1984 Anti-Sikh Riots : SIT Submits Report To SC After Completing Probe

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the cases related to the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots filed its report in the Supreme Court on Friday in a sealed cover.The SIT, led by Justice SN Dhingra, was constituted by the Supreme Court to examine the cases which had been closed by the CBI. A bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant, will consider the report and decide...

Section 207 CrPC: Magistrate Cannot Withhold Any Document Submitted Along With Police Report Except When It Is Voluminous: SC [Read Judgment]

"Even if the investigating officer appends his note in respect of any particular document, that will be of no avail as his power is limited to do so only in respect of ‘statements’."

Electoral Bonds : Citing Reports Of RBI, ECI Objections, ADR Moves SC For Stay Of Scheme [Read Petition]

In the light of recent media reports that the Central Government went ahead with the electoral bonds scheme ignoring the serious objections raised by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) and Election Commission of India(ECI), the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms(ADR) filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking stay of the controversial scheme.ADR had filed a writ petition in 2017...

[Land Acquisition] Indore Development Authority Judgment Is Per incuriam: Sidharth Luthra Tells SC [Read Written Submissions]

On Thursday, Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra raised, before the five-judge bench to which the interpretation of section 24 of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act has been entrusted, the issue of a three-judge bench in its 2018 ruling in Indore Development Authority regarding as per incuriam another three-judge decision in Pune Municipal Corporation (2014)."A decision or judgment can also be...

Contents Of Memory Card Will Be 'Document' And Not 'Material Object' : SC [Read Judgment]

The contents of a memory card in relation to a crime amount to a 'document' and not a 'material object', held the Supreme Court while deciding Kerala actor Dileep's plea for handing over copy of the visuals of the alleged sexual crime committed on a Kerala actress in February 2017.The central issue involved in the case was whether the accused was entitled to the copy of the contents of...

There Is No Stigma With Regard To Any Crime Committed By A Juvenile, Says SC [Read Judgment]

"Even if a juvenile is convicted, the same should be obliterated"

'Political Morality Different From Constitutional Morality' : SC Dismisses Plea Against Maha Vikas Aghadi Govt In Maharashtra

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed to declare the formation of Maharashtra Government by the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party- Congress as 'unconstitutional'."Constitutional morality is different from political morality. Courts cannot be asked to go where there is no jurisdiction", observed Justice N V Ramana, who led the bench which heard...

Saradha Chit Fund Case : SC Issues Notice On CBI's Plea Against Pre-Arrest Bail Granted To Rajeev Kumar IPS

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Rajeev Kumar IPS on a petition filed by Central Bureau of Investigation against the anticipatory bail granted to him by the Calcutta High Court on October 1.In the plea before the apex court, the CBI urged that custodial interrogation was needed to probe whether Rajeev Kumar sabotaged the investigation in the Saradha Chit fund scam. The CBI...

SC Rejects Actor Dileep's Plea For Copy Of Memory Card In Kerala Actor Sexual Assault Case [Updated with judgment]

The Supreme Court on Friday held that Malayalam actor Dileep was not entitled to receive the copy of the memory card allegedly containing the visuals of the sexual crimes committed on a Kerala actress in February 2017A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheswari however has allowed him(or his lawyer) to inspect the video subject to conditions securing the privacy of the...

Can Lapse Of Acquisition After Taking Possession Of Land Be The Legislative Intent? SC In Indore Development Authority Case

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday continued the hearing in the Indore Development Authority case on the interpretation of Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013. "Possession is taken, compensation not paid, but development has been carried out. Then the acquisition should go? A project...

Memory Card A 'Document' Or 'Material Object' ? SC To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow In Actor Dileep's Plea

The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment on Malayalam actor Dileep's plea seeking the copy of the memory card in the criminal case relating to the abduction and sexual assault of an actress in February 2017.The bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheswari will be deciding whether the accused is entitled to copy of a memory card under Section 207 of the Code of Criminal...

Whatsapp Spyware : Union IT Minister Evades Question In Rajya Sabha On Whether Govt Sought Pegasus Services

'No unauthorized interception has been done, to the best of my knowledge', Minister said.