Grant Of Leave For Compounding Offences At Appellate Stage Is Not Automatic On Settlement Between Accused & Victim: Supreme Court

The grant of leave as contemplated by Section 320(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not automatic nor it has to be mechanical on receipt of request by the accused which may be agreed by the victim, the Supreme Court observed.The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Ajay Rastogi observed thus while rejecting a plea seeking compounding of offences of two police officers accused in...

Custodial Violence Unacceptable In Civilized Society: Supreme Court Rejects Plea Of Police Officers Seeking Compounding In View Of Settlement

The Supreme Court refused the plea seeking compounding of offences of two police officers accused in a custodial violence case.Though considering their age, the sentence was reduced, the bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Ajay Rastogi enhanced the compensation to to Rs.3.5 lacs each in addition to compensation awarded by the High Court to be paid to the legal heirs of the...

Munawar Faruqui Case : Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Ad-Interim Bail To Co-Accused Prakhar Vyas And Edwin Anthony

The Madhya Pradesh High Court(Indore Bench) on Friday granted ad-interim bail to Prakhar Vyas and Edwin Anthony, colleagues of Munawar Faruqui who were arrested on January 2 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during a stand-up comedy show.A single bench of Justice Rohit Arya granted them ad-interim bail while issuing notice on the bail applications filed by them. Munawar Faruquri...

Supreme Court Seeks Andhra Pradesh Response On Odisha's Contempt Plea Over Kotiya Villages Dispute

The Supreme Court on Friday sought for the response of the State of Andhra Pradesh in a contempt plea filed by the State of Odisha alleging that the former had taken over certain villages belonging to the former in violation of an order of the Apex Court. A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar heard the matter and directed Advocate Mahfooz A. Nazki, appearing on behalf of Andhra...

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the petition filed by death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana seeking commutation of death penalty, after the Central Government requested the bench to await the decision of the President of India on his mercy petition.The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, informed a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India that the government...

Supreme Court Upholds Validity Of E-Voting Process For Winding Up Of Franklin Templeton's Six Mutual Fund Schemes

Supreme Court has on Friday negated all objections and upheld the validity of e-voting process for winding up of six mutual fund schemes of Franklin Templeton. The Court has directed the disbursement of funds to be done in terms of its previous orders. The Court has observed that for the purpose of clause (c) to Regulation 18(15), consent of the unitholders would mean consent by...

"Officers Are In League With Assesses": Supreme Court Pulls Up Central Govt. Over Delay In Filing Revenue Appeals By Govt.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Union of India for its trend of filing appeals before the court in revenue matters with gross delay.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah was hearing an appeal u/s 35 L of Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 by the Commissioner of Central Excise and Sales Tax, Surat against a CESTAT order, which had been filed with a delay of 536...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Twitter On BJP Leader's Plea For Mechanism To Screen Anti-India Tweets, Hateful Ads

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petition filed by BJP leader Vinit Goenka seeking a direction to the Central Government to devise a mechanism to check fake news and instigative messages being circulated via social media, especially Twitter.Advocate Ashwini Kumar Dubey, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that petition seeks a mechanism to...

Conduct Training Programmes For Police Officers To Deal With Socially Sensitive Cases Arising Out Of Interfaith/Caste Marriages: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court directed the Police Authorities to to lay down some guidelines and training programmes how to handle such socially sensitive cases like those arising out of inter marriages.The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy criticised a police officer who refused to close 'missing persons' FIR lodged by the father of a girl even after he came to know that...

Love Jihad -CJP Moves Supreme Court Challenging Himachal Pradesh And Madhya Pradesh Anti-Conversion Laws

Citizens for Justice and Peace has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to challenge Love-jihad laws passed by Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in its plea challenging the laws made by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand against religious conversions for the sake of marriages. The petitioner seeks to make the inclusion after being informed that the Himachal Pradesh Freedom...

Consent Of Family, Community Or Clan Not Necessary Once Two Adult Individuals Agree To Enter Into Wedlock: Supreme Court

The consent of the family or the community or the clan is not necessary once two adult individuals agree to enter into a wedlock, the Supreme Court observed.The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy observed that such a right or choice to marry is not expected to succumb to the concept of "class honour" or "group thinking".The court also said that the police...

'Hate Speech And Disinformation On Facebook A Global Concern' : Dhavan Defends Delhi Assembly Summons To FB Vice President

Concluding the submissions on behalf of Committee on Peace and Harmony of Delhi Assembly in the Supreme Court today, Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan submitted that dissemination of hate speech and disinformation being spread on Facebook is a global concern.The statement came while Dr. Dhavan was arguing on the aspect of numerous complaints received by the Committee which required...