Save RTI: An Appeal To President Of India By Former CIC Shailesh Gandhi

Hon. President, I am appealing to you not to sign the RTI amendment bill. I beseech you to send it back to the Parliament for reconsideration. This is a cherished right which has been codified by the RTI Act 2005. It has been rated amongst the best transparency laws in the world. Citizens have begun using this to monitor their government and get accountability from it. The...

Lynching: SC Issues Notice To Centre, States for Non-implementation Of Its Directions

The Supreme Court Friday sought the Centre's response on the allegation that it has not implemented a slew of directions issued last year to curb lynching and mob violence. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta issued notices to the Ministry of Home Affairs and state governments on a petition filed by an organisation, Anti-Corruption Council of...

A Person Can Be Held Guilty For Violation Of Injunction Only When Disobedience Was Willful: SC [Read Judgment]

"The allegation of willful disobedience being in the nature of criminal liability, the same has to be proved to the satisfaction of the court that the disobedience was not mere “disobedience” but a “willful disobedience”.

SC Dismisses Plea For Probe Into Corruption Allegations Against Judge Of Allahabad HC

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Friday refused to entertain the plea levelling claims of corruption against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Ram Krishna Gautam."We are not inclined to interfere", said the bench. In December last year, the bench of retired Justice A. K. Sikri and Justice Abdul Nazeer had agreed to hear the matter post the winter...

Offence Of Abetment To Suicide (Sec 306 IPC) May Attract When Accused Played Active Role In Tarnishing Self Respect Of Deceased Victim: SC [Read Judgment]

"If the accused by his acts and by his continuous course of conduct creates a situation which leads the deceased perceiving no other option except to commit suicide, the case may fall within the four-corners of Section 306 IPC."

Bombay HC Grants Relief To Indira Jaising And Anand Grover, Tells CBI Not To Take Coercive Steps

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted relief to Lawyer's Collective led by Senior Advocates Indira Jaisingh and Anand Grover and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation not to take any coercive steps in relation to the FIR filed against them until August 19. Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing an application filed by the Lawyer's Collective...

Plea Based On Equity/Hardship Not Legally Sustainable In Tax Matters: SC [Read Judgment]

"In tax matter, neither any equity nor hardship has any role to play while deciding the rights of any taxpayer qua the Revenue."

Only The HC Which Has Jurisdiction Over 'Venue' Of Arbitration Can Entertain Petition Seeking Appointment Of Arbitrator: SC [Read Judgment]

"Non-use of words like "exclusive jurisdiction", "only", "exclusive", "alone" is not decisive and does not make any material difference."

Amrapali Diverted Homebuyers' Money To Companies Linked To Dhoni & Sakshi, Report SC Appointed Auditors

The Supreme Court's July 23 verdict cancelling Amrapali Group's RERA registration has also brought under the scanner acclaimed wicketkeeper-batsman and former Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife Sakshi Dhoni. The auditors appointed by the Supreme Court to look into Amrapali group's dealings have observed that the maligned real-estate giant "illegally diverted"...

SC Directs Setting Up Of Exclusive Court To Deal With POCSO Cases In Each District Within 60 Days [Read Order]

The Supreme Court Thursday issued directions for setting up of a centrally-funded exclusive court in all districts where 100 or more cases have been set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, directed the Centre to set up these courts within 60 days.It said...

SC Allows Karnataka MLAs To Withdraw Petition For Holding Trust Vote

In view of the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka after it failed to pass the trust vote held on Tuesday, the CJI-led bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the withdrawal of the writ petition filed by two MLAs for holding trust vote in Karnataka assembly. The petition had sought a direction to hold trust vote for the Congress-JD(S) Government in Karnataka by 5...

How To Ascertain The Competency Of A Child Witness?: SC Explains [Read Judgment]

"The competency of a child witness can be ascertained by questioning her/him to find out the capability to understand the occurrence witnessed and to speak the truth before the court".