SC Agrees To Hear Challenge Against Maratha Quota On July 12

The CJI-led bench of the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 12 the challenge against the Bombay High Court judgment approving Maratha quota.In its judgment passed on July 27, the Bombay High Court had upheld the validity of reservation granted to the Maratha community by the state government under the socially and educationally backward class category (SEBC) in government jobs...

SC Dismisses Hindu Mahasabha's Plea For Allowing Muslim Women's Entry In Mosques

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha seeking an order permitting entry of women in mosques."Let a Muslim woman challenge it", remarked the Chief Justice of India, while dismissing the petition.The special leave petition was against a judgment of the High Court of Kerala which had dismissed the plea.In its judgment passed on October 11, the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

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...

SC Directs Kerala Govt. To Pay Rs. 5 Lakh Compensation To Four Children Affected By Endosulfan [Read Order]

"We see no reason and justification for the Government of Kerala to categorize these four individuals in the 'Other' category and to deny them payment of compensation."

Right To Shelter A Fundamental Right; State Has Constitutional Duty To Provide House Sites To Poor: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

"The right to shelter, therefore, does not mean a mere right to a roof over one's head but right to all the infrastructure necessary to enable them to live and develop as a human being. "

Liberal View Is To Be Adopted In Matters Of Condonation Of Delay, SC Tells NCDRC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that, in matter of condonation of delay, the Consumer Commission should take liberal view.The bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Indu Malhotra set aside an order of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission which had refused to condone a delay of 207 days in filing the revision petition before it. Referring to an old Supreme...

Haren Pandya : What Made SC Overturn The Gujarat HC Verdict Which Said That CBI Botched Up The Probe?

Anil Yadram Patel was the only eye witness produced by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the sensational trial of the murder of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya, who was shot dead on March 26, 2003 at Ahmedabad while he was out on a morning walk.It was his sole testimony which mostly formed the foundation of the Supreme Court judgment restoring the conviction and sentence of...

Statutory Appeal Against Orders Of Chhattisgarh Rent Control Tribunal To Supreme Court: SC Questions Legislative Competence Of State [Read Order]

Section 13(2) of the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011 provides for an appeal to the Supreme Court of India against the order of the Rent Control Tribunal, Chhattisgarh.

Lawyer Cannot Represent An Organization If He Is Part Of Its Executive Committee : SC In CPIL Plea In Haren Pandya Case [Read Judgment]

While restoring the conviction and sentence of twelve accused in the Haren Pandya murder case, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the PIL filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation(CPIL) demanding further probe in the case.Observing that the PIL lacked bona fides and was motivated by extraneous reasons, the bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran imposed a cost of Rs.50,000...

HC Cannot Reverse Acquittal Without Affording Opportunity Of Hearing To Accused Or By Appointing An Amicus Curiae: SC [Read Judgment]

"The High Court erred in reversing the acquittal without affording any opportunity to the appellant-accused or by appointing an amicus curiae to argue the matter on his behalf."

General Assam Rifles Court Can Try Offences Under Prevention Of Corruption Act Against Members Of Assam Rifles: SC [Read Judgment]

'Jurisdiction exercisable by the GARC under Section 55 of the 2006 Act can be treated as an exception to the provisions of the PC Act'.'

SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Re-Election To Loksabha Using Ballot Paper

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL by Advocate M. L. Sharma seeking the cancellation of the recent Lok Sabha elections, alleging the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) as unconstitutional. Reportedly, the petitioner questioned provisions under 61 A of the Representation of the People Act, arguing that the voting machines should not have been allowed in the recently...