Supreme Court Monthly Digest: June 2020

1. Electricity Dues, Where They Are Statutory In Character Under Electricity Act, Cannot Partake The Character Of Dues Of Purely Contractual Nature: SC Oder dated June 1, 2020 The Supreme Court clarified that electricity dues, where they are statutory in character under the Electricity Act and as per the terms & conditions of supply, cannot be waived in view of the provisions...

Prashant Bhushan Contempt: UK Lawyers Body Expresses Concern; Says 'Lawyers Entitled To Voice Legitimate Criticism'

"An independent and impartial judiciary is stronger when enabling open and public debate on its operations"

[AGR Case] Reliance Jio Tells SC That It Has Paid Its Share Of AGR Dues & Spectrum Sharing Dues; SC To Continue Hearing Tomorrow

The Supreme Court on Tuesday was informed by Senior Advocate Harish Salve that Reliance Jio had already paid Rs 195 crore AGR dues and that if there were any remaining dues, if at all, they would be paid by Jio as well.Salve submitted before a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer & MR Shah that the payment of the dues which included spectrum sharing charge of...

[Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case] SC To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow In Rhea's Plea To Transfer Bihar FIR To Mumbai

The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment in Actress Rhea Chakraborty's plea seeking transfer of FIR in Bihar to Mumbai in the case related to death of Sushant Singh Rajput.The case is listed for judgement before Justice Hrishikesh Roy at 11 am tomorrow. A single bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy had reserved verdict on August 12. Mumbai Police @MumbaiPolice took the stand that Bihar has...

SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Restraining Defected Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs From Officiating As Ministers

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly on the reason for not taking a decision on petitions seeking disqualification of 22 defecting MLAs from the Indian National Congress to Bhartiya Janata Party.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun issued notice on a plea filed by Congress MLA Vinay Saxena which stated that...

SC Grants 16 Weeks More Time For 'Contemnors' Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha & Rashid Khan Pathan To Surrender [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has extended the time for surrendering for Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha and Rashid Khan Pathan who it convicted for contempt.The extension of sixteen weeks is ordered by the bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Aniruddha Bose in view of the prevailing conditions due to COVID-19 pandemic. In April, this year, the bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose held...

No Exception Can Be Taken To Constitution Of PM CARES Fund; But Still Open For Anyone To Contribute To NDRF : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that "no exception can be taken to the constitution" of PM CARES Funds to meet the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.The top court made this observation while disposing of a PIL filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking to transfer the funds from PM CARES to National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) created under...

SC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking One Time Relief Of Re-Assessment/Promotion Of ICSE Students Who Failed In Classes 9th/11th This Year

Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking for a direction to Indian School Certificate Examinations Board (ICSE), to provide an opportunity of Re assessment/promotion to the students who had flunked in 9th/11th standard, this year.A Bench comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna heard the matter and sought for a Reply from Senior Advocate...

No Occasion For CAG Audit Of PM CARES Fund As It Is A Public Charitable Trust: SC [Read Judgment]

"PM CARES Fund is a public charitable trust and is not a Government fund."

[FULL VIDEO] LiveLaw Practitioner Series: "Forensic Evidence In Sexual Offences Against Women And Children" By Justice K Kannan

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" today at 5:30 pm.Justice K Kannan, Former Judge, Punjab, and Haryana HC will speak on the topic "Forensic Evidence in Sexual Offences against Women and Children".The session would be moderated by Shreya Rastogi (Project 39A, NLU Delhi)The details of the webinar are as followsZoom...

[Central Vista Project] SC To Hear Plea Challenging Lutyens' Delhi Development Works On Land Use, Violations Of Municipal & Environmental Law On August 20

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that it shall take up the plea seeking quashing of the approval of the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament by the Central Vista Committee in April on Thursday this week.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjeev Khanna shall hear the challenge on 3 issues, vis-à-vis change of land use, violations of municipal...

[Students vs UGC] Universities Cannot Confer Degrees Without Exams; UGC Directions In Students' Interests: Solicitor General Tells SC

Universities can seek for extension of the deadline under the UGC Guidelines, but they cannot take the decision to confer degrees without holding exams, submitted Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, on behalf of the University Grants Commission, during the Supreme Court hearing of a batch of petitions challenging UGC Guidelines which mandate for the conduction of final-year examinations...