vaccination were genuine, which require consideration."Advocates can only earn livelihood only if they come into contact with people. They need assurance that they will not die if they come into contact with people", the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde told the Solicitor...

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Reduction In Quota Reserved For Appointment To UP Higher Judicial Service Through Limited Competitive Exam

Supreme Court has declined to entertain the challenging the constitutional validity of the U.P. Higher Judicial Service (Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2014 to the extent that it has reduced the quota reserved for appointment to the U.P. Higher Judicial Service through limited competitive examination from 25% to 10%A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian...

Supreme Court Stays Kerala High Court Judgment Which Barred Aided School Teachers From Contesting Elections

Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the KeralaHigh Court Judgment which held that the Teachers of aided schools cannot contest in the election to the local bodies, State Legislative Assembly and Parliament.The Bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde passed the order after hearing Senior Advocate V Giri.The petition filed by Anurag also challenged the High Court's declaration that Section 2(iv) of...

'Wholly Unacceptable' : Supreme Court Sets Aside 'Rakhi-For-Bail' Order Of Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside Madhya Pradesh High Court Judgment wherein the Court had imposed a bail condition upon the person (accused of outraging the modesty of his neighbour) to request the victim to tie the rakhi around his wrist."Using rakhi tying as a condition for bail, transforms a molester into a brother, by a judicial mandate. This is...

Breaking : Supreme Court Refuses To Disclose Justice Patnaik's Probe Report On 'Larger Conspiracy' Against Judiciary Under RTI

The Public Information Officer of the Supreme Court has refused to disclose the details of a report submitted by former SC Judge, Justice AK Patnaik, on the probe into the "larger conspiracy" behind the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. In response to an RTI application filed by journalist Saurav Das seeking details of the...

Supreme Court Stays Delhi High Court's Suo Moto Case On COVID Vaccination Priority For Legal Fraternity

The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Delhi High Court from proceeding with the suo moto case taken by it to consider including legal fraternity in the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India issued notices on the the petitions filed by vaccine manufactures Bharat Biotech Ltd and Serum Institute of India seeking to transfer to the top court...

BREAKING : 'You Can't File A Petition Against Observations' : SC To Centre On Plea Against Findings In Rhea Chakraborty Bail Order

While considering a case related to Rhea Chakraborty, the Supreme Court on Thursday told the Central Government that a petition cannot be challenged against mere observations in a bail order.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India was considering the petition filed by the Central Government through the Narcotics Control Bureau against the observations made by the Bombay High Court...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Alleged Detention Of Rohingya Refugees In Jammu On March 25

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on March 25 a plea alleging the detention of hundreds of Rohingya refugees in Jammu and the proposal to deport them to Myanmar.The matter was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde by Advocate Prashant Bhushan."The Jammu police have detained several hundreds of Rohinhyas. The Centre is saying that they are going to deport them. First,...