SC Bench Headed By Justice Arun Mishra To Hear Tomorrow Plea Against J&K Curfew

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi will consider tomorrow the petition filed by Tehseen Poonawalla against the curfew imposed in Jammu and Kashmir following the Central Government measures to abrogate the special status enjoyed by it under Article 370 of the Constitution.The petition alleges that in the backdrop of latest constitutional...

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Landlord Can't Be Precluded From Filing Eviction Petition On The Ground Of Bonafide Need Regarding Non-Residential Premise [Vinod Kumar vs. Ashok Kumar Gandhi] The Supreme Court held that the judgment of Satyawati Sharma Vs. Union of India which held that Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act is unconstitutional to the extent it discriminates between the premises let...

Justice Madan B Lokur Sworn In As Judge Of Supreme Court Of Fiji

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur was sworn in on Monday as the the judge of the non-resident panel of the Supreme Court of Fiji.This is the first time an Indian judge is getting appointed as the judge of the apex court of another country.The oath was administered by the Fiji President Jioji Konrote in the presence of Chief Justice and others. Justice Lokur taking oath on...

Vice President Bats For Regional Benches Of Supreme Court

The SC should have separate divisions to deal with appeals and constitutional issues, he suggested.

[Ayodhya Hearing] [Day 4] 'Are Descendants Of Lord Ram Still There At Ayodhya', Asks SC

Curious to know whether anyone from the 'Raghuvansha' (descendants of Lord Ram) was still residing in Ayodhya, the Supreme Court on Friday put this query to 'Ram Lalla Virajman', the deity and one of the parties in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi put the question to senior advocate...

Presidential Assent To Bill Increasing Number Of Judges In SC [Read The Bill]

The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 has become law of the land after it received Presidential assent on Saturday. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the Bill into law which will increase the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court to 33 from 30, excluding the Chief Justice of India. This money bill was passed by Parliament earlier this week. The decision has...

Kashmir Times Editor Moves SC Against Curbs On Media Freedom In The Valley [Read Petition]

Challenging the curbs on media freedom imposed in the Kashmir valley in the wake of the abrogation of the state's special status and the Act passed by the Parliament to bifurcate it, a writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday by Anuradha Bhasin, the Executive Editor of Kashmir Times.The petition seeks directions to ensure that media persons and journalists Jammu and Kashmir...

Filing Of Cross Objections By Defendants Not Necessary To Dispute Adverse Findings In The Dismissed Suit: SC [Read Judgment]

"The defendants have a right to support the ultimate decree passed by the trial court of dismissal of suit on grounds other than which weighed with the trial court."

National Conference Leaders Approach SC Against Presidential Order On Article 370, J&K Bifurcation [Read Petition]

National Conference leaders Mohammed Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi have approached the Supreme Court challenging the Central Government measures which abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and also the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019 which bifurcated the state into Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.The petition challenges the constitutional validity of...

J&K Curfew : Law Graduate Moves SC Seeking Information About His Parents In Kashmir

A law graduate in Delhi has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking information about his parents in Kashmir.Mohammad Aleem Syed, a law graduate from Jamia Milia Islamia who is currently doing apprenticeship with a lawyer in Delhi, states that he has not received any information from his parents and brother in Kashmir since the intervening night of 4th/5th August.Jammu and Kashmir has...

Patient With 92% Burn Injuries Can Be In A Fit State Of Mind To Give Dying Declaration : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a murder convict by upholding the dying declaration given by his deceased wife. The Court held that the mere fact that the deceased had suffered 92% burn injuries per se would not mean that she was not fit to give the declaration. It also held that the a hyper technical view cannot be adopted by differentiating between 'conscious' and 'fit state...

Ayodhya-Babri Masjid Dispute: All You Need To Know About The Civil Suits

From August 6, the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court started hearing the appeals in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid title dispute issue. What the top court is hearing is first appeals from the decree passed by the Allahabad High Court in four civil suits filed by Hindu and Muslim parties in the case. The attempt here is to briefly explain the nature of the suits involved in...