SC Agrees For Early Listing Of Petition Challenging Article 370 Of The Constitution

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed for an early listing of the petition challenging the constitutionality of Article 370 of the Constitution by virtue of which the state of Jammu & Kashmir is accorded a special status. The PIL, by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, seeks a declaration that the proviso to Article 370(3) has lapsed with the dissolution of the J &...

'Speaker Not Accepting Resignation': SC Agrees To Hear 10 Karnataka Rebel MLAs' Plea Tomorrow [Read Petition]

Amidst the political crisis in Karnataka, the Supreme Court agrees to hear on Thursday the plea of the rebel MLAs alleging that the Speaker has failed in his constitutional duty and is on purpose procrastinating the acceptance of their resignations. The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi and Advocate Shubhranshu Padhi on behalf of the...

Filling Up Of Vacancies In Lower Judiciary: SC Directs States, HCs To Submit The Status Report On July 30, Summons Law Secretaries And Registrars

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked all States and Union Territories, and Registrar General of the jurisdictional High Courts to submit details of filling up of the vacancies in different cadres of the District and subordinate judicial services. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has asked the concerned authority to inform the position with regard to filling up of...

Inter-State Sales Between Successor States After Reorganization Cannot Be Treated As Intra-State Sales: SC [Read Judgment]

"Creation of the new political State must be given full legal effect. "

Recent Supreme Court Judgments On Domestic Violence Act [2006-2019]

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 came into force on 26 October 2006. The stated objective of the Act is "to provide for more effective protection of the rights of women guaranteed under the Constitution who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family".The Supreme Court of India has made some significant interventions and interpretations in the...

'Whether Rohingyas Entitled To Refugee Status in India?' SC Agrees To Hear In August

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to finally adjudicate the question of whether the members of the Rohingya community are entitled to refugee status and hence, immunity from deportation in August. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi decided to take up this central issue, "instead of deciding the supplementary questions", requiring the Counsel to file the gist of their...

Ayodhya-Babri Title Dispute : Plaintiff Seeks Early Hearing Of Appeals In SC Citing Lack Of Progress In Mediation

The plaintiff in the first suit in the Ayodhya-Babri title dispute case, Gopal Singh Visharad, made a mention before the Chief Justice on Tuesday for early hearing of the appeals.Senior Advocate P S Narasimha made the request citing the reason that "no progress is made in the mediation even after the first round".On this, CJI Gogoi asked the counsel to file appropriate application for...

SC Dismisses 'Saravana Bhavan' Founder Rajagopal's Plea To Extend Time To Surrender In Murder Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of P Rajagopal, the founder of 'Saravan Bhavan' chain of restaurants, to extend time on health reasons to surrender to serve sentence in a murder case.On March 29, a bench of Justices Ramana, Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee had dismissed a batch of appeals filed against the 2009 judgment of Madras High Court convicting Rajagopal and his aides...

SC To Depute CBI, Police Officers To Keep Tab On Wrongdoings In Registry

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, in his administrative capacity as head of the judiciary, has taken note of allegations of listing of cases out of turn before various benches of the apex court, an official said, on the condition of anonymity.He has decided to appoint senior superintendents of police and superintendents of police from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Delhi...

Adjudication Of Litigation Is To Be Done On Merits As Far As Possible: SC [Read Judgment]

"Litigation should not be terminated by default, either of the plaintiff or the defendant."

SC Issues Notice To Aditya Talwar In ED's Plea Against Delhi HC Order

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the Enforcement Directorate's challenge to a Delhi High Court order which allowed Antigua-based Aditya Talwar, an accused in a money laundering case, to appear through his lawyer in a lower court here. Hearing Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on the ED's objection to the liberty to corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar's son to not appear in person,...

SC Issues Notice On PIL For Establishing Human Rights Courts In Every District [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday issued notice to the Centre and states on a plea to specify and set up Human Rights Courts for each district across the country, as required under sections 30 and 31 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The petition by law student Bhavika Phore also seeks the appointment of special public prosecutors to...