'The Wire' Withdraws Plea Filed In SC Challenging Gag Order On Publication Of Jay Shah Article

The online news portal 'The Wire' and journalist Rohini Singh on Tuesday withdrew the appeals filed by them in the Supreme Court challenging the injunction order passed by the Gujarat High Court against the publication of article on Jay Shah, son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.The gag order was passed in a defamation suit filed by Jay Shah.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for...

Petition Filed In SC Seeking Reconstruction Of Demolished Guru Ravidas Temple In Delhi

Seeking the reconstruction of the Guru Ravidas Temple that was demolished by Delhi Development Authority two weeks ago, two Congress leaders have approached the Supreme Court.The temple located at Jahapanah forest area in national capital was razed by the DDA on August 10 following the directions of the Supreme Court.The writ petition filed by Ashok Tanwar (former MP from Sirsa and...

INX Media : How Can Chidambaram Be Painted 'Kingpin' For An Offence Which Didn't Exist In 2007, Singhvi Asks In SC

Singhvi argued that PMLA was being retrospectively applied against Chidambaram.

Section 313 CrPC: Inculpatory Material As Not Put To The Accused Must Be Eschewed: SC [Read Judgment]

"The incriminating material is to be put to the accused so that the accused gets a fair chance to defend himself. This is in recognition of the principles of audi alteram partem."

Chidambaram's Custody Needed To Unravel Layers Of Money Laundering In INX Media Case, ED Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Stating that there existed prima facie 'reasons to believe' that former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has indulged in money laundering, the Enforcement Directorate has filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court, opposing his plea for pre-arrest bail.The ED has claimed that it has 'substantial evidence' to believe that Chidambaram and his aides created a web of shell companies to...

Breaking : Chidambaram's Police Custody In INX Media Case Extended By Four Days Till August 30

CBI Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar at the Rouse Avenue, Delhi on Monday extended the CBI custody of former Union Home and Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the INX media case by four more days till August 30.The Solicitor General asked for extension of custody by five more days stating that interrogation has not been completed. Chidambaram was confronted with one of the co-accused on Augsut...

Chidambaram Bail : Delhi HC Order 'Copy Paste' From ED's Sealed Cover Note, Says Sibal ; SC Extends Interim Protection In INX Case Till Aug 27

In a relief to former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim protection from arrest earlier granted to him in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money laundering in the INX Media FDI transactions till tomorrow.The bench of Justices R Bhanumati and A S Bopanna passed the order after a lengthy hearing session which...

Breaking - INX Media : SC Dismisses Chidambaram's Plea For Anticipatory Bail In CBI Case As 'Infructuous'

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Bhanumati and A S Bopanna on Monday dismissed the petition filed by the former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram challenging the August 20 judgment of the Delhi High Court that refused pre-arrest bail to him in the case registered by Central Bureau of Investigation in the INX media case.The bench said that the petition has become 'infructuous' as...

SC Issues Notice On Plea To Set Up Online RTI Portals In States [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice N V Ramana on Monday issued notice to governments of Centre and States on a Public Interest Petition (PIL) seeking to direct all States establish online web portals for filing of online RTI applications. The bench, also comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi, was hearing the PIL filed by NGO Pravasi Legal Cell through Advocate Jose...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- July 2019

Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC: Plaint Can Either Be Rejected As A Whole Or Not At All Madhav Prasad Aggarwal vs. Axis Bank Plaint can either be rejected as a whole or not at all, remarked the Supreme Court while reiterating that it is not permissible to reject plaint qua any particular portion of a plaint including against some of the defendant(s) and continue the same against...

J&K : Sitaram Yechury Files Habeas Petition In SC Against Detention Of CPI(M) Leader M Y Tarigami [Read Petition]

Challenging the detention of Kashmir politician Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court.Tarigami, a four-time CPI(M) MLA from Kulgam in the now dissolved J&K assembly, was detained on August 5 in the backdrop of central government measures to revoke the special status of...

Senior Advocate And Former Law Minister Arun Jaitley Passes Away

Senior Advocate and former Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley, 66, passed away. He was undergoing treatment at AIIMS New Delhi since August 9.A press release by AIIMS declared that he breathed his last at 12.07 PM today.Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and the first...