Breaking: SC Restores Conviction And Sentence Of Accused In Former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya Murder Case [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court of India on Friday restored the conviction and sentence of accused in the murder case of former state Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003.The Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was pronouncing the verdict on the appeals filed by CBI and the Gujarat government challenging the acquittal of 12 persons facing charges of murdering former state Home Minister Haren Pandya in...

A Candidate Once Availed Age Relaxation For Reserved Category Can't Later Migrate To General Category: SC [Read Judgment]

"We are of the view that the age relaxation granted to the candidates belonging to SC/ST and SEBC category in the instant case is an incident of reservation under Article 16(4) of the Constitution of India,"

No Party Could Be Left Remediless: SC Upholds HC Order Reviewing Its Earlier Judgment Rendered Without Noticing Statutory Provision [Read Judgment]

No party could be left remediless, said the Supreme Court while upholding a Calcutta High Court which reviewed its earlier judgment rendered without noticing a statutory provision.Section 293 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 put a complete bar of filing suit in any civil court against the revenue/income tax authority. Without noticing this provision, the single bench relegated...

An Accused on Bail Cannot Be Arrested on Addition Of New Offences Without Order of The Court Which Granted Bail: SC [Read Judgment]

"The Court can direct the person who has already been granted bail to be arrested and commit him to custody on addition of graver and non-cognizable offences which may not be necessary always with order of cancelling of earlier bail."

'Non-Appointment Of Judges Affects Speedy Justice': Youth Bar Association Moves SC For Filling Up Judicial Vacancies In SC [Read Petition]

The Youth Bar Association of India has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court praying for directives to be issued for filling up the judicial vacancies in the High Courts as per their sanctioned strength and also to decide their representation seeking increase in the sanctioned strength. The petition alleges that the fundamental rights of the citizens under Article 14, 19, 21 of...

SC Rejects Tik Tok's Plea For Transferring The Case From Madras HC

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to allow the plea of Bytedance Technology- the Indian operator and marketer of the TikTok app- to transfer the case pending against it in the Madras High Court to itself. After the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was of the view that all questions including that pertaining to the freedom of speech and expression can be answered by the...

Courts Can Imply A Term In Contract Only If Literal Interpretation Fails To Give The Result Intended By Parties : SC [Read Judgment]

"An unexpressed term can be implied if and only if the court finds that the parties must have intended that term to form part of their contract"

Member Of Air Force Has No Unqualified Right To Leave Service: SC [Read Judgment]

"The interests of the service are of paramount importance."

Gujarat HC Advocates Association Moves SC Against Centre 's Refusal To Appoint Justice Kureshi As MP HC Chief [Read Petition]

The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India against Centre sleeping over the SC collegium's proposal to make Justice Kureshi the CJ of MP HC. Justice Kureshi's proposal was made by the SC collegium on May 10 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the former CJ of MP HC Justice S...

NRC: SC Asks Centre, Assam Govt To Reply To Plea By Paralysed Man, Declared Foreigner By Tribunal, HC

The Supreme Court Wednesday sought a response from the Centre and the Assam government on a plea of an imprisoned paralysed man who has been declared a foreigner by a tribunal and facing eminent deportation to Bangladesh. Azizul Hoque, who is lodged in a detention centre since March 24, 2017, was declared a foreigner by a tribunal in Assam in ex-parte proceedings as he failed to...

'State Has Obligation To Ensure Clean Environment': SC Orders Meghalaya Govt. To Deposit 100Cr For Its Failure To Curb Illegal Mining

"The present generation owes a duty to preserve and conserve the natural resources of the nation so that it may be used in the best interest of coming generations as well and for the country as a whole."

Outer Limitation For Suit For Possession Based On Title Is Not Lost Merely Because Relief Of Declaration Is Also Sought: SC [Read Judgment]

"Merely because one of the reliefs sought is of declaration that will not mean that the outer limitation of 12 years is lost. "