Police Attack On Bihar Judge: Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Due To Insufficiency Of Official Record And Non Verification Of Allegations

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking for a judicial inquiry into an incident which took place in Aurangabad, Bihar, wherein a District Judge, Dr. Dinesh Kumar Pradhan, was allegedly threatened, abused and chased by a police sub-inspector. A bench comprising of Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Aniruddha Bose dismissed the PIL after referring to the counter affidavits filed...

SC Issues Bailable Warrant Against Chairperson Of NGO For Non-Deposit Of 25L Costs Imposed Over 'Incessant Frivolous Litigations'

The Supreme Court on Friday issued bailable warrants against the chairperson of an NGO for not depositing the cost of Rs 25 lakh imposed on it for filing 64 PILs over the years without any success and "repeatedly misusing" the jurisdiction of the top court.For wasting judicial time, the Supreme Court had in May, 2017 imposed exemplary cost of Rs. 25 lakh on NGO Suraz India Trust for filing...

"Personal Laws Cannot Be Tested On Anvils Of Art. 14, 15, 21": All India Muslim Personal Law Board Seeks Impleadment In PIL Seeking Uniform Grounds Of Divorce

Questioning the prayers of a PIL seeking uniform grounds of divorce, All India Muslim Personal Law Board has filed an impleadment application asserting that the religious denomination being matters of personal law cannot be tested on the "anvil of Art. 14, 15, 21 and 44" of the Indian Constitution. The impleadment application moved through Advocate M.R. Shamshad has been filed in a PIL filed...

Supreme Court To Resume Hearing In Hybrid Manner, Lawyers Can Opt For Either Physical Or Virtual Mode

The Coordination Committee of the Supreme Court has on Saturday clarified that once physical hearings before Supreme Court resume with Virtual Courts in a hybrid manner, the parties will have an option to appear physically or virtually before the physical Court. The clarification has been given in the meeting conducted on Saturday to discuss the resumption of physical hearings by...

Activist Nodeep Kaur's Alleged 'Illegal Confinement': Punjab & Haryana High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance

The Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, in its order, noted that complaints dated 06th February 2021 and 08th February 2021 have been received through e-mail regarding the illegal confinement of Nodeep Kaur, Dalit Labour Activist by the Haryana Police.

'Who Goes To Court?', Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi Says Judiciary Is 'Ramshackled'

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi called the judiciary of the country 'ramshackled' and went to the extent of suggesting that even he won't go to the courts."Who goes to the court? You go to the court and regret", Gogoi said adding that it is those who can afford to take chances, like the big corporates, who approach the courts. Gogoi, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in March...

SC Issues Notice To Uttarakhand HC Over ADJ's Plea Of Non-Admission Of Evidence In Disciplinary Proceeding, Also Stays Inquiry

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Uttarakhand High Court on the plea of an Additional District Judge in Uttarakhand for non-admission in evidence of a case diary in his disciplinary inquiry, the Inquiry Officer being a sitting judge of the High Court.The petitioner was aggrieved of the February 1 decision of the High Court wherein the High Court, on the one side, admitted the fact...

"Right To Protest Cannot Be Any Time And Everywhere"; Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against 'Shaheen Bagh' Judgment

Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition filed against the Shaheen Bagh Judgment in which it is held that the demonstrations expressing dissent have to be in designated places alone.Dismissing the review petition Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari held that the right to protest cannot be anytime and everywhere."We have considered the earlier...

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, Author Of Controversial POCSO Judgment, Not Made Permanent Judge; To Continue As Additional Judge Of Bombay HC

Accepting the revised recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium to not make Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala of the Bombay High Court a permanent judge, the Ministry of Law and Justice has extended her term as an additional judge.A notification issued by the Ministry says that Justice Ganediwala will continue as an additional judge for one more year, from February 13.The judge of the...

Mere Absence Of Doctor's Certification Would Not Ipso Facto Render Dying Declaration Unacceptable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that mere absence of doctor's certification as to the fitness of the declarant's state of mind would not ipso facto render the dying declaration unacceptable.The contention of the accused in this case was that the conviction is solely based on the dying declaration of the deceased which finds no corroboration. It was contended that the doctor's certificate was...

Consent By Majority Of Unit Holders Who Participated In Poll Is Sufficient For Winding Up Mutual Fund Schemes: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that, for the purpose winding up Mutual fund schemes, the 'consent of the unitholders' stipulated under Regulation 18(5)(C) of the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, would mean consent by majority of the unit holders who have participated in the poll, and not consent of majority of all the unitholders of the scheme. "The underlying thrust behind Regulation 18(15)(c)...

Office Of Profit : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Direct Election Commission To Give Opinion On Disqualification Of 12 Manipur MLAs

The Supreme Court has on Friday issued notice on a writ petition seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to submit its opinion to the Governor of Manipur to enable the expeditious disposal of the petition regarding the disqualification of 12 Members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly have incurred disqualification under Article 192 of the Constitution of India for...