Inordinate & Unexplained Delay In Deciding Mercy Petition: SC Commutes Death Sentence [Read Judgment]

"Every dawn will give rise to a new hope that his mercy petition may be accepted. By night fall this hope also dies."

SC Appoints Former Judge Justice D K Jain As BCCI Ombudsman [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today appointed former apex court judge Justice D K Jain as the first court-appointed ombudsman for the BCCI under the terms of newly approved constitution of the cash rich cricket board. The apex court, while dealing with the issue related to "importance and urgency" in appointing an ombudsman, expressed its happiness that all the parties before it have agreed on the name...

SC Relief To Medical Student Who Lost An Academic Year Due To Cancellation Of Admissions Made By Kannur Medical College [Read Judgment]

"A student who has been deprived of a valuable year in pursuing her studies, cannot be left in the lurch."

SC Agrees To Hear Rafale Review Petitions

The Supreme Court today said it would consider listing of pleas seeking review of its December 14 verdict dismissing the need for an investigation into the deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said four applications or petitions have been filed in the Rafale matter and one of them is still lying with the registry on account...

SC Issues Directions To Improve Conditions Of Subordinate Judiciary In States [Read Order]

The SC bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi passed a slew of directions on Tuesday for improving the conditions of subordinate judiciary in states.It may be recalled that the apex court is supervising the conditions of subordinate judiciary in the ongoing Malik Mazhar Sultan case.Noting that there is "gross deficiency" in the release of central funds towards ...

SC To Hear Tomorrow Plea For Protection Of Kashmiris From Threats After Pulwana Attack

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to protect Kashmiri students who are allegedly being attacked across the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror strike. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Rnajan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, on Thursday took note of senior advocate Colin Gonsalves' submission that the...

SC Orders Eviction Of Nearly 10 Lakh People Whose Claims As Forest Dwellers Were Rejected [Read Order]

The Supreme Court's order on February 13 can lead to the eviction of nearly one million persons from forestlands across states, who have not been successful in establishing their claims as forest-dwellers under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006(Forests Rights Act).The bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee has...

Kulbhushan Jadhav Convicted On Basis Of Extracted Confession : Salve Counters Pakistan In ICJ

Salve referred to Pak inaction against those behind 26/11, Pulwana attacks.

SC Sets Aside U'Khand HC Direction To Establish Permanent Bench Of AFT In The State [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently set aside an order of the Uttarakhand High Court that directed for establishment of a permanent Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal in the State of Uttarakhand. The Union of India, had approached the Apex Court against the said direction issued by the High Court, contending that volume of work (220 cases) does not justify setting up of a permanent Bench. In a...

Candidates For Main Judicial Exam To Be Selected From Prelims In 1: 10 Ratio Of Vacancies; SC Strikes Down Rule 5A Bihar Rules.

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court struck down Rule 5A of the Bihar Civil Service(Judicial Branch)(Recruitment) Rules 1995, as per which only 10% of the candidates who appear in the preliminary examination will be selected for mains.The Court found that this rule was contrary to the dictum in Malik Mazhar Sultan v UPPSC (2008) 17 SCC 703, which held that candidates should be...

Anil Ambani's Reply Affidavit Clearly Demonstrates His Cavalier Attitude To The Highest Court Of The Land: SC [Read Judgment]

"The undertakings given on the footing that the amount of INR 550 crore would be paid only out of the sale of assets was false to the knowledge of the three Reliance Companies. This itself affects the administration of justice, and is therefore, contempt of court."

Deletion Of Cases From The List: CJI Explains The Reason

On Wednesday, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi inquired from the Registrar why a specific matter being mentioned by an advocate has not been listed since October last year. The Registrar, who was present in court to observe the 'mentioning' in pursuance of the Chief Justice's order, replied that maximum slots being occupied by fixed date cases, only four or five slots are available for...