'Kulbhushan Jadhav Convicted By Military Court Without Due Process', Harish Salve For India Tells ICJ

Yesterday, Senior Advocate Harish Salve submitted arguments for India before the International Court of Justice in the hearing of Kulbhushan Jadhav case.India has approached the world court against the move of Pakistan to execute the death sentence awarded to Jadhav on espionage charges.Salve submitted yesterday that the main issue in the case is whether Pakistan violated its obligations...

Rafale :Petitioners Seek Perjury Proceedings Against Officials For 'Misleading' Court With 'False' Information

The Rafale controversy in Supreme Court is far from over, as the original petitioners have now filed a petition seeking perjury complaint against officials who allegedly misled the Court by submitting false and incomplete information in the sealed cover note submitted to the Court.The petition is based on the information contained in the recently submitted report of the Comptroller and...

NGT Has No General Power Of Judicial Review Akin To HCs, No 'Leapfrog Appeal' Jurisdiction Also: SC [Read Judgment]

“We are of the view that the NGT has no general power of judicial review akin to that vested under Article 226 of the Constitution of India possessed by the High Courts of this country.”

PIL In SC Seeks Judicial Inquiry In To The Alleged Lapses Which Led to Uri And Pulwama Attacks [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Government to constitute a commission headed by a retired Supreme Court Judge along with army, intelligence and local administration to conduct an enquiry in the Uri and Pulwama attack and find out the lapses at local level and also conduct an enquiry regarding the role played by Indian Nationals in...

"There Is No Bargaining In Collegium, Overlooking Seniority Not Unusual": CJI Gogoi

"The collegium overlooking seniority is not unusual. It is wrong to say bargaining happens in the collegium", Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday told NDTV.In his first interview to a news channel after he became the Chif Justice, he has denied the reports that there were bargaining in Collegium."It is totally wrong. My candidate, your candidate - it has never been like that. I...

Will Not Allow Any One To Make A Mockery Of Medical, Legal Education:SC

The Supreme Court Monday said it would not allow anyone to make a mockery of medical and legal education in the country and warned of stringent steps against those who play with its quality. The top court said that for someone it may be a matter of making money but for the court it is only concerned with the quality of education. The observations was made by a bench of Justices S...

SC Rejects Plea Challenging Centre's Circular Against Use Of Term 'Dalit'

The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging Centre's notification advising the media to not use the term "Dalit" to describe members of Scheduled Castes. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said it was not interested in entertaining a petition that challenged the 2018 advisory of the Information and Broadcasting...

"You Are Lucky We Are Not Imposing Cost":SC Dismisses PIL For Judicial Inquiry Into The Mirage Aircraft Crash

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL by Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava for a judicial inquiry into the Mirage Aircraft crash in Bengaluru earlier this month. "Of which generation is the Mirage Aircraft?", inquired Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi from the petitioner-in-person. When Srivastava hesitantly said "4th generation", the Chief Justice reprimanded the counsel, "You don't know...

SC Sets Aside NGT Order Which Allowed Re-Opening Of Sterlite Plant At Tuticorin

In a victory to Tamil Nadu Government, the Supreme Court today set aside the order of the National Green Tribunal, which permitted the re-opening of the Vedanta-Sterlite plant at Tuticorin.In April last year, the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board (PCB) had declined to renew the plant's Consent to Operate certificate for failing to adhere to the prescribed conditions. Subsequently,...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Rape & Murder Of 7.5 Year Old: SC Commutes Death Sentence [Vijay Raikwar V. State of Madhya Pradesh] The Supreme Court commuted the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for rape and murder of 7 1/2 year old girl. Three Judge Bench comprising of Justice AK Sikri, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice MR Shah, upheld the conviction, but observed that, though the crime can...

Fake Calls In CJI's Voice : 2 HC CJs Told About Elevation Of Lawyers In Impersonated Voice of CJI Gogoi

Two High Court judges have received fake calls in the impersonated voice of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi demanding elevation of some lawyers as judges, reported The Telegraph.The judges who received the calls were Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan and Justice L Narayana Swamy, Chief Justices of Telengana and Karnataka High Courts respectively.Justice Swamy first received a call from...

Can Report of Child-Counsellor Be Relied to Determine Custody/Guardianship Issues? SC Answers [Read Judgment]

“Statements made by the parents during the course of mediation may not be relied upon on the ground of confidentiality but natural responses and statements made by the minor to the Counsellor would certainly afford a chance to decide what is in the best interest of the child”