CJAR Pays Cost Of 25 Lacs Imposed By SC In Medical College Scam; Seeks Retention of Sum By SCBA For Benefit Of Legal Fraternity

The Supreme Court is expected to hear soon the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR)'s application seeking condonation of delay for payment of the fine of Rs. 25 lakh imposed on it by the Supreme Court in 2017.The cost was imposed on CJAR by the Supreme Court upon dismissal of a plea [In Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reforms Vs. UOI & Anr. WP (Crl) No. 169...

[Rape & Murder Of 2.5 Year Old Niece] "Injury Not With The Intention To Extinguish Victim's Life": Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence

"In matters where the conviction is recorded with the aid of clause fourthly under Section 300 of IPC, it is very rare that the death sentence is awarded"

Entitlement Of Homebuyer Starts From Date Of Agreement And Not RERA Registration: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that period for allotment of flat to a homebuyer has to be reckoned from the date of the buyer agreement and not from the date of the registration of the project under the Real Estate Regulation and Development Act (RERA Act).A division bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Vineet Saran made this observation in the judgment in the case M/s Imperia Structures Ltd...

In Absence Of Pleadings, Any Amount Of Evidence Will Not Help The Party In A Civil Suit, Reiterates Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

In absence of pleading, any amount of evidence will not help the party in a civil suit, the Supreme Court has reiterated.In this case, the plaintiff questioned an adoption deed, executed by his father, in favour of defendant in a civil suit. It was pleaded that there was no adoption by following the necessary formalities and the claim of adoption is false and incorrect. After the evidence...

Madras High Court Panel Questions Validity Of Supreme Court Order Setting Up Special Courts For MPs/MLAs

Special Courts can only be offence-centric and not offender-centric, the HC panel said.

[Central Vista Project] "Who Is The Owner Of Parliament Building?" Read Courtroom Exchange During SG Tushar Mehta's Arguments

Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta commences his submissions on behalf of Union of India....

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Not Happy With Perarivalan's Remission Recommendation Pending With Governor For Over 2 Years, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally expressed unhappiness over the fact that the recommendation made by the Tamil Nadu state government for the remission of the sentence of A G Perarivalan, the convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, had been pending before the Governor for over two years."We do not want to exercise jurisdiction. But we are not happy with how this recommendation has...

[Loan Moratorium And Waiver of Interest] Live Updates From Supreme Court

These moratorium matters were listed yesterday but they came up today. I am requesting My Lords for an adjournment considering I have a case (Central Vista) where I will be arguing, says Solicitor General Tushar...

Possibility Of Deterioration Of Sushant's Mental Health After His Sisters' Conspiracy To Fabricate Medical Prescription Being Probed: Mumbai Police Tells Bombay High Court

FIR Against Sushant's Sisters Investigates Possibility Of Deterioration Of His Mental Health After Accepting Medical Prescription: Mumbai Police Tells Bombay High Court

Hathras case: Allahabad High Court Expresses Concern Over No Action Against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order in the Hathras case, while expressing concern over the Uttar Pradesh government not taking any action against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar for fairness of the probe.The state government, however, assured the court of a decision in this regard by November 25, the next date of hearing in the case.A bench of Justice...

[Central Vista] NIT Should be Struck Down As It Did Not Incorporate Any Estimate Costs: Adv Vrinda Bhandari Submit Before SC

The Supreme Court on Monday resumed hearing on the challenge to the Central Vista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament in Lutyen's Delhi.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjeev Khanna had earlier decided to hear the challenge on 3 issues, vis-à-vis change of land use, violations of municipal law, violations of environmental...

[Central Vista] 'When Final Decision Is correct, Can It Be Questioned Just Because 'Advisory' Body Didn't Do Its Job Properly?' SC Asks Sr. Ad. Sanjay Hegde

The Supreme Court on Monday resumed hearing on the challenge to the Central Vista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament in Lutyen's Delhi. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjeev Khanna had earlier decided to hear the challenge on 3 issues, vis-à-vis change of land use, violations of municipal law, violations of environmental...