Breaking : SC Directs Gujarat Govt To Pay Rs 50 Lakh Compensation & Provide Govt Job To Gujarat Riot Gang Rape Victim

The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat Government to pay Rs 50 lakh compensation and to provide government job to a woman who was gang raped during Gujarat riots of 2002.She was 21 years old at the time of the incident. Her three year old child was killed in riots.The bench of CJI Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also directed the Government to provide...

Breaking: 'Chowkidar Remark' : SC Issues Contempt Notice To Rahul Gandhi; Matter Posted Along With Rafale Review On April 30 [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today issued notice in the contempt petition filed against Rahul Gandhi for attributing "chowkidar chor hai" remarks to the Supreme Court.The CJI-led bench said that the petition will be considered on April 30 along with the review petition filed against the December 14 verdict in the Rafale case.Today, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the contempt...

SC Issues Notice To Lawyer Who Claimed That He Was Offered Rs 1.5 Crores To Frame Allegations Against CJI [Read Order]

The Supreme Court deferred to Wednesday the much-hyped hearing in the suo motu cognizance taken by it of the sexual harassment allegations leveled by a former employee against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. As the three-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra convened in a packed courtroom on Tuesday, the judge inquired at outset if Advocate Utsav Bains, having filed an affidavit...

SC To Consider Today Claim Of Lawyer That He Was Offered Rs 1.5 Crores By Fixers To Frame Allegations Against CJI

Contrary to the claim made in the Facebook post, Bains's affidavit filed in SC has no mention of alleged lobby of disgruntled judged and corrupt politicians.

Suo Moto Case On Sexual Harassment Allegations Against CJI Listed Before 3 Judges Bench Today

The suo moto proceedings initiated by the Supreme Court in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi is listed before a three judges bench of Justices Arun Mishra, R F Nariman and Deepak Gupta today at 10.30 AM.The causelist indicates that the Court will also take up the affidavit filed by Advocate Utsav Singh Bains, who has claimed that he...

Sentence Can Be Enhanced In Convict's Appeal Only By Giving Him Notice Of Enhancement: SC [Read Judgment]

"[The High Court] could have enhanced the sentence but the said course is permissible only after giving notice of enhancement”

CBI v Kolkata Police : SC Asks Former City Police Commissioner To Respond To Allegations Of Withholding Call Data Records

Consistent with its stand of destruction of evidence by the West Bengal police in the Saradha Chit Fund scam, the CBI on Monday said that despite having been handed over the complete Call Detail Records of the accused by the telecom operators, erstwhile Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar withheld portions of the same with an ulterior motive. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted...

States Can Impose Restrictions To Consider Remission Claims: SC Upholds Rajasthan Rule [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 8(2)(i) of the Rajasthan Prisons (Shortening of Sentences) Rules, 2006. The said rule provided that an application for shortening of sentences and premature release of a prisoner who has been sentenced-to imprisonment for life for an offence for which death penalty is one of the punishment provided by law or who has...

'Chowkidar Remarks Made In The Heat Of Political Campaign', Rahul Gandhi Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that 'Chowkidar' remarks were made during political campaign at the 'heat of the moment' and clarified that he did not have the slightest intention to bring SC into the political arena or disrepute. On April 15, the top court had sought Gandhi's explanation on a petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who...

TikTok Ban : SC Says Ban Will Stand Lifted If Madras HC Fails To Decide On Interim Order By April 24

Taking note of the fact that the Madras High Court has posted the case against Tik Tok on April 24, the Supreme Court today refrained from passing any orders on the appeal by the mobile app's operator. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said if the Madras High Court fails to decided on the plea of TikTok app against the ban by April 24, then its ban order will...

"Grave Failure Of Due Process", Sr Adv Raju Ramachandran On SC's Saturday Sitting

Senior Advocate and former ASG Raju Ramachandran termed the special sitting held by Supreme Court on Saturday in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against Cheif Justice of India a 'grave failure of due process'.In a response given to Live Law, he said :"When an allegation of sexual harassment is made,the person concerned is fully entitled to assert his innocence, but without shaming...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Tenants Can Be Evicted Only By Following Procedure Laid Down In Applicable Rent Control Laws [Dr. RS Grewal Vs. Chander Parkash Soni] The Supreme Court observed that the protection offered to a statutory tenant by Rent Control Laws can only be overcome by following the procedure laid out in such laws. The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hemant Gupta observed...