Babri Masjid Demolition Case: CBI Moves Court To Summon Kalyan Singh

Moving swiftly after his term as Rajasthan governor ended, the CBI on Monday moved court for summoning Kalyan Singh to face trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case.Kalyan Singh, who was Uttar Pradesh chief minister when the mosque in Ayodhya was demolished, enjoyed protection from trial while he held a constitutional post as governor.In Jaipur on Monday, Kalraj Mishra was sworn in as the new...

Assam NGO Intervenes In SC Suggesting New Standard Operating Procedure For Foreigners Tribunals

Suggesting a new 'Standard Operating Procedure(SOP)' for the Foreigners Tribunals dealing with the appeals against exclusions from the NRC, an Assam based NGO has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court.The application is filed by Brahmaputra Valley Civil Society in the petition filed by All Assam Minority Students Union challenging the Foreigner's (Tribunals) Amendment...

Order IX Rule 9 CPC-Decree Against Plaintiff By Default Bars Fresh Suit On Same Cause Of Action By Successor In Title: SC [Read Order]

"The purchaser is sailing in the same boat as that of the original plaintiffs, he cannot be said to be having better rights than the original plaintiffs."

SC Erroneously Equated Migration With "External Aggression" or Invasion Which In effect Dehumanised Migrants:People's Tribunal On NRC

An "Interim Jury Report" has been issued by the People's Tribunal on Contested Citizenship in Assam: Constitutional Processes and Human Cost.During the event, the jury comprised by Justice (Rt) Madan Lokur, Justice (Rt) Kurien Joseph, Justice (Rt) AP Shah, Ambassador Deb Mukharji, Ms. Githa Hariharan, Dr. Syeda Hameed, Prof. Monirul Hussain and Dr. Faizan Mustafa held two-day public...

10 High Profile Cases Handled By Ram Jethmalani

Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani, widely regarded as the doyen of criminal law, passed away at the age of 95 yesterday morning.Known as a courageous and erudite lawyer, Jethmalani has appeared in several high profile cases.Here is a brief account of some of them.1. Nanavati CaseJethmalani, who shifted his legal practice from Karachi to Bombay after partition, shot to limelight with his...

SC Warns Of Intervention In Case Allahabad HCBA Strike Is Not Called Off

The Supreme Court has warned that if the long drawn strike by the Allahabad High Court Bar Association continued, it will have to "work out the certain modalities so that the people are not deprived of the judicial remedy". Last week the bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah had criticized the call for strike observing that "Bar Associations are not supposed to settle their...

SC Orders 20 Lakhs Compensation To Compulsorily Retired Judicial Officer [Read Order]

" We hold that the appellant has not committed any act unbecoming of a judicial officer."

Assam NRC-Tribunals Are Functioning In An Arbitrary Manner: Justice Madan Lokur

The 'People's Tribunal' on 'Contested Citizenship in Assam: Constitutional Processes and Human Cost', orchestrated by various human rights organizations and campaigns concluded on Sunday at the Indian Society of International Law, Delhi.The jury of the People's Tribunal comprised of eminent members and scholars from the legal fraternity such as Justice (Rt.) Madan Lokur, Justice (Rt.)...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Unregistered Agreement Of Sale Can Be Used As An Evidence For Collateral Purpose [Prakash Sahu V. Saulal] The Supreme Court recently upheld a Trial Court order allowing the plaintiff to lead evidence on insufficiently stamped unregistered agreement of sale in his suit for recovery of earnest money said to be paid by him at the time executing the agreement for sale. Order VII...

Doyen Of Criminal Law Ram Jethmalani Passes Away

Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani, 95, passed away on Sunday morning. He has served as India's Union Law Minister and as chairman of the Bar Council of India.He has appeared in many high profile criminal cases, and is widely respected as the doyen of criminal law.He was born on September 14, 1923, in present day Pakistan. He obtained law degree at the age of 17. After partition, he shifted to...

Criticism Of Executive, Judiciary, Bureaucracy Or Armed Forces Not Sedition : Justice Deepak Gupta

Justice Deepak Gupta, judge of Supreme Court, spoke at length about the chilling effect caused by sedition law on legitimate criticism on the organs of state. He also mentioned about the threat of contempt action stifling fair criticism of judiciary."The judiciary is not above criticism. If Judges of the superior courts were to take note of all the contemptuous communications received by...

"Sedition Law Most Abused Today, Criticism Against Govt In Power Does Not Make Any One Less Patriotic": Justice Deepak Gupta

"The last few years have given rise to a number of cases where the law of sedition or creating disharmony have been misused rampantly by the police to arrest and humiliate people who have not committed the crime of sedition as laid down by the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court". "The manner in which the provisions of Section 124A are being misused, begs the question as to whether we should have a relook at it. Freedom of expression being a constitutional right must get primacy over laws of sedition"