SC Agrees To Hear Next Week Review Petition By 21 Political Parties For 50% VVPAT Verification

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week the review petition filed by 21 political parties seeking 50% verification of VVPAT(Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) slips.On April 8, the Court had partially allowed the original plea, by directing the Election Commission to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths from one per assembly segment in the...

Mother Can't Give Up Maintenance Rights Of Daughter During Mutual Consent Divorce: SC [Read Order]

"It was certainly open to the wife to give up any claim so far as maintenance or permanent alimony or stridhan but she could not have given up the rights which vest in the daughter insofar as maintenance and other issues are concerned."

"Learn To Trust Your Judges":CJI To Harsh Mander [Courtroom Exchange]

Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by petitioner Harsh Mander seeking recusal of Chief Justice Gogoi from hearing the Assam Detention Centres Case. Courtroom Exchange"Have you filed an affidavit?", asked Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi at the outset. When petitioner-activist Harsh Mander replied in the affirmative, the Chief Justice asked him what time he had...

Decide On Pending Complaints Against PM Modi And Amit Shah By May 6: SC Directs EC

The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Election Commission to decide by May 6 nine complaints of the Congress party alleging MCC violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. The poll panel told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that it has already decided on two out of the 11 complaints which were filed by the Congress party against Modi and Shah for...

"We Will Not Allow Any One To Disrupt The Institution", CJI Refused To Recuse From Hearing Assam Detention Centre Case, Instead Removes Harsh Mander From Petitioner's Place

Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by petitioner Harsh Mander seeking recusal of Chief Justice Gogoi from hearing the Assam Detention Centres Case.The Chief Justice has refused to recuse from hearing. The Bench has also removed the name of the petitioner from the records and appointed Legal Services authority as the petitioner in the case.Mander's previous Counsel...

SC Likely To Hear Petition Challenging Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship Next Week

A writ petition, raising similar allegations, moved by Advocate ML Sharma, was dismissed by the Supreme Court in 2015.

Senior Designation: New PIL In SC Challenges Inconsistencies In Regulations Framed By Various HCs [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the inconsistencies in the guidelines framed by various High Courts for the designation of Advocates as Senior Advocates.The petitioner, advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, has pointed out the Inconsistency or the lack of clarity on the forum where an Advocate should have practiced in order to be eligible for designation as a...

Solitary Confinement Of Death Convict Prior To Rejection Of Mercy Petition Palpably Illegal: SC [Read Judgment]

"On receipt of a mercy petition, the Department concerned has to call for all the records and materials connected with the conviction."

'No Public Interest'-SC Sets Aside The First Forced Merger Of Two Companies Ordered By Central Govt [Read Judgment]

The expression "public interest" would mean the welfare of the public or the interest of society as a whole, as contrasted with the "selfish" interest of a group of private individuals.

SC Asks ECI To Check Whether Voting Time Can Be Preponed To 5am During Ramzan [Read Petition]

"In this intense heat, it will be very difficult for Muslim voters to queue up at the polling booths during the day in the intense heat to exercise their franchise", the petitioners stated in PIL

"Laws In The Country Should Be Caste Neutral And Uniform": SC Reserves Judgment On Centre's Review Against SC/ST Act Dilution

Laws in the country should be caste neutral and uniform, the Supreme Court said Wednesday. "Laws in the country should be uniform and cannot be for general category or SC/ST category," the top court said while reserving its verdict on the Centre's petition seeking review of its March 20, 2018 judgement which had virtually diluted provisions of arrest under the SC/ST Act. A bench...

CJI Gogoi Deposes Before Enquiry Panel Probing Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Him : Reports

The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Today deposed before the three member enquiry panel headed by Justice Bobde which probes the sexual harassment allegations against him, says reports.This is for the first time in the history of Indian judiciary that Chief Justice appeared before a committee over allegations of sexual harassment.Though the complainant has decided not to participate in...