[Ayodhya Hearing] [Day 15] : Ready To Forgo One-Third Claim In Disputed Land, Shia Body Tells SC

The Shia Wakf Board on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was ready to forgo one third of 2.77 acre of disputed land allotted to Muslim bodies by the Allahabad High Court to Hindus for construction of a temple at Ayodhya. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which concluded hearing of arguments from the Hindus' side, was told by the Shia Board that Mir...

'Went To Jaipur To Protect Myself', LLM Student, Who Accused Swami Chinmayanand Of Sexual Harassment, Tells SC [Read Order]

The LLM student, who was traced by Uttar Pradesh police from Jaipur today after she had gone missing following her sexual harassment allegations against Swami Chinmayanand, told the Supreme Court that she wished to remain in New Delhi.The bench of Justices Banumathi and R S Bopanna, in a special sitting held on Friday night after a closed interaction with the woman in chambers, informed that...

Can Death Of Complainant Without Giving Evidence Turn Fatal To Prosecution In Corruption Cases? Five Judge SC Bench To Examine [Read Order]

A Three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court has referred to larger bench the question whether in the absence of evidence of complainant/direct or primary evidence of demand of illegal gratification, is it not permissible to draw inferential deduction of culpability/guilt of a public servant under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 based...

SC Issues Notice On Plea To Allow Deposit Of Demonitised Currency Worth Rs 1.17 Crores

More than two and half years after ban of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes, a fresh petition was filed by a Madurai based businessman before the Supreme Court seeking direction to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to accept his money amounting to Rs 1, 17,00, 872 which is part of his textile business. A Bench comprising justices N V Ramana , Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi issued notice to RBI and...

'Threatened For Representing Muslims In Ayodhya Case' : Senior Adv Rajeev Dhavan Moves SC For Criminal Contempt [Read Petition]

Alleging that he was threatened for representing Muslim parties in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute, Senior Advocate Dr Rajeev Dhavan has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking action for criminal contempt against a Chennai-based professor.Dhavan said in the application that he received a letter from Professor N Shanmugham on August 14 threatening him for appearing for the...

Can SC Interfere With HC's Discretion Entertaining Writ Petition In Spite Of There Being Alternative Remedy? SC Bench Delivers Split Judgment [Read Judgment]

Can the Supreme Court interfere under Article 136 of the Constitution to quash the order of the High Court, merely on the ground of existence of an alternative remedy? A two judge bench comprising of Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Indira Banerjee recently delivered a split judgment on the issue.Disagreeing with Justice Banumathi's order setting aside a judgment of the High Court on the...

Special CBI Court Extends CBI Custody Of P Chidambaram Till September 2

CBI Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar at the Rouse Avenue, Delhi on Friday extended the CBI custody of former Union Home and Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the INX media till September 2. The extension of three days was given taking note of the fact that the Supreme Court is set to consider the SLP filed against the August 22 remand order on Monday.ASG K N Natraj, appearing for the...

SC Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices For Eight High Courts [Read Resolutions]

Supreme Court Collegium has recommended new Chief Justices for Eight High Courts.The recommendations areMr. Justice Vikram Nath as Chief Justice in Gujarat High Court.Mr. Justice J.K. Maheshwari as Chief Justice in Andhra Pradesh High CourtMr. Justice Ajai Lamba as ChiefJustice in Gauhati High CourtMr. Justice Ravi Shankar Jha as Chief Justice in Punjab & Haryana High Court.Mr. Justice...

Breaking : Collegium Proposes Elevation Of Justices Krishna Murari, Ravindra Bhat, Ramasubramanian and Hrishikesh Roy As SC Judges [Read Resolution]

The SC Collegium has recommended the elevation of four Chief Justices of High Courts as Supreme Court judges.They are :Justice Krishna Murari, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Chief Justice of High Court of RajasthanJustice V Ramasubramanian, Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal PradeshJustice Hrishikesh Roy, Chief Justice of High Court of...

Law Student Who Accused Swami Chinmayanand Found In Jaipur, Says UP Govt ; SC Seeks Her Production Before It Today Itself

After the Uttar Pradesh Government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that the law student, who had allegedly gone missing after levelling sexual harassment allegations against senior BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, was found with her friend in Rajasthan, the Court sought her production before it today itself.The state counsel told the bench of Justices Banumathi and Bopanna that she was...

[Ayodhya Hearing][Day 15] After 500 yrs, Examining Babur's Dedication Of Mosque 'Little Problematic': SC

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as a "little problematic" the demand of a Hindu body that it judicially scrutinise, after almost 500 years, whether Mughal emperor Babur dedicated the disputed structure in Ayodhya to the 'Allah' for it to be a valid mosque under the tenets of Islam.The counsel for 'Akhil Bhartiya Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Punarudhar Samiti' told a 5-judge Constitution bench,...

Acting Chief Justice Of Jharkhand HC Justice Prashant Kumar Passes Away

Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Prashant Kumar has passed away today at 5.15 am.He was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand on 7th of June 2019.He enrolled as an Advocate on 01st October, 1980 with Bihar State Bar Council and practiced in Patna High Court, Patna and its Bench at Ranchi from 1980 to 1991 in Constitutional and Service Matters....